FILM REVIEWS / ANALYSIS BY ROB AGER
This review section is dedicated to films that have especially well-written scripts and which use complex and advanced psychology to communicate hidden narratives. if you would like to submit a request for a particular film to be reviewed feel free to contact me.
These reviews are occasionally updated to include additional information, researched either by myself or visitor feedback. Where applicable, the dates of the last updates will appear at the start of the text.
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The film reviews
VID = video version of the review included.
The videos are mostly in divx format so as to be compatable for MAC users. If you are having trouble playing them then please download and install a free divx player.
BLADERUNNER - "Globalization and dehumanization" NEW !!! (added 5th Sept '08)
HALLOWEEN (1978) (added 9th Aug '08) NEW !!! VID (added 24th Aug '08)
FULL METAL JACKET - "The hidden hand" VID
The even darker underbally of - THE EXORCIST VID
THE BIG LEBOWSKI - "Across the sands of time" (Video coming soon)
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY - "Kubrick: and beyond the cinema frame" VID ( updated video coming soon)
THE BIRDS - "Henpecking with Hitchcock " VID
THE SHINING - "Mazes of deception and denial" VID
THE THING (1982 remake) VID
Subliminal themes of Hitchcock's PSYCHO VID
ALIEN VID
MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR VID
EYES WIDE SHUT - "Unseen reflections " VID
THE MATRIX VID
CAPE FEAR (Scorsese version) VID
More film reviews coming soon (in no particular order):
Bladerunner (currently in writing)
Mulholland Drive
High Plains Drifter
There Will Be Blood
No Country For Old Men
Pulp Fiction
E.T.
Hellraiser
Videodrome
Barton Fink
WALL E
A.I.
Article - HOW TO DECONTRUCT A MOVIE - a step by step guide
More videos on psychology related subjects can be found in the ARTICLES / RESEARCH section of this site.
A pdf version of Rob Ager's FILM-MAKING WORKBOOK can be purchased as part of a package on ebay, which also includes a DVD set containing films produced and directed by the author. To find the item on EBAY. Just go to the ebay site and enter a search for "Rob Ager".