McLuhan’s Wake
Cinematheque Theatre
Thursday, May 31, 7:30-9:00pm
Conceived and Written by David Sobelman
Directed by Kevin McMahon
2002, 93 min 49 s
Produced by Gerry Flahive, Kristina McLaughlin, Michael McMahon
Production Agency: National Film Board of Canada & Primitive Entertainment
Inc.
Description
Fascinated by the role technology played in transforming our lives,
one the twentieth century’s most famous intellectuals realized, with stunning
accuracy, the impact the digital age would have on our social, spiritual, economic
and ideological selves.
‘The global village’ and ‘the medium is the message’ are among the most quoted
phrases of our time. Few people grasped the enormity of his ideas, however,
and over the course of the following decades his work was largely ignored by
academia and the public. Now, twenty years after his death, in the midst of an
era of Internet, virtual and wired technologies, McLuhan’s Wake explores the
enduring hold of McLuhan’s message.
Blending all forms of media, including animation and special effects, McLuhan’s
Wake is a visually dazzling and poetic film, with narration by renowned
performance artist Laurie Anderson, and commentary by scholars Eric McLuhan,
Neil Postman, Lewis Lapham and journalist Patrick Watson.
Marshall McLuhan and Vilém Flusser Communication and Aesthetics Theories Revisited Conference 
McLuhan’s Wake was Conceived and Written by David Sobelman. I also co=produced it, but as most aesthetic theoreticians understand, there would have not been a film to co=produce if I had not conceived the idea around the four=fold aesthetic of the tetrad and then put words to paper and structured it in the form of a screenplay. Such is life, such is the industrial process of film making.
Hi David,
Wonderful film! The screening went very well last night. I have added the additional information to the screening page and you have been given credit!
Best, Lindsey