Via the very data-driven Quantum of Sollazo, we directed towards a rather meta, fourth-wall breaking meta-analysis by Dominikus Baur and Alice Thudt surveying the past eight decades of cinema to tease out all the instances of when a character says the name of the movie they’re in—ranging from the inspired to self-aware to the bit cringy. The large scale examination, going beyond the anecdotal and obvious examples promoted in listicles and the like, reveals trends, auteurship and a real figure of about a third of film across all genres make direct mention of their title and possible motives for inclusion.
synchronoptica
one year ago: assorted links worth revisiting (with synchronoptica)
seven years ago: consciousness and the breakdown of the bicameral mind plus a vineyard in New Zealand
eight years ago: a visit to Amsterdam, safety-pin solidarity plus a visit to Wewelsburg
nine years ago: the philosophy of Peanuts, planet Vulcan plus speaking Dinglisch
ten years ago: more on the spread of Indo-European languages