thanks stan, i put it on top of my netflix list this morning
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> Von: Film-Philosophy Salon im Auftrag von Evgeni V. Pavlov
> Gesendet: Mi 8/29/2007 2:29
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> Betreff: dream of perfect surveillance
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> greetings, i'm new to the list so pardon me if this was already a topic of discussion. i'm more
> on
> the "philosophy" side of the equation, so pardon that as well. i went to see the final
> installment
> of the bourne films - Bourne Ultimatum - which, as i expected, was visually entertaining but
> nothing more, a rather banal and paranoid idea but, and here is my main question, i also
> happened
> to watch Das Leben der Anderen (Lives of Others) a day before (it just came out on DVD in the
> US)
> and i found myself wondering about a number of issues related to the representation of
> surveillance. in the bourne film we see, as in many other films lately, a kind of a surveillance
> paradise where bosses in Virginia are able to track and actually observe the movements of their
> agents in London. so here are some questions that i'd be happy to engage with anyone interested
> (note that i'm still mulling over these ideas and haven't done any actual research or serious
> thinking for that matter):
>
> 1. what is the actual state of surveillance compared to that in the films like Bourne Ultimatum?
> it seems rather easy to locate anyone of the globe, track their movements, send instant txt
> messages to an army of disposable assassins - i wonder if there is a good study of actual
> capabilities and a comparison with a kind of imaginary surveillance utopia.
>
> 2. while Das Leben der Anderen leaves one (among other things) with a kind of nightmarish
> feeling
> of being watched, even if a hero is partially redeemed in the end, most of American
> representations of surveillance function on the bases of a kind of "perverse utilitarianism" -
> as
> long as we are saving OUR lives, it is ok, not very comfortable but for the sake of security -
> in
> fact, the whole premise of Bourne films is this stepping over the line, not the line itself.
> what
> does this dream (if it is as unrealistic as i suspect) tell us about contemporary western
> society?
>
>
> evgeni v. pavlov
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