Tag Archives: Roger Ebert

gaming the arts: collision of entertainment and art?

Are computer games art? The millions of gamers and game designers out there will most likely tell you yes. Artistic principles comprise at least a part of some of the professions in video game design, a list of which can … Continue reading

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cartoon moderne

Its just a phase. But it will never totally go away… by Art Chantry (art@artchantry.com): Every graphic designer I know goes through a ‘game box’ phase. specifically, there comes a point in every young designer’s development when they trip across … Continue reading

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lascaux: the mysterious patron

The evident spells of the enchantress Hyperbole and her sister Analogy. The puzzle of Lascaux. The puzzle is that the real meaning of the paintings in the French cave will never be known until a disturbing question can be answered. … Continue reading

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wicked gravity and nonreality: fellini version 8.5

Is the idea of having no free will frightening? Fellini’s 8 1/2 is a film filled with unreality: Dreams, daydreams and memories.A daydream believer in a mid-life crisis.  It was a final discarding of the stark neorealism that permeated his … Continue reading

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The N WORD and HUCK fiNN: When the Revolution Comes

Politically correct. Civilized. Lynchings and catfish and the more “dangerous” notions of interracial sex.”How could a black revolutionary ever be sure that white radicals would not return to the fold of white racism.” …IS the road to racism, a separate … Continue reading

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RADIO DAYS WITH AUNT JULIA: A Nobel In The Rye

Naturally, in the life of a great writer no significant love remains untold. In 1977, during a period when his work took a turn toward comedy, Vargas Llosa wrote Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, about a young man named Mario … Continue reading

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DESPAIR OF THE SAINTS: POVERTY Of The POSITIVE IDEAL

Life is a bitch and then you play cards; even with a crappy hand. The type of the card game is a variant on Utopianism and the odds of beating the house are slight indeed.   Luis Bunuel startled filmgoers … Continue reading

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GOOD FENCES MAKE BAD NEIGHBORS: Mending The Fury

Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” is about  the fences that divide us, both externally and internally.Property and territoriality   being a metaphor for that toxic blend of materialism and inner turmoil.Jean Renoir’s 1937 classic La Grande Illusion was also about … Continue reading

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