Ballard at his best, finding the weird in the seemingly banal. Here, a story about a suburbanite who intends to shut himself off from the rest of the world by never leaving the house again.
Running time: 59 mins
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Documentary exploring nuclear fears in the 50s and how they manifested themselves in the sci-fi movies of the time.
Running time: 34 mins.
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The object that has revealed more mystery than any other.
Running time: 1 hour 22 mins.
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Running time: 46 mins.
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Dawkins infamous call for ‘militant atheism’ in an inspiring talk at TED.
Running time: 31 mins.
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Richard Williams’ (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) unfinished magnum opus, based upon the 1001 nights.
Running time: 1 hour 37 mins
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This video looks like a send up, but is apparently not. A deluded suburban realtor describes his imagined visit to hell. He is introduced by a woman who looks like a QVC presenter, who passes on the perfect gag – why god would really choose a realtor to show hell to. Its like having the holocaust introduced to you by a clown.
Running time: 1 hour 37 mins.
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Running time: 49 mins
A film the British Government deemed too traumatic for release after World War II – Frontline pieced it together and aired it in its unedited form.
Running time: 53 mins
A classic documentary from one of the greatest architecture critics. This film was made in the same year as Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour wrote ‘Learning from Las Vegas’, heralding the birth of the Post Modern architecture movement. Its a better legacy than the buildings that were subsequently produced.
Running time: 52 mins.
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