https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog daily 0.75 2021-01-11 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/theactofdying monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/5eb70c8270a7166eaeb3a97f/1589054601517/rodeobeach.jpg Blog - The Act of Dying in Literature and Film as an Imaginative Challenge https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/birdieandwoodley monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/live-each-day-like-an-equinox monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/2otvsrt34rtdtssyzmyprti9mou3n0 monthly 0.5 2021-01-11 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/grieving monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/loss monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/death monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/Equinox monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/Autumn monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/death-positive monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/mortality monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/blog/tag/grief monthly 0.5 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/books daily 0.75 2021-01-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/600a5c201ce4ce7fb19e017d/1611291691172/ Books https://www.michellevankriedt.com/about daily 1.0 2020-05-16 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/new-page daily 0.75 2021-01-11 https://www.michellevankriedt.com/poetry daily 0.75 2021-01-11 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/5eb86ae5ea86c1350741f593/1603058751157/IMG_6231.jpg Poetry https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/5ffbbea85b771d702de703d4/1610333879661/image.jpg Poetry - Dylan Thomas The poet recites “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” in this famous lyrical, metaphorical poem. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/5eb747f019290276570cd24b/1603058751163/lichen.jpg Poetry https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/5eb739ce19290276570b1df6/1603058751161/IMG_9352.jpg Poetry https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/5ffbbcbec7cba04ea3098e12/1610333994269/ Poetry - Maya Angelou In “When Great Trees Fall,” the impact of the loss is felt far and wide and in ways big and small. https://www.michellevankriedt.com/film daily 0.75 2021-01-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/600a590c0778792c4c499a87/1611290898508/image.jpg Film - Original Screenplays A Ghost Story (2017, Written by David Lowery) - supernatural depiction of a man’s existence as a ghost following death Beetlejuice (1998, Screenplay by Michael McDowell, Warren Skaaren) - fantasy-comedy depiction of ghosts in action in the living world Coco (2017, Screenplay by Adrian Molina, Matthew Aldrich) - Pixar’s death-positive portrayal of family, grief, and the afterlife Defending Your Life (1991, Written by Albert Brooks) - romcom in purgatory-like setting Enter the Void (2009, Written by Gasper Noé, Lucile Hadžihalilović) - art house film loosely based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead follows a post-mortem out-of-body journey Soul (2020, Written by Pete Docter, Mike Jones, Kemp Powers) - sublime contemplative after-death journey from Pixar https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/600a58d91f7817155941a5a5/1611290849326/flowerstream.jpg Film - Adapted Screenplays Big Fish (2003, Screenplay by John August) Cloud Atlas (2012, Screenplay by Lana and Lily Wachowski and Tom Tykwer) The Lord of the Rings (Film Series) (2001, Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens, Peter Jackson) (2002, Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair) (2003, Screenplay by Fran Walsh, Phillippa Boyens, Peter Jackson) What Dreams May Come (1998, Screenplay by Ronald Bass) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb6fd935030f8339f4b0881/t/5ffba87f3094606a15072183/1610328198808/ Film - Documentaries Gates of Heaven (1978, Produced, Directed and Edited by Errol Morris) Surviving Death (2021, Produced, Directed by Ricki Stern) https://www.michellevankriedt.com/scholars-thinkers daily 0.75 2020-09-22