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	Organised Chaos: The Music of Chaos Theory
		I also have a number of other projects scheduled, including two albums of entirely new fractal music, a short film, and two computer games - all of these projects will be featured on a new Organised Chaos web-site to be launched to coincide with the release of "RESURGAM".
		This will be followed in 2006 by a DVD version of the album in 5.1 digital surround sound, featuring animated fractal graphics.
		I hope users of my "Gingerbread" and "Venharis" fractal music generation systems will also be pleased to know that I am working on a third pro-level fractal and generative music composition system, "Fractal Machine", ETA 2007.
	fractalmusician.com

	Film Fest Journal
		Why not first and foremost explore how any theory or writing speaks specifically to us - to our situated social and individual selves - from where we are, in our actualities, in our cultural differences, our circumstantial positionings and diversely mediated backgrounds?"
		In the interview Scent, Sound, and Cinema with Marie Zournazi, the inherent imperfectness and limitation of translation serves as an appropriate introduction for the intrinsic, non-verbal intuitiveness of Trinh's cinema.
		Why follow only the vertical and its hierarchies when the oblique and the horizontal in their multiplicities are no less relevant and no less fascinating for the quest of truth and knowledge?
	www.filmref.com /journal (1812 words)

	physics central physics in the news - butterfly effect
		The new movie The Butterfly Effect (opening in theaters nationwide on Friday, January 23) may not include any nefarious insects, but it is based in part on a concept from chaos theory that suggests that something as subtle as the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil could indeed trigger a tornado in Texas.
		Human time travel is a purely fictional concept, but according to Rutgers biophysicist Troy Shinbrot the idea that small changes can lead to dramatically different outcomes is firmly rooted in the physics of chaos theory, at least for some systems.
		Because we can’t keep track of every thing that affects the atmosphere, the butterfly effect makes it a challenge to forecast the weather more than a few days in advance; Hollywood movies, on the other hand, are often easier to predict.
	www.physicscentral.com /news/news-04-01.html (724 words)

	FilmStew.com • Reynolds in Control of Chaos
		Director Siega says he had been looking for a romantic comedy as his next project and says Chaos Theory is closer to classic farce than anything else.
		Director Marcos Siega is set to helm Chaos Theory for Castle Rock Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures, according to Daily Variety.
		Dennis Michael is a regular contributor to FilmStew.com, a leading source of film industry news and information, and sister company to Hollywood's Master Storytellers and Project Tracker.
	www.filmstew.com /Content/Article.asp?ContentID=12384&Pg=1 (192 words)

	Pi (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Note that, unlike in the film, chaos theory does not allow one to predict the exact behavior of a chaotic system like the stock market and, in fact, provides compelling evidence that such predictions are, in principle, impossible.
		π launched the film scoring career of Clint Mansell.
		Aronofsky raised money for the project by selling $100 shares in the film to family and friends, and was able to pay them all back with a $50 profit per-share when the film was sold to Artisan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pi_(film) (1113 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: Babe: Pig in the City
		Sure, the humor is moderately intelligent and the narration includes things like a mention of the chaos theory, but when it boils down to it, Babe II was just like every other sequel: an attempt to carbon copy the original.
		filmcritic.com Movie Review: Babe: Pig in the City
		Babe comes back from winning the sheep-herding contest he won last movie and, when the farmer is injured and the farm goes into debt, Babe has to go to the city.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/2a460f93626cd4678625624c007f2b46/633b5f643dff54f2882567bd00027877?OpenDocument (384 words)

	Salon Entertainment Fuzzy logic
		Concepts like the Golden Spiral and chaos theory get tossed into the film's mix but they're never really part of its essence, which is cramped, jittery and fearful.
		This film boasts the best depiction of migraines I've ever seen, from the panicky moments when the prodrome begins (in Max's case, his hand starts shaking) and the frantic gobbling of medication to head off the beast, to the abject misery and fantasies about taking an electric drill to that throbbing temple.
		Darren Aronofsky's new film, "Pi," recalls those halcyon days, and that it feels so welcome is testimony to either 1) just how long it's been, or, 2) the virulent exasperation caused by witnessing mobs of young, backward-baseball-cap-wearing hipster directors at Sundance jumping for studio contracts like seals for sardines.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/reviews/1998/07/16review.html?CP=SAL&DN=110 (727 words)

	Montreal Mirror - Film : The Good Thief
		Another way the film startles is its highfalutin talk about prime numbers, chaos theory and French post-impressionist painters.
		Still, The Good Thief is a heist film that will delight connoisseurs (and it's refreshing to see the action happen somewhere other than Vegas).
		That's only one way The Good Thief is a curious, if grimy, heist film, and one not to miss.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2003/041003/film3.html (332 words)

	Film Editing - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
		Film Editing Room Handbook: How to Manage the Near Chaos of the Cutting Room
		Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice Looking at the Invisible
		On Film Editing: An Introduction to the Art of Film Construction
	www.nextag.com /film-editing/search-html (176 words)

	EC Theory
		Increasing predictability and computability (chaos theory) has in fact revealed the intrinsic limitations of computability in the aleatoric structures of mathematics as discovered by Chaitin, as well as the absolute nonreducibility of the universe's nonpredictability.
		The concern of apparatus heuristics-in a debate that was by no means solely confined to film-was not to lose sight of the fact that media apparatus serves to create illusions, is an instrument to produce a transcendental subject.
		One of the reasons for including this concept in the title of my presentation today is that I would like to recommend rereading the central heuristic texts of apparatus theory.
	www.art.uh.edu /dif/EC_theory.html (1844 words)

	The Main Characters of the Magic Roundabout
		Dylan is a key figure in the magic mushroom episode but other than this most of the theory is based upon the fact that Thompson created a hippy persona for him (man).
		It is Zebedee who brings the magic back to the garden, and in times of chaos he restores order.
		The beginning of the Magic Roundabout series kicks off with an unhappy Mr Rusty wishing that the magic would return to his roundabout, Zebedee achieves this by bringing children to play in the garden and ride the roundabout.
	www.regiment.org.uk /crystaltipps/roundabout/characters.html (555 words)

	Isaac Asimov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 2002, Donald Palumbo, an English professor at East Carolina University published Chaos Theory, Asimov’s Foundations and Robots, and Herbert’s Dune: The Fractal Aesthetic of Epic Science Fiction.
		The recent film I, Robot, starring Will Smith, was based on the Hardwired script by Jeff Vintar with Asimov's ideas incorporated later after acquiring the rights to the I, Robot title.
		McCartney had a vague idea for the plot and a small scrap of dialogue; he wished to make a film about a rock band whose members discover they are being impersonated by a group of extraterrestrials.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isaac_Asimov (6852 words)

	Directors in Canada - Quebec, Montreal - mandy.com film tv production
		STAR WARS EPISODE 1: The Phantom Menace (FF); Splinter Cell, Chaos Theory (Ubisoft) (AN); The Fifth Element (Gaumont) (FF); Orgs: ARRQ, SARTEC, CANADIAN ACADEMY OF FILM* AND TELEVISION.
		Christopher Wright, has worked for almost 20 years as a professional actor, writer, director, producer and teacher in the theater, film and broad= cast industries.
		Production and distribution of the films of Francois Miron it soon grew into an independent film production house, a music video production outlet and a motion picture title design unit.
	www.mandy.com /4/dirscaqu.cfm (904 words)

	Chaos Theory and patterns
		Question: In reading books on the Chaos Theory, it is suggested that there is a constant pattern in nature.
		jlu Answer 3: Chaos theory does not claim that there is a constant pattern in nature, but rather that systems with elements of randomness can still organize themselves into structures which have order.
		For an excellent film on observations of consistent patterns in nature with no mathematical prerequisites, I recommend "The Shape of Things" in the NOVA series from public television (available in larger libraries?) tee Answer 2: I think that your question needs a little more discussion.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /askasci/math99/math99004.htm (308 words)

	TNL Forum - A new next-generation game for Xbox 2
		Ninja Theory believes that the next-generation of games consoles offer an opportunity to elevate the games experience into a true artistic entertainment medium, one that can rival film and literature.
		Their first game, Kung Fu Chaos, was developed for Microsoft Games Studios exclusively for the Xbox and released on time, on budget and to critical acclaim in early 2003.
		With a team of 23, which is set to grow rapidly, Ninja Theory is focused exclusively on a next generation game called Heavenly Sword which has been in development for over a year and a half.
	www.the-nextlevel.com /board/showthread.php?t=33138 (515 words)

	MathFiction
		Science fiction thriller combining genetic engineering and chaos theory.
		Fractal weapons, chaos theory, the Lyapunov exponent, and strange attractors are featured.
		A math professor's theory of ``nymphomation'' (described in the book as a way for numbers to mate) is used to develop a lottery game called "Domino Bones" that entirely takes over the city of Manchester,...
	www.math.cofc.edu /faculty/kasman/MATHFICT/search.php?go=yes&orderby=title (13008 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Butterfly Effect [IMPORT]: DVD
		Funny that the central theme of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT is Chaos Theory!
		Taking inspiration from the notion that even a butterfly's flapping wings can send a ripple of causation through the world, the film tries to flesh out a murky premise about a boy (Ashton Kutcher) who can alter his past by mentally rearranging the writings in his diary.
		But Butterfly is no Donnie Darko, despite stealing some of that film's tone and plot elements.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001Z52RU (1122 words)

	Marcos Siega Explores "Chaos Theory" (August 24th, 2005) - Dark Horizons
		Director Marcos Siega ("Pretty Persuasion", "Underclassmen") has his next project lined-up with the comedy "Chaos Theory" at Warner Independent Pictures reports Coming Soon.
		Marcos Siega Explores "Chaos Theory" (August 24th, 2005) - Dark Horizons
		All film promotional stills/artwork copyright their respective intellectual property holders.
	www.darkhorizons.com /news05/050824e.php (222 words)

	akagi.html
		Shohei Imamura was a theorist of chaos long before chaos theory became a fashionable buzzword.
		In it, Imamura expressed a great deal of sympathy with his characters' desire to carry on with their lives as if they were characters in an Ozu film, with no more than the usual amount of grief and difficulty, as well as a concealed rage at the way they accept the dictates of "normalcy."
		The 71-year-old Imamura has declared that DR. AKAGI will be his last film, and it feels like a summation of sorts.
	home.earthlink.net /~steevee/akagi.html (738 words)

	MovieFreak.Com - "The Butterfly Effect" Movie Review by Gregory L. Amato
		This is the “Butterfly Effect” of chaos theory, also seen (much less dramatically) in “Run Lola Run.” If you believe the theoretical aspect of such a premise, then it’s an easy transition to the film’s main idea, that changes in our pasts would have drastic results years down the road.
		The movie’s predictability at this point is fairly severe, and is a bit of a problem in a film that takes its title from a phenomenon that is expected to defy predictability.
		The premise and much of the backstory indicate an exciting but thoughtful thriller, but in the end the use of the butterfly effect is just a gimmick, and the film doesn’t have much to say despite tapping into such rich themes.
	www.moviefreak.com /reviews/b/butterflyeffect_1_a.htm (690 words)

	2005 Resources, Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
		Read about self-organization, network theory, superconductivity, superfluidity, supersolids, quantum mechanics, quantum computing, quantum cryptography, nonlinear equations, chaos theory, the human genome, human consciousness, fundamental forces, grand unified theories, Higgs field, string theory, loop quantum gravity, supernovae, cosmic microwave background, neutrinos, dark energy, and cosmic rays.
		The Most Dangerous Woman in America is a companion website for a film that examines the case of Typhoid Mary, a cook who was quarantined for life against her will in the early 1900s.
		The site includes a history of quarantine, a letter Mary Mallon wrote when petitioning the courts for her release (1909), an examination of whether public health officials were to blame for Mallon's behavior, and a mysterious "disease outbreak" for students to solve.
	wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov /cfapps/free/displaydate.cfm?yr=2005 (8863 words)

	Butterfly effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The butterfly effect is a phrase that encapsulates the more technical notion of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory.
		The Butterfly effect was also invoked by the fictional mathematician, Ian Malcolm, in both the novel and film versions of Jurassic Park.
		New Line Cinema's feature film The Butterfly Effect IMDB
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Butterfly_effect (776 words)

	Powell's Books - Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy #100: Chaos Theory, Asimov's Foundations and Robots, and Herbert's Dune: The Fractal Aesthetic of Epic Science Fiction by Donald E. Palumbo
		The volume's nine contributions address topics including Asimov's crusade against bigotry as a fractal theme; chaos theory concepts in Asimov's Robot stories and novels; and the monomyth as fractal pattern in Herbert's Dune series.
		This book examines Herbert's Dune series and Asimov's Foundation trilogy and robot stories from the perspective of chaos theory to elucidate the structure of their works.
		His previous books include Eros in the Mind's Eye: Sexuality and the Fantastic in Art and Film (1986), Erotic Universe: Sexuality and Fantastic Literature (1986), and Spectrum of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Sixth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (1988), all available from Greenwood Press.
	www.powells.com /biblio?isbn=0313311897 (1220 words)

	Scoop: Samuel & Cox 2005 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellows
		Over 13 episodes, the Insiders Guide to Happiness followed the lives of 8 individuals on their own separate life journeys, but whose fates become increasingly interlinked through processes that explore concepts as diverse as chaos theory, reincarnation, love death and the afterlife.
		Fiona Samuel trained and worked as an actor before turning to writing and is currently working on projects for television and film as well as writing a new stage play.
		Experienced film makers and writers Fiona Samuel and Peter Cox have been selected as the 2005 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellows.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/CU0412/S00111.htm (1220 words)

	The Penn Online - 'Butterfly Effect' explores time travel, chaos theory
		For a film that seems to say that to change one thing is to change everything, the butterfly effect displayed in the story is rather small.
		It is this pattern of chaos that gives "The Butterfly Effect" not only its name but its premise as well.
		Others will look at this film as a drawn-out antithesis to "It's a Wonderful Life." The truth is somewhere in the middle, but it's worth finding out.
	www.thepenn.org /vnews/display.v/ART/2004/01/26/401538cc9ad51 (1220 words)

	Demiurgic Field
		We propose a universal theory of creativity emerging from chaos theory.
		Art can be experienced through purely sensual delight, technological invention, a dynamic medium such as film or TV, or an exploration of the realm of archetype, myth and dream.
		Virtual fields are metaphysical, hence speculative, though their presence may be deduced by resonant manifestations.
	creativity.chaosmagic.com /about.html (1220 words)

	JEUNET AND CARO
		Jeunet and Caro enjoy exploring consequences, and mathematicians studying Chaos Theory could have endless fun investigating the probabilities of the various events occurring.
		With Jeunet at the helm and his "dream team" of effects technicians however, we may have a more unusual and interesting film than previous expectations led us to believe.
		Despite appearing to emerge at the tail end of the French 80's nouvelle vogue (sic) their partnership began with the 1981 short Le Bunker de la Dernière Rafale, continuing sporadically to their feature film debut Delicatessen (1991).
	freespace.virgin.net /colin.mitch/filmpage/jeucar01.htm (1871 words)

	Twentieth Century Literature: History, Biography, and Narrative in Don DeLillo's "Libra." - novel about Lee Harvey Oswald
		Libra challenges this historical form by suggesting that random actions and the workings of chance will connect and collide with each other in a way that cannot be anticipated or adequately explained, in what is almost a chaos theory of history.
		In Stone's film, as in Libra, the distinction between the two categories is disrupted, so that the historical record becomes another form of fiction (which resulted, in part, in both DeLillo and Stone being accused of distortion, bias, and plain lies in their respective representations of the Kennedy assassination).
		Hayden White argues that history is always and nothing more than a narrative construction: "Confronted with a chaos of 'facts' the historian must 'choose, sever and carve them up' for narrative purposes" (Tropics 55).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0403/is_1_43/ai_56750471 (1396 words)

	Film Comment: Shakespeare: a chaos theory - the Bard on film
		Shakespeare: a chaos theory - the Bard on film
		Film Comment, July-August, 2001 by Richard Combs, Raymond Durgnat
		Richard Combs and Raymond Durgnat, two old-school heavyweights, combine forces to search for the Bard, as the much postponed Othello-in-prep-school finally gets released.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1069/is_4_37/ai_83123930 (1179 words)

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