Blow Up...IV

[Markekohut]

I recently enough saw those movies again and I like this

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On Sep 28, 2012, at 9:44 PM, bandwraith at aol.com wrote:

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> Something about technology, A' and the reduction of one's essence to fewer dimensions than it takes for one to be... Might be why P eschews the media for anonymity, and allows himself to be known only via his literary output. Somehow this media asceticism allows him, paradoxically, to inhabit and invigorate his constructions so much more than if he were to, say, go on a typical book tour, ala DFW. There areother benefits, of course, like, well, like not having to be accused of
> "bogarting that joint" by a bunch of groupies:
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> http://youtu.be/EvGJvzwKqg0
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> When I saw this article in The Guardian:
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> http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2012/sep/27/michelangelo-antonioni-centenary-forgotten-giant
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> It reminded me of the classic 60's movie, Blowup:
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup
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> Another interesting take on authority and photography, wherein the the lines betwixt image and reality are also blurred. But this time I thought of Doc, watching the video of Glen's murder and knowing that he  (Doc) is lying unconscious somewhere just out of view. Doc puts himself in the video. He straddles the line between image and reality. Of course, he doesn't know that he's really a fictional character, but  that's okay. We do, and  we're real enough...
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