Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 15:13:14 -0800 (PST)
From: Mark Crosby <Crosby_M-AT-rocketmail.com>
Subject: Re: Deleuzian Repetition


Extended exegesis will have to wait, but this seems
somewhat relevant to the topics of repetition and pure
past:

"Only tiny pockets of clutter survive ... an aura of
schoolboy sexuality ... just brief flashes ... rooms
thick with dusty tomes and curling manuscripts ...
They fly brazenly against the winds of feng shui. This
makes sense: In science fiction you can replicate
objects as you need them; in fantasy you must collect,
hoard and store... The enemy in a space western is
defeated by fast thinking, cunning, wit and
improvisation... In Tolkien's world ... you don't
out-think the enemy. You out-research him... 

The message is clear: The world is full of history,
full of legend, full of lore, and making sense of it
is a matter of heavy sifting. Somewhere in the midst
of historical clutter, is a footnote that will save
humanity... The beautiful trash of history ... reminds
one that the Earth is not entirely ones own. It has
belonged to other peoples at other times, and their
imprint is still on it... There are inevitable
ridiculous lapses of logic... No doubt there's a
reason ... History makes decisions more complex and
difficult..." (from Philip Kennicott's Washington Post
review of _The Lord of the Rings_, the animated film
which opens today)

- Mark (who won't be seeing _Lord of the Rings_ today
because Andrea would rather watch _Jimmy Neutron, Boy
Genius_ battle the alien blobs.. ;)



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