As ecocriticism expands and deepens in scope (of subject matter & media examined), extent (internationally), and diversity (in approaches, connections with other schools of thought, etc.), its interactions with non-literary fields such as cinema studies, theatre/performance studies, and musicology (as I posted about recently) are starting to develop in healthy ways. The ASLE conference had […]
Posts Tagged ‘film’
cinematic ecologies
Posted in Cinema, Eco-culture, Philosophy, tagged Agamben, ecocriticism, ecomedia, film, Heidegger on July 11, 2009 | 7 Comments »
filmmakers & the Iranian opposition
Posted in Cinema, Politics, tagged art, cultural ecology, film, Iran on June 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Two of the world’s best known Iranian artists, Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic novel Persepolis and director of the Oscar-winning animated feature based on it, and leading filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, have been presenting apparent “proof” at the European Parliament that Mousavi actually won the elections. This comes in the form of an internal memo […]