Contributors
David George Menard
David George Menard is a Polymath Physicist and Filmmaker, a Physics MSc graduate from the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN. David went to work for Martin Marietta Missiles Systems, the Electro-Optics Division, in Orlando Florida. Unfortunately, circa 1990, the Soviet Union collapsed and many scientists lost their jobs. So he began a new career in filmmaking, attending the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal, graduating with a MFA in film production in 2010. After which, he moved to Los Angeles and began writing screenplays, continuing to do so while promoting “Termite Cat Productions, Ltd.”
Articles by David George Menard
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Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989): Still Relevant
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Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997): A Different Kind of Bug Movie
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Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love (2000): Postmodern Melodrama
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Blood Simple
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Charles Laughton’s Uniquely Noir Night of the Hunter (1955)
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The Rapture (Michael Tolkin, 1991) and Spiritual Malaise
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Cinema as Thought: Teorema (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968) and Salo (Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1975)
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The Long Day Closes (Terence Davies, 1992)
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Stranger Than Paradise: Comedy ‘Noir’
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The Ox-Bow Incident (William A. Wellman, 1943)