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I'm Jack Nicholson and I approve this message

Today I was introduced to Jack Nicholson's video endorsement of Clinton. It is currently making the rounds on YouTube:

Images of the Statue of Liberty in science fiction

Submitted by John Jones on Mon, 2008-01-21 21:07.film | pedagogy examples | rhetorical analysis | Visual Rhetoric

Gerry Canavan has posted a collection of images of the Statue of Liberty taken from science fiction stories and films.

Fantastic Universe, August-September 1953 cover Statue of Liberty in sand

Fantastic Universe, August-September 1953

Thundarr the Barbarian Statue of Liberty destroys prehistoric world

from Thundarr the Barbarian

This list should be a great conversation starter for any classes discussing the rhetoric of science fiction or Americana.

Women in Film

I recently read a New Yorker article that mentioned the spell-binding youtube video "Women in Film" seen below. It's quite mesmerizing, have a look.

1 film=6 Bob Dylans

Submitted by Justin Tremel on Wed, 2007-10-10 10:02.film | identity | representation

Six different actors who play Bob Dylan in Tod Haynes new film

"The Shock Doctrine"

Submitted by timturner on Sat, 2007-09-29 18:08.advertisement | economics | film | politics

This video does contain some pretty disturbing imagery of people receiving shock therapy and other forms of state-sanctioned violence. So consider yourself warned before you click "play."

viz.

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