Benajmin, W. “Author as P,” re epic theater
“What emerges is this: events are alterable not at their climaxes, not by virtue and resolution, but only in their […]
02. Theory
Selections from writing by filmmaker/theorists on political media.
Benjamin, W. “Author as Producer” re position in time
“Instead of asking, ‘what is the attitude of a work to the relations of production of its time? Does it […]
Benjamin, W. “The Author as Producer” re the intellectual, 1934
“Here it is quite palpable where the conception of the “intellectual,” as a type defined by his opinions, attitudes, or […]
Benjamin, Walter. “Author as Producer” (re teaching writers)
An author who teachers writers nothing, teaches no one. What matters, therefore, is the exemplary character of production, which is […]
Benjamin. “Author as Prod,” re means of production
“Nothing will be further from the author who has reflected deeply on the conditions of present-day production than to expect, […]
Benjamin. “Author as…” Re revolutionary intellectual.
“The revolutionary intellectual appears first and foremost as the betrayer of his class of origin.” This betrayal consists, in the […]
Brakhage, Stan. Re the artist scattering seeds.
“Thus ‘reality’ extends its picketing fence and each is encouraged to sharpen his wits. The artist is one who leaps […]
Carlomusto, J and Bordowitz, G .”Do it!”
Safer sex educational video is a form of direct action. We recognize that sexuality cuts across socially constructed boundaries between […]
Comolli, J-L and Narboni, J. “Cinema/Ideology/Criticism”
Because every film is part of the economic system it is also a part of the ideological system, for “cinema” […]
Cox, Geoff & Joasia Krysa, “The Author as (Digital) Producer”
“On the surface, it seems that much contemporary techno-cultural practice operates in the spirit of Benjamin’s essay, opposing the simplistic […]