From: BUDGRANT-AT-aol.com
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:16:23 EST
Subject: Re: lost dawg


It seems that I missed the responses to lost dog that were embedded in hugh's 
e-mail, where'd they go? But I wanted to respond, so I will. There is 
something to what this guy is saying, even if it comes off a bit caustic, 
because it is a film theory list and not a movie discussion list (or is it?) 
Certainly I don't want to impose some sort of fascistic order, and luckily I 
can't as this is something akin to an egalitarian format. In defense of the 
general opinion style discussion, I add: when it comes to simply talking 
about stars and opinions I tend to hide out, as I know that at some point a 
film will be thrown into the discussion that stirs up some fast, furious and 
biting theoretical dialogue. A few months ago we went on a couple of weeks in 
response to a posting that began with: anyone see eyes wide shut? The thread 
died somewhere between the kantian noumenal and the lacanian real. So be 
patient there are some intense minds on this list, and perhaps it is up to 
you to incite the theoretical debate you were hoping to find.
Waiting patiently in cyberbia,
Paul


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