By Darren Shan CONTENTS Prologue Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven Chapter Eight Chapter Nine Chapter Ten Chapter Eleven Chapter Twelve Chapter Thirteen Chapter Fourteen Chapter Fifteen Chapter Sixteen Chapter Seventeen Chapter Eighteen Chapter Nineteen Chapter Twenty Chapter Twenty-one Chapter Twenty-two Chapter Twenty-three Chapter Twenty-four Chapter Twenty-five Chapter Twenty-six Cirque Du Freak Tunnels of Blood My name is Darren Shan
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Darren Shan Although Shan always wanted to be a writer‚ it was only in his teenage years that he began writing in his spare time for fun (before that‚ he only wrote stories if they were for homework). He bought his first typewriter when he was 14‚ and never looked back‚ knocking out loads of short stories and comic scripts‚ and making false starts on several books‚ which he never completed. Shan was 17 when he finished his first novel. Although it was never published‚ he relished the writing
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Auteur Theory: Translated from the French‚ auteur simply means "author". There have been varied perceptions regarding this theory‚ its importance and effectiveness. Auteur theory is essentially “a method of evaluating films based on the director’s involvement and input”. The concept of ‘Auteur’ was first introduced by François Truffaut in 1954 in A Certain Tendency in French Cinema.(1) In this work he claimed that film is a great medium for expressing the personal ideas of the director. He suggested
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EE Proposal Film To what extent can Darren Aronofsky be considered an auteur? An investigation into the origins of auteur theory and a discussion of whether Darren Aronofsky’s work qualifies him to be considered an auteur‚ with specific reference to Pi‚ Requiem for a Dream‚ The Fountain‚ The Wrestler and Black Swan Sources | Thoughts | http://thevoid99.blogspot.com/2010/12/auteurs-2-darren-aronofsky.html | A detailed blog post on the techniques that Darren Aronofsky uses in his films that makes
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reality-distorting strategies if the ago to prevent awareness of anxiety-evoking or troubling ideas or impulses. Darren is experiencing regression where the book describes regression as “the return of behavior that is typical of earlier stages of development.” There are five stages of personality development that a psychoanalyst would explain to Darren if he or she agreed with Freud. The psychoanalyst would tell Darren his pessimistic outlook on life comes from when he was younger; during a stage they call ‘the oral
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In the year 2000 Darren Aranofsky’s Requiem for a Dream took a heart-wrenching look into the dark perils of drug addiction. Based on the novel by Hubert Selby‚ the story revolves around four connected characters whose lives are withered and wasted by drug consumption. The movie tackles the hopes and dreams of its characters by using drugs as its biggest conflict. Sara (Ellen Burstyn) is a widowed mother who lives alone and spends her time worrying about her only son Harry (Jared Leto). Harry is in
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The Fountain By: Darren Aronofsky Therefore‚ the Lord God banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and placed a flaming sword to protect the tree of life. - Genesis 3:24. The Fountain starts with a quote from the Old Testament and doesn’t slow down on religious and worldview undertones until the credits roll. The Fountain contains three separate stories with distinct worldviews but also carries a central theme that they all hold. The first story‚ set in 16th century Spain is a Catholic
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Requiem for a Dream Release Date: October 27‚ 2000 Darren Afronsky Reichel Rating * * * * By Brittany Reichel April 22‚ 2010 The traumatic dreams of four interconnected people are crushed when a drug addiction gets out of control. Every character seems to have an excuse for their addiction whether it be to lose weight‚ to start a business‚ to ‘make it big’‚ or just to make something of themselves. But with every high‚ there is always a crash and these four characters risk their lives for an
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to nothingness‚ they cling to the delusions that are slowly destroying their lives‚ denying reality until at last they are eye to eye with their worst nightmares("Requiem For A Dream (2000)").” This was an excerpt from IMDB.com’s description of Darren Aronofsky’s film Requiem For A Dream. There were four people in the story that had serious emotional issues from earlier years in their life and serious illegal and prescription drug abuse‚ but I found the mother’s story‚ Sara‚ to be exceptionally
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Is reaching “perfection” conceivable or considered something out of the hands of a human being? But the bottom line is do we really know the true meaning of the description itself? In the case of the movie “Black Swan”‚ released in 2010‚ director Darren Aronfsky crafted the deeply troubling‚ driven protagonist-ballet dancer‚ Nina played by Natalie Portman‚ Nina competes for the main role as the Swan Queen and hopes to perform as a perfect ballerina. For the role‚ Nina must represent two entirely
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