Gordon Sullivan
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I really appreciate the
I really appreciate the Naremore citation- though I think exploitation is hard to pin down (even Schaefer's sieve necessarily misses some stuff), but I think that's a strength rather than a weakness as it is for film noir. ... -
That’s a really good question
That's a really good question- and I would like to think the answer is "I hope so." Given the way that exploitation film-going seems to often be a greater motivation than any particular genre, the notion of a mode could give us more flexibi ... -
Thanks for this - I think
Thanks for this- I think you're absolutely right that we shouldn't confuse Spring Breakers with, say, Hobo with a Shotgun. And the parallels you draw between earlier exploitation forms and Spring Breakers seems appropriate. I'm wondering wh ... -
That notion of “datedness” is
That notion of "datedness" is a really striking one to me, and I wonder if Korine's other films don't seem as exploitative because they seem more "out of time." Which also makes me wonder how well Kids has aged, since I haven ... -
Another question I think your
Another question I think your post raises is how something might be exploited. In the post-war period you mention, it was possible to "exploit" something in a couple of months- a news story about bikers appears, a movie goes into production the ... -
Great stuff, Adam - I
Great stuff, Adam- I especially love your point about the "labor of reception," which adds a necessary corrective to other discussion of exploitation (including mine!) that focus on purely textual matters. As I was reading your post, I didn' ... -
My hope would be that using
My hope would be that using "exploitation" as a term might be a kind of stealth feminism- those who wouldn't pick up an avowedly "feminist" book without some other "hook." And I don't know that that's just a ma ... -
You raise an interesting
You raise an interesting question, Adam- perhaps generalizable as what, exactly, is being exploited in an exploitation movie. Must it be sex and violence? Historically, I think the answer is no, and there's no reason that the other sensations you men ... -
Kal, you raise a good point -
Kal, you raise a good point- I think projects like "Pass the Salt" are one avenue for giving these moments the time/space necessary for their wider appreciation. However, Keathley's project still feels more explanatory than affective (at le ... -
Medium Specificity
After reading your eloquent reflection, I'm glad that I decided to change the topic of my own post. Originally, I was going to link to a video of someone who uploaded a video to YouTube, then downloaded it, then re-uploaded it repeatedly. The result ...