Terror/Horror

[Jonathan M. Hall]

Without delving too far into conspiracy theory, might we not see the
production schedule and the current slew of media glorifying the CIA and
American militarism as anticipating the new American unilateralism?  Such a
view would refreshingly not assume 9-11 to be the world-altering event so
many like to see it as.  This would also conform to a historical sense of
tendency over episode discussed by Virilio in his pertinent essay on war and
cinema, A Travelling Shot over Eighty Years.



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From: Ted Mills <mills at rain.org>
Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 19:58:38 -0700
To: KineJapan <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Subject: Re: Terror/Horror


On 8/27/02 5:31 AM, "Khash Najib" <najibjp at yahoo.co.jp> done said:

> 1- I don't know how statistically sound my observation is,
> but I have noticed a decline in the American "catastrophy
> movie" phenomenon (volcanos, earthquakes, floods...) since
> September 11. Do people here agree with me?

You're forgetting "Signs," which features a nicely rendered view of "the end
of the world" as seen from a family locked up in a farmhouse.

Regardless, I think it's a bit early, as others have said, to examine
current themes with the release schedule the way it is.

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