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  Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal

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  Kyle Barrowman DePaul University

  February 16, 2016

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  Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal realism Martial Arts Cinema aesthetics of film Curator's Note Famous for featuring uncompromisingly brutal violence, the fight scenes in the films of Steven Seagal are bound up with ...
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  Re: Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal

  Being sensitive to different styles and contexts

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  Munib Rezaie Independent Scholar

  Wednesday, February 17, 2016 — 3:45 am

  terms of their film history, but also their particular martial arts history. I’m thinking about things ...
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  Re: Martial Suture: Aikido and Aesthetics in the Films of Steven Seagal

  Great post

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  Ian Dwayne Pettigrew Zhejiang University

  Wednesday, February 17, 2016 — 3:53 am

  Special effects have created new aesthetic possibilities in martial arts cinema. Filmmakers now have the ...
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  Marketing Asian Movies To U.S. Audiences

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  Daryll Bowen Georgia State University

  February 18, 2016

  Marketing Asian Movies To U.S. Audiences summer entertainment Martial Arts Cinema East Asian Film ... Festivals Curator's Note   Is the nature of Asian movies similar to that of Latin films in that the ... melodramatic acting? This could be a legitimate reason into why most, if not all Asian movies released in the ...
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  Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again

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  Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

  February 22, 2016

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  Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again speed slow cinema Nyan Cat animal memes acceleration Curator's Note The aim of the recent “In Focus” dossier on speed is to consider the value of “speed theory” for cinema and media scholars. As its contributo ...
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  Duration & Networked Media

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  Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

  Monday, February 22, 2016 — 6:25 pm

  1 minute and 1 second long). It is the possibility of these gestures--switching off, speeding up, remixing, ...
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  Suspending Suspense

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  Caetlin Benson-Allott Georgetown University

  February 23, 2016

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  and—wait, I’m out of popcorn. As this clip demonstrates, pausing a movie for even six seconds abruptly ...
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  Elephant: A Matter of Pace

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  Tiago de Luca University of Warwick

  February 24, 2016

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  Elephant: A Matter of Pace speed slow cinema pace Curator's Note The slowness of slow cinema is often attributed to the long take, yet the technique can serve different ends when it comes to cinematic speed depending on how movement and sound are han ...
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  A Matter of Purpose and Intent

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  Lisa Purse Department of Film, Theatre & Television, University of Reading

  Thursday, February 25, 2016 — 8:50 am

  (which seems to extend the possibility of a different outcome). ...
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  Re: Elephant: A Matter of Pace

  A MATTER OF POIGNANCY

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  Tiago de Luca University of Warwick

  Thursday, February 25, 2016 — 12:17 pm

  can also be seen as an attempt to 'extend the possibility of a different outcome' if only by ...

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