Category: science-fiction
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 6 ~ Fin)
In part five, we wrestled through the problems of interpreting symbolism in film. This shorter conclusion to the Film Analyst ATE works through the idea of the new American hero in film. (We also praise demolition engineers who get paid to blow $#!! up). Doug Welch: “See? You didn’t bring anything to the movie, did…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 4)
Last week, The Boy Wonder and that other schmuck in the black suit talked on voiceover, visual show-don’t-tell and the power of good dialog. This week, we dig into the meat: SYMBOLISM! LS: Something we were talking about, symbolism in general, there’s a picture that was posted of Rothfuss’ Facebook page. This guy said, “I…
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Lancelot’s Roundtable Miscellany 001
“It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.” OSCAR WILDE In the spirit of Schott’s Original Miscellany, here’s what I’m Literating from the past month… Yale Art Students Website Background: Oprahed (originally @ the Gig) Oprah |Oh•pur•uh| (verb Oprahs, Oprahing; past and past participle Oprahed) [intransitive]: 1. To break down sobbing on…