Thanks, Russell, for this pointer. Question though: what exactly do you mean with 'a new genre is born' ?
Henry
> Consuming the code of political thrillers reproduces the system of filming
> political thrillers. At the James Bond end, especially his latest
> incarnation he must travel, fight and screw at breakneck speed as this is
> the encroaching code of this type of film making. Lots of handheld, rapidly
> edited shots with its accompanying CGI. The story is relegated, but that is
> the code; visuals dominate, and a new genre is born. At the other end
> Coppola's The Conversation resists and plays with this code. Devoid of CGI
> the thriller has less reliance on external scenery but zeros in on the
> audio.
> Russell
>
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