Not Just Ensemble Films: Six Degrees, Webs, Multiplexity and the Rise of Network Narratives
In a scene from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's 2006 film Babel, one afternoon a deaf-mute Japanese girl, Chieko, gossips in sign language with a school friend via her mobile phone's web cam. The scene's linguistically estranged nature encapsulates how language in itself is a technology...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh
2009-06-01
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Series: | Forum |
Online Access: | http://www.forumjournal.org/article/view/621 |