Somebody’s Always Listening

Paramount Pictures/Ringer illustration            As the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded, $100 million extravaganza ‘Megalopolis’ nears, it’s worth revisiting ‘The Conversation’ from 50 years ago as a reminder of what it looks (and sounds) like when a master is at work"At my age, I can afford for film to be a passion and not a business." That’s what Francis Ford Coppola told me 15 years ago during an interview about his 2009 film, Tetro, a glossy, quasi-autobiographical melodram...

White Noise - the original from 1995

White Noise Reviewed by: Martin Gray Architect Jonathan Rivers is proving unable to rebuild his life after his novelist second wife Anna disappears. He mopes, he neglects his weekend son Mike, he moves into a truly soulless apartment (typical architect). He hangs on to the hope that her story isn't ove...

The Singing Stones (review) by Glowing Fish - Everything2.com

The Singing Stones (review) See all of The Singing Stones, no other writeups in this node. "The Singing Stones" is a 1968 novel by Juanita Coulson, published as an Ace Double, along with Derai by EC Tubb. At the time of publishing, Coulson had published only one other book, but was already well known in the science-fiction community for her work on the fanzine Yanro, together with her husband, Robert Coulson. She would write many other books, mostly in the 1980s. All of which I d...

Star Wars - Hidden Details and References

The filmmakers behind the Star Wars films are just like the hardcore fans: they're movie nerds. The recent Disney+ shows like The Mandalorian, Book of Boba Fett and Kenobi have been jam-packed with references to classic Star Wars works, both the well-known and the obscure.But beyond that, the films are full of easter eggs that fans would never spot the first time they watched them. There are loads of references to other films in the Star Wars movies, plus some other random things that are thr...

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Deadly Barks - Acousmaticity and Post-Animality in Lucrecia Martel - La Cienaga

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Deadly Barks: Acousmaticity and Post-Animality in Lucrecia Martel's La ciénaga - Film-Philosophy

Deadly Barks: Acousmaticity and Post-Animality in Lucrecia Martel's La ciénaga Abstract Acousmatic sound is often defined as a sound whose source is unseen, that is, in terms of a separation between the senses of hearing and seeing. Discussions about the acousmatic have generally focused on the ontological relation between the sonic effect and the visually unavailable source that produces it. This article examines the function of acousmatic so...