A thank you note to Athens Ciné for their screening of "La voce della luna"

The following piece is a thank you note to Athens Ciné for granting the public the rare opportunity to see Federico Fellini's final picture La voce della luna (The Voice of the Moon) on the night of July 18th, 2013. Fellini is personally one of my favorite directors, and there is a sense of ineffable joy I find in his films.

Someone after the screening asked me how this film related to Fellini's earlier work La strada--which she had never seen before--but I struggled to find a sufficient answer. So, I simply remarked that the relation between the films is mostly in their poetic quality. Other than that, as far as I am concerned, the films are radically different from each other. Perhaps I shall answer this person's question more delicately in an article on Federico Fellini next year in honor of La strada's 60th anniversary.

Fellini, I believe, is a master artist of the motion picture--an inspiration, not only to myself, but many others as well. So thank you, Ciné! You've done a truly wonderful thing: you have given many eager cineastes an exceptional privilege to witness this strange and beautiful film.

Ciao,
Tim

Links: 
Athens Ciné Website, Athens Ciné Twitter, Ciné: Digital Evolution Kickstarter

An announcement for mid-July

Hi, folks!

For those of you anticipating: the official launch, of what is tentatively titled the "Thoughts on Film" blog, will be later this year--probably sometime in the Fall. We are still brainstorming ideas for articles, working out the kinks, etc. We are also looking for members to contribute to the project. More announcements on the horizon. Stay tuned.

If you have any questions about contributing to the "Thoughts on Film" blog, you may contact me personally at realtimgraham@gmail.com

PCAS/ACAS Conference Announcement: Research on Evil Dead

I am presenting a research paper on Evil Dead at the 2013 Popular/American Culture Association in the South (PCAS/ACAS) annual conference in Savannah, GA this October (3-5). The paper is titled Infernal Affairs: Topics in Evil Dead. The abstract can be read here:

Through my research into various sources--such as The Atlantic, Fangoria, Hollywood.com, Slate Magazine, John Kenneth Muir's "The Unseen Force", et al.--I exam the characterization and general themes within Fede Alvarez's 2013 revision of "Evil Dead" and its relationship, its similarities, and its differences to Sam Raimi's cult-classic film series. Some of the topics within this paper range from gender identity to the use of violence in the horror genre; the current state of the genre itself, and the aestheticism of horror films as a means of artistic expression in cinema.

See you in Savannah,

Tim