Stephanie Yoshimoto

Stephanie Yoshimoto

Favorite films

  • Jurassic Park

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  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
  • The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
  • The Maze Runner
  • Grease

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  • Get Out

    Get Out

    ★★★★

    When watching Get Out for the first time, what I noticed was how the POV circled around to the black perspective throughout the movie. The implicit POV that remains constant is Chris's eyes, which represent his profession as a skilled photographer and the main source of one's perception. We also see the black perspective when Chris is hypnotized into the "sunken place". However, the POV is most prominent in the title; "Get Out" is a phrase that Andre relentlessly yells…

  • Persepolis

    Persepolis

    ★★★

    What I admire most about what the filmmakers accomplished was how they stirred the same emotions that would evoke a reader. By choosing animated instead of live action, this elevated the playfulness and lightheartedness that was central to expressing the youth Marji embodied in the story. The filmmakers could have chosen animated for the beginning of the story when Marji was younger and used a live action aspect for when she was grown up. Keeping the entire film animated reminds…

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