“Frank Lloyd Wrights Marin Civic Center was the headquarters for the Gattaca corporation in Gattaca and also featured in George … More
Category: Cinema
No such thing
“When I went to do Star Wars, the real challenge was that I wanted to make a much more active … More
Symmetrical Reality
Virilio: To start with, the simulator is an object in itself, which is different from televison and leads to cyberspace. … More
My time… is your time
“In the tradition of films like Metropolis, Things to Come, and Logan’s Run, all works that carefully stylize their futuristic … More
They know it when they see it.
“Most viewers seem to have little difficulty in staking out some fairly clear territory from which to start thinking about … More
Minimalism Mash Star Wars
“In a 1967 essay on minimalism, Clement Greenberg, America’s most influential critic, could have been describing Star Wars: “Everything is … More
Are you now or have you ever been?
“In an interview about the sound for THX 1138, Walter Murch charaterised the ambience recordings for the “White Limbo” sequneces … More
Serpents & Birds
“As filtered through Horace and the power of Roman literary institutions, Aristotelian notions of genre provided the very foundation of … More