Wednesday, February 1, 2012
One movie that I have always found engaging was Savid Chronenberg's Viseodrome. I felt the movie was fairly sprophetic regarding the public's eventual obsession with violent media, interactive television (virtual reality), and corporate media's attempts ro game the political sphere (Fox News). The movie was heavily influenced by media philosopher Marshall McCluhan who was personified on screen in rhe character of Brian O'Blivion. Chronenberg's direction createa a surreal world where the audiencE, like the main character, ceases to be able to distinguish reality from hallucination.
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That sounds like a good movie. I think it's funny that the main character's last name is "O' Blivion". Ah, word play. For some reason your description triggered me to think of George Orwell's "1984". Perhaps, your use of the words "technology", "obsession", "predict", and "prophesies". Oh, and your blog is just as sparse as Colin's! I don't update mine every day, but I was expecting more from you. :0 :)
ReplyDeleteLOL I went back and read this again. WTH? I must have been really tired or really drunk when I wrote this, judging by the numerous typos.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe I just typed it in a hurry on the iPad.