Monday, September 3, 2007

Welcome to Cenobitic Voyeurism

Here is my blog for Film Criticism. The title comes from the word Cenobite or Cenobitic meaning: "...a monastic tradition that stresses community life..."1, and Voyeur or Voyeurism:"...a practice in which an individual derives sexual pleasure from observing other people."2 Chance the Gardener (Peter Sellers) said in Being There (1979), "I like to watch." Film is about indulging in our inner most tendencies to live out other's lives through the gaze. Film is also about community, a culturally established pastime. Therefore film is an experience we watch together.

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