Kyle Barrett

University of Waikato · School of Societies and Culture

This article will examine Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994) within the context of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's notions of the "assemblage," complex multiplicities that are composed of disparate elements to produce specific effects. It will be argued that Tarantino consistently demonstrates a preoccupation with...

David Fincher’s "Alien³" (1992), or Alien “Cubed,” has an infamous legacy due to its well-documented troubled production. Indeed, the film’s tumultuous journey to screen was exhaustively explored in Charles de Lauzirika’s three-hour long documentary "Wreckage and Rage: The Making of Alien³" (2003) which is a horrifying depiction of Hollywood filmma...

Laurie Anderson’s (2015) Heart of a Dog and Kirsten Johnson’s (2020) Dick Johnson Is Dead are analysed in this chapter for their distinctive examinations of dying, death and grief. Both employ a range of audio-visual practices and techniques to achieve a creative account of the experiences of bereavement and the passing of someone (or something) me...

Despite several Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and winning Best Adapted Screenplay, Taika Waititi’s "Jojo Rabbit" (2019) received a lukewarm reception. Critics believed the film was making light of the Holocaust and was “a sugary fantasy” and “buries the awful truth” (Kohn 2019). Historically, any film that blends humour and the Holocau...

Screen Production Research (SPR) is an emerging field within the academy, which encourages academics to generate creative works, such as scripts, films, and media installation projects that can be “assessed and valued by research productivity metrics.” It is located within the realms of practice-based and practice-led methodologies, studying “the c...

How do we teach diverse student cohorts within the changing landscape of knowledge creation and dissemination? This panel will explore creative media practice pedagogies that specifically aim to decolonise and embrace diverse voices that challenge traditional information based models of teaching. As a result of the growth and the popularity of medi...

In Chapter Three, Kyle Barrett studies I Shot Andy Warhol , American Psycho , and The Notorious Bettie Page within the context of Indiewood. Barrett reflects on Harron’s aesthetics and use of satire, comparing Harron’s work to that of her contemporaries. I Shot Andy Warhol is analyzed alongside Julian Schnabel’s biopic Basquiat . American Psycho is...

Screen Production Research (SPR) is a developing field within the academy. SPR blends theoretical and practical methodologies to produce creative outputs, such as films, scripts, multimedia projects, etc. as research. This article will review my short documentary work with an emphasis on the most recent project, Glass Shards (2020). All of these cr...

Mary Harron's diverse career includes cult films such as I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page, as well as a range of network and cable television episodes in innovative shows including Homicide: Life on the Street and Six Feet Under. This is the first book to examine an overlooked filmmaker in relation to feminist cinem...

Critical engagement with local, national and trans-global contemporary punk scenes across countries and regions including New Zealand, Indonesia, South Africa, Siberia and the Philippines. Includes thematic discussions on the evolution and adaptation of subcultural styles, punk demographics and the notion of punk identity.