February 2008 Archives

This is a great illustrated pre-history of cinema, with time lines and sections on the work of Muybridge and Marey, among others.

http://www.precinemahistory.net/index.html

Here's an open thread for this week. Feel free to post anything of interest for the course: links, websites, definitions, terms, discussions, images.

Here's a little website, "Reading in the Ruins," with quotes from Benjamin's work (including the two versions of the "Paris" essay), with succinct quotes/discussions by Benjamin of terms like "the flâneur," "the feuilleton," "surrealism," "fashion," "the prostitute," and a bibliography. Check it out.

http://www.othervoices.org/gpeaker/Passagenwerk.php#Arcade

I've received so many great e-mails from students about the course that I've decided to create a blog where students can share their discoveries, links/websites, thoughts, and interests related to the course. Feel free to post anything of interest that you've discovered and/or want to share with the rest of the class.