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This episode follows British and US exceptionalism, from their origins in the early 20th century as a way of avoiding the past of chattel slavery, slave trade, and opium wars, to how these myths influenced anti-Black and anti-Asian racism, as well as policies of regime change across the world, notably in Iraq. Curtis argues that the US ...
Pandora's Box was the first work by Adam Curtis to showcase his subsequently distinctive visual style. He explained: "in Pandora’s Box I wanted to make a sort of funny film about economics. I was just starting out in TV and was almost in tears when editing because I could find nothing to illustrate it and I thought I was going to be sacked.
Now a couple, they have devoted the last few years to exposing what they say is a complicated web of environmental and worker safety violations that they worry could make the landfill hazardous.
According to J. R. R. Tolkien, dream worlds contrast with fantasy worlds, in which the world has existence independent of the characters in it. [1] However, other authors have used the dreaming process as a way of accessing a world which, within the context of the fiction, holds as much consistency and continuity as physical reality. [2]
Here are 10 times when JK Rowling made the Twitter community, and the world in general, a safe, loving, empowering, and creative place. 1. When she made all Potterheads, or "Harry Potter" fans ...
Earl Holliman, the handsome actor who won a Golden Globe for his supporting role in “The Rainmaker” and appeared in numerous Westerns and dozens of films including “Giant” and “Forbidden ...
The chemist Dmitri Mendeleev is said to have invented the modern periodic table in a dream "where all the elements fell into place as required." [ 30 ] Mendeleev, a chemistry professor and an avid player of the card game solitaire , had been attempting to clearly organize the elements, which at the time were grouped either by atomic weight or ...
In an interview with Variety on Wednesday, Dec. 11, the pop star, 33, opened up about how Love Actually director Richard Curtis helped him make his music video for "Under the Tree."