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May 27, 2007
Lazy Sunday Links
Thanks to some thunderstorms near Chicago, I returned from my visit to Champaign very late last night, so I've spent much of the morning recovering from the trip. I very much enjoyed my visit, especially catching up with old friends, but I was also vividly reminded of why I enjoyed my two years as an instructor at the University of Illinois. Champaign-Urbana is an underrated college community, even livelier than I remembered.
But because of the travel and a general desire to escape from the wired world for a few days, I've fallen way behind the rest of the blogosphere, so here are a few links that I've been following this morning over my second--soon to be third--cup of coffee:
- It's somewhat old by internet standards (it was posted a month ago), but I think this "Introducing the Book" skit from Danish television, in which a medieval reader is being introduced to the book as if by an IT expert is pretty funny. It might also fun to watch in a media studies class.
- There are some interesting conversations going on over at Dr. Mabuse's place. One of the most interesting is the discussion of Cinema Tour, a website devoted "to thoroughly research and document the locations and histories of cinemas throughout the world." This prompts Jason to propose a game in which he asks whether you can remember where you saw a specific film. I generally have a pretty good memory for this sort of thing, and in some cases, I can even remember the specific screen on which I watched a certain film. But Cinema Tour looks like a great resource for people interested in screen culture.
- Jason also has an interesting post on the politics of cinephilia, something I've been thinking about in my own work lately (Jason includes a mention of Richard Porton's Cineaste essay, "The Politics of American Cinephilia," which I need to revisit).
- On a related note, Michael at Zigzigger offers a useful taxonomy of film blogs in order to give that discussion a little more (media) specificity.
- Finally, the Cinecultist points to Mike Mills and Miranda July's Blonde Redhead video. Enjoy.
Update: Forgot to mention that comments are still down because of ongoing security issues. We're working on it.
Posted by chuck at May 27, 2007 12:09 PM
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I think comments are working, now.
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at May 27, 2007 10:25 PM
Thanks a lot for the Miranda July video.
She's the new Audrey Hepburn! :)
Posted by: HarryTuttle at May 28, 2007 9:13 AM
Thanks, George. Word on the street is that you helped get comments running again.
Harry, July is indeed very cool.
Posted by: Chuck at May 28, 2007 12:08 PM