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Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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Ideology in the opening sequence of SOTD

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How SOTD explores growth

Shaun of the Dead - post-modern intertextual references

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‘Captain Fantastic’ Review: Wilderness Family With Great Vigor and Viggo

Cinema and modernism

House of Flying Daggers - the value of women

Nick Broomfield interview

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Jonathan Glazer on Under the Skin

World of Wong Kar Wei - go 7 minutes and 13 seconds in!

Vertigo video essay - cinematic influence

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House of Flying Daggers - Wuxia Romance

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