The L&H in question is Big Business. "Deconstruction" indeed.
-----Original Message----- From: frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Kleinhans Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 4:47 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: Re: [Frameworks] new critical studies film course in car culture The about to open, On The Road, and an almost endless stream of road movies in Hollywood. There's a famous Laurel and Hardy film (whose name I forget at the moment) which includes tearing a car apart in a dispute. Not about film, per se, but in the 1920s the expansion of relatively inexpensive autos created a certain moral panic around cars as mobile bedrooms for young people who could escape being chaperoned. Chuck Kleinhans On Dec 14, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Bryan Konefsky wrote: > > Hello Frameworkers - I am in the early moments of developing a critical > studies course that looks at different ways the automobile has been imagined > in cinema. To this end I'd love to hear from ya'll with titles of films that > you think might be useful to explore/expand this idea and readings that might > also dovetail themes that might be explored. > > Do know that my pal Antoni Pinent recently turned me on to a great text > titled Car Fetish. > > OK, let's hear what ya got! > best, _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
