Articles by Daniel J. Schneider

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Ending the Exceptional: Defiance of Conventions in Dennis Hopper's "Easy Rider"

July 6, 2010 - 2394 words | Film and Cinema » Dennis Hopper

The myth of American exceptionalism has existed since early on in our nation’s history. As early as the mid 1830s, Alexis de Tocqueville proclaimed that the United States held remarkable place in the world, as a nation of immigrants living in the first democracy... Read Article »

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Easy Rider Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper Easy Rider American Exceptionalism Alexis De Tocqueville Film Criticism

A Trip Through Peter Kubelka's "Unsere Afrikareise" (Our Trip to Africa)

April 14, 2010 - 1103 words | Film and Cinema » Short Films

Peter Kubelka’s 1966 film “Unsere Afrikareise” or “Our Trip to Africa” is a remarkably unique bit of filmmaking. Despite a true story to go along with the film’s production (of Kubelka’s distaste for the bourgeois Europeans... Read Article »

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Experimental Film Laugh Track German Film Sound Short Film Peter Kubelka Unsere Afrikareise Our Trip To Africa

Daniel J. Schneider studies Writing For Film & TV at Emerson College in Boston, MA.