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Films that told the future 004: ‘Network’
Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film eerily predicted the modern world’s insatiable hunger for live broadcast violence.
Sidney Lumet’s 1976 film eerily predicted the modern world’s insatiable hunger for live broadcast violence.
For the past three nights Skeppy’s been offering up a utopia within a dystopia at Manchester International Festival. No phones, no socials. All love and AI.
Young Scots have spoken in their own languages for decades. Now they’re finding an authentic voice online, thanks to social media. And blowing yersel up tae fuck in a microwave.
“It seems telling that we need ‘Likes’ taken away from us, even though we view caring about them as gauche and grotesque...”