Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
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Bachelard, domesticity, spectatorship
Elena, this is a wonderful reading of Holy Motors. It's so appropriate to use the penultimate scene that ends, as the travels begin, in a house, particularly given Bachelard's abiding interest in the domestic as space of memory, contingency, and ... -
The growth of new forms
This is a wonderful post, Jennifer-- thank you for always offering such provocative ideas. It's particularly interesting following Rosalind's discussion of the "unseen pocket of time." I wonder if we might make a connection between the ... -
Interstices
Rosalind, this is a beautiful post that thoughtfully unravels some of Tsai's provocative uses of cityscapes, urban times, and global flows. The "unseen pocket of time" to which you incisively point seems also, to me, to refer to cinematic i ... -
Security & Space
Daniel, thank you for this terrific post. I'm fascinated by your discussion of triangulation in domestic space, as well as substitution. Rosalind's observation about the sonic qualities of the space also make me think about Ousmane Sembene' ... -
cinematic pedagogy?
Emily, this is such a provocative, thoughtful, and lovely post. I’m particularly drawn to the wonderful poem about the directory, and the concept of directory as Baedeker for the city one already inhabits. Much as the directory encourages a mental map o ... -
I could never come up with a better title than Killer Condom
This is a terrific post and clip, Kaelin (with perhaps the worst lip syncing performance I’ve ever seen), and some great follow-up thoughts from Daniel and Bart. It seems to me like Killer Condom would make an excellent double-feature with Teeth. And he ... -
bored future
Wonderful post, Bart (although I'm not sure whether this clip makes me want to see the movie or not). To follow up on Daniel and Kaelin’s comments, I too find the concept of a dystopic boredom to be pretty interesting—how the future’s failure comes n ... -
Cinematic madness
Jeff, this post and clip are so great! What I’m curious about is how this clip (and perhaps Lewis’ oeuvre in general) highlights a relatively arbitrary line between sanity and madness—as though maybe the nauseating real toward which badfilm draws us is on ... -
fantastic responses!
Thanks, everyone, for some truly insightful and provocative comments. I’m delighted to read all of them, challenging and smart as they are. Bart, I really like your concept of characters “playing dead” and I wonder where else we might find this happening. ...