Tag Archives: Identity

Bruce Campbell, Man with the Screaming Brain

By Steen | December 19, 2005

Bruce Campbell’s directorial debut is a very entertaining film, but it also says a lot about the concept of cult films. Campbell’s film is aimed squarely at the fans of silly B-movies, more in the vein of Bubba-Hotep than Evil Dead though there is a clear over-lap. It is also completely dependent upon Campbell’s star [...]

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Hal Hartley, The Girl From Monday

By Steen | November 29, 2005

I’ve just seen Hal Hartley’s The Girl From Monday which is an excellent film, so far only available through Netflix but can be purchased through Possible Films January 10, 2006. In many ways it reminds me of Abel Ferrara’s New Rose Hotel in the way that the world which is presented is the future but [...]

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Bret Easton Ellis, Lunar Park

By Steen | November 11, 2005

Bret Easton Ellis’ new novel Lunar Park is an unusual departure from his typical style. While the themes remain much the same (alienation and anxiety in a commodified, fragmented, senseless world), this novel takes on a quite different resonance from his earlier works by bringing in a different main charater; Bret Easton Ellis ‘himself.’ Much [...]

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Cyborgs and Posthumans: The Slipstream of Theory

By Steen | October 10, 2005

In this chapter, I will examine a change which has occurred in cultural theory within these last twenty or so years; metaphors and concepts from the science fiction genre (sf) has to an increasing extent turned up in order to express occurrences in contemporary culture. Generally, these concepts are used to turn events into facts, [...]

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Brett Sullivan, Ginger Snaps: Unleashed

By Steen | September 16, 2005

Ginger Snaps: Unleashed is the sequel to Ginger Snaps, from 2000 so there has been quite some time to develop the mythology of the werewolf-myth. Along with Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning, these three films present a very interesting take on the werewolf myth and while none of the fims share directors or writers they [...]

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