On Friday, May 13th, Jennifer Prince was awarded with a CUNY Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Leadership. Two students from each CUNY college are chosen to receive the award each year. The award was p […]
Starting from Prof. Herzog’s point yesterday about the vulnerability of the peep show viewer’s body, I’d like to discuss that vulnerability in contrast to the anonymity of the viewer in a porn theater. Since both […]
I’m interested in why you chose the term “androgynist” film theory. I wonder if Mulvey’s use of the term “transvestite” spectator has been written about, since I’ve always been curious as to what term she would […]
Great perspective into the Showgirls-as-Las Vegas dynamic. I have to agree that Verhoeven works in satire and deliberately makes casting and screenplay decisions based on that. I’m probably the only one in class […]
Foucault argues that the difference between discourse and science is that in discourse a “proposition’s theoretical validity” is defined in relation to the work of the founders whereas with scientific theories its […]
Colleen (I can’t get my response to appear below yours!)–
I definitely agree that Joan of Arc is a great example of an instance where facial close-ups reel you in, and for that reason it’s much more effective […]
Kracauer argues in “History and Fantasy” that the filmmaker may go to the “limit” (81) in portraying the peculiar modes of a certain historical era. The practical implications of historical cinema are interesting […]
Relocating Identities, Theories, and Languages
The keynote speakers for our 20th annual conference are Dr. Jonathan Rosa (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) and Dr. Idelber Avelar (Tulane University).