dostoyevsky Archive

09 November

The Curious Case of a Missing Screenwriter and His Adaptation

Written by Calista Judith

Ever since film developed its voice as a medium, literature provided a never-ending catalog of work begging to be displayed on the silver screen. Characters that existed for decades (and sometimes centuries), were finally represented in a visual medium....

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22 October

VMP Film’s Short Films Have a Message For You: Remarkable AN LA STORY is Almost Out!

Written by Melodi Bac

In the old days, every movie ever made was short. In the mid-1910s feature length movies emerged. With the glorious age of feature movies rising, the shorts are cast aside. As time went by, people’s taste in entertainment changed....

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14 September

Independent Cinema: Insightful And Unique

Written by Melodi Bac

Once upon a time, in a land not-so-far away, a filmmaker moved to LA to become a big hit in Hollywood. He/She had dreams… Well, we all heard this story. However, we often don’t hear the end of it....

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18 August

The Lighthouse: Abuse, God, and Self-Destruction

Written by Theo

As the pandemic winds to a close, we get to enjoy the hottest, brightest days of summer. We are all finally reemerging into the world with scraggly beards and a vague sense of melancholy over lost time. While socializing...

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29 March

Dostoyevsky and COVID-19

Written by Johnathen Rockwell

“At the end of 1879, the doctors examining Dostoyevsky discovered that he had a progressive lung disease. On the morning of February 28, Dostoevsky told his wife: ”I know I must die today!..” At 20:38 of the same day...

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17 December

The Great Corona Bake Off

Written by Nik Daniels

We all, if we have taken the necessary precautions, are like Dostoyevsky’s Underground Man in 2020. Life goes on, but now life includes a more apparent deconstruction of society and its flaws. *** As holidays careen toward us during...

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15 October

Raskolnikov’s Place Among Horror Villians

Written by Jonah Desneux

Everyone loves a good villain. Sure the heroic protagonist has their enjoyable moments when it’s their time to shine, but nothing is more satisfying than watching a villain work their evil wonders. As wrong as it feels, it is...

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19 August

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: The Doppelganger in Pop Culture

Written by Heather Nowlin

One of the most intriguing ideas of Western Literature is that of the doppelganger: the double, the evil twin, the mischievous imposter who steals away our identity or corrupts our reputation, whether in broad daylight or under cover of...

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30 July

Dostoyevsky’s Influence on Existential Films

Written by Jonah Desneux

While not considered an existentialist himself, Fyodor Dostoevsky is widely regarded as a founder of the movement. His notable existential works and writings inspired a new way of thinking and style of storytelling that changed the literary world and...

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24 August

Vigilante Justice: Crime and Punishment and Spider-Man

Written by Kate Penney

In our upcoming vlog post (currently in editing) by Carolyn Ho and Kate Penney , we compared Raskolnikov, the tortured hero of Crime and Punishment, with a star of contemporary pop culture, Spider-Man, using the concept of vigilante justice as...

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