Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 10:41:51 -0700
From: Michael Nagle
Subject: Re: "Being in the World"-world

When I was watching the movie, I felt like I wanted to know where I was within the structure, and to be able to "look back" at what was shown before and make connections.  At the end, I felt like "I've been staring at this screen for 80 minutes and remember being very moved emotionally and intellectually, but I don't really have any grasp of what I just saw."  (I feel that way after many films/videos.) 

One thing that struck me here was being very interested in where you had the emotional and intellectual responses. If it's able to be shared or spatialized what things specifically moved you.

During the watching I was struck by being socially uncomfortable, and I was noticing how my interpretations of laughter changed depending on whether or not I knew the person. When people I didn't know were laughing, I tended to feel kind of defensive on the movie's behalf. When RMO laughed, I tended to assume something linguistic had just caught his ear, and he was noticing a subtle distinction like the ones I think he likes to make (form v. style, virtual v. real, etc.) 

I feel like better understanding other viewer's moments of when and by whom they were moved, and perhaps being able to unpack that later in conversation, would be a neat thing.