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Buffalo Death Mask
(2014-07-09)
The thesis essay has arrived in six parts. It opens with a discussion of my method, and closes with a detailed look at Buffalo Death Mask, the short digital movie I made in 2013 about AIDS. In between are a pair of what ...
My Thesis Film: A Thesis Film by Erik Anderson
(2016-09-20)
My Thesis Film: A thesis film by Erik Anderson is a narrative feature film which recursively explores the authors own journey in arriving at the concept for the thesis film the viewer is watching. As such, the film ultimately ...
What Makes Hollywood Run? Capitalist Power, Risk and the Control of Social Creativity
(2016-09-20)
This dissertation combines an interest in political economy, political theory and cinema to offer an answer about the pace of the Hollywood film business and its general modes of behaviour. More specifically, this dissertation ...
In Still Time
(2016-09-20)
In Still Time is an experimental animation that investigates the catastrophic image and spectacle through direct animation of still images onto 16mm film. The film uses still images found on the internet from the current ...
God of Toil
(2016-09-20)
God of Toil is a feature screenplay in the fantasy genre that questions the concepts of destiny and birthright while exploring the morality of war. The hero Rufus is a retired warrior of mythical stature desperate to leave ...
Eulogy for the Dead Sea
(2019-03-05)
Eulogy for the Dead Sea is a poetic experimental documentary chronicling the disappearance of the Dead Sea from the initial manufacturing enterprises dating back to 1920s, until 2017. The Dead Sea borders Jordan, Palestines ...
Pride Denied
(2016-09-20)
Largely shot during World Pride in Toronto in June 2014, Pride Denied is a political essay documentary that explores the stakes of contemporary LGBT politics, organizations, and celebrations. In particular, Pride Denied ...
Turkey's Internal Other: Embodiments of TASRA in the Works of Orhan Pamuk, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Fatih Akin
(2015-12-16)
In Turkey, the concept of taşra connotes much more than its immediate spatial meaning as those places outside of the city center(s). Its extensive circulation as a trope that indicates externality to modernity is inextricably ...
Put to Rights
(2016-11-25)
Put To Rights is a family drama about three brothers and their attempt to prepare for a traditional Easter barbecue for their hometowns Greek Orthodox Church. Yanni Vlaos, the youngest brother, goes through a journey of ...
Blink
(2016-09-20)
What happens in the blink of an eye? Blink is a 14-minute experimental film that focuses on, and exposes brief, spontaneous, expressive, and communicative gestures that often pass us by unnoticed, unrecognized or ...