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Tag Archives: Being John Malkovich
Whose Dystopia Is It Anyway?
Reason writers debate which fictional dystopia best predicted our current moment. By Mike Riggs, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Todd Krainin, Nick Gillespie, Jesse Walker, Robby Soave, Eric Boehm, Christian Britschgi, Peter Suderman & Brian Doherty Source: Reason With social media platforms seemingly … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Authoritarianism, culture, Dystopia, media, society, Sociology
Tagged Aldous Huxley, Back to the Future II, Being John Malkovich, Brazil, Edgar Allan Poe, Ender's Game, Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell, Love in the Ruins, Neal Stephenson, Orson Scott Card, Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Robert Zemeckis, Science fiction, Sleeper, Snow Crash, Speculative Fiction, Terry Gilliam, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, The Past Through Tomorrow, Walker Percy, Woody Allen
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Charlie Kaufman on Zombie Ants, Mind Control, and Consumerist Culture
By The Unknown Source: High Existence Charlie Kaufman has one of the most inventive and original minds in Hollywood. That’s probably why he has eluded mainstream success. Mr. Kaufman is perhaps best known for writing the modern classic Eternal Sunshine of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, consciousness, Consumerism, culture, Economics, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, Video
Tagged Adaptation, Anomalisa, BAFTA, BAFTA Speech, Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufamn, consumer culture, Creativity, culture, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, hollywood, Philosophy, Synecdoche New York
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Charlie Kaufman BAFTA Speech
Charlie Kaufman is among the most brilliant and creative screenwriters today and is the mind behind modern cinematic masterpieces such as “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Synecdoche, New York”. In this address to the British Academy of Film … Continue reading