“The [Teletubbies] series was shot at a large outdoor set near in Stratford-upon-Avon. The set consists of a sculpted landscape … More
Category: Criticism
Vividness of a lightening flash
“As I am addressing a person so accomplished in literature, I need only state, without enlarging further on the matter, … More
The sheer luminosity of metaphor
“After the flash and filigree of the sixties, the next decade can seem rather docile, even disappointing. It is widely … More
And Dick Tracy? Is he dead?
“[Jean-Luc] Godard once described 2 ou 3 chores as “a continuation of the movement begun by [Alain) Resnais’s Muriel.”‘ As … More
The illimitable richness of the visual object
“The visual is essentially pornographic, which is to say that it has its end in rapt, mindless fascination; thinking about … More
Reanimator
The pivotal story that intensified Ballard’s divisive status [among SF authors] was the first of what he called his ‘concentrated … More
Total inversion
“Talk of the changing relationship between the speculative genres and the mainstream surely predated Bruce Sterling’s now-canonical 1989 essay on … More
Vacant stare
“One of the odder, more complicated moments in the history of architectural symbolism will arrive Monday with the formal opening … More
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