“Politicization entails raising the particular to the level of the universal.”
Notes on Democracy
Monthly Archives: May 2016
Recommended Screening
Ex Machina
A well-made sci fi film that incorporates elements of Frankenstein, the Bluebeard legend, and a few film noir tropes in order to ask questions about the nature of consciousness, identity, and gender.
Coherence
Film geeks with a penchant for twisty parallel reality scenarios may enjoy this close-to-zero budget indie flick. There’s ample material for ideology critique here.
Just Like Honey
Final (HUM303)
Prep (HUM415)
Eyes Without A Face (HUM220/HUM303)
And the trailer for Teshigahara’s The Face of Another:
Rokudenashiko
“Vagina kayak” artist Megumi Igarashi found guilty of obscenity.
Old Notes (HUM415)
Archetypal
analepsis 