The novel ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was written by American author Harper Lee in 1960, and was the young author’s debut. The book features a number of characters which are based on, and sometimes named after, people close to Lee herself, the most notable examples are Atticus Finch, who is based on and named after her mother Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Who the character of Arnie Cunningham is also named after. The character of Dill is also based on Lee’s childhood friend Truman Capote, and given that as a child Lee was a tomboy, and a precocious reader it is highly probable that the character of Scout is based on the author herself. [click to continue…]
Film Articles
We here at Bombed Out In Space decided to take the unusual and controversial decision that for our featured article this month we should compile a list of our top ten Christmas movies of all time. This idea really developed when I saw the Christmas Coca Cola advert the other day and thought that it was perhaps time to unleash this article on the internet. [click to continue…]
In 1978 John Carpenter made a film which redefined the horror genre and became one of the most imitated movies of all time. Halloween was shot on a shoestring budget in the Spring of 1978. It’s young director was hugely influenced by Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, and references the film many times in Halloween most notably in casting Janet Leigh’s daughter, the then unknown Jamie Lee Curtis in the lead role alongside veteran actor Donald Pleasence as Doctor Loomis. The phenomenal success of Halloween has resulted in seven sequels, a remake and a sequel to the remake. However, the quality of these sequels vary greatly and in this article I will put forward the idea that the Halloween franchise is best studied as a trilogy of: Halloween (1978), Halloween II (1981) and Halloween H20 (1998). [click to continue…]
Here I will analyse the relationship between J. Lee Thompson’s 1961 film ‘Cape Fear’ and Martin Scorsese’s 1991 re-make of the same name. In analysing the relationship between these two films, we must first understand the great social differences between American society in 1961 and American society in 1991, mainly with regard to the structure of, and relationships within, the American family. Although both Thompson’s and Scorsese’s interpretations of the story, remove the two Bowden boys, in order to focus the story around the threat that Max Cady poses, specifically to Sam Bowden’s daughter Nancy , in the 1961 version and in a more modern portrayal as Danielle, in the 1991 film. [click to continue…]
Ok, so it’s a new decade and as is the custom at this point in time everyone and their dog if composing ‘best of’ lists of every possible aspect of the past decade. So, in the spirit of originality we at Bombed out in Space have decided to join in, without further ado I present our top thirteen horror films of the noughties, the number thirteen was specifically chosen because, well, I felt like it. [click to continue…]
