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. ----- Original Message ----- 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. > > _________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > ---- > > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]