Robert Moses Peaslee
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Agreed, except....
Thanks for the post, Kelly. A provocative way to start out an interesting week of thinking about these (perhaps anachronistic) touchstone television moments. I agree that the nature of television viewing (time-shifting, etc.) in the 21st-century makes the ... -
Community and commodification
So rich, this. In the fieldwork I've been doing, I've found the tension you both describe to be one of the overwhelming dimensions of the festival project. Perhaps, as Matt suggested, there are some festivals (Cannes, Toronto) where the industry ... -
Fests and tech
Good questions, Karen. I guess I would suggest that the presence and usage of mobile recording technologies, the quick turnaround and populist bent of blog posts, and the democracy of YouTube and Vimeo enhance rather than detract from the value of the fil ... -
right click
By the way, I had trouble getting the clip to play on the IMR site, but I was able to right click and choos "play on YouTube," which worked fine. FYI. ... -
Being there or not
Love that clip! It's such a great explication of the power inherent in associating oneself with and branding oneself through media products, people and practices. And of course the filmmakers you discuss are as keenly aware of their value to the peop ... -
Auteurism at Cannes
A provocative piece, Virginia; thanks for posting it. Cannes is an interesting anomaly in many ways. I haven't been there to witness it in any capacity, but as I understand its identity (both in terms of how the festival imagines itself and how it pr ... -
Re: Genre Matters
I think this is a really
I think this is a really interesting area of research, one that I'm beginning to wade into as well. What does "documentary" mean anymore? Consider another example, the animated film Waltz With Bashir, which is very much a documentary despi ... -
Democratic Party infighting and the "carnival"
Very interesting post, Amber, not least because now we have some distance on these phenomena and might talk about them more dispassionately than we once might. Chad Beck's provocations are seconded here, but I also think there are fruitful avenues of ... -
Awake and asleep
Thanks for posting on Dollhouse, Erika, a show I've yet to delve into but look forward to. Your analysis is engaging and I think the binary of feeling/remembering is a fruitful one in looking at the scene you've chosen. Another binary that seems ...