From: "D. Diane Davis" <d3davis-AT-earthlink.net> Subject: Re: IRC book discussion: Simulacra and Simulation Date: Sun, 4 Apr 1999 09:29:03 -0500 I especially loved the way that the book, _Simulacra and Simulations_, was only simulating a book on the shelf...since the pages had been cut out so that it was "really" a "safe." But then later we find out that, in fact, even the SAFE is a simulation--not "there" any more than the spoon. Wonderful flick. Melodramatic, overdone, ridiculous....wonderful. --ddd ----- Original Message ----- From: <kjrufo-AT-bellsouth.net> To: <baudrillard-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu> Sent: Sunday, April 04, 1999 7:23 AM Subject: Re: IRC book discussion: Simulacra and Simulation > > >Alright, if you haven't seen the movie _The Matrix_, you should. The >special effects are amazing and you'll see a very appropriate use of >Baudrillard's _Simulacra and Simulation_ in the first ten minutes. There's >probably a very small percentage of viewers who will catch the reference, >but then again, the movie is all about making hidden references. Anyway, >check it out and let me know what you think. > >Ken Rufo >University of Georgia > ********************************************************* D. Diane Davis 171 EPB Rhetoric Department University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242 319.335.0184 d-davis-AT-uiowa.edu http://www.uiowa.edu/~ddrhet/ The Mediatrix: telnet://moo.lib.uiowa.edu:7777 http://moo.lib.uiowa.edu **********************************************************
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