Compiti per il weekend - 19/01/2019
In questa rubrica vi segnaliamo articoli e video che abbiamo trovato interessanti, sfiziosi, gustosi o, insomma, degni di essere menzionati, e che sono più o meno legati ai temi che ci piace trattare su Outcast. Gli articoli e i video non sono necessariamente in italiano, anzi, è tristemente probabile che non lo siano. La periodicità dell’appuntamento potrebbe essere settimanale, ma vai a sapere.
BoJack Horseman il femminista: approfondimento su un passaggio cruciale (leggi l’articolo su Serial Minds)
Cercando di dimostrarsi una persona altruista, BoJack tenta di ridurre il numero di scene di nudo con connotazioni sessiste previste per Gina, riuscendo però solo a farne inserire di nuove con se stesso protagonista; allo stesso modo tenta di farle avere una parte in un musical dopo aver scoperto che è il suo sogno, finendo non solo con il metterla in imbarazzo, ma facendole anche scoprire di non essere all’altezza del suo stesso desiderio.
Elena Ferrante Stays Out of the Picture (leggi l’articolo su The New York Times Magazine)
Then one day in 2016, he received a surprising phone call from Edizioni E/O informing him that he was one of a few directors Ferrante suggested for a television adaptation of “My Brilliant Friend”; some weeks later, the producers called to tell him that he had been chosen to direct.
What went wrong with Netflix and Marvel's bromance? (leggi l’articolo su The Guardian)
It’s not quality and figures that seem to be at the heart of these cancellations, but business. Disney, which owns Marvel Studios, makers of these series, is launching its own streaming service, called Disney+, and it’s highly unlikely it wants valuable characters fighting crime on another service.
Recovering Nintendo’s Lost SimCity for the NES (leggi l’articolo su The Video Game History Foundation)
At a glance, the game doesn’t look like much more than an inferior version of the SimCity we saw on the Super Nintendo. However, once put into context, this artifact becomes extraordinary, and gives us new insight into one of the most unlikely creative collaborations in video game history.
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation (leggi l’articolo su BuzzFeed News)
It’s also about the psychological toll of realizing that something you’d been told, and came to believe yourself, would be “worth it” — worth the loans, worth the labor, worth all that self-optimization — isn’t.
ASC Unveils List of 100 Milestone Films in Cinematography of the 20th Century (leggi l’articolo su The American Society of Cinematography)
The list represents a range of styles, eras and visual artistry, but, most importantly, it commemorates films that are inspirational or influential to ASC members and have exhibited enduring influence to generations of filmmakers.
