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From: "Lita Coucher" <lita_coucher-AT-hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Intelligent readings...
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 08:12:28 -0500


I'd be really interested in this too.  I often see comedy as more
intelligent than audiences give credit for, however, i ususally can't quite
put my finger on why.  Help?
jen (LC is my alias)
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Maloney <EGA98DJM-AT-sheffield.ac.uk>
To: <film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 7:42 AM
Subject: Intelligent readings...


> I was interested to note intelligent readings of mainstream films in
> a recent posting, Locke in Harry met Sally etc... Is anybody aware
> of any web resources which offer intelligent readings of supposed
> no-brainer movies. I have examined the direct camera gaze in
> Wayne's World and Ferris Bueller, and sexual imagery /
> iconography in Ghostbusters.  I'm looking for the brain behind no-
> brainers. Especially teenie movies like Wayne's, Ferris, Bill and
> Ted... Any help would be much appreciated...
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
>
> By the way, for Hugh
>
> 1) Memento
> 2) Dancer in the Dark
> 3) O Brother Where Art Thou
>
> 1) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
> Always believe in your soul,
> You've got the power to know,
> You're indestructible.
>
>
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