ABSTRACT

The modest historiographical purchase of twenty-six theses may be summarized by the term strategic anachronism: a knowing temporal disordering that nevertheless engages thinking historically. YouTube bestiary speculates on specific lessons from conceptualizing a post-cinema of animal attractions, for which questions of temporal and ontological alterity are paramount. This bestiary speculates on specific lessons to be drawn from conceptualizing a post-cinema of animal attractions, for which questions of temporal and ontological alterity are paramount. A runaway horse in a major metropolitan center in the twenty-first century, among honking cars and harsh fluorescent lighting, has an anachronistic quality to it. The horse and dog, running at full pace, burst into the camera's field of vision from behind Berezhnoy's left shoulder. Attractions refer to a type of film characterized by an exhibitionist visual display and an aggressive direct address to the spectator. The white whale bobs its head along with the band, making face-to-face contact with the different musicians.