In their book, Spaces Speak, Are You Listening?: Experiencing Aural Architecture (MIT Press, 2007) Barry Blesser and …
Expanded Cinema: Still fresh after forty years
A few months ago I pulled Gene Youngblood's classic Expanded Cinema (E.P. Dutton & Company, 1970, available online) off …
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Pearls of wisdom
Back in February I attended a conference "Who's Afraid of New Media" held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Wendy …
The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative
I recently finished reading The Cambridge Introduction to Narrative by H. Porter Abbott (Cambridge University Press, …
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Fans, friends, and followers
This week I had a chance to read Scott Kirsner's new book, Fans, Friends & Followers, which provides a fresh guide to …
Inventing the Movies
Some of the things I love about summer are weekend trips to the Berkshires, taking time off for a vacation, and all that …