Laura Wilson
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I am a little embarrassed to
I am a little embarrassed to admit that that anachronism completely passed me by! But of course, now you refer to it, it jumps out a mile- particularly for the segment where the young woman is conversing with her boyfriend via Skype. If I am able to defen ... -
Quick reply - I would agree
Quick reply- I would agree in finding these moments in breaks and ruptures, as I consider this is where the viewer's body often lies. It is certainly, in the case of intensely visceral horror films, the moments where the viewer is forcefully and aggr ... -
There are two spaces to
There are two spaces to potentially get lost in with faux FF, aren't there? Either immersed into the text, sutured as it were with the diegesis, temporarily or otherwise disregarding the idea that as it is found footage it is pointing towards a past, ... -
Something that I found in
Something that I found in common both with watching V/H/S and Unfriended was the cynicism generated by the films (I mention this briefly in my post). For V/H/S, I felt somewhat disengaged with the violence the protagonists were committing, and I think thi ... -
There is a fascination, isn’t
There is a fascination, isn't there, with low(er)-grade production values- or 'shitty-ness' as Gilligan would call them! I'm thinking of examples like Rodriguez/Tarantino's Grindhouse, Wan's Saw...while the former may be work ... -
Horrors of the Past
This was a very interesting post, and great to see something written on one of my favourite contemporary horror franchises! While previously watching them it had not struck me, as it did you, the affective potential for the differing apparatus used to tel ... -
Very beautifully put. To
Very beautifully put. To become a little speculative- I, and clearly you, experienced video throughout our childhood and early adulthood. I wonder what modes of pseudo-nostalgia this film, and the format, might generate for viewers of the DVD and download ... -
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Further, the recent film Unfriended would be an interesting comparison to make if discussing generational ways of looking. ...