A culture capable of even casually reading anything — car magazines, gossip magazines, music magazines, newspapers— meant its citizens were capable of simply focusing on something—anything—for more than a fleeting moment, by which I mean minutes not seconds.
Read MoreTHE REAL AND VIRTUAL PERILS OF PAULINE
When frames of reference are no longer tightly tethered to the real world, do we share as much with each other when we consume each others imagined experiences?
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YOUTH OBSESSION
Fleeting youth is the thing we all want, even if we’re pleased to be finally old enough to feel a little more stable.
Read MoreCOMPRESSED FRAME
Artistic sensibility always reflects the times in which we live. Years from now history will tell us if these new aesthetic schemes made sense.
Read MoreWATCHING THE CREDITS
Even on smaller productions, I can’t help but wonder about the paths that these diverse names took to find themselves digitally immortalized on screen.
Read MoreWHAT DO 3D MOVIES TEACH US?
The newest techniques, technologies, trends, and styles in any discipline are not necessarily as important as really thinking about the point of what you’re doing in the first place.
Read MoreFEELING THE FORCE
Ultimately the Star Wars mythology asserts that galactic order is a function of militant power exerted willfully, whether from the light side or dark side. Taken as a political exegesis, I fear the influence of this tale, even if the adolescent geek that gleefully resides inside me can’t wait to see the movie.
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