Rotational Aesthetics: Michael Bay and Contemporary Cinema’s Machine Movement Lisa Purse June 2015 Michael Bay Dossier It is no exaggeration to say that the Transformers franchise has occasioned the fiercest disparagements of Michael Bay’s audio-visual style. The films are viewed by many as the apotheosis of the director’s much...
The Mechanics of Continuity in Michael Bay’s Transformers Franchise Bruce Isaacs June 2015 Michael Bay Dossier In perhaps the most scathing review in the mainstream media of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) – the fourth release in the franchise in seven years – Peter Travers of Rolling Stone magazine...
The Transforming Face of Industrial Spectacle: A Media Archaeology of Machinic Mobility Leon Gurevitch June 2015 Michael Bay Dossier Introduction In 2004 an advertisement featuring a car that transformed into a dancing robot appeared on US and European television. At thirty seconds in length and powerfully reminiscent of the filmed vaudevil...
