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Thanks for the comments and recommendations. In the meantime I see you had also posted this last month: http://www.culturematters.org.uk/index.php/marx200/item/2801-marx-and-the-cinema-labour-on-screen On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 11:12 AM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > On 5/25/18 10:53 AM, Andrew Pollack via Marxism wrote: > >> Louis, what is your take on the author and on this article? >> > > I found it interesting as a survey but it doesn't cover the most recent > films being made in the USA. > > If I were to try to summarize the latest developments in American > narrative film from a Marxist standpoint, I'd focus on works like "The > Florida Project" and the entire body of work of Rick Alverson ( > https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/01/19/morality-tales-on-t > he-american-malaise-the-films-of-rick-alverson/). > > We are in a period of hopelessness and fear, just like when the Cold War > began. This tends to be reflected in the kind of films made above. Most > young indie directors and screenwriters have little interest in social > malaise and tend to make small-scale mumblecore films that get shown at the > Sundance film festival. That's why it takes a lot of guts to make a film > like "The Florida Project" or Rick Alverson's "Entertainment". Both are now > available on Amazon video. > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/opt > ions/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
