Mosquita y Mari talks about a story between two Chicana teenage girls, Yolanda and Mari. Mari moves to the neighborhood where Yolanda is and goes to the same school as Yolanda. Their friendship starts from there. Yolanda is the typical “good” student, and she grows up in a family with love and a decent financial situation.ContinueContinue reading “Mosquita y Mari”
Author Archives: Zhixuan Lyu
Signature Move
Signature Move talks about a romantic relationship between a Pakistani woman(Alma) and a Mexican woman(Zaynab) in Chicago. Their love faces multiple obstacles, including racial and cultural differences, social pressure, and family issues. In this film, Alma receives less social pressure on coming out than Zaynab. This difference is one of the reasons why the coupleContinueContinue reading “Signature Move”
Pariah
Pariah is a film about a coming-of-age, black, lesbian girl. Different than other teenage gay films, the main character, Alike, is certain about her sexual orientation and not afraid to show it. Pariah expresses Alike’s struggle with her sexual orientation through the depictions of her family, friendship, and romantic relationship. While watching this film, IContinueContinue reading “Pariah”
Tangerine and Queer Marginality
Last time I saw Tangerine, my focus was on its storytelling and shooting format. I never dived deep into the transgender sex work aspect of it until this time. Now, I can see the relationship between two white male and two black transgendered female and one white female. Despite their gender and sexuality difference, aContinueContinue reading “Tangerine and Queer Marginality”
Paris is Burning
One of the focuses of this week’s film and articles is social hierarchy and its manifestation in film and film production. The judgment of filming about a group that the filmmaker does not belong to always hunts me. Personally, I don’t believe it is impossible to represent another group from an “outsider”, no matter whichContinueContinue reading “Paris is Burning”
Introduction for Film People
I’m Zhixuan, currently a Studio Art and Film senior at Lawrence. I was born and raised in China but currently living on campus. Other than my interests in art and film, I’m also interested in architecture, space, languages, etc. Although the key factor that leads me to this class is for fulfilling general requirements, IContinueContinue reading “Introduction for Film People”
Post-Final Post
Reading this book really has changed my mind a lot, and also changed how I see things. One thing I want to write about is film, Chicago. In order to help Roxie free from death penalty, the lawyer helps her by 1. making up stories about her childhood and the murder. 2. propaganda it onContinueContinue reading “Post-Final Post”
Simulation 9
Looking back at this book, I’m surprised at how the author packaged everything together while every bit of it makes sense. The book talks from ethnology and politics to sociology, biology, and art. In contemporary society, media is another medium that proves the “reality”. The propaganda of election and the marketing of products are twoContinueContinue reading “Simulation 9”
Final Project
My final work is a piece of rendering image. I tried to reproduce the reference photo as accurate as possible without being too focused on details. If this work is going to be ranked among the different phrases of simulation, I’d say it belongs to the second phrase. I know it is impossible make aContinueContinue reading “Final Project”
Simulation 8
Baudrillard connects the third order simulation with genetic codes. Genetic codes for human species are stored in DNA, and it’s something passed down from generation to generation. Although these cells are infinitesimally small, they carry a large amount of information with them. For a time that values productivity, cells in the human body can easilyContinueContinue reading “Simulation 8”
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