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From: Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <hhs@cbs.dtu.dk>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:47:04 +0200 (MDT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, Zak Jarvis wrote:
>
> The basis of the movie is this interview:
>=20
> http://zappa.users.netlink.co.uk/cr_rushd.html
>=20
> where the writer/director of the film -- David Cronenberg -- interviews
> Salman Rushdie. Among many other things, the two ponder whether or not =
a
> game could ever be art. eXistenZ is a further exploration of that quest=
ion.
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I would have to disagree with mr. Rushdie on the point
(that games are not 'truly' art), It sounds like he excludes the posibili=
ty
of interactivity by the spectator in any artform.=20
'DC: But this is really subverting what you want from art.=20
You want to be taken over and you want to be-'
'SR:Shown something.'
I find that opinion rather puzzeling. Am i missing something?
> Go rent eXistenZ
Will do.
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