Matthew Stoddard
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free indirect/camera-grace
A fascinating analysis of this scene. I am most intrigued by the lengthy second shot, which seems to offer a p.o.v. that is anterior to what is then established in the shot/reverse-shot sequence that follows. If the light from the curtain constitutes Phar ... -
time warp
Katie, this is a fascinating post. The way you frame A Message to Garcia and the politics of the film archive reminds me of some of the found footage work of Harun Farocki, and Godard's Histoire(s)--it is fitting, then, that you mention Cornell' ... -
the muscle milk effect
Michael, I think this ambiguity around targeting that you point to (and which Ethan indicates as well) is extremely interesting. It seems to push our relation to ads and our relation to our selves vis-a-vis those ads towards a kind of existential vertigo ... -
Re: The Errant Pixel
war/economy/errancy
Genevieve, thanks for this great post. I think what you say about Home Movies Gaza nicely parallels, and expands on, some of what Paul Benzon's post indicates about possible intersections between war, the destruction of media, and a politics of media ... -
Re: Burn, Baby, Burn
war, materiality, value and sabotage
Paul, Thanks for starting this week with such an interesting post. Your approach to the sudden destruction of media objects provides a lot of potential lines of inquiry for thinking about a politics of media archaeology. (In my own area of research--film ... -
Re: Burn, Baby, Burn
pop and its afterlives
Paul, you make a very good point about the scarcity, or lack thereof, of these objects. In addition to the Dr. Who episodes Snowden mentioned, there is also the slowly fading, and perhaps irreplaceable, copy of the film A Message to Garcia, which Catherin ... -
Archeology of Images and Nostalgia
Your work on the invocation of the 50s in the 70s and 80s sounds very insteresting. This calls to mind Reagan invoking Hollywood, and, now of the constant invocation of Reagan (hologram Reagan, no less!). There seems to be an intersection here with some o ... -
Best Week Ever
Great post. Taking a bit of a step back, it seems to me that this phenomenon is an instance of capital's double effect on the historical imagination: the inability to think historical difference (a "classic" event of a time truly not our ow ... -
A Political Form
This is an excellent post. Just as I was about to pose the question of a radical nostalgia on yesterday's thread, I read this, which I think addresses/answers the question in a cogent and intriguing way. If nostalgia is approached as a critical re ...