Baudrillard has died

[etimh]

I think this news is relevant to our enterprise here. An interesting guy.

Rest easy.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/ ... illard.php

Tim

[flatwood]

Interesting story; good read, thanks for posting the link.

[paul]

I am curious now.

The link does not work with me.

I suppose it is a pay site...?

Paul

[Joe Gioielli]

Not sure how it really relates to film, interesting though.

If you are interested in the social impact of Film, Video and TV, check out Marshall McLuhan.

Joe

[etimh]

Not sure how it really relates to film...

Huh? Say it ain't so, Joe.

Give Baudrillard a read and I'm sure you'll see the relevance to film. While McLuhan has a few interesting things to say, he's pedestrian compared to Baudrillard.

Link is for the story in the International Herald Tribune.--still works for me.

Tim

[Taqi]

Baudrillard did not exist.

[bakanosaru]

Baudrillard did not exist

I was waiting for somebody to say that.

If only this was a philosophy stunt to publicize his next book.

[etimh]

If Baudrillard did not exist...we would have to invent him.

Tim

[rmichel]

So who said:
"All form of repentance are tiressome, as are all commemorations, since they merely serve as illustrations of repentence...the recycling of past forms."

So NOT a word here just a salute to a little fuck...

[etimh]

“The worst indeed is that there would be no end to anything and that everything would continue to take place in a slow, fastidious, recurring and all-encompassing hysterical manner — like nails and hair continue to grow after death. Fundamentally, of course, all this is already dead and instead of a joyous or tragic resolution, instead of a destiny, we are left with a vexatious homeopathic end or outcome that is secreted into metastatic resistances to death.”

[npcoombs]

“The worst indeed is that there would be no end to anything and that everything would continue to take place in a slow, fastidious, recurring and all-encompassing hysterical manner — like nails and hair continue to grow after death. Fundamentally, of course, all this is already dead and instead of a joyous or tragic resolution, instead of a destiny, we are left with a vexatious homeopathic end or outcome that is secreted into metastatic resistances to death.”

Great stuff.