STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE
by Steven Shaviro

 

1

Emblem

R. W. Fassbinder, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant

2

Safe

Todd Haynes, Safe

3

Softer

Yo La Tengo, Electr-O-Pura

4

Wound

Kathe Koja, The Cipher

5

Nocturnal

Mario Bava, The Whip and the Flesh

6

Abducted

alien abduction stories

7

Amnesia

Samuel Delany, Dhalgren

8

Oblique

Brian Eno, Another Green World

9

Swerve

Alison Maclean, Crush

10

Swoon

Prince, Under the Cherry Moon

11

Flicker

Jim Woodring, Frank

12

Feather

Jeff Noon, Vurt

13

Playback

Kathryn Bigelow, Strange Days

14

Blood

Doug Rice, Blood of Mugwump

15

Explosion

Sonic Youth, "Beauty Lies in the Eye" (from Sister)

16

Acid

LSD

17

Decomposing

Peggy Ahwesh, The Color of Love

18

Intrusion

David Lynch, Lost Highway

19

Mask

Alfred Chester, The Exquisite Corpse

20

Goddess

Shannon Kringen, Goddess Kring

21

Suffocated

Tricky, Pre-Millennium Tension

22

Requiem

IN MEMORIAM KATHY ACKER

23

Clock

Tehching Hsieh, One Year Performance (Time Piece)

24

Tornado

Harmony Korine, Gummo

25

Slam

Jerry Springer

26

Spew

Jim Carrey, The Cable Guy

27

Flash

Gary Hill, Reflex Chamber

28

Arson

J. G. Ballard, Cocaine Nights

29

Seen

Jennicam

30

Shopping

Chantal Akerman, Window Shopping

31

Robotic

Björk and Chris Cunningham, "All Is Full of Love"

32

Fame

Sammy Davis, Jr.

33

Lost

Abel Ferrara, New Rose Hotel

34

Fashion

Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama

35

Glimmer

Guy Maddin, Twilight of the Ice Nymphs

36

Instrumental

Rational Choice Theory

37

Sensitivity

Chris Carter, Millennium

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