LITERATURE & CINEMA

by Océane JOVANI

DAVID FINCHER

David Leo Fincher was born on August 28, 1962 in Denver. He is American. He is a director and a producer. He is the master of the 'final twist' (a surprising end) . In almost all his films we can see a dark and murky atmosphere.

It’s one of my favorite directors with Clint Eastood, Quentin Tarantino...

His movies :

ALIEN 3 (1992)

PANIC ROOM ( it's a command)

SEVEN (1995)

FIGHT CLUB (1999)

ZODIAC (2007)

The TV series 'HOUSE OF CARDS'

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTUN (2008)

THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)

GONE GIRL (2014)

'Seven' and 'Fight Club' are for me the 2 best films by David Fincher with maybe 'Gone girl'.

VAMPIRE KNIGHTS

'Vampire Knight' is a manga written by Matsuri Hino in 2008. The story takes place in the Cross Academy. The main character, Yuki Kurosu, is adopted by the director of the Academy but at the age of 5, she nearly died when a vampire tried to devour her. Fortunately, another vampire, Kanane Kuran came and saved her, but why ?

I enjoy this manga because I love vampires since the age of 12 . It was the first book I have read entirely, so it made a deep impression on me. I like the action in it !

TV animation trailer

BLACK BUTLER

Black Butler (黒 執事, Kuroshitsuji) is a shonen manga was written by Yana Toboso in September 2006.

The story talks about the young Earl Ciel Phantomhive, an English aristocrat in the nineteenth Century tormented past.

At 12 years and having lost his parents in an inexplicable fire, he was to become the heir to the company Phantom of toys and treats. He lives in a mysterious mansion in the countryside outside of London with his servants.

We learn later that his faithful butler named Sebastian Michaelis is actually a devil with whom he would have made a pact. Indeed Sebastian would be presented to Heaven, then about to die, and had offered him a contract: his soul in exchange for his protection until completion of his revenge.
The sign of the pact, a pentacle, is in his right eye, that Heaven guard always hidden except when he needs to use his protective butler.
Sebastian has the sign of the covenant gauche.C'est on his hand and his butler Heaven and begin to solve different puzzles, usually supernatural, on the orders of Queen Voctiria UK. Heaven is called in the manga, the "Queen's watchdog", that is to say, his private investigator. It is also very insightful and confident (for its age) it is to investigate, often doubling Scotland Yard in their investigations ...

Yet the mystery remains omnipresent in the series and the action is too.

Logo japonais du manga

日本語の単語 Nihongo no tango

Japanese Words

バトラー

(Batorā)= Butler

こんにちは

(Kon'nichiwa)= Hello

ありがとうございます

(Arigatō)= Thank you

無

(Mu)= You're welcome

はい

(Hai)= Yes

ありません

(Arimasen)= No