The Aesthetics of Death in “Beetlejuice” (1988)

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The Ethics of Seeing in Susan Sontag’s “On Photography”

Photography is a technology of contradictions. It is at once mechanical and mysterious, even magical. It furnishes evidence of presence while being a token of absence. It can show us proof but can’t, without accompanying narration or context, make us understand. And perhaps most ...  Show more

The Music of Longing in “Amadeus” (1984) – Part 2

Are Mozart’s gifts a glitch in divine accounting? Or are his flaws attendant on or even the result of his genius? And how can we account for the glitch in Salieri’s design, which permits longing to go unanswered by talent? Wes & Erin continue their discussion of the 1984 film “Am ...  Show more

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