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Robert W Peabody III
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About Me

Juror, curator, award winning artist living in Rhode Island, and working on a second book:
Visual Thinking Through Conflict Theory, a textbook for understanding the psychology of imagery.
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Films:
Favorite films, seen in the order listed, represent a cinematic totem.

I watch films by director which means I’m mostly interested in the allegory, the structure, the way in which the message is delivered. The narrative of a film doesn’t matter as much to me as the way in which the medium is used.

If I had 24 hours to live, I would spend 2 hours dealing with reality and 22 hours dreaming.

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Aurora

Draw me in; eliminate plot points such that the filmic ‘fog of the present’ represents my known experiential reality – but within that fog, don’t tell me that murder is unremarkable.

Favorite Films

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Style

  • Neorealist

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Robert W Peabody III

20Jan12

The wall is for capturing random thoughts PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH PM

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Robert W Peabody III

20Jan12

Jaron Lanier digital Maoism You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/books/15book.html http://r-u-ins.org/resource/pdfs/YouAreNotAGadget-A_Manifesto.pdf

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Robert W Peabody III

20Jan12

Within the nature of things, there is a simple truth that is a salvation to be gotten ….thus, it is not a matter of “convincing one’s self of something if they really want to believe it”. More, a matter of relationships that exist vs those that are imposed.

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Robert W Peabody III

20Jan12

Paul Goodman: “…..suddenly I realized that they did not believe there was a nature of things. [To them] there was no knowledge but only the sociology of knowledge. They had learned so well that physical and sociological research is subsidized and conducted for the benefit of the ruling class that they were doubtful that there was such a thing as simple truth, …….Not only all institutions but all learning had been corrupted by the Whore of Babylon, and there was no longer any salvation to be got from Works.”

Reviews

Displaying 4 of 6 reviews.
Moolaadé

Moolaadé

Moolaadé 2004
DIR Ousmane Sembène
SCR Ousmane Sembène
124 Min

The spirits speak through the men and the women listen and obey, which is suggestive of bicameralism. Practically…  read review

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
DIR Rainer Werner Fassbinder
SCR Reiner Werner Fassbinder
124 Min

To call Bitter Tears anything less than brilliant, would be cinematic…  read review

The Double Life of Véronique

The Double Life of Véronique

La Double vie de Véronique 1991
DIR Krzysztof Kieslowski
SCR Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
98 Min

Krzysztof Kieslowski said that all of his films are about expressing…  read review

Let the Right One In

Let the Right One In

Låt den rätte komma in 2008
DIR Tomas Alfredson
SCR John Ajvide Lindqvist
114 Min

Beautifully rendered, the message of the film seems to be:
the world will be a better place…  read review

Ratings

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I Am Not a Hipster

I Am Not a Hipster

  • Currently 5.0/5 Stars.
The World of Suzie Wong

The World of Suzie Wong

  • Currently 5.0/5 Stars.