Alla Gadassik
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Recommended Further Reading
Richard Dyer, “The Light of the World” in White: Essays on Race and Culture (Routledge, 1997). Stuart Hall, “The Spectacle of the ‘Other’” in Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices (Open University, 1997). Adilifu Nama, Black Sp ... -
Walt's Brain to Pixar Braintrust
In Shamus Culhane's "Talking Animals and Other People," Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston's "The Illusion of Life," and many other first-person accounts of working at the Walt Disney Studios in the 1930s-1950s, one finds many o ... -
COLLABORATIVE PROGRAMMING
Roger, I really appreciate your connection between proprietary software in the animation industry and debates about open/closed programming elsewhere. I've been thinking about this case study in connection to a much older history of animation technol ... -
Crossing the Border with Guillermo Arriaga: Babel's Screenplay
The elliptical and temporally fragmented structure of Babel is a trademark of Arriaga’s work both in novels and screenplays. As Babel’s diegetic time splits into three streams that run out of joint – an echo of the film’s titular theme – character interre ... -
Who Watches the Watchmen, Indeed?
I, too, think that Jocelyn brings up a very interesting distinction between "bad" films that have low budgets with great intentions, and "bad" films that have unlimited budgets with no soul and vision. One of the most infuriating thing ...