Sick puppies and other unbecoming things
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Article Title | Sick puppies and other unbecoming things |
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Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Johnson, Laurie |
Journal Title | M/C Journal: A Journal of Media and Culture |
Journal Citation | 4 (3) |
Year | 2001 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
Web Address (URL) | http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0106/puppies.php |
Abstract | This paper looks at John Carpenter's film The Thing in the context of why it so shocked audiences during its initial run in 1982. These reactions are considered alongside the AIDS phenomenon, although the film is not viewed as simply an AIDS analogue, especially since it was made before AIDS was first publicised. Using the work of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, I suggest that Carpenter's film captures in a biohorror genre frame the processes that Deleuze and Guattari call becoming and intensity. |
Keywords | Felix Guattari, Gilles Deleuze, John Carpenter, AIDS, The Thing, becoming, intensity, Howard Hawks, biohorror |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 360501. Cinema studies |
470207. Cultural theory | |
470214. Screen and media culture | |
Public Notes | This article was first published in M/C Journal (http://media-culture.org.au/). Deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Author retains copyright. |
Byline Affiliations | Arts |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9y162/sick-puppies-and-other-unbecoming-things
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