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Film

The following texts are suggestions for the study of Essential English. These examples are not meant to be prescriptive or exhaustive, but are indicative of the nature of appropriate texts.

  • Belinger, B. and Sinofsky,B., Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
  • Blair, W., The Sapphires
  • Cordell, M and Young, S., Year of the Dogs
  • Crowe, R., The Water Diviner
  • Darling, I., Paul Kelly - Stories of Me
  • Down, E., The Black Balloon
  • Eastwood, C., Invictus or Million Dollar Baby
  • Gast, L., When We Were Kings
  • Guggenhiem, D., An Inconvenient Truth
  • Jann, M., Drop Dead Gorgeous
  • Kapur, S., Elizabeth
  • LaGravenese, R., Freedom Writers
  • Lewis, M., Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
  • Luhrmann, B., The Great Gatsby
  • Moore, M., http://www.michaelmoore.com/movies (documentaries)
  • Reggio, G., Qatsi trilogy including Koyaanisqatsi, Koyaanisqatsi, Naqoyqatsi
  • Reitman, J., Juno
  • Salles, W., The Motorcycle Diaries
  • Stenders, K., Red Dog
  • Various directors, Man vs Wild (Bear Grylls)