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The Hollywood Face: the Marquardt Golden Phi Mask
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The Hollywood Face: the Marquardt Golden Phi Mask

Is there a scientific formula to on-camera beauty? Are there common characteristics to the facial shapes of the stars we deify in the form of celebrity? The old saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” has its merits, but when it comes to Hollywood, we see a certain

  • Alex Coppen
Alex Coppen Apr 2, 2017 • 5 min read
Recycling Archetypes, Fairytales, and Master Plots: where all your Hollywood movies come from
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Recycling Archetypes, Fairytales, and Master Plots: where all your Hollywood movies come from

It’s a cruel irony, Aaron Sorkin cannibalised his view on artistic “recycling” from T.S Eliot’s brutal reflection of creative realpolitick: “Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.”The great scientist, Issac Newton, simply acknowledged his inspirations: “If I have seen further it

  • Alex Coppen
Alex Coppen Jan 11, 2016 • 15 min read
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