Tag Archives: Stanley Cavell

ACROSS AN EPIC NOT INTIMATE UNIVERSE

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Dave

”But Turner—especially in his own last years—was not at all hostile to the incoming empire of technology. Quite the opposite: he believed that the speeding train or the chugging paddle steamer could be turned into a visual lyric that married … Continue reading →

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A COSMOS DEVOID OF ABSOLUTES

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Dave

”Antonioni’s breakthrough masterpiece, L’Avventura, paints an austere picture of late modernity. If Stanley Cavell is correct to say that the cinematic apparatus delineates a world that transcends beyond the framed canvas of the traditional painted image (that is, we wonder what … Continue reading →