“The words are not good for the secret meaning, everything always becomes a bit different, as soon as it is put into words, gets distorted a bit, a bit silly—yes, and this is also very good, and I like it a lot, I also very much agree with this, that this what is one man’s treasure and wisdom always sounds like foolishness to another person.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha
The 2026 film The Odyssey is quite controversial for some reasons -- mostly the director Christopher Nolan's insistence on his own personal interpretation of the classical mythological story of Odysseus or Ulysses and the Trojan War. I have my own misgivings about his interpretation.TROJAN HORSEFirst off, the iconic Trojan Horse as depicted in the film… Continue reading The Odyssey: The Disconnect Between the Myth and the Movie
Not everybody can READ a film. That takes tons of reading materials, thousands of hours watching films of all kinds, understanding Film theories, Communication theories, Cultural Studies theories, and Media Literacy theories. Knowledge of world history, world mythologies, symbolisms, semiotics, and philosophy will come in handy, too. And of course, the skills to "read" media… Continue reading Films, Media Representation and Reality: Inclusion or Misrepresentation?
(These Film Studies Notes are my one-page notes on various articles or books on Film Studies / Media Studies which might interest students and teachers of Film or Media Studies.) Film as Art or Film as Social Practice While I was taking my MA in Media Studies, I usually debated with my professor, who was… Continue reading Film: Art or Social Practice?
from Certeau, Michel de (1988) The Writing of History New York: Columbia Univ. Press (pp. 56-113) (These Film Studies Notes are my one-page notes on various articles or books on Film Studies / Media Studies which might interest students and teachers of Film or Media Studies.) According to French Jesuit and scholar Michel de Certeau,… Continue reading HISTORIOGRAPHICAL OPERATION accdg to Michel de Certeau
