also, pone could easily compare it to _Rosemary's Baby_, although I stole that idea from Damien Belliveau, who pointed it out before
a screening, and I caught everything he was talking about.


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From: "Linda Aronson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: the postmodern subject and identity


> .An idle thought.  Being John Malcovitch is actually a modern version of
> Jack and the Beanstalk - the poverty-stricken interloper in the corridors of
> power, the interloper in the territory of the giant - with a portal instead
> of a beanstalk.
>
> LInda Aronson
>
> Associate Australian Film TV and Radio School
> Sydney
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: louie rayner <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:57 PM
> Subject: Re: the postmodern subject and identity
>
>
> > "THE HUMAN SUBJECT HAS BECOME A BLIP: EPHEMERAL, ELCTRONICALLY PROCESSED,
> > UNREAL".
> >
> > The postmodern subject is, by its own definition, eclectic, a pastische
> > (reworkings of old cultures and social backgrounds) and, more importantly,
> > undefinable.
> >
> > I am currently looking for filmic depictions of the postmodern subject:
> > films such as LOST HIGHWAY, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH & AMERICAN BEAUTY.
> > I would value any suggestions that fit into this category.
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