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  Re: When Shallowness Enables Depth: The Oscars as a Scenario for Socio-Political Protest

  Is awareness-raising effective enough?

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  Julie Nakama University of Pittsburgh

  Friday, March 4, 2016 — 3:47 pm

  are perhaps likely to receive television coverage, but the possibility of the protest getting out of ...
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  When Shallowness Enables Depth: The Oscars as a Scenario for Socio-Political Protest

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  Elizabeth Castaldo Lunden Stockholm University

  March 03, 2016

  3 comments

  When Shallowness Enables Depth: The Oscars as a Scenario for Socio-Political Protest protest Oscars Marlon Brando Academy Awards Curator's Note Originally created as an event to provide prestige and consolidate the hegemony of the American film indus ...
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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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  Re: Elephant: A Matter of Pace

  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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  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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  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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  Re: Nyan Cat: Nothing Happens, Longer, Again

  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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  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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  Shifting Speed in Chinese Martial Arts Cinema: Yuen Woo-Ping's Contribution to the New Chinese Cinema of Attractions

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  Ian Dwayne Pettigrew Zhejiang University

  February 17, 2016

  3 comments

  Immediately afterwards, two of the fighters assault him from opposite sides. Although he does not block their ...
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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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