James Batcho, PhD | 2019 April

Teacher I Writer I Sonic artist

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cinema, culture, philosophy, politics / 06.04.2019

All of “Us” is All of Them

It is a beautiful thing when one’s impression of a film changes—from the lingering thoughts of the hours that follow to the days that continue, and alter, the thinking. This happened to me with Jordan Peele’s new film Us. It...

books, cinema, philosophy, teaching / 01.04.2019

2001, the Novel

I've seen many films based on novels that I've read. But I decided I'd take a shot at the reverse by reading Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's not only for fun, it's research of sorts for an...

James Batcho

My name is James Batcho. I’m a professor, writer and lecturer on a variety of subjects. My book Terrence Malick’s Unseeing Cinema: Memory, Time and Audibility will be published by Palgrave MacMillian in May, 2018. I’ve also authored a textbook on film sound titled Sound for Independent Audiovisual Storytelling and written for Media Culture & Society, Journal of Sonic Studies, The New Soundtrack and Atropos Press. I use this space to write about my interests in philosophy, travel, cinema, music, politics and culture. Some are formal essays written for this space, while others are incomplete fragments of thought or personal reflections. It’s also a space to share my photography.