Advertisements for video games are fairly common around New York City. Walking around Manhattan during the past two months has invariably lead to sightings of Grand Theft Auto V advertisements involving a bikini-clad woman taking a “selfie” at the beach … Continue reading
By Aishwarya Bhatia, Jeremy Brown and Austin Fischer.
[This video is a screenrecorded version – we were having trouble with iMovie and got repeated errors, so we screenrecorded the video as it played on the computer. Hopefully, we can replace the current version with a higher quality version in the near future.]
As a fan of horror movies, I was very curious to finally see Nosferatu. I didn’t expect it to actual scare me, but I was aware the whole time of what elements might have scared an audience in the 1920’s. … Continue reading
The image I created reflects the theme of a societal hierarchy in The Nose. The image indirectly comments on this same theme, the theme of some being higher in status than others in society. First of all, the pyramid in … Continue reading
Geoffrey Cantor is an actor who’s recent works include roles in the films Public Enemies, Man on a Ledge, and When in Rome, along with roles in video games including Alan Wake and Grand Theft Auto V and television shows … Continue reading
I’ve noticed that with both The Nose and The Metamorphosis, reading closely into each sentence individually reveals… well, not much. I’m a person who is used to a sort of literature in which meanings are discovered between the lines, through clever language, poetic … Continue reading
The basic properties of human nature have been debated for centuries. Since the origin of philosophy, great thinkers have been debating whether we are inherently good or inherently evil. Today, the general consensus seems to be that we all balance … Continue reading
It’s coincidental that just this morning, my thoughts had turned to politics and government in the United States. Jeremy Peters’ article in the New York Times, “From Art to T. Rex, Shutdown Stirs Worries,” drew my attention to an interesting … Continue reading
The arts, often times, can be a reflection of culture and society. It’s games like those in the Grand Theft Auto series that not only echo culture, but satirize it and bring to the forefront issues that are controversial. Because … Continue reading
Does he care? Does he even see what’s happening to him? How is his work possibly more important than his current condition? Does he just not notice? For much of the first section of the story, I was struck by … Continue reading
