[Frameworks] new critical studies film course in car culture

[Warren Cockerham]

You've quite a list forming here: industrial, underground, experimental, commercial, etc. 

Here's 2 contemporary commercial films that probably should be in the mix for better or worse. Tarantino's DEATH PROOF (2007) and Nicolas Refn's DRIVE (2011). 

Art/experimental... Phil Solomon's LAST DAY IN A LONELY PLACE (2007) utilizes the auto-fetishistic Grand Theft Auto video game series. But, it may be a car-less piece if memory serves....

Warren




On Dec 14, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Bryan Konefsky <bkonefsky at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> 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.
> 
> Do know that my pal Antoni Pinent recently turned me on to a great text titled Car Fetish.
> 
> OK, let's hear what ya got!
> best,
> -- 
> Bryan Konefsky
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