Cooney's Commentary

So I recorded The Eye, a thriller starring Jessica Alba, looking for some easy slightly scary entertainment. It was better than I thought – the first half maintained a nice spooky tension that unfortunately was deflated by the end of the film. I did notice though – the cinematography was better than the story – and there some visuals that reminded me of some of Elkin’s statements. A brief synopsis of the movie – without giving too much away –  Alba plays a talented violinist, who has a corneal transplant, since she lost her sight as a child. Her sister come in from out of town to help her as she recovers. The surgery appears to go well – but she needs to hire a doctor who specializes in “Ocular rehabilitation”  -  since her brain isn’t used to having images to process. This was a nice bit of science that felt real.  There was one scene where she breaks the mirror in her bathroom, and when she looks at the broken pieces, one eye is reflected back in most of the shards – a literal imagining of Elkins statement, “Every object sees us; there are eyes growing on everything” (p.51)

Bought the White Rabbits album, It’s Frightening. Found the video for their single on YouTube, and then on their site… Love it!

Percussion Gun

Hope you enjoy it. I’m partial to videos that show the band performing… as opposed to acting out some goofy script that sort of goes with the lyrics.

Hello fellow communicators!

Still have some reading to do… but the blog is ready to go. (With a little tech support help from my bro).  Ok. Time to figure out what I’m doing for our first assignment.