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Collaborations

Sunday, November 10, 2019 to Thursday, November 14, 2019

Theme week organized by

Andrew KempGeorgia State University

The Duality of Indie Film Authorship

By Casey Walker

Monday, November 11, 2019

Breaking Upwards: The Creative Uncoupling of Desiree Akhavan and Ingrid Jungermann

By Maria San Filippo

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Feminism in the Works: Japanese Women Directors and Behind-the-Scenes Collaborations

By Colleen Laird

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

1 comment

"A Man, A Desk, A Chair, A Glass of Water": Spalding Gray & the Cinematic Monologue

By Braden Timss

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Fred & Ginger & Emergence

Friday, November 15, 2019

1 comment

Featured Content

11/10/2019 to 11/14/2019
Collaborations

Theme week organized by
Andrew KempGeorgia State University
11/4/2019 to 11/8/2019
Platform Policy Changes

Theme week organized by
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
Tanya ZukGeorgia State University
10/28/2019 to 11/1/2019
Female Directed Horror

Theme week organized by
Jayson QuearryGeorgia State University
10/21/2019 to 10/25/2019
Biopic

Theme week organized by
Dafna KaufmanGeorgia State University
10/13/2019 to 10/17/2019
Tabletop Gaming

Theme week organized by
Ashley JonesGeorgia State University
10/6/2019 to 10/10/2019
Disability Media

Theme week organized by
Lyndsey SheltonGeorgia State University

Recent comments

Re: Fred & Ginger & Emergence

The power of the long take

By Maria San Filippo

Saturday, November 16, 2019 - 02:26

Andrew, I can’t imagine a more sublime sequence to close out our week on Media Collaborations. Though I take your point about repeat partnerships growing fossilized, I’m struck by one aspect of this sequence that works to keep the magic alive, all...
Re: "A Man, A Desk, A Chair, A Glass of Water": Spalding Gray & the Cinematic Monologue

Playing second fiddle to Spalding

By Maria San Filippo

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 01:28

Thank you, Braden, and RIP Spalding! As Colleen notes, your post shifts the conversation to encompass performers, but it also suggests the most fruitful collaborations occur when a filmmaker adapts to their subject (meaning both their collaborator...
Re: Feminism in the Works: Japanese Women Directors and Behind-the-Scenes Collaborations

"Real Girl's Film"

By Maria San Filippo

Friday, November 15, 2019 - 00:58

Colleen, the trailer you selected to accompany your piece is ideal not only because of its “real girl’s film” tagline but also because it articulates a similar position as the one you ascribe to these filmmakers: gender is disavowed as the logic...
Re: "A Man, A Desk, A Chair, A Glass of Water": Spalding Gray & the Cinematic Monologue

Corralling as Collaboration

By Colleen Laird

Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 21:25

Hi Braden. A nice shift here in authorship, from three posts about writers/directors to performers. Here, as you outline, the collaboration between director and actor mediates the actor's signature style (for better or worse, as you note). I...
Re: Breaking Upwards: The Creative Uncoupling of Desiree Akhavan and Ingrid Jungermann

Maria, I'm quite taken with

By Colleen Laird

Thursday, November 14, 2019 - 21:10

Maria, I'm quite taken with the metaphors you are employing to think about our relationship with authorship! You've provided such a nice conpliment to Casey's writeup on Sunday. Borrowing your metaphors, I'm now thinking of the marketability of...