Monthly Archives: April 2007
Fallen Angels.
It’s Friday night, I’m done with my blog post of doom, and somehow I find myself in front of my computer wanting to write another film blog post. For my international cinema class, we watched Fallen Angels on Wednesday afternoon. … Continue reading
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Shades of Gray (and red) (and green)
Alas, my only blog about Vertigo was cut cruelly short due to a sudden strike of inspiration. But fear not! For now all shall be revealed. Hopefully.
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Clarification
Carmen, I’d like to apologize for any confusion I may have caused with my discussion of the Vagina Dentata theory. I have not been saying that I believe this theory, or that it’s psychologically/socially valid, just that it’s an interesting … Continue reading
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Graveyard
Dr. Campbell, you should be absolutely thrilled, because–finally–I am going to talk about Vertigo. But just a little, for now. I figure it’s best if I deal with little chunks of the film at a time, because I want to … Continue reading
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Sharks are devouring my blog!
Yeah, yeah. I know I promised two posts ago to get serious about Vertigo, but…aahh! Sharks! This is what I do in place of sleep, apparently. I realize that I’m going really crazy with this sharks + YouTube thing, but … Continue reading
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Shark-obsessed
I know I’ve done a lot of joking about shark movies in relation to the ‘toothed vagina’ theory (which, as Dr. Campbell pointed out, is actually an established psychological theory called Vagina Dentata that the author of my FTC essay … Continue reading
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Oh, YouTube.
So I was wasting spending my morning on YouTube, on a quest for clips from shark movies. And found, instead, this amusing trio of TV commercials: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/AhISyXes9VY” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/2UEp-N2sqx4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/NjpOPTiN23Q” … Continue reading
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Naked?
This isn’t directly related to what we’re discussing in class, but I find myself very intrigued by this ongoing blog discussion about art and its value. After this post, I’ll give my full attention to Vertigo. Call me morbid, but … Continue reading
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Bad art is still art.
Beth’s post got me thinking about art again, and I’d like to explore, briefly, the connection between happiness and quality or depth of art. It was mentioned that artists rarely seem to be happy, and the more tortured they are, … Continue reading
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Because I couldn’t speak up in class
The debate in class today affected me far more than I expected it to. The discussion of ‘true love’ almost brought me to tears, something that is generally extremely rare. I felt so emotionally invested in the exchange that I … Continue reading
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