Terror, Disaster, Cinema and Reality – A Symposium
Reflections on September 11 and its Aftermath
Like many other Americans lately, I’ve been scared – but like only some Americans, I’ve been scared both of Middle Eastern terrorists and those whom
Cinema and Reality
“We live inside an enormous novel. It is now less and less necessary for the writer to invent the fictional content of his novel. The
A Reflection
Thank you for your invitation to reflect on the September 11 events. Rather than emphasizing – as the American media have done, for example, for
Cinema as Delphic Oracle
Cinema has been a prophetic medium from its inception. I’m not talking about the drama, musical, comedy, or the Western genres, but horror movies, science
A Reflection
Some 50 days after that tragic day in September, which may come to divide our lives, I feel uncomfortable in speaking openly and honestly about
Things are Forever Changed: Business as Usual
Human beings seem to be put together in such a way that no matter how extensive and ironclad their experience, it is never sufficient to
A Reflection
One need not be a psychologist or a semiotician to recognize that the destruction of the World Trade Center’s arrogant Twin Towers was a symbolic
Watching Horror: A Gendered Look at Terrorism, or, Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Psycho
“Oh God, I can’t watch!” My boyfriend is used to hearing this protest, during Psycho, Halloween, and countless other horror movies we’ve seen together. Today,
On the Big Set
Following the advice of a few New York City friends and family, I decided to walk from my 34th Street location and into the core
A Reflection
In Cinema veritas “It was like a scene out of a movie.” Everybody who saw September’s* Grand-Guignol show has voiced or thought some variation of
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