Eliott Edge3 Essays on Virtual Reality (Excerpt)Every living being on this earth exists within a Virtual Reality (VR), whether it knows it or not. For human beings, this is especially so.Apr 9Apr 9
Eliott EdgeHow VR Gaming Will Wake Us Up To Our Fake Worlds“It has no relationship whatsoever to anything anchored in some kind of metaphysical superspace. It’s just your cultural point of view […]…Sep 9, 2023Sep 9, 2023
Eliott EdgeThe Uncanny of Point Pleasant: Mothman, Madness, and MourningI am raising funds to attend the academic conference Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature and Global Environments at Falmouth…Apr 28, 2023Apr 28, 2023
Eliott EdgeInfinity Pool and the Infinite SadnessBrandon Cronenberg is back with his third picture Infinity Pool, and if it tells us anything it’s that just because a film is loaded with…Feb 18, 2023Feb 18, 2023
Eliott EdgeDo we still need film critics?Today, everyone is a critic and virtually everyone writes reviews. I am all for democratization, but that doesn’t at all mean that the…Feb 5, 2023Feb 5, 2023
Eliott Edge‘Suburban Sasquatch’ and The Joy of Disaster DarlingsPicture this:Nov 17, 2022Nov 17, 2022
Eliott EdgeOliver Stone’s ‘Nixon’ is still a masterclass in political dramaEvery two years or so I watch Oliver Stone’s 1995 political masterpiece Nixon. Stone is one of the few directors who’s director’s cuts are…Oct 17, 2022Oct 17, 2022
Eliott EdgeAMC’s ‘Interview with the Vampire’ truly sucksAMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire is not Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire. There is a Louis and a Lestat, sure. But…Oct 16, 20223Oct 16, 20223
Eliott EdgeViolence and IdentityThe problem of identity politics is that it presupposes that identities exist. I don’t think they exist. — ŽižekOct 15, 2022Oct 15, 2022