Daniel Norford
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Cinema and the Sublime
Dr. Szczepaniak-Gillece's remarkable post puts me in mind of Sean Cubitt's work in "The Cinema Effect." Specifically, Cubitt asserts that one dominant strain of the cinematic imaginary privileges an aesthetic of the Kantian sublime, in ... -
Literal and Figural 'pockets'
I was fascinated by Galt's careful unpacking of the literal and figural roles played by the mattress 'pocket' as it becomes inflected by the montage; in particular, I was reminded of Pheng Cheah's conceptualization of the 'global ... -
Prolepsis and Transparency
I'm really grateful to Galt's and Szczepaniak-Gillece's posts, both of which unpack dimensions of the clip- and of Sembene's cinematic project- that I had either not considered or under-privileged. In Galt's post, the figure of pr ...