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Category Archives: Observations and Provocations
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING: THE DARK KNIGHT RISES TO OCCUPY AMERICA
FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NEW YEARS! AFTER 2 WEEKS OF GUEST POSTS, I’M BACK. I recently saw the trailer for The Dark Knight Rises at the cinema and knew I had to write about it. Now that I’ve watched it … Continue reading
Posted in Observations and Provocations, Readings
Tagged ann hathaway, Batman, christian bale, christopher nolan, DC comics, gary oldman, gotham, joseph gordon levitt, koch brothers, legendary, Marion Cotillard, michael caine, Occupy wall street, paranoid fantasy, propaganda, reactionary politics, the dark knight rises, tom hardy, Trailers, warner bros.
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Exploit This! — "Exploitation Trailer" is Redundant
An exploitation film is a genre of film that exploits itself through advertising and forbidden elements, rather than relying on meaningful or intrinsic content, They are shot on a low budgets, with very poor production values, and thus are regarded … Continue reading
Marketing Music: A Baroque orchestral master-work written to attract and retain audiences
One of the defining aspects of movie trailers is that they occupy the same medium as the film they advertise. Indeed, that is one of their distinctive formal qualities. A book review, with excerpts from the book discussed, would be … Continue reading
Posted in Observations and Provocations
Tagged concerto grossi, Handel, lincoln's inn fields, magic lantern, masques, oratorio, shakespeare
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