Matt Strohl
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Matt Strohl
@strohltopia
Philosophy professor. Film, philosophy of art, fly fishing. https://t.co/WWt25mthAm - https://t.co/TGHZrmsZld - https://t.co/xZs9uWQeiX
Missoula, MT Katılım Nisan 2021
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@gruxamengus My most cited paper is actually about appropriation but I can’t exactly write in my trash book “if you hate what I say here, I’ve got something else for you to read.”philarchive.org/rec/NGUCAA
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@strohltopia Heh. That almost goes without saying, just need find the best ways to turn the tables on those that say it. The spread of appropriation claims has become a trap. It's of importance in very specific circumstances, but industry culture isn't like a birth destiny.
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One thing I learned this week is not to read too much sociology of taste, or else every time you sit down to watch a movie you’ll worry “uh oh, what would a sociologist of taste think about me watching this.”
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@gruxamengus Any move that you can come up with to justify any aspect of your interest in anything from less respectable areas of culture has definitely been called “bourgeois self-fashioning through extractive appropriation.” I guarantee it.
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@strohltopia A touch more seriously, the notion of taste is strongest when what is engaged with is least considered as it is best measured in immediacy of response, once the engagement is subjected to consideration, taste takes on reason and loses its instant flavor for decided choice.
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@davo_arid I actually met them and went on their tour bus. They were opening for KoRn and gave me a copy of their demo tape. Memorably, they were very nice guys. I bought that first album the day it came out.
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10 acts I’ve seen live (dating myself):
Sonny Rollins
Tom Waits
The Pogues
The Ramones
The Boredoms
John Zorn and Yamataka Eye
Buddy Miles
Limp Bizkit (before their first album)
Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler the Creator (tiny venue)
Pantera (1994-the show where Phil got arrested)
machine gun kelly reichardt@LingoUnbound
10 acts I’ve seen live Portishead Sonic Youth OutKast My Bloody Valentine Leonard Cohen Joni Mitchell Carly Rae Jepsen Joanna Newsom Björk Courtney Love
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RIP to the great George Eastman (aka Luigi Montefiori). Since the first time I saw him in a movie, my policy has been that I’ll watch ANYTHING he’s in, which has led me to some strange and wonderful places.
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never actually finished Copenhagen Cowboy, think I’ll lock back in to that one tonight
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@daniel_fidler It looks like lots of people are getting hyped on the negative reviews of this one. Definitely how it goes with Refn: if a Cannes audience liked it, that would be cause for concern.
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Oh, it’s on. The Cannes curve of a masterpiece. It’s also promising that reviews complain of slowness, incomprehensibility, and “style over substance.”
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Matt Strohl retweetledi
LATE STYLE IN FILM - now available for purchase at
stickingplacebooks.com/books/late-sty…
(FYI: the price is discounted if you buy directly from the website)
Thank you, and please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested!
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@DanielGorman20 Peak De Niro more than peak Tony Scott, but a treat in any case.
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@strohltopia Been meaning to get to it, this is a good reminder
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Oh, weird, I had Forstag as a student. Making me feel old af.
Bradley Warren@bradmwarren
MT01: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is coming to Missoula for a rally in support of Sam Forstag's primary campaign for Congress. May 22nd at The Wilma Theater. AOC previously endorsed Forstag's campaign. Other union leaders will join. #Mtpol #Mtnews
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Matt Strohl retweetledi
Wrote about Claire Denis start to finish: AD years with Rivette and Wenders/Dommartin, 1971-87; her first films and earliest friendships with Descas, de Bankolé, and, behind the scenes, Bernard-Marie Koltès, who died of AIDS in 1990; what her final films may look like. Link below
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@filipefurtado @cinemafrances 1027. Closer to you than I would have guessed.
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Canvas going down nationwide during finals week due to a ransom attack and revealing the folly of overreliance on ed tech is giving The Pitt season 2.
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@lawrencengarcia I don’t think the passes are transferable. You have to pick them up in person with ID and there’s a waitlist to distribute cancelled passes to.
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Long shot, but: does anyone have a pass for this year's Nitrate Picture Show that they're looking to sell? (If so, please DM me.)
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@gruxamengus They are too outraged by the environmental implications of the data usage. I mean, they won’t even use disposable plastic.
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@gruxamengus Our MA is in environmental philosophy, so they are all true believers and they are generally looking to continue to a PhD or work for a non profit (or they just want to be river guides and the program is an excuse to move to MT). I doubt any of them have even played with AI…
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In-class exams mean makeup exams and then more makeup exams for people who miss the makeup exams, to infinity. You want to say “no more makeup exams after this one,” but everyone has infinite doctor’s notes. I would rather be waterboarded than use in-class exams.
Maya Sen@maya_sen
I have been experimenting with in-class essays but - hard to handle open-note policies when most students now take notes digitally - AI glasses/wearables are coming - some handwriting is truly illegible - short handwritten essays test different skills than long form essays
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