More on Inception: Shot Economy and 1 + 1 = 1
Some good questions came up in the comments section of my lengthy Inception critique (“Seventeen Ways of Criticizing Inception“), and I thought it made the most sense to respond to them with a new...
View ArticleWhy Do You Need So Many Cinemas?
“Evolution of Dance” by Judson Laipply (2006) (still). In my last post on this topic, I argued that cinema can be redefined as “the cinematic arts,” which would include not only movies and short films,...
View ArticleAn Interview with Me at Untoward
just went up—well, Part One did, in which Matt Rowan asks me questions about my first book (Amazing Adult Fantasy), G.I. Joe, geek culture, Ota Benga, Ayn Rand, George Orwell, and bad writing habits;...
View ArticleUsing Viktor Shklovsky
My hero. [This post began as a response to some comments made by Douglas Storm on Amber's most recent post.] The name “Viktor Shklovsky” comes up a lot at this site (I’m guilty of mentioning it in...
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