Chasing the Present in ‘Before Sunset’
Richard Linklater’s middle entry into his Before Trilogy, Before Sunset (2004), is about attempting to live in the present. Here’s how it achieves that. Published in The Film Magazine.
The Golden Age of America As Created in Hays Code Era Movies
Hollywood’s self-imposed Motion Picture Production Code of 1934 influenced every aspect of filmmaking through the 1960s, and its effects are still felt in today’s filmmaking and in American society through an idealized, imaginary America created on the silver screen. Published undergraduate honors thesis.