Risk & Culture

Risk & Culture By: Cameron A. Straughan June 23, 2002 The first thing that attracted me to Douglas and Wildavsky’s Continue reading →

What Makes a Good Environmental Documentary?

What Makes a Good Environmental Documentary? By: Cameron A. Straughan A documentary is a “creative dramatisation of actuality” with some Continue reading →

Armadillos are giving people leprosy in Florida … OR are we just a “sick” species?

Recently, there has been a glut of animal attack stories, coupled with articles on increased animal abuse and diseases caused Continue reading →

For fans of all things dark, gothic, twisted, surreal, and just plain different …

Fans of all things dark, gothic, twisted, surreal, and just plain different should dive into my blood-soaked, surrealistic homage to Continue reading →

Once Upon a Time in Transylvania

Fans of twisted, surreal spaghetti westerns might want to check out my homage to the lost film “C’era una volta Continue reading →

Nature, Humanity, and Modernity in François Truffaut’s The Wild Child

    Nature, Humanity, and Modernity in François Truffaut’s The Wild Child   By: Cameron A. Straughan Truffauts’ the Wild Continue reading →

Chapter 1

It didn’t care if you were human. What died in the forest stayed in the forest.

The Strange Story Behind “C’era una volta in Transilvania” (AKA: Once Upon a Time in Transylvania)

Acknowledgements Someone once said ‘write what you know’. So here’s to all those years spent in a dark basement, nestled Continue reading →