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The Luminaries (2013) is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize and Governor General’s Award for Fiction
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillI heard about The Luminaries (2013), by Eleanor Catton, through Twitter mentions, articles at CBC and elsewhere, and CBC radio segments highlighting the book’s receipt of the 2013 Man Booker Prize. A Feb. 19, 2014 Sydney Morning Herald article is entitled: “Frenzy of fame: Man Booker winner Eleanor Catton is happy to return to a […]
American Hustle (2013) is loosely based upon the late 1970s FBI Abscam sting
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillSeveral overviews based upon the movie American Hustle (2013) – from The New Yorker, The Daily Beast, and The Telegraph, among other sources – are available online. The IMDb overview of the film sums up the story: “A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild […]
What is the meaning of contested normative valance?
/4 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillConcepts such as “contested normative valance” are of value, in my view, because it’s useful to include concepts from the social sciences in the study of history. For this reason, it’s of interest to read the views of Sönke Neitzel, a historian, and Harald Welzer, a sociologist and social psychologist, regarding warfare. Similarly, it’s of […]
The rise of luxury rehab (New Yorker, Dec. 1, 2008)
/2 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA Dec. 1, 2008 New Yorker article is entitled: “Letter from West Hollywood – Special Treatment – The rise of luxury rehab.” The topic of drug rehabilitation is discussed as well in a Sept. 19, 2013 Globe and Mail article, and in a Feb. 4, 2013 New York Times article. An Aug. 6, 2013 Globe […]
Several orders of frames of reference drive perceptions of Toronto’s mayor
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe frame of reference that is brought to a given observation, and the quality of the evidence that is available to us, are key variables determining our perceptions. The concept that one can think of orders of frames of reference is of interest. Frames of reference can be the subject of systematic study; such study is of […]
Drug wars and the power of rhetoric
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillAn Oct. 18, 2013 Toronto Star article is entitled: “Mental illness: is ‘chemical imbalance’ theory a myth?” Chemical balance theory has fallen in status The subhead reads: “The chemical imbalance theory has fallen in status from bedrock scientific principle to mere marketing device in the minds of many researchers.” The assumption is questioned that brain […]
The Technique of Film Editing (1968) is a classic text for film students
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following text is based upon a previous post entitled Drug Wars (2013) updates. It focuses and enlarges upon themes related to editing, contextualization, and management of attention and emotional response in accordance with principles of instrumental reason in a machine in the garden era. Film history We are dealing with history, and its conceptualization. Heritage […]
History of film editing – Reisz and Millar (1968)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe Technique of Film Editing, Second Edition (1968) is a classic text by Karel Reisz and Gavin Millar that is read even now by film students. It’s a useful resource for anybody interested in how stories are put together, and how life is viewed and experienced, then and now. Because I’m currently taking a film editing […]