tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post6412099555400063133..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: Bad, bad, really really badlucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-80231156474446010252008-07-19T23:01:00.000+10:002008-07-19T23:01:00.000+10:00While US directors were Raging Bulls and Easy Ride...While US directors were Raging Bulls and Easy Riders, the early 1970's UK cinema had a genre of Confessions Of a Window Cleaner films which seemed to be a less-amusing extension of <I>Carry On</I> films ...Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-73944038157746770812008-07-18T19:43:00.000+10:002008-07-18T19:43:00.000+10:00What about "bad" as in "badass"? "Badass Film Theo...What about "bad" as in "badass"? "Badass Film Theory" ... that has a certain ring to it.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-72621369773035865312008-07-18T11:23:00.000+10:002008-07-18T11:23:00.000+10:00"I think it would, don't you Klaus?"It's a questio..."I think it would, don't you Klaus?"<BR/><BR/>It's a question of a theory of the text and of reading, I suppose. I mean, it depends upon whether you see reading and text as independent (and thus reparative reading as 'bringing something' to the text), or whether you see a text as only ever activated through reading, and thus not worth discussing otherwise (and thus a reparative reading does Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-91037233868720652462008-07-18T11:01:00.000+10:002008-07-18T11:01:00.000+10:00"I mean, would a reparative reading also be a refu..."I mean, would a reparative reading also be a refutation of badness and thus exclude its own object from the category?"<BR/><BR/>I think it would, don't you Klaus?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments about emotion vs. affect. I gathered that was the idea, but in the stuff I've read on the topic (_Ugly Feelings_ springs to mind, a really great book) the distinction isn't necessarily activated, as lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-48494668383880437942008-07-18T10:40:00.000+10:002008-07-18T10:40:00.000+10:00I think 'affect' is supposed to be at a preconscio...I think 'affect' is supposed to be at a preconscious or bodily level and 'emotion' is what 'affect' becomes when you've figured out what you're feeling. Distinct but related concepts, then. The distinction would be useful for thinking about audience response in cinema, particularly the difference between what is going on in front of the screen, and the point at which you figure out how you reallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-40816586960392079162008-07-18T10:07:00.000+10:002008-07-18T10:07:00.000+10:00Wot Mme. Pav said. "Isn't there something ghastly ...Wot Mme. Pav said. <BR/><BR/>"Isn't there something ghastly about pointing out all the ways an awful thing is awful? That is actually the basic problem the theme is presenting to me. Why waste our short lives on stuff we know isn't worth it."<BR/><BR/>Heh. Are you quite sure you "get" the blogging concept?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-52902049787242586392008-07-17T23:16:00.000+10:002008-07-17T23:16:00.000+10:00Well all the ironic hipsters will tell you that 'a...Well all the ironic hipsters will tell you that 'affect' and 'emotion' are not the same thing. There's some ineffable difference that I'll be buggered if I can figure out. There's similar posturing around 'empathy' and 'sympathy' too.<BR/><BR/>I think you've got a paper in category 5 with a discussion of category 2Kirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035268080440921379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-76827899343301357712008-07-17T22:06:00.000+10:002008-07-17T22:06:00.000+10:00I read #4 as "Cultural morons and politics". I thi...I read #4 as "Cultural morons and politics". I think I could be on to something here.jachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177657177757543373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-70590781899499026232008-07-17T21:44:00.000+10:002008-07-17T21:44:00.000+10:00Pick 5 & run with Attack of the Killer Tomatoe...Pick 5 & run with Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. The new journal "Derrida Today" is looking for papers...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-59152744307340444082008-07-17T21:38:00.000+10:002008-07-17T21:38:00.000+10:00If you like Monash Uni. I'm trying not to waste c...If you like Monash Uni. I'm trying not to waste carbon on conference travel.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-45173261460293315942008-07-17T21:36:00.000+10:002008-07-17T21:36:00.000+10:00Well, the only time I've ever got up to turn a vid...Well, the only time I've ever got up to turn a video off was "Lair of the White Worm". You know, the nuns bit.<BR/><BR/>But I've watched it a few times since then, with great pleasure ;)<BR/><BR/>Also, is the conference somewhere nice?Zoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546885088503890394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-30071179200659918522008-07-17T20:40:00.000+10:002008-07-17T20:40:00.000+10:00And I do go on a bit about Possession in my thesis...And I do go on a bit about Possession in my thesis, actually. It's specifically introduced as the only really terrible failure of an adaptation I'll talk about.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-14485258389923615512008-07-17T20:38:00.000+10:002008-07-17T20:38:00.000+10:00Dorian suggested 'badaptation' (his word) too. I ...Dorian suggested 'badaptation' (his word) too. I don't know. Isn't there something ghastly about pointing out all the ways an awful thing is awful? That is actually the basic problem the theme is presenting to me. Why waste our short lives on stuff we know isn't worth it.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-68293468262878473832008-07-17T20:02:00.000+10:002008-07-17T20:02:00.000+10:00Couldn't you do a paper on Bad Adaptations and ven...Couldn't you do a paper on Bad Adaptations and vent your spleen about <I>Possession</I>?Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.com