Problems of the Object/Subject Dichotemy

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David Moser (via Mark Pilgrim): This Is The Title Of This Story, Which Is Also Found Several Times In The Story Itself. This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of the story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven’t already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that refer to their own structure and function. This is a sentence that provides an ending to the first paragraph.

Sarah and I just finished watching the three hidden commentary tracks on the last fifteen minutes of Memento—another story that cleverly deals with the problem of the object/subject dichotemy (I’d use Derrida’s terminology, but it’s dirty). We’re so postmodern.

8 thoughts on “Problems of the Object/Subject Dichotemy”

  1. I do have to ask-do the three hidden tracks actually EXPLAIN Memento?? I know, I know, this is (again) from a middle aged old lady (which, BTW, Kenny, I have something to say about that next time we chat….), but I just don’t get Memento.

    Now, (and Tom, this is for you too) I did get A.I. It is just that it was stupid.

    jodes jenny

    p.s. I am thinking I need to post under a different name….I don’t know if Jode would claim me after reading the schlock I put up here….sigh….

  2. What’s with that story… I have a story too, well more of a poem… very poigniant and post-modern…

    Is It All This Simple…Standing, staring,White tile with blue trimWhat am I doing here…You’re peeing,Of courseThat is what a urinal is for…And although that is not what I meant,The answer in the questionI wondered…

    ~Jai Brinkofski~

    Now isn’t THAT something to think about…

  3. is it possible that people who don’t get memento, will NOT get your poem?

    sorry, kenny, for posting and heading off your subject so much! lol

    j

  4. Wait, I think the answer to that question is… oh dang what was teh question… um…hold on lemme check the tattoo by my elbow…

    Maybe…