I never thought I'd have to read Plato's The Republic in order to write my thesis....

"The characters in the narrative film, whom we conventionally accept as subjects, become objects when their movements and speech coincide strictly with the music: for, again, musical rhythm - an abstract, mathematical, highly organized disposition of time - can be considered at odds with spontaneous, ”real” time." (Gorbman p. 24-25)

It may be a Sunday in the Christmas season to you cultural Christians or whatever you are, but theses never sleep. This baby has to be handed in on June 18th, 2009 at noon in order for me to become a Master of Puppets Musicology. And I still aim for June 1st, in order to be able to be relaxed on my 31st birthday ( Read more... )