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Re: [microsound] take the red pill?



An ubermenschian cinematic mode of production.  The "overreacher" as new
messiah.

I was going to give it a pass, until I saw that Cornell West would be in it.
Now I'm simply going to have to see the prophetic philosopher in action.

The future of theory = New Hollywood tropologies

On 5/21/03 3:58 PM, "dkl37@xxxxxxxx" <dkl37@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ha ha, thanks Bill, for posting these articles. Now I've felt like I've
> seen the film without looking at a single image. I guess all that is left
> now is to go see it for the special effects, (when it eventually comes
> out on video).  ;-)   It was interesting to see the references to
> Gnosticism (well, at least one form of it), tesla coils, Taoism, the
> cabala (even if it was mentioned in the same breath as Marxism!), and the
> other myriad tie-ins (originally intended in the film or
> otherwise..).    
> Sheesh, with the advent of this film, one would think "the second coming"
> had just happened....    ah, the power of cheese(y media
> hype).           
> Best, Dale                               

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