Writing and Commentary

LOVING WISDOM
IN LIGHT, STORY, AND CINEMA

Meta-analysis of the motion picture expressed as an art form

BLUE VELVET

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I Wore Blue Velvet

In which voyeurism is explored in the context of On Set Cinema Presents: Blue Velvet

Wilmington, NC May 2019

feat. Jeff Goodwin, SFX Makeup on BV

special guest: the ear

IMMORAL TALES

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Disney Has No Capacity for Immoral Tales

In which Walerian Borowczyk's epically sensual erotic masterpiece Immoral Tales is analyzed for its contrast to sanitized entertainment.

THE SHINING

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Pod People (podcast)

Ep. 75 - The Shining

(special guest)

In which the temporal power dynamics of Jack and Wendy as archetypes of masculine/feminine are explored

APOCALYPSE NOW

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Hearts of Darkness in Apocalypse Now:

Conflicts of Masculinity

In which the documentaries Hearts of Darkness and Milius shed some light. Theatrical, Redux, and Final Cut are compared and contrasted. Leonard Shlain's Sex, Time, and Power is used to unpack Apocalypse Now with personal asides

   

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