This is so true, Dewey and Andrea re: anxieties concerning authenticity. I think it is another version of the question of indexicality that was so pressing in relation to the emergence of digital photography. Now, with the digital perhaps and the lack of ...
Agreed, this is such a great way to close out our discussion. I think there are a lot of productive comparisons this suggests and absolutely agree that the historical precursors of self-mediation have to be considered, A few things that struck me: I like ...
Thanks for your comment Joe. In my longer dissertation chapter on Personal Shopper, I come down on the fact that the film ulitmately has faith in the specter but that Maureen is constantly missing its presence because of the (narcissistic) distraction of ...
This makes me think of the Powerball lottery happening now. How many people who really have no money to spare have bought power ball tickets with a beyond microscopic chance of winning. Also, I know there is some research that shows that the rags to riche ...
Hi Emma, Thanks for your feedback. This would be the problem of turning in your title before you actually try to cram your ideas into 350 words! If I had had a few more words I would have explained that I was thinking of schizophrenia in the sense elabora ...
I am wondering where we might see the individualist type in more recent films and genres? Leonardo DiCaprio's character in The Revenant, for example, seems to fulfill this mythos but he comes by it incidentally and out of tragedy, after the death of ...
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Good point
Way to close the week!
Thanks for your comment Joe.
This makes me think of the
Hi Emma, Thanks for your
I am wondering where we might
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