deWaard, Andrew. “Intertextuality, Broken Mirrors, and The Good German.” The Philosophy of Steven Soderbergh. Eds. Steven M. Sanders and R. Barton Palmer. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2010. 107-119. full text pdf | world cat | publisher’s website | amazon Abstract: Nearly all of Steven Soderbergh’s work can be seen to exhibit a large degree of intertextual and intermedial [...]
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Cinephile Vol. 5, No. 2: The Scene
The latest issue of our film journal, Cinephile, is out now — the theme is ‘The Scene’. There are certain scenes which have the power to enthral, provoke, and delight—our cover captures one such titillating tableau. But what gives such a scene the ability to stand apart, to take on a life of its own? [...]
The Museum: Textworks, Cultural Economy, and Polytextual Dispersion
deWaard, Andrew. The Museum: Textworks, Cultural Economy, and Polytextual Dispersion. MA Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2009. cIRcle: UBC’s Information Repository. [ubc library page] [full text pdf] Abstract: The Museum is a theoretical model that aims to render a media-saturated world in which our media have become saturated with media. Corporate conglomeration of the cultural [...]
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Cinephile Vol. 5, No 1:
Far From Hollywood, Alternative World Cinema
Cinephile has released its latest issue: ‘Far From Hollywood’ – Alternative World Cinema: …in this, our 5th anniversary issue, we set out to navigate the murky and uncharted depths of ‘alternative cinema’. But carving out an epistemology of this amorphous cinema is no small endeavour-and what do we mean by ‘alternative cinema’ anyway? On the [...]
Joints and Jams: Spike Lee as Sellebrity Auteur
deWaard, Andrew. “Joints and Jams: Spike Lee as Sellebrity Auteur.” Fight the Power!: The Spike Lee Reader. Eds. Janice D. Hamlet and Robin R. Means Coleman. New York: Peter Lang, 2008. [full text pdf] [world cat] [publisher's website] [amazon] Abstract: The sellebrity auteur injects the consideration of commerce and celebrity into conventional theories of film [...]
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Tom LeClair’s Passing Trilogy: Recovering Adventure in the Age of Post-Genre
Steffen Hantke has quoted me in his essay entitled Tom LeClair’s Passing Trilogy: Recovering Adventure in the Age of Post-Genre, for Electronic Book Review. With the adventure genre having largely given way to the thriller in popular culture, and the distinct lack of adventure narratives in contemporary literature, Hantke looks at how LeClair’s brazen and [...]
It’s Up To You… No Really, It’s Up to You: Radiohead, Big Music, and the Future of the Record Industry
deWaard, Andrew. “It’s Up To You… No Really, It’s Up to You: Radiohead, Big Music, and the Future of the Record Industry.” The Business of Entertainment: Popular Music. Ed. Robert C. Sickels. Westport, Conn: Praeger Publishers, 2008. [full text pdf] [world cat] [publisher's website] [amazon] Abstract: In October of 2007, Radiohead self-released their latest album, [...]
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Cinephile Vol. 4, No. 1: Post-Genre
Cinephile is the scholarly film journal published in print and online by the graduate students in Film Studies at the University of British Columbia. I was the Editor-in-Chief this year, and am immensely proud of the issue our team put together. The theme we chose was ‘Post-Genre‘: Genre may be an easy or convenient starting [...]