seeking a vibe (for the end of the world)
live doc and sillabus for in-progress video essay
seeking a vibe (for the end of the world)
Now the 1990s seem like a period when the world was starting to go crazy, but not so crazy that it was unmanageable or irreparable. It was the end of the twentieth century, but also the end to an age when we controlled technology more than technology controlled us. People played by the old rules, despite a growing recognition that those rules were
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Interview: Director Steve De Jarnatt Looks Back on Cult Classic MIRACLE MILE
David Bertrandcomingsoon.netMiracle Mile (1988)
Director: Steve Dejarnatt
Writer: Steve Dejarnatt
In Miracle Mile, the End of the World is not the story but instead a deadline.
What starts as a sweet love story, bordering on routine Rom-Com suddenly descends into a real-time race against time, in a quest to reaffirm that love story.
I find it a little difficult selling this
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what’s the vibe at the end of the world?
seeking a vibe for the end of the world.
status: #Project #Draft
type: #Video
the world is ending.
then again, the world has been ending for a very long time.
if you want to be philosophical about it, the world has been ending from the moment the dictionary/Anthropocene began. another way to look at it, the
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