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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: INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV?

  Aesthetic Issues

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  Kyle Barrowman DePaul University

  Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 10:57 am

  two sides of the same coin (that is, my response is usually "exciting BECAUSE realistic" or ... a way of guaranteeing that the aesthetic side of the equation will always be above board. However, one ... (in my own research, I've tried to approach aesthetics from the two sides of the martial arts ...
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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: INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV?

  Hi, Kyle! Thank you for the

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  Munib Rezaie Independent Scholar

  Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 2:57 am

  distinction between "realistic martial arts" and "exciting spectacle," which I’m not ...
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  Re: INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV?

  I’m looking forward to the

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  Kate Morgan Newscastic/The Electric Feast

  Tuesday, February 16, 2016 — 2:01 am

  I'm looking forward to the recommendation! Thanks Munib. And yes. I think we are on the same page. ...
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  INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV?

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  Munib Rezaie Independent Scholar

  February 15, 2016

  10 comments

  INTO THE BADLANDS: The Future of Chinese Martial Arts Cinema on American TV? Martial Arts Movies Into the Badlands Chinese opera AMC Curator's Note Chinese martial arts cinema owes a debt to the Chinese opera aesthetic where minimalist sets, characte ...
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  Re: Earth in the Spin Cycle: The Myth of the Green Tech Industry

  My pleasure. I’m glad to

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  Jonathan Hielkema Independent Scholar

  Sunday, February 14, 2016 — 8:42 pm

  My pleasure. I'm glad to bring this video and Apple's whole campaign to wider attention because it's an important plank of their brand. Without these initiatives, which are real enough, as I noted, they would not be able to cultivate the sa ...
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  Re: "A Dream's End": Temporalities in Abounaddara's Emergency Cinema

  The politics of time

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  Remy Yi Siang Low University of Sydney

  Tuesday, February 9, 2016 — 11:30 pm

  and this clip along with your post has really got me thinking about the possibilities and implications ...
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  You Can Make a Movie Now, But Some People Will Never be the Next Cate Blanchett: Continued Filmmaking Inequalities in a quote unquote Post-Colonial, Post-Gender Society.

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  Brandon Niezgoda Drexel University

  February 09, 2016

  3 comments

  Then, an elite, and monopolized device. As time continued, the future posed a different possibility ...
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  Earth in the Spin Cycle: The Myth of the Green Tech Industry

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  Jonathan Hielkema Independent Scholar

  February 08, 2016

  5 comments

  acceleration. It is in Apple’s basic interest to grow as quickly and as much as possible, meaning that its ...

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