Comments on: THE EYEBALL: Illusions http://therumpus.net/2009/05/the-eyeball-illusions/ Books, Music, Movies, Art, Politics, Sex, Other Sat, 26 May 2012 23:19:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ryan Chapman http://therumpus.net/2009/05/the-eyeball-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-8162 Ryan Chapman Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:54:40 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=18546#comment-8162 But, I ask, what about THE PRESTIGE? That film's meta tendencies operate on a formal level, rather than narrative. The subtext throughout was that magicians acted as precursors to the spectacle of cinema, so that Christopher Nolan was creating Brechtian mini-spectacles inside the film which criticised the framing medium. Also, Bowie as Tesla! But, I ask, what about THE PRESTIGE? That film’s meta tendencies operate on a formal level, rather than narrative. The subtext throughout was that magicians acted as precursors to the spectacle of cinema, so that Christopher Nolan was creating Brechtian mini-spectacles inside the film which criticised the framing medium. Also, Bowie as Tesla!

]]> By: Ryan Boudinot http://therumpus.net/2009/05/the-eyeball-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-3315 Ryan Boudinot Tue, 19 May 2009 20:10:45 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=18546#comment-3315 Rick--your wife's got good taste. The ambush scene in Children of Men scared the shit out of me. Molly--I haven't read much of Milhauser, just a short story here and there and not "Eisenheim the Illusionist." He's been on my radar a long time. Rick–your wife’s got good taste. The ambush scene in Children of Men scared the shit out of me.

Molly–I haven’t read much of Milhauser, just a short story here and there and not “Eisenheim the Illusionist.” He’s been on my radar a long time.

]]> By: Rick Moody http://therumpus.net/2009/05/the-eyeball-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-3303 Rick Moody Tue, 19 May 2009 11:52:23 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=18546#comment-3303 Ryan, the wife really digs RIFIFI too, and makes me watch it periodically. Along with her other current fave, CHILDREN OF MEN. Ryan, the wife really digs RIFIFI too, and makes me watch it periodically. Along with her other current fave, CHILDREN OF MEN.

]]> By: Molly Gaudry http://therumpus.net/2009/05/the-eyeball-illusions/comment-page-1/#comment-3262 Molly Gaudry Mon, 18 May 2009 07:52:31 +0000 http://therumpus.net/?p=18546#comment-3262 I'm interested in what you think about Millhauser's "Eisenheim the Illusionist," the story versus the movie... I’m interested in what you think about Millhauser’s “Eisenheim the Illusionist,” the story versus the movie…

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