{"id":14442,"date":"2018-08-30T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsuenglish.com\/?p=14442"},"modified":"2021-05-19T14:47:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T18:47:02","slug":"short-film-corner-with-rani-wasp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/english\/blog\/2018\/08\/30\/short-film-corner-with-rani-wasp\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Film Corner with Rani: Wasp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14444\" src=\"https:\/\/bsu-wpe-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/10095324\/wasp-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"268\" \/>One of my favorite short films is the Oscar winning 2003 short, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortoftheweek.com\/search\/?q=wasp\">Wasp<\/a><\/em>, by British director, Andrea Arnold.<\/p>\n<p>Grounded in the style of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/shop\/collection\/144-british-realism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Social Realism<\/a>, <em>Wasp<\/em> shows a young struggling mother with four young kids. With every bad decision she makes, she is trying to be a good mom.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Arnold started her directing career with short and independent films. Her second feature film, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/27541-fish-tank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Fish Tank<\/em><\/a>, starred Michael Fassbender and went straight to Criterion Collection.<\/p>\n<p>Her 2016 film, <em>American Honey<\/em>, won the jury prize at Cannes.<\/p>\n<p>[Both <em>American Honey<\/em> and <em>Fish Tank<\/em> are available at Bracken Library, by the way!]<\/p>\n<p>Recently, she has been directing for television including episodes of<em> I Love Dick, Transparent<\/em>, and the full second season of <em>Big Little Lies<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Check out <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortoftheweek.com\/search\/?q=wasp\">Wasp<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Originally written by Ball State English faculty member, Prof. Rani Crowe<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite short films is the Oscar winning 2003 short, Wasp, by British director, Andrea Arnold. 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