The impulse to break down (so as to better, more rationally understand something) is maybe rooted in a highly irrational fantasy—a fantasy of control, even?—whereby time & space are subject to one's magisterial whims. To satisfy the demands of (mere) conjecture, old spacetime must subject itself to manipulation by one of its own subjects ... lèse majesté on the level of physics, a political problem easily extrapolated from (or echoed by) form.
I. A problem in the history of cinema: who can lay claim to this majesty? ... I feel that Nicole Brenez uses the word, "magisterial," as a common adjective.)
II. Another problem in the history of cinema: who can lay claim to the authority of a massed vision?
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Zach, this post presents the most elegant questions . . . And thank you for posting these Lucien Bull works! They reveal the aerodynamic secrets of nature! :)
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