Short post today More in the nature of a public resolution, actually. To wit–I want to explore the star persona (as pseudoteurial node of meaning) of Jennifer Jones (nee Phylis Flora Isley). Best way to do that, of course, is to revisit all of her films–so that’s what I’ll do (probably not one after another, [...]
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Isley in My Stream of Consciousness
Posted in Jennifer Jones: Isley in My Stream of Consciousness, tagged Jennifer Jones, pseudoteurial node of meaning on February 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The Squire Root of All Evil
Posted in Jennifer Jones: Isley in My Stream of Consciousness, tagged Animal Rights, Cyril Cusack, David Farrar, Feminism, Foxes, Gender, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hounds, Jennifer Jones, Powell & Pressburger, Shelley, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Victorianism on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Gone to Earth represents the confluence of three of the most important elements in my mental universe: Powell & Pressburger, Jennifer Jones, and (proto-)animal rights (linked–as in the novella I’m launching tonight!–to a critiique of patriarchy). So don’t expect anything resembling objectivity from me on this one (or at any time, really–I hate prescriptive criticism, [...]