Michael S. Duffy

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Location United States
Introduction I am currently an independent scholar with interests in the history, industry, technology and aesthetics of special & visual effects, contemporary comic-book adapted franchises, and East Asian cinema. I have an M.A. in Cinema Studies from New York University, and a Ph.D. in Film Studies from The University of Nottingham, U.K. I have been published in Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies, and in edited anthologies from McFarland and Scarecrow Press. My passions in life are music, film, and making people question their surroundings...