Jacob Oller

Jacob Oller writes everywhere (Vanity Fair, The Guardian, Playboy, FSR, Paste, etc.) about everything that matters (film, TV, video games, memes, life).
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Lonesome Engineering: Constructing Tension in ‘Alien’

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Less is More Than Enough: Acting and The Kuleshov Effect

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Dodge, Dip, Dive, Duck, and Deconstruct: Gender in ‘Dodgeball’

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Beaten and Bruised: Britain’s Oldest Stuntman

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The Thirteen Snubbings of Cinematographer Roger Deakins

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The Tonal Disaster of ‘The Book of Henry’

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Relics of Future’s Past: The Production Design of ‘Blade Runner 2049’

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Worldbuilding is much different when it’s your own.

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Innocence Lost: The Children of Roberto Rossellini’s War Trilogy

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Understanding wartime maturity was never so poignant.

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Understanding the Groundbreakingly Gothic ‘Nosferatu’

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