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• In Media Res
  Re: Packaging Politics: The Criterion Collection and The Battle of Algiers

  Tenuous Parallels

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  Matthew Moore Roberts Wesleyan College

  Thursday, March 3, 2011 — 9:08 pm

  Brianna: I appreciate your observations and questions about one of my favorite foreign-language films. I was also struck by how the bonus on the 3-DVD set attempt to contemporize the film. The extras provide the usual production information, but there ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Feeling the Energies: The Kabbalah Yoga Series of DVDs

  Hi, Vincent. I appreciate

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  Matthew Moore Roberts Wesleyan College

  Thursday, February 24, 2011 — 5:06 pm

  Hi, Vincent. I appreciate your observations and questions concerning the video. I wonder whether this kind of Kabbalah-Yoga crossover is indicative of other East/West pop culture videos. I'm thinking of Tai-Bo and others that specifically reference & ...
• In Media Res
  Re: DVD as Public Enemy: Salman Khan in "CID"

  Thanks for your observations

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  Matthew Moore Roberts Wesleyan College

  Thursday, February 24, 2011 — 5:38 pm

  Thanks for your observations and questions, Suzanne. I was also struck by the Diwali reference. Diwali is religious, celebrating the vanquishing of a demon by the forces of righteousness. It is also secular, marking the beginning of the fiscal year. In th ...
• In Media Res
  Re: DVD Piracy and Cultural Production in Manila

  Fetishization of Pirated DVDs

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  Matthew Moore Roberts Wesleyan College

  Thursday, February 24, 2011 — 5:24 pm

  Jasmine: Thanks so much for your posts and responses. I am fascinated by this topic and what you are contributing to it.  I'm also interested in the ways the video appropriates genre conventions, blurring the lines between entertainment and informati ...