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CHOPPING MALL [Jim Winorsky 1986]
“WHERE SHOPPING COSTS YOU AN ARM AND A LEG!”[+ YOUR HEAD!] From the director of “The Devil Wears Nada”, “The Hills Have Thighs”, “The House of Hooter Hill” or “The Witches of Breastwick” comes for y’all a horror mall sci-fi movie you’ve been all wet-dreaming about. Chopping Mall is every bit of a
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THREE WALLS (Zaheed Mawani 2011)
‘We drive to work in a box, we work in a box, we go home and watch a box and, before we know it, they bury us in a box.’ Corporate Motivational Speaker Here is a short documentary made by Canadian filmmaker Zaheed Mawani about the history of the cubicle, interviewing office workers, corporate
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The Thrill Seekers [aka The Time Shifters 1999]
File under: futurist adrenaline junkies, death tourism addicts, capitalist gore hounds from the year 2077. Probably this low budget sci-fi 1999 movie by Mario Azzopardi went unseen & unheard for most of you (including me). I was made aware of its existence by Zero Department member and Clinamen publisher from Geneva Lucas Cantori. He was
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The Films of Frank Gilbreth 1908-1924
It is impossible to asses here or gauge the impact of Fordist “efficiency experts” and early scientific management engineers Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr (1868-1924) and his wife Lillian Evelyn Moller on our lives, in their quest for increased output/minimizing downtime PLUS minimizing injuries and accidents to the workers. Their demonstration that rest-time(unemployment?) is actually improving
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BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (Panos Cosmatos 2010)
Serenity Trough Technology [/\RB()RI/\ Institute motto 1966] No turnaround this time, one of the best examples of cinematographic altered state eeriness and paranormal retro-avantgarde. Definite cult psychotronic favorite, and probably no wonder it’s Canadian. It’s a fantastic directorial debut by director Panos Cosmatos. With this movie I had the impression that I completely missed a