I have been doing some research on the Matrix franchise as it is my prime example of a series of ‘sequels’ that are not so much the the mimetic reproduction of a series of attributes, but a series of repeated differences that make each its own example or simulation. This includes the three movies the […]
Monthly Archives: October 2004
Team America, ‘fuck yeah’ or ‘get fucked’?
US Narcissism: ‘Pimp the World‘ The real puppets in Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s latest effort are the right and left of politics. The flick is a comical polemic (or polemical comedy??) that allegedly sticks the boot in to the patriotic neo-cons and F.A.G liberals. Instead it sticks the boot into politics as an institution. […]
Ode to my beautiful Samantha…
We met at a franchised coffee house, During breaks in our working days. Hiding behind a book and an academic long black, She wanted peace and quiet, Which I disrupted with a clumsy interjection. “Post-colonial theory, eh?” [PAUSE] [BLUSH] To which she replied with a look of who-is-this-boy? Exchanges of over-the-counter coffees, And over the […]
Work: The Seminar Strikes Back, or Mad Max’s Look of Love
Last night we watched Mad Max. According to IMDb Mad Max was (or is?) banned in Sweden, so maybe we had an illicit screening. How exciting… What was very annoying it that we had to fuck around with DVD players and computers to get the bloody thing to play. Wrong region encoding, you see. Perhaps […]
Jacques Derrida dies at the age of 74
I feel sad. Here are some links: http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1602574,00.html http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/09/obit.derrida.reut/index.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3729844.stm It reminds me of the joke in the movie Adaptation. Donald Kaufman: Listen, I need a cool way to kill people. Don’t worry, for my script. Charlie Kaufman: I don’t know that kind of stuff. Donald Kaufman: Oh, come on, man, please? You’re the genius. […]