Jackson Diianni, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

a Jackson Diianni, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

Author: Jackson Diianni

Jackson Diianni is a freelance writer of cultural criticism and prose fiction living in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Ithaca College in 2020 with a degree in writing for film/TV and has written screenplays, short stories, political essays, and music/film criticism.

Directors · Drama · Religion & Spirituality

The Secret of Creativity: The Inspirations of Paul Schrader’s First Reformed

April 15, 2025

“That’s the secret of creativity. You have to steal around. If you keep going back to that same 7-Eleven, they’re going to catch you. So you go over to the[…]

Drama · French Cinema · Uncategorized · Writers & Critics

Bresson, Schrader, and the Fool: Transcendental and Materialist Interpretations in the Films of Robert Bresson

October 5, 2024

I think the reason Bresson’s films resist singular interpretations is that they are composed of multiple, overlapping perspectives. His films contain elements of humanism, nihilism, absurdism, existentialism, transcendentalism, and numerous[…]

Author: Jackson Diianni

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