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Alan Glynn has composed a very insightful history of the grim cinema that formed my consciousness (and that of my peers) for years.
The paranoia of corporate life was very well portrayed, also, in "The Apartment a relatively black comedy, where nobody seems to be in charge. What if there is no "they" and "we" have created a faceless "Other" that gets wheeled out in popular fiction to frighten us, as fairy stories did of old?
Governments seem to be obsessed with the securing of territories, mental and physical, but only the collusion of citizens gives them power. The question of memory and cinema is fascinating and, looking at Mr Glynn's choices, the puzzle of who remembers what, and to what end, is central to most of the films there.
It is worth looking again at Last Year in Marienbad.
The critics hated it.
They were wrong...
Dublinia
The paranoia of corporate life was very well portrayed, also, in "The Apartment a relatively black comedy, where nobody seems to be in charge. What if there is no "they" and "we" have created a faceless "Other" that gets wheeled out in popular fiction to frighten us, as fairy stories did of old?
Governments seem to be obsessed with the securing of territories, mental and physical, but only the collusion of citizens gives them power. The question of memory and cinema is fascinating and, looking at Mr Glynn's choices, the puzzle of who remembers what, and to what end, is central to most of the films there.
It is worth looking again at Last Year in Marienbad.
The critics hated it.
They were wrong...
Dublinia
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Just wanted to give you a quick thanks for linking to Alan Glynn's post on the Mulholland Books website. It means a lot to spread the word about what we're trying to do at Mulholland.
I'm glad you're enjoying the posts and encourage you to keep coming back. There's a lot of great content to come.
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Again, here's wishing everybody on your team every success.
Thanks to all involved, I now have a new hobby and plenty to blog about.
Mr Glynn's book is gathering an enthusiastic readership and there should be some interesting response from the book clubs, in time.
Regards,
M
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