CINEMATIC SABOTAGES: HITCHCOCK, TARANTINO, AND ALMODÓVAR by Stallings, Gregory Charles

“…Some texts such as the films studied in this article explicitly sabotage the models of the world that historically have served to repress us, in such a way that criticism as sabotage joins with the Walter Benjamin’s vision of a new art that would be capable of exploding the aura (the cult values inseparable from fascism) associated with classic art. As a mechanically reproduced art, cinema for Benjamin possessed this explosive potential. …”
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