[Frameworks] new critical studies film course in car culture

Tim Halloran televisual at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 14 17:34:24 CST 2012


...a great exploration of the human/machine interface. 

Tim

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On Dec 14, 2012, at 3:32 PM, "Tim Halloran" <televisual at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, Cosmopolis and of course Crash which has been noted, but also don't forget Cronenberg's Fast Company--a low budget exploitation film about professional drag racing that is also 
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> On Dec 14, 2012, at 3:18 PM, "Jack" <jack at jacktext.net> wrote:
> 
>> Some others Cosmopolis (Cronenberg), also how about kids movies like Herbie & Chitty Chitty Bang Bang? 
>> Jack
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>> On 15/12/2012, at 10:02 AM, Peter Mudie <peter.mudie at uwa.edu.au> wrote:
>> 
>>> Talking about great cars, very hard to forget the Citroën DS21:
>>> Le Samouraï, Jean-Pierre Melville, Fr., 1967.
>>> P
>>> 
>>> Hollywood commercial stuff:
>>> Vanishing Point, 1971 (great car)
>>> 
>>> Seated Figures – Michael Snow, Cdn., 1988.
>>> P
>>> 
>>> Fergus Walking (part 2 in the 3 part Autumn Scenes) – William Raban, UK (not US), 1978.
>>> P
>>> 
>>> And Death Race 2000.
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Fred Camper <f at fredcamper.com> wrote:
>>> Quoting Bryan Konefsky <bkonefsky at gmail.com>:
>>> 
>>> > Hello Frameworkers - I am in the early moments of developing a critical
>>> > studies course that looks at different ways the automobile has been
>>> > imagined in cinema.  To this end I'd love to hear from ya'll with titles of
>>> > films that you think might be useful to explore/expand this idea and
>>> > readings that might also dovetail themes that might be explored.
>>> 
>>> Transparency (Ernie Gehr)
>>> Kustom Kar Kommandos (Kenneth Anger)
>>> Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray)
>>> Kiss Me Deadly (Robert Aldrich)
>>> Two Lane Blacktop (Monte Hellman)
>>> 
>>> Fred Camper
>>> Chicago
>>> 
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