Quicklinks 12/08/06

Posted December 8, 2006 by John Menick

Hoberman and Sarris praise Mekas.

“If a book about the demise of the best seller becomes a best seller, does that undermine the book’s credibility?” asks Brian Hayes.

Netflix profiled on 60 Minutes.

A letter from Pynchon (defending Ian McEwan)

John Menick is an artist and writer living in Mexico City.
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Paris Syndrome
Film essay analyzing travel-related mental illnesses.

How to Tell a Story
Series of eight drawings based on “how to write” manuals.

Hearsay
Video collection of hearsay I've heard and passed on to others.

The Secret Life of Things
An unidentified man describes his ongoing fixation with "last person on earth" films.

The Disappearance
Cinematic research taking the form of a location scouting for a film to be shot in Nuremberg.

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