Mister Brainwash A key insight for me is what I amusingly call Ted’s law. In this, when we layer abstractions in art, the “distance” between layers is equal. This is a great example. The idea builds on the notion that humans alone are capable of seeing themselves in the world as they see the world.… Continue reading Exit Through the Giftshop (2010)
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Films released in 2010
Extraordinary Measures (2010)
Dying You can see the pitch: real life, dying children, desperate father, two bankable actors who have made money in action movies but who sputter otherwise. In other words, there is no intent to put anything of value into this: it intends to milk us based on stuff banked by others. Unfortunately, everything — other… Continue reading Extraordinary Measures (2010)
Inception (2010)
Insides of Emma (The Fall of Angels) When I watch a movie, all sorts of machinery kicks in. I am aware of only some of that, and can massage and train only a bit of it — of what I see of myself. This machinery is based on layers, folding, recursion. It is just how… Continue reading Inception (2010)