Melanie Lynskey Essays

“The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.” Melanie Lynskey said this about her work as an actor. Melanie is a prolific actress and has been for many years, and over these years, she has had the good fortune of creating worlds so vivid that the audience is able to have a cathartic experience. This to me feels like a great privilege, she is able to provide people with something that they desperately need: a release

The characters in the dystopian world of Fahrenheit 451 rely heavily on technology to provide entertainment, transportation, and social interactions. Guy Montag, a firefighter who burns books and houses in the novel, usually complies to what society considers normal. His everyday routine shows how immersed he is in the technology around him. The descriptions of the air-propelled trains, an entire room where the walls are made of television screens, and inescapable advertisements are very prominent

“The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.” This quote comes from Melanie Lynskey, who has been a prolific actor for many many years. She has had the good fortune of getting to do this magical thing, in which she is able to allow other people to have a cathartic experience. This to me feels like a privilege, and the amazing thing is that in return she gets to have her own catharsis. She has the honor of getting

With a catchy name and a quirky cast, “Shattered Glass” shocks the audience with twists and turns throughout the movie. For “Shattered Glass” being one of his first well-known films, director Billy Ray, does an impressive job at making this non-fiction film entertaining and informative during the 94 minutes. His career only went up from this movie; Ray went on to co-write “Captain Phillips” and “The Hunger Games,” two of the biggest films in the movie industry to this day. “Shattered Glass” tells