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Mimi, Not being very familiar with Laura Mulvey, I'm not entirely sure of how to understand your reference to "the project of mediation," but your query puts me in mind of Gilles Deleuze's essay on sadism and masochism, "Coldness and Cruelty," in which he explores sadism, masochism, and pornographic fiction in general as a kind of fetishization of mediation. I've found this essay quite helpful in conceiving of writing as a fetish-object--it may or may not be similarly helpful in the case of film. The essay is published in a double edition with L. von Sacher-Masoch's "Venus in Furs" by Zone Books. Cheers, Sean ---------- Sean Saraka, Ph.D. Candidate Department of Political Science York University 4700 Keele St. Toronto, Ontario CANADA M3J 1P3 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Film-Philosophy Salon [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mimi K Rupp Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:35 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: film as fetish bbject in itself? Hi, I was wondering if you could help me locate a scholarly article that posits that film itself is a fetish. Following Laura Mulvey's Visual Pleasure essay, I am just curious if someone has discussed the film itself (the project of mediation) as a fetish object. Thanks so much, Mimi