Poetics & Politics: Against Story

Monday, December 9, 2019 to Friday, December 13, 2019

Theme week organized by

Irene GustafsonUniversity of California Santa Cruz

Irene LusztigUC Santa Cruz Department of Film and Digital Media

Curators Statement: Irene Gustafson and Irene Lusztig with video from Sindhu Thirumalaisamy

By Irene Gustafson Irene Lusztig Sindhu Thirumalaisamy

Monday, December 9, 2019

Borne Through Words: A brief exchange between Lana Lin and Megan Moodie about Lin's film, The Cancer Journals Revisited (2018)

By Megan Moodie Lana Lin

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Fear of the document

By Rick Prelinger

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Consent, Languages and Storytelling in HOMING

By Iphigénie Marcoux-Fortier

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Before Story: Project as Form

By Paige Sarlin

Friday, December 13, 2019

Featured Content

12/9/2019 to 12/13/2019
Poetics & Politics: Against Story

Theme week organized by
Irene GustafsonUniversity of California Santa Cruz
Irene LusztigUC Santa Cruz Department of Film and Digital Media
12/2/2019 to 12/6/2019
Disney Live-Action Remakes

Theme week organized by
Tanya ZukGeorgia State University
11/25/2019 to 11/29/2019
Thanksgiving Break: Staff Picks
11/18/2019 to 11/22/2019
Explorations of Colorism in Media

Theme week organized by
Kimberly R. MoffittUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County
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

Recent comments

Re: Ain't No Passing Craze: Racialized Representations in Disney’s Animated Films

Thank you!

By Rebecca James

Tuesday, December 10, 2019 - 07:41

Thank you for your comment, I have never thought about those characters in that way. I have never thought to examine the use of varying working-class accents, nicknames, hobbies, in characterizations - which is such an interesting and unique take! I...
Re: Ain't No Passing Craze: Racialized Representations in Disney’s Animated Films

Yes and!

By Carolyn Elerding

Friday, December 6, 2019 - 15:11

Rebecca (if I may), I'm very glad to have read your analysis. It's not easy to pack such a comprehensive critique into such a small space! I would be interested in your thoughts on how Gillota's work on essentialism might figure into discussion of...
Re: An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor

No additional insight, but I

By Sky LaRell Anderson

Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 20:54

No additional insight, but I believe the response speaks to the aesthetic sensibilities of a producer (which I believe has a big influence over the production). For instance, simply look at the face animation on the animals in the Lion King remake...
Re: The Jungle Book: Evolving Representations of Masculinity

A close relationship between production and theory

By Carolyn Elerding

Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 17:15

Hannah (if I may), thank you for sharing your thought-provoking perspective. As you might imagine, if you've seen my post on the Dalmatians films, I am very supportive of your interest in comparative historicization of the original and remake. I...
Re: An IMR Exclusive Interview with Disney Producer Brigham Taylor

Abstractions and Divergences

By Jannik Müller

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 - 10:48

Thank you for this very interesting interview. Fascinating that Taylor mentions aesthetic abstraction and narrative divergence from the original stories, both of which the Lion King-remake does not do. I am wondering whether Taylor's last answer...