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Innovation in Art

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andrzej Wajda, Austin Powers, B.S. Johnson, Beckett, Brecht, Brian Eno, Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry, convention, Dave Eggers, Don Quixote, Duck Amuck, Flann O'Brien, Frank Kermode, innovation, Irma Vep, J.K. Rowling, James Taylor, John Cage, Kenneth Patchen, Len Lye, metafiction, Miles Davis, Norman Rockwell, Oblique Strategies, One Thousand and One Nights, Stan Brakhage, Steve Katz, Tristram Shandy, Two-Lane Blacktop, William S. Burroughs, Yusef Komunyakaa on February 13, 2010 | 38 Comments »

What is innovation in art? This is something I’ve circled in my other posts, for example: “Notes on Twee, part 2: The Crash Test Dummies”; “Experimental Fiction as Genre and as Principle”‘; “Art’s Morality.” Now I’ll try addressing it a little more head-on. All art contains both innovation (unfamiliarity) and convention (familiarity). Some artworks are [...]

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My Favorite New Movies of 2009

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Agnès Varda, Andrzej Wajda, Antichrist, Bill Murray, Bradley Beesley, Bright Star, Bruno Delbonnel, Chaos Reigns, Chris Marker, Christian Petzold, Christmas on Mars, Christoph Waltz, David Mamet, David Yates, Fanny Brawne, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Frank Miller, George Salisbury, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hayao Miyazaki, Il Divo, Inglourious Basterds, J.J. Abrams, Jane Campion, Jerichow, John Keats, Katyń, Lars von Trier, Les Plages d’Agnès, Mike Stoklasa, Nicolas Roeg, Nightwatching, Oren Peli, Paolo Sorrentino, Paranormal Activity, Peter Greenaway, Ponyo, Puffball, Quentin Tarantino, Redbelt, Rembrandt, Richard Kelly, Ricky Jay, Rita Tushingham, sexism, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review, The Beaches of Agnes, The Box, The Spirit, torture porn, Tsai Ming-Liang, Visage (Face), Watchmen, Wayne Coyne, Wes Anderson, Whatever Works, Woody Allen, Zack Snyder on December 31, 2009 | 21 Comments »

[Update: 2010 is here] Here are my favorite new movies of 2009, like you care. I’m drawing from the films I saw in the theater this year, some of which were “officially” released a year or two ago. But they’re all new. …So, Mr. Cranky, what did you like?

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