Not among Morris’s strongest work, but still pretty watchable. He’s not wrong that the enduring fascination around Manson is the mind control element (or at least, why they did it and how they could bring themselves to it & seemingly feel no remorse.) Not sure this builds enough of a case that there was a connection to a CIA experimental program in mind control and memory alteration, but it raises some good questions about whether Manson could have been set up as a disrupter as part of COMINPRO and CHAOS - state efforts to infiltrate and undermine leftist orgs in the late sixties.
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Hackers 1995
This movie is ridiculous but I love it anyway. Fisher Steven’s over-the-top villain on a skateboard. The queerness of every character. The cast chemistry. The insane pillowyness of Angelina Jolie’s lips. The killer wardrobe. And the giant fucking balls on a filmmaker trying to make computer coding visually interesting and tense. Yes, the depiction of a supercomputer and code is entirely imaginary and insane but it’s also really campy and fun. Hack the planet!
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Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold 2017
Is it terrible that I just want to quit my job, drop out of school and spend my days tracking down and reading everything Joan Didion ever wrote?
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Edge of the Knife 2018
We are so damn privileged when First Nations storytellers opt to share their stories outside of their communities. These are the stories we tried to kill, to silence. But they are as resilient as their tellers. In the intro to the film, directors Edenshaw and Haig-Brown explained that the wildman story was often told at the beginning of a potlatch. Someone transgresses, doesn’t follow protocol. A traumatic event ensues and the man literally goes wild with guilt and grief. His…
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