Ecocinema, Media, and the Environment
This blog explores popular film and media and their relationship to the environment.
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Mother! and the Cli-Fi Conundrum III
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But Mother’s association with earth turns the film into an ecofeminist’s nightmare. The insertion of the feminine “muse” amplifies th...
Friday, August 24, 2018
Mother and the Cli-Fi Conundrum, Part II
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The experimental look of Aronofsky’s Mother! is also a return to modernist cinema of the 1960s and the movement’s prevalent exploitatio...
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Mother and the Cli-Fi Conundrum, Part I
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Mother! and the cli-fi conundrum by Joseph K. Heumann and Robin L. Murray We went to see Darren Aronofsky’s most recent film...
Monday, August 6, 2018
Reading and Writing Graphic Novels--Student Trailers Rock!
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Reading and Writing Comics and Graphic Novels
Monday, July 30, 2018
Tree Horror Conclusion
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Tree horror is rooted in a disturbed natural world like that described by Carroll. But The Ruins , Splinter , Severed , and The ...
Sunday, July 22, 2018
The Happening and the Biotic Community
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The family drama The Happening promotes a communal solution to irresponsible science. When humans kill bees with unbridled pesticide ...
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Severed and Irresponsible Science: the Earth Bites Back
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Loggers and environmental activists join forces to escape zombies created by GMO trees in Severed . Severed: Forest of the Dead ...
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