A culture that just uses a pig as a pile of protoplasmic inanimate structure, to be manipulated by whatever creative design the human can foist on that critter, will probably view individuals within its community, and other cultures in the community of nations, with the same type of disdain and disrespect and controlling type mentalities. [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have a winner. Executive Koala is a Japanese movie from 2006 which stars a typical salaryman… typical in every way except that he is actually a giant koala. After a girlfriend is murdered, he descends into a world of psychosis marked by increasingly violent fantasies where his koala-rage is [...]

It was less predictable when it was made, no doubt. However, it may be argued that the existence of ‘terrorists’ in the film (i.e., Jill Layton, Buttle/Tuttle, and Sam are all accused of being terrorists) and various ‘terrorist’ acts (i.e., the restaurant and shop bombing, the blown up car) are deliberately made ambiguous – it [...]

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In the brain and not the chest.Headshots are the very best. Zombies are used metaphorically in many ways, and the word “zombie” has a history predating the horror movies we know so well. If you don’t mind the drooling and lumbering, “zombie” is a useful, specific monkey wrench in the tool box of language. – [...]

And behold, a loathsome movie and it was called “Antichrist”and he who directed it was called Lars von Tier! via Happy Famous Artists (Bad Art for Bad People) The Revelation of The Apostle John as Told By Jesus Christ about the Final Days of the End Times in which Man is consumed by the Fires [...]

Reading Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron had a profound effect on me. I doubt that I’ll get as much out of the movie, but it is somewhat encouraging to see that others share some enthusiasm for its scandalous satire of chickenheads and the bureaucracies which do so love to cater to them. Perhaps now the message will [...]