Welcome to Film R1A sec. 1: Technology and the Body

Welcome to our course blog. Each Monday afternoon I will post something for you to reflect on--perhaps a passage from a reading, an image, a website, a point brought up in class... You should add your comment(s) to my post by the following Monday's class session. Aim for at least a paragraph's worth of writing, and try your best to use proper punctuation, spelling, and grammar. But the important thing is to let your ideas flow. Here's your chance to not only bounce around your thoughts, but to put them down in writing and share them with the rest of the us.

When reading the Futurist manifesto, I was struck by Marinetti's obsession with speed for it's own sake. It's not as if he was in a rush to get to a concrete destination or to produce a concrete outcome. In other words, he seems to be into speed for the pure sensational pleasure of it rather than for its functional efficiency. This makes me wonder if speed and efficiency, which are often used interchangeably, are actually the same thing or quite divergent?

What struck you about this reading? Did any recurring images or patterns of language stand out? Or anything startling statements that stopped you in your tracks? Anything confusing, unclear, or contradictory in the text? Does it remind you of any other texts, written or otherwise? What's the most important line in your view, and why?