Ecocinema, Media, and the Environment
This blog explores popular film and media and their relationship to the environment.
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Film Ecology 2: Hooper and Human Costs
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As with the burning of Atlanta scene in Gone with the Wind, construction and destruction also highlights how H...
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Film Ecology Opening from Ecology and Popular Film (2009)
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Film Ecology: Simulated Construction and Destruction in Hooper The idea of film ecology raises issues related to environmenta...
Monday, July 15, 2019
Toy Story 4 and the Rom Com, Part I
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Toy Story 4 made me cry tonight, but most emotional films do, sometimes even after the fifth viewing. What struck us, though, was ho...
Monday, July 8, 2019
Nature on the Inside, Part I: Dogs
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Dogs on the Inside (2014) demonstrates the special bonds humans sometimes build with their dogs. Because the documentary focuses on...
Thursday, June 27, 2019
The Incredible Mr. Limpet and Interdependence
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The Incredible Mr. Limpet reinforces interdependent relationships between live action and animation, since in the film an animated fis...
Friday, June 21, 2019
Orthodox Nature in Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1959)
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Whereas studios like UPA and Rankin/Bass embraced modernism, thematically, aesthetically, or both, Disney Studios maintained its conf...
The Secret of NIMH (1982) and Animal Rights
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Disney films from the 1940s and 1950s that grapple with animal treatment may range from those advocating animal rights, sometimes at ...
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