Tag Archives: Marshall McLuhan

Saturday Matinee: How to Operate Your Brain

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Luther Blissett

Source: Open Culture Speaking at the Human Be-In in January 1967, Timothy Leary uttered the famous phrase borrowed from Marshall McLuhan, “Turn on, tune in, drop out.” It was shorthand for saying experiment with psychedelics and achieve new levels of consciousness. Almost 30 years … Continue reading →

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Snow, Death, and the Bewildered Herd

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Luther Blissett

By Edward Curtin Source: Behind the Curtain Few people at this hour – and I refer to the time before the breaking out of this most grim war, which is coming to birth so strangely, as if it did not … Continue reading →

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David Cronenberg’s Videodrome Was a Technology Prophecy

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Luther Blissett

Editor’s note: Since today marks director David Cronenberg’s 73rd birthday, it’s a good time to appreciate one of his greatest and most notorious works. Though my favorite of his remains the distinctly PKD-like eXistenZ, a close runner up is the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Morning Matinee: The Net

Posted on January 18, 2014 by Luther Blissett

Notes by Other Cinema: Ultimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck’s The Net explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late … Continue reading →

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