Author Archives: crain2mn

Film directing over the decades has been a very involved art. When one looks back at the progression from the earlier soviet-style films… Haha. Just kidding. Please don’t shoot yourself. This post is actually about Miller’s Crossing. Specifically how, in … Continue reading →

Today’s discussion on soulmates and the nature of love in class today reminded me of an AP story I’d read about a two neolithic skeletions unearthed a few months ago: Archaeologists have unearthed two skeletons from the Neolithic period locked … Continue reading →

All the talk about gender in class today reminded me of a book by former LA Times columnist Norah Vincent called Self Made Man: One Woman’s Journey Into Manhood and Back. It’s about the 18 months she went undercover as … Continue reading →

While we were talking about the rationality of mole-rat behavior in class today, I couldn’t help but think back to an article I read a few months ago concerning a new mine-clearing robot being developed for the DoD. Interestingly enough, … Continue reading →

Curious about what the Harberts family is up to now, I did some searching around the web. The best source I could find was this article about Bubbling Well. Here are some tidbits I found interesting. -Cal Harberts passed away … Continue reading →

What’s the deal with this woman? Meet Ripliee. She’s an android designed to resemble a human. (For some reason the Japanese are obsessed with building realistic android women…) She’s the result of decades of work, yet it was probably immediately … Continue reading →

Today’s discussion on Hansen’s work, specifically in regards to female spectatorship, got me thinking. I don’t think anyone doubts that the vast majority of films today feature women as their “primary object of spectacle.” What I do have questions about … Continue reading →

Prompted by today’s class discussion, I decided to look into some of Camille Paglia’s work. I was expecting to find some Gloria Stienem-esque academic talking about how tectonic patriarchal forces compel women to empty the dishwasher. Turns out my conception … Continue reading →

Alright, I’m promising myself this is the last video clip I’ll post. It’s just that when we were talking about the similarities between the arm-chopping scenes in Yojimbo and Star Wars, this clip is the first thing that popped into … Continue reading →

As I watched Yojimbo the other day, I couldn’t shake the feeling that I had seen its style of humor somewhere before. It wasn’t until I was driving home after class that it hit me: it’s the exact same style … Continue reading →