Starring Roles, or Who Will Play James Franco?

Starring Roles, or Who Will Play James Franco?

We have made it so that actors are playing themselves as the ultimate fictional character. My Dinner with Andre famously did this in 1981. Being John Malkovich (1999) was self propelled by having the notable actor play himself, despite the already original script....
Silent Films: Revenge with a Hollywood Ending

Silent Films: Revenge with a Hollywood Ending

Hollywood films follow very easy to read trends. They would be dumb not to, as they only have a few genres to regurgitate the same plots out over and over again: westerns, dramas, teen melodramas and coming of age films, the romantic comedy, slapstick comedy, the...
The New Flesh: Our Avatars

The New Flesh: Our Avatars

“Planet Earth [is] about to be recycled. Your only chance to evacuate is to leave with us” -Marshall Applewhite   Culturally defining moments are happening exclusively through mediated images dispersed through multiple sources, indefinitely available,...