The Uncanny
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Kazuo Ishiguro and the Uncanny Cascade April 11, 2023
The concept of the uncanny originated in German philosophy and psychology around the turn of the 18th century. The German word for it is unheimlich, which is actually closer to the English term “unhomelike.” This more literal translation of the Germa...
An Essay in the Uncanny: "Ugetsu Monogatari" April 06, 2023
Kenji Mizoguchi is generally recognised as one of the masters of the cinema. In France he is a prize pet in the Cahiers menagerie. Over here his Ugetsu Monogatari took fourth place (with Greed) in the Sight and Sound critics’ poll [of 1962]. At the s...
