Saturday, June 29, 2002
A Beautiful Mind
Return to 1984
John Nash is Winston Smith from Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four. Don’t worry, Winston. Big Brother is here to help you.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Documenting Rural Poverty
A moving near-documentary of rural poverty, says this Amazon reviewer.
Metropolis (1927)
Workers of the world, do it again.
This is the twentieth century of the mind. Memories forever.
Panic Room
Home Alone 4?
Life in the Big City, as seen by young optimists who leave small towns to follow their dreams.
Friday, June 21, 2002
Metropolis (2001)
Pure as the Driven Snow
Love (or something) in the ruins. Ever since Little Boy, Japan and the U.S. have been co-enablers in a mutual identity problem.
Wednesday, June 19, 2002
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Commodification of Memory
Let us sell you your memories.
Saturday, June 01, 2002
Legally Blonde
The Cult of the Everyman
Hollywood’s love letter to the left brain: “Interpret Me!”
