http://www.uniondocs.org/examined-life-with-astra-taylor/ Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:23:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.uniondocs.org/examined-life-with-astra-taylor/comment-page-1/#comment-1984 Examined Life – UnionDocs Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:18:19 +0000 http://www.uniondocs.org/?p=1955#comment-1984 [...] Examined Life is a bad idea made good. I remember feeling, about forty-five seconds into my first viewing of the trailer, the attractive-repulsive sting of being pandered to. A film comprised of ten-minute segments with brand name philosophers would have to be pretty deft to serve a purpose greater than congratulating the director and her audience for their good taste. How could these short, chatty visits lead to anything other than a reductive shorthand? The kind of thinking that the best of these intellectuals do so rarely translates to the screen. And whatever their individual merits, theorists like Slavoj Žižek and Michael Hardt are so often invoked to give an uptown sheen to careless drivel, as authorities whose very names obviate the need for further inquiry. [...] [...] Examined Life is a bad idea made good. I remember feeling, about forty-five seconds into my first viewing of the trailer, the attractive-repulsive sting of being pandered to. A film comprised of ten-minute segments with brand name philosophers would have to be pretty deft to serve a purpose greater than congratulating the director and her audience for their good taste. How could these short, chatty visits lead to anything other than a reductive shorthand? The kind of thinking that the best of these intellectuals do so rarely translates to the screen. And whatever their individual merits, theorists like Slavoj Žižek and Michael Hardt are so often invoked to give an uptown sheen to careless drivel, as authorities whose very names obviate the need for further inquiry. [...]

]]> http://www.uniondocs.org/examined-life-with-astra-taylor/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 this month at uniondocs « Satori in Brooklyn Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:27:17 +0000 http://www.uniondocs.org/?p=1955#comment-1976 [...] month at uniondocs Jump to Comments Last night’s Examined Life screening went over spectacularly well, thanks to everyone who was able to come out. Tonight, we’re [...] [...] month at uniondocs Jump to Comments Last night’s Examined Life screening went over spectacularly well, thanks to everyone who was able to come out. Tonight, we’re [...]

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