Antonin Artaud: “Germaine Dulac ruined my film and stole my lighter” (submitted by Luke van Ryn).
Germaine Dulac: The secret 5th member of Panic! At the Disco.
Gaston Bachelard: “I dont need my false teeth in to scrawl down these pearls of wisdom” (submitted by machinepeople)
George Bataille: “My wife left me for Lacan” (submitted by Erin Stapleton)
Theodor Adorno: “All popular culture is bad! Why won’t anybody sleep with me?”
Max Horkheimer: “Sigh – One day, Theodor, you will be mine!”
Daniel Frampton: Lives with his mother.
Jacques Rancière: Shops at Savers.
Paul Virilio: Operating Thetan Level Eight.
Gilles Deleuze: Shampoos and conditions daily.
Thomas Elsaesser: Possibly related to Dracula.
11 responses so far ↓
Felicity Colman // November 7, 2007 at 11:07 am |
ok, you got me! :) I think this could be a book, or requisite reading for all critical theory classes …
Brad // November 7, 2007 at 1:43 pm |
Yeah, maybe a coffee-table book. Every academic and serious-minded student would want one. I’d make a mint!
Felicity Colman // November 17, 2007 at 12:12 pm |
ps – that’s not the filmosophy frampton !
but can you do more..??:)
Brad // November 18, 2007 at 7:51 am |
You’re right! :-(
Apparently that’s Ken Frampton. Plus, there seem to be no photos of Daniel Frampton anywhere on the net. Damn.
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Erin Stapleton // March 24, 2008 at 6:32 am |
another one for you:
Georges Bataille…
‘my wife left me for lacan’ (true story)
http://www.universalis.fr/images/corpus/medias/mini/v11/photo.jpg/ph010050.jpg
machinepeople // March 24, 2008 at 9:08 pm |
Maybe a desk calendar… ?
Gaston bachelard: “I dont need my false teeth in to scrawl down these pearls of wisdom”
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9568/bachelard1.jpg
Luke van Ryn // April 1, 2008 at 1:22 pm |
Not sure if it’s quite your thing, but…
Antonin Artaud: “Germaine Dulac ruined my film and stole my lighter”
http://members.aol.com/mindwebart2/parisSmall.jpg
Brad // April 2, 2008 at 2:47 am |
Well…I’m more about making superficial derogatory comments about the appearance of well-regarded theorists… But thanks for your excellent contribution!
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Yosh // April 9, 2008 at 2:56 am |
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e150/engimeam/JacquesLacan.jpg
Lacan’s resemblance to Joe Pesci — imaginary, symbolic, or real?