Mamoon Alabassi compares two “Iraq war” movies, “Avatar” and “Hurt locker”, and argues that, for Iraqis who feel de-humanized by the media, the positive depiction of non-humans in “Avatar” is welcome: “If some humans can relate to the ‘humanity’ of non-humans in fiction, then surely they would find it easier […]
The Arts
28 Days Later Jacknife Lee ‘Trainspotting’ Director Danny Boyle‘s entire harrowing interpretation of novelist and screenwriter Alex Garland‘s brutal & terrifying apocalyptic vision distilled by a killer edit right down to just over 6 kinetic minutes – set to an excellent little pounder from Jacknife Lee.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX4b_rhT0nU A scene from Joel Schumacher‘s ‘Falling Down’ in which an unemployed defense worker frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society, begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
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( music break ) from tomandandy, Bret Easton Ellis, and one of the creative brains behind ‘Pulp Fiction’ comes one of the hardest montages ever montaged. [ this is what an American O.E. looks like – R-18 Rating please so don’t click if you aren’t ] [youtube]QVaSCBzTCIE[/youtube]
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[ Fuck. This. ] New rules to be introduced by government decree will require people who upload videos onto the Internet to obtain authorization from the Communications Ministry similar to that required by television broadcasters, drastically reducing freedom to communicate over the Web, opposition lawmakers have warned. The decree is […]