tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post4526557587790987372..comments2014-12-09T17:25:07.561-08:00Comments on Words and Images: Detailed Project Proposal- Expression: McCloud and VertigoAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888438300076664400.post-5324400611906214992011-12-04T18:47:03.475-08:002011-12-04T18:47:03.475-08:00I like the direction, although I feel like you'...I like the direction, although I feel like you've jumped into the outline far too early. Why? Because I don't think that you want to *stop* by arguing that Vertigo is a work of expressionism. I think you want to push a little farther. Why does it matter that it's a work of expressionism? How should that understand our interpretation of it? For instance, we might ask what value we get by putting *Vertigo* into the same family tree as *The Last Laugh* or *The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari*<br /><br />I'd also be more than fine with a more research-oriented piece, which would explore, say, Expressionist works that influenced Ward (e.g., it might be possible to prove that his time in Germany led to a particular expressionist influence). But I think that your sources, while not totally illegitimate or anything, won't lead to any great insights - so you need to either do more substantive research (either into Ward or into Expressionism), or you need to do more to think through why expressionism matters in our understanding of Ward.<br /><br />That might have seemed somewhat critical, but I'm more than fine with this topic - I just think you need to clarify *why* you're doing it for it to work.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.com