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5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat) (Spoiler Alert)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by zjb

  About the two new political films about the Occupation coming out of Israel, both of which were nominated at for an Oscar, the lion’s share of attention has gone to the Gatekeepers, less to 5 Broken Cameras by Emad … Continue reading →

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Historical FiCtion at the Movies (Profits & Catharsis)

Posted on February 26, 2013 by zjb

Art reflects its own domain, but has a duty not to make things up, at least not out of whole cloth, like this idea, which seems not to be true, that “enhanced interrogation techniques” helped bag Osama bin Laden. A … Continue reading →

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New Media, Aura, & Religion (Lev Manovich)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by zjb

[Avi Rosen, cathedral #1″, New Media, digital bricolage, 2005] I’ve been reading Lev Manovich’s The Language of New Media, about which I’ll have more to say when I  finish the book. In the meantime, I wanted to share this little … Continue reading →

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