Two Lane Blacktop is essential. On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Adam Hyman <a...@lafilmforum.org> wrote:
> There’s very early silent, totally blanking on it right now but one of > you will know, which a man and car blowing up, and the man is in pieces and > gets reassembled – something like that. Pretty vague, but at the same > time, I’m sure someone will know of what I speak. > > > > On 12/14/12 1:49 PM, "David Dvorchak" <da...@as220.org> wrote: > > Laurel and Hardy is "Two Tars" > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Chuck Kleinhans < > chuck...@northwestern.edu> wrote: > > The about to open, On The Road, and an almost endless stream of road > movies in Hollywood. > > There's a famous Laurel and Hardy film (whose name I forget at the moment) > which includes tearing a car apart in a dispute. > > Not about film, per se, but in the 1920s the expansion of relatively > inexpensive autos created a certain moral panic around cars as mobile > bedrooms for young people who could escape being chaperoned. > > Chuck Kleinhans > > > > > > > On Dec 14, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Bryan Konefsky wrote: > > > > > Hello Frameworkers - I am in the early moments of developing a critical > studies course that looks at different ways the automobile has been > imagined in cinema. To this end I'd love to hear from ya'll with titles of > films that you think might be useful to explore/expand this idea and > readings that might also dovetail themes that might be explored. > > > > Do know that my pal Antoni Pinent recently turned me on to a great text > titled Car Fetish. > > > > OK, let's hear what ya got! > > best, > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- www.ryanmarino.com www.imminentfrequencies.com
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