in medias res

on narrative in film, music and writing

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'whenever a media breaks some sort of threshold and receives universal recognition, it's immediately stripped of all detail, context and originality and then placed into a sub-category of feminism to then be picked apart for its failure to be adequately feminist.'

'overtly sociological storytelling feels didactic and unorganic.'

'dissociative feminism doesn't lie in the texts themselves but in the way our culture has perceived these texts.'

'i want to be allowed to be a f*cked up person sometimes and be forgiven - i just want to be.'

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/737924

"I cannot conclude this essay better than by quoting the con- cluding paragraph of Dr. Molnar's remarkable work: As we see, the relation between Hungarian music and the classical period of about 150 years ago can be found in small as well as in great characteristics. This classical period-though the climax of the old polyphony had ceased to be in existence-is the source of Hungarian musical culture. In Bach's works are to be found all the harmonic and rhythmic richness, all the simple, intricate, naive and bold harmonies. Whatever is in existence has come through that period. Hungarians, like all other European nations, drew from this source and through their original creative talents sprung up a national musical genre."

Great essay but... Why this wish to adhere to 'the great masters' when you have your own fantastic musical tradition....

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Jonny Greenwood says he had to “unlearn” elements of Western music theory during the making of new album Jarak Qaribak: “There’s times where

“Western scales often don’t help or ruin what’s going on,” says the Radiohead guitarist

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Which comes first, the movie or the music?

Starting with music can create an overall rhythm for a film that's understood well before the cameras start rolling. Still, starting with a

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The Process of Change - Virginia Satir

classical narrative paradigm shows a similar dynamic in psychology

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A Portrait of Ga

Short film by scottish experimental poetic filmmaker Margaret Tait.(uploaded for the sake of art and education. with very profound respect f

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White Elephant Art vs. Termite Art - Manny Farber

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Ricardo Piglia, Theses on the Short Story, NLR 70, July–August 2011

Argentina’s leading novelist reflects on the hidden architecture of the form, and the unfolding of its iterations from Chekhov to Hemingway,

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Letter from a Filmmaker. Seven Pieces on Black & White Cinema (Short 1983) ⭐ 6.1 | Short

25m

Otar Iosseliani

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qu’est ce qu’on voit avant que ça existe ?

est-ce qu’il existait qq chose avant l'écrit ? comme Mose avant la loi, est-ce que la loi était déjà là ? ou est-ce que la loi existe PARCE QUE on l’a écrit ?

le cinéma copie la vie, représente la vie

il donnait des valeurs monétaires à des acteurs (flic 100 francs, baigneuse 20 francs, amoureux 3 dollars) et ça changeait la façon dont les acteurs voyaient leurs rôles

comment voir un scenario?

tu veux écrire sur une page blanche

mais tu ne veux pas écrire

tu veux voir

tu veux re-ce-voir

tu inventes une vague

c’est qu’un murmur, c’est qu’une idée qui est vague, c’est du mouvement

elle va elle vient

l’acteur doit trouver ce mouvement

‘moi (JLG) voyait qq chose, que je racontais, mais elle voyait soi-meme, les acteurs voient eux-mêmes’ du coup comment communiquer ce qu’on voit sur la page blanche ?

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Marlene Dietrich - Screen-test for The Blue Angel (1930)

Marlene Dietrich's fascinating early screen-test for 'The Blue Angel', directed by Joseph von Sternberg in 1930. Rumour has it that Dietrich