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Post by londongal on Sept 6, 2006 9:16:59 GMT -5
Ok so i may be going to far with this one thing. But do you think there could be any merit that somone could have taken the basis for this book and decided to conduct some kind of experiment to see of this really could be done?
It just is so spookily close to whats going on
Cayce Pollard is an expensive, spookily intuitive market-research consultant. In London on a job, she is offered a secret assignment: to investigate some intriguing snippets of video that have been appearing on the Internet. An entire subculture of people is obsessed with these bits of footage, and anybody who can create that kind of brand loyalty would be a gold mine for Cayce's client
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Post by newone on Sept 6, 2006 10:01:58 GMT -5
I think it would be connected to the college thesis type theory, definately. But, it might also be some kind of coincidence. There is the link to the stargirl book in her latest video, and this, and I think there was another book mentioned at some point. Could be all, could be none. But, the additional information that they are making it a movie is definately interesting. ETA: man. i'm getting too sucked into this. i have this book on hold and will pick it up in a few hours.  |
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Post by Passer inassatus on Sept 6, 2006 11:38:46 GMT -5
Cayce Pollard is an expensive, spookily intuitive market-research consultant. In London on a job, she is offered a secret assignment: to investigate some intriguing snippets of video that have been appearing on the Internet. An entire subculture of people is obsessed with these bits of footage, and anybody who can create that kind of brand loyalty would be a gold mine for Cayce's client Well, the obsessed subculture part is right on. I read Pattern Recognition when it was first out, so I'm fuzzy on the details. As I recall the videos in the book were non-narrative. The clips were compared with the works of Tarkovsky -- elegant, filmic sculpture. LG15 is certainly different in terms of the content of videos. Also, you'd expect something a little more hip if Gibson were involved. Except for the setting of Pattern Recognition on the internet, the book shares plot elements with what has become a latter-day subgenre. Several films that involve people obsessed with surreptitious recordings or secret transmissions come to mind: 8MM, Videodrome, The Conversation, Blow Up, Cocteau's Orpheus. It's at least common enough to qualify as a subgenre -- new media and its ability to overpower our desire. |
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Post by Passer inassatus on Sept 6, 2006 11:41:36 GMT -5
...but yeah, I could totally see some college kids running with the idea. Social networking sites being just the newest form of mass media.
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Post by sashimi on Sept 7, 2006 12:00:11 GMT -5
WG's Pattern Recognition was one of the first things I thought of after I read about lg15. YouTube is the perfect environment for some beautiful viral projects.
Idoru is interesting too, in that a fictional character gains more and more realistic qualities through her viewership--not totally unlike what we've done with Bree.
Though I doubt that the campaign/project has anything to do with Pattern Recognition, it would not be surprising at all that the creators read it and saw YouTube as an opportunity to pursue a similar project.
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Post by johnnypanic13 on Sept 7, 2006 12:05:39 GMT -5
oh! Nice Idoru connection! That didn't occur to me until you said it. But if I remember correctly Idoru was never a real person, she was an amalgamation.
Though on second thought, maybe that's why we are having such a hard time finding someone who recognizes the real Bree (or the actress that plays her) *wink*
I wish William Gibson was involved. I really do, but somehow this just doesn't have his "feel". These occult/satanic undertones just don't seem like his thing.
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Post by ducky on Sept 8, 2006 21:55:56 GMT -5
Yeah, I thought of Pattern Recognition too. The thing about that was that even though the footage was an independent production, so to speak, the firm that hired CP to track down the makers had no idea what they were going to do about it once the source was discovered. Just that there was marketing potential in there somewhere and they wanted in on it.
Idoru had a sequel, All Tomorrow's Parties. I forget the details of all three books but it would be cool if any were part of the inspiration for this. Cooler if they had no knowledge of the books and the parallels are just a product of art predicting culture.
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Post by sharpdressedman on Sept 11, 2006 11:21:51 GMT -5
The Conversation was a great movie!
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