tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925395536023721138.post5077081285064436928..comments2024-03-23T05:56:23.585+00:00Comments on Film Studies For Free: More Blog MagicCatherine Granthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844538902594202591noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925395536023721138.post-77127583047450887982009-03-26T15:11:00.000+00:002009-03-26T15:11:00.000+00:00Thanks Oliver. Yes, I agree Bejamin Wright's blog ...Thanks Oliver. Yes, I agree Bejamin Wright's blog is very good and there's been a link to it in FSFF's blogroll for a while. There's also a link to a nice short essay by him in the post Music to the Eyes on film music/sound. Here it is again: <BR/>http://www.offscreen.com/Sound_Issue/wright_forum1.pdfon filmCatherine Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844538902594202591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925395536023721138.post-16916755063085127502009-03-26T14:48:00.000+00:002009-03-26T14:48:00.000+00:00Thanks for sharing the links. I'd like to add www....Thanks for sharing the links. I'd like to add www.wrightonfilm.com to the list of illustrative and thoughtful film blogs. It's run by a PhD student in film studies, and it always provides insightful analysis of film style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925395536023721138.post-85161950354704243262009-03-26T10:42:00.000+00:002009-03-26T10:42:00.000+00:00Thanks Nitesh. And Dan, thanks a lot for the follo...Thanks Nitesh. And Dan, thanks a lot for the follow up comments. I followed up on Barnouw and Google gifted me the following link to an informative obituary at Screening the Past: http://www.latrobe.edu.au/screeningthepast/firstrelease/fr1201/pzfr13a.htm<BR/>I love the films I've seen about magicians, so will follow up on your suggestions for further viewing and will enjoy reading more about your research. Thanks again.Catherine Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844538902594202591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925395536023721138.post-65110104255821242742009-03-26T07:54:00.000+00:002009-03-26T07:54:00.000+00:00Thanks for the generous review, Catherine, and for...Thanks for the generous review, Catherine, and for the tip-off about the Bordwell article. I'd love to look further into the motif of the duelling magicians, which also drives Susannah Clarke's 'Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell' and more than one Melies film. Gillian Armstrong made a film recently, Death Defying Acts, about Houdini's affair with a fake medium trying to defraud him (and it's not quite as terrible as some reviews would have you believe). Many of the great 19th-C magicians, like Houdini and John Nevil Maskelyne, were anti-Spiritualists who often had combative challenges as part of their hype, so it makes sense for it to spill over into stories about performers trying to outdo each other. Erik Barnouw's book The Magician and Cinema is the one that got me started on the subject of magic and special effects and, though it's a little dated, it's still worth a look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-925395536023721138.post-87300655460357130542009-03-25T19:11:00.000+00:002009-03-25T19:11:00.000+00:00Let's add FSFF too part of the magic. Thanks for s...Let's add FSFF too part of the magic. Thanks for sharing wonderful links in the last couple of days. Plenty to learn and discover.niteshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667299083541761990noreply@blogger.com