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Timing Effects in "Many Worlds Mario"
Curator's NoteA post in February, 2008 from a blog entitled “Mechanically Separated Meat” describes a hack of “Super Mario World” in which blocks had been rearranged in a level editor to create what...
View ArticleSlowness as Intimacy in Apichatpong’s Mekong Hotel
Curator's NoteApichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film Mekong Hotel ends with a long take of a river. The six-minute shot depicts a precious time of day: those fleeting moments when dusk washes the world...
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License to Kill Time (digital film restoration)
Curator's NoteThis video compiles selected bits from a 2004 promo for Lowry Digital Images’ restoration of Universal’s library of James Bond films. I’ll draw three broad critical points from it.1....
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History, Memory, Cinema: Angelopolous's Ulysses' Gaze
Curator's NoteThis scene from Angelopolous’ Ulysses’ Gaze (1995) is a powerful example of historical memory showing how time can be incorporated into the image. It is framed by a silent film, made in...
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Interrogating Timelessness: Twin Peaks as "Classic" Television
Curator's NoteCBS Home Entertainment’s trailer for the Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery Blu-Ray box set employs a number of strategies to market the release to potential consumer-fans which, in many...
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Torrey Pines and the Transgender Time Traveler
Curator's NoteThe film trailer for Torrey Pines sets up the story about a young girl who goes on the road with her mother who—as the song in the background says—"goes crazy." The film by Clyde Peterson...
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When news and drama compete for time: The Handmaid’s Tale’s release
Curator's Note It’s no surprise that Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale has drawn comparisons between the current political climate and the show’s themes of oppression and threats to agency. No doubt, the...
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