Archive for the 'Film' Category
Cinematic manifestations of Das Unheimliche.
TRON, Gaming and the Death Drive Crash
Friday, October 17th, 2008Software designer Daniel Wellman writes about an uncanny experience where a game he was programming seemed to come to life with a will all its own in his essay, “Real Life Tron on Apple IIgs”:
One day, when Marco and I were playing against two computer opponents, we forced one of the AI cycles to trap [...]
Hitchcock and the Uncanny Object
Saturday, July 5th, 2008On Vanneman, Alan. “Alfred Hitchcock: A Hank of Hair and a Piece of Bone.” Bright Lights Film Journal 42 (Nov 2003).
In the “Dead or Alive?” section of his photo essay, “Alfred Hitchcock: A Hank of Hair and a Piece of Bone,” mystery writer/film critic Alan Vanneman gives us a veritable slide show lecture that reveals [...]
The Return of the Gaze in THE RING
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008On: “Looking For The Quintessential Scary Moment: Hughes’ Tiger, The Uncanny Valley and the Eye of Yamamura Sadako” by Adrian Bott (aka “Cavalorn”). 03/28/2004
The very first concrete thing I wanted to do with this weblog is call attention to one of my favorite weblogs — Stephanie Gray’s wonderful doctoral research project, “Exploring the Uncanny Valley”. [...]
