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Retrospecto: La Jetée
Nothing sorts memories from ordinary moments. They claim remembrance when they show their scars. Chris Marker. La Jetée. review by Simon Sellars The films of Chris Marker are often termed ‘essayist’,...
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"Thirsty Man at the Spigot": An Interview with Jonathan Weiss
by Simon Sellars Victor Slezak as ‘T’ in The Atrocity Exhibition Ballardian presents an exclusive interview with Jonathan Weiss, director of The Atrocity Exhibition, the film based on the J.G. Ballard...
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A Whirlpool with Seductive Furniture: The John Foxx Interview
by Simon Sellars an image from John Foxx’s Cathedral Oceans project John Foxx, the former lead singer of Ultravox, is an undisputed electronic music pioneer. Before Midge Ure came along, the band’s...
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BallardoTube
I’ve created a YouTube outpost for this site. It’s divided into six channels: (1) J.G. Ballard Interviews; (2) J.G. Ballard Documentaries; (3) J.G. Ballard Adaptations; (4) J.G. Ballard’s Top Ten...
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‘You are Hochhaus!’: Ballard in Berlin
Image from Hochhaus, © Paul Plamper & Niklas Goldbach, 2008. An Interview with Paul Plamper and Niklas Goldbach by Dan O’Hara In July on the roof terrace of the Ludwigsmuseum, the major museum of...
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La Jetée ciné-roman back in print
I am delighted to report that the book of Chris Marker’s La Jetée is back in print through Zone Books — and in hardcover, too. It will be out in (US) Spring 2008. Thank you, thank you: for years,...
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Porcine Psychopathology
‘the narcissism of things’, by infinite thØught. infinite thØught is a blog of critical theory that’s not afraid to use ‘mock’ tactics, ie, it can have a laugh and be unforced, hilarious and poignant...
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Chris Marker: Imperfect Memory
This strange and poetic film, directed by Chris Marker, is a fusion of science fiction, psychological fable and photomontage, and creates in its unique way a series of potent images of the inner...
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Escaping the gaze: A review of John Foxx's Tiny Colour Movies
ABOVE: Stills from ‘The Projectionst’ by ‘Alan Marker’ (John Foxx; Tiny Colour Movies). In Melbourne a few months back, I had occasion to see John Foxx’s live soundtrack performance and presentation...
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Unique visual complexities: A review of Grande Anarca
GRANDE ANARCA (Italy, 2003) review by Jamie Sherry ABOVE: Grande Anarca, part 1 (2003; dir. Alvise Renzini). Runtime: 18 mins Voice: Ermanna Montanari Sound: Davide Sandri Music: Egle Sommacal Editor:...
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Kosmopolis 08: Switching stations
Thermonuclear noon at Sydney airport (photo: Simon Sellars). Further to this…. You cannot claim to be truly versed in international travel until you have taken a flight from Australia to Europe....
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'Confronting Ourselves': Ballard and Circular Time
Solaris (last scene) (1972), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky ‘”We do not move in one direction, rather do we wander back and forth, turning now this way and now that. We go back on our own tracks…” That...
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In Defence of the Virtual: A Secret History of Ballardian Film Adaptations
by Simon Sellars Originally published in the Norwegian-language magazine Vagant, May-August 2011, pp. 10-11. It appears here in English for the first time. In 1986, child actor Christian Bale made his...
View ArticleApplied Ballardianism forthcoming from Urbanomic in 2017
I’m excited to announce that my book, Applied Ballardianism: A Theory of Nothing, will be forthcoming from Urbanomic in late 2017. The publisher’s page for the book is here, and Urbanomic’s blurb is...
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