. [Sincere apologies if you receive this more than once.] /////////////// F I L M - P H I L O S O P H Y ///////// International Salon-Journal //////////////////// ISSN 1466-4615 //////// PO Box 26161, London SW8 4WD ///////////// http://www.film-philosophy.com Gigantic Visions of Mankind: Spectacular Effects and Digital Cinema Film-Philosophy Special Issue May 2005 'From here we see the perspective to the fantastic dreams the camera can fixate . . . gigantic visions of mankind crushed by the Juggernaut of war and then blessed by the angel of peace may arise before our eyes with all their spiritual meaning'. -- Hugo Munsterberg (1916) Contents Marina Sheppard (University of Cambridge) 'Hollywood Business: On Robert Blanchet's _Blockbuster_' Jacobia Dahm (University of Mainz) 'Lollywood Adventures: On Robert Blanchet's _Blockbuster_' Jon Baldwin (London Metropolitan University) 'Have You Taken Your Rorschach Test?: _The Matrix and Philosophy_' Daniel Herbert (University of Southern California) 'An Economy of Annihilation: Wheeler Winston Dixon's _Visions of the Apocalypse_' Karin Badt (University of Paris VIII) 'Apocalypse Too Soon: Wheeler Winston Dixon's _Visions of the Apocalypse_' Mary Helen Kolisnyk (New York University) 'Between the Carnival and the Panopticon: Bukatman's _Matters of Gravity_' Richard Misek (University of Melbourne) 'Analogue Film, Digital Discourse: Sean Cubitt's _The Cinema Effect_' Sean Cubitt (University of Waikato) 'Reply to Richard Misek' Mark Bould (University of the West of England) 'if This Retrofuturistic Flu Goes On . . .: On _Future Cinema: The Cinematic Imaginary after Film_' //////////////////// Film-Philosophy is a 'salon-journal': an international para-academic 24-hour live-event version of specialised academic publishing, dedicated to philosophically reviewing film studies, philosophical aesthetics, and world cinema -- with an online readership of over 5000 every month, as well as more than 1300 permanent worldwide members of the email discussion salon. Unlike traditional journals, even online ones, Film-Philosophy texts are published one at a time over the course of each month through an email salon (as well as on the website) so that they can be immediately discussed and contested and continued by salon members. To join the salon, and receive the texts via email as and when they are published over the month, simply send the message: join film-philosophy YOURNAME or join film-philosophy YOURNAME with digest to: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> (In the digest version you will receive salon posts in a single email, sent about once a day.) Any problems simply contact <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Then reply to the confirmation email, and you can post directly to the salon -- simply send your comments and questions to: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. . ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu