Philip Core. Camp: The Lie That Tells the Truth, 1984, p. 7: “Camp is a form of historicism viewed histrionically.” Share this:
Trial of the Chicago 7, The: Sorkin’s Powerful Dramatization of the Famous and Infamous 1968 Events
June 6, 2021 by
Aaron Sorkin directs large, star-driven ensemble–Sacha Baron Cohen, Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Eddie Redmayne and Mark Rylance–in his timely chronicle of the legal media circus, sparked by the 1968 Democratic National Convention protest.
1 Hitchcock: McGuffin
June 4, 2021 by
The Mcguffin is an irrelevant object (nothing at all), around which the action is structured Certain function of certain object McGuffin signifies only that it signifies They signify the signification as such, but the actual content is insignificant. 39 Steps: plans for airplane machine (we never see the airoplane) Foreign Correspondent: secret clause in a […]
Gay Cinema: Approaches, Theories, Elizabeth Taylor
June 3, 2021 by
Research in progress: June 3, 2021. In one of my two personal meetings with Elizabeth Taylor (at AmFar during the 1996 Cannes Film Fest) she said, upon hearing I was gay: “Without homosexuals there would be no Hollywood, no theater, no opera, no dance, no arts. Period.” Books: Davies, Steven Paul. Out at the Movies: […]
Prom, The: James Corden, Meryl Streep Aim to Become “The Biggest Thing to Happen in Indiana”
May 31, 2021 by
The story follows New York City stage stars Dee Dee Allen (Streep) and Barry Glickman (Corden) who’ve just suffered a costly Broadway flop when they learn of an Indiana high-school student who’s been banned from attending the prom with her girlfriend (Ariana DeBose).
