Comments for The Pinocchio Theory http://www.shaviro.com/Blog "If you fake the funk, your nose will grow." -- Bootsy Collins Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Post-Continuity: full text of my talk by Steven Shaviro on “Post-Continuity”: Film & TV Reading Group | initiative für interdisziplinäre medienforschung http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1034&cpage=1#comment-63169 Steven Shaviro on “Post-Continuity”: Film & TV Reading Group | initiative für interdisziplinäre medienforschung Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:47 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1034#comment-63169 [...] Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 6:00 pm in room 615 of the Conti-Hochhaus), the Film & TV Reading Group will meet to discuss Steven Shaviro’s take on the “chaos cinema” debates (and his alternative idea of “post-continuity”). Felix Brinker will be moderating the discussion, which will center around a recent talk by Shaviro on the topic (which can be found on his blog, here: http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1034). [...] [...] Tomorrow (Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at 6:00 pm in room 615 of the Conti-Hochhaus), the Film & TV Reading Group will meet to discuss Steven Shaviro’s take on the “chaos cinema” debates (and his alternative idea of “post-continuity”). Felix Brinker will be moderating the discussion, which will center around a recent talk by Shaviro on the topic (which can be found on his blog, here: http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1034). [...]

]]> Comment on Norman O. Brown by Claudio Perez-Leon http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=419&cpage=1#comment-63153 Claudio Perez-Leon Sun, 13 May 2012 01:42:54 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=419#comment-63153 Brown is worth reading repeatedly. Exploring the references and tracing his steps is a fascinating journey. The practices of Metamorphosis are necessary, poetry is a state of mind: Hoc Est Corpus Meum. Brown is worth reading repeatedly. Exploring the references and tracing his steps is a fascinating journey. The practices of Metamorphosis are necessary, poetry is a state of mind: Hoc Est Corpus Meum.

]]> Comment on Work for Hire? by » Roger T. Whitson, Ph.D http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1023&cpage=1#comment-63100 » Roger T. Whitson, Ph.D Mon, 07 May 2012 17:55:19 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1023#comment-63100 [...] to publish in open access venues. On the opposite side, in my own field literary studies, Steven Shaviro has recently blogged about the contract he received from Oxford University Press that wanted to make his most recent [...] [...] to publish in open access venues. On the opposite side, in my own field literary studies, Steven Shaviro has recently blogged about the contract he received from Oxford University Press that wanted to make his most recent [...]

]]> Comment on Sight and Sound greatest films poll by Jason LaRiviere http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046&cpage=1#comment-63093 Jason LaRiviere Sun, 06 May 2012 20:53:04 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046#comment-63093 Interesting list, Steve. Here is Sean Cubitt's: Pyaasa - Guru Dutt La Regle du Jeu -- Jean Renoir Infernal Affairs -- Andrew Lau and Alan Mak Closely Observed Trains - Jiri Menzel The General -- Buster Keaton Histoire(s) du cinéma - Jean-Luc Godard Yellow Earth - Chen Kaige Princess Mononoke -- Hayao Miyazaki Mothlight -- Stan Brakhage The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah Interesting list, Steve. Here is Sean Cubitt’s:

Pyaasa – Guru Dutt

La Regle du Jeu — Jean Renoir

Infernal Affairs — Andrew Lau and Alan Mak

Closely Observed Trains – Jiri Menzel

The General — Buster Keaton

Histoire(s) du cinéma – Jean-Luc Godard

Yellow Earth – Chen Kaige

Princess Mononoke — Hayao Miyazaki

Mothlight — Stan Brakhage

The Wild Bunch – Sam Peckinpah

]]> Comment on Sight and Sound greatest films poll by marc b. http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046&cpage=1#comment-62983 marc b. Wed, 02 May 2012 16:51:55 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046#comment-62983 no room at the top (ten) for anything by kubrick or lean? no room at the top (ten) for anything by kubrick or lean?

]]> Comment on Sight and Sound greatest films poll by Ken http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046&cpage=1#comment-62978 Ken Wed, 02 May 2012 12:14:11 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046#comment-62978 I would move Nutty Professor to the first spot but I am sure you have your reasons I would move Nutty Professor to the first spot but I am sure you have your reasons

]]> Comment on Work for Hire update by Böcker och tidskrifter i den akademiska världen: ett par länkar | Tystnad http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1030&cpage=1#comment-62971 Böcker och tidskrifter i den akademiska världen: ett par länkar | Tystnad Wed, 02 May 2012 03:46:53 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1030#comment-62971 [...] kikade in på The Pinocchio Theory för första gången på ett tag och hittade det här intressanta inlägget om Oxford Unviersity Press, som enligt uppgift där skall ha gått över till [...] [...] kikade in på The Pinocchio Theory för första gången på ett tag och hittade det här intressanta inlägget om Oxford Unviersity Press, som enligt uppgift där skall ha gått över till [...]

]]> Comment on Sight and Sound greatest films poll by Caroline Godart http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046&cpage=1#comment-62924 Caroline Godart Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:24:11 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046#comment-62924 Thrilled to see Akerman's Golden Eighties on your list! Thrilled to see Akerman’s Golden Eighties on your list!

]]> Comment on Sight and Sound greatest films poll by vejnovich http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046&cpage=1#comment-62918 vejnovich Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:13:08 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1046#comment-62918 Great choices. I can't believe "Agguire, the Wrath of God"- probably my all-time favorirte- didn't make even the extended lists in 2002. Any idea when this final list will be features in the magazine? Great choices. I can’t believe “Agguire, the Wrath of God”- probably my all-time favorirte- didn’t make even the extended lists in 2002. Any idea when this final list will be features in the magazine?

]]> Comment on Post-Continuity: full text of my talk by Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 26.04.2012 – 30.04.2012 | Kuva http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1034&cpage=1#comment-62905 Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 26.04.2012 – 30.04.2012 | Kuva Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:03:41 +0000 http://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=1034#comment-62905 [...] Post-Continuity Film – In my 2010 book Post-Cinematic Affect, I coined the term “post-continuity.” I used this term to describe a style of filmmaking that has become quite common in action films of the past decade or so. In what I call the post-continuity style, “a preoccupation with immediate effects trumps any concern for broader continuity — whether on the immediate shot-by-shot level, or on that of the overall narrative.” [...] [...] Post-Continuity Film – In my 2010 book Post-Cinematic Affect, I coined the term “post-continuity.” I used this term to describe a style of filmmaking that has become quite common in action films of the past decade or so. In what I call the post-continuity style, “a preoccupation with immediate effects trumps any concern for broader continuity — whether on the immediate shot-by-shot level, or on that of the overall narrative.” [...]

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