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Ben Samuel
Mar 23, 20231 min read
"Prepare yourself! You are to become the voice of Interplanetary Parliament."
George King "Primary Terrestrial Mental Channel No. 1"
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Ben Samuel
Mar 17, 20231 min read
The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984)
Foot age from The Making of Fanny and Alexander
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Ben Samuel
Jun 21, 20221 min read
Ingmar Bergman interview
An interview with Ingmar Bergman where he discusses "Non-existence" and God's perfection in comparison to human imperfection.
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Ben Samuel
Jun 13, 20221 min read
Jean Genet (1910 - 1986) interview
Jean Genet asks a BBC film crew why they don't rebel.
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Ben Samuel
Apr 28, 202210 min read
Bruno Schulz "trying to occur"
The life and imagination of Bruno Schulz including drawings, a film of the mural discovery and a newly discovered short story by Schulz
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Ben Samuel
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Akira Kurosawa describes the Great Kantō earthquake of (1923)
Akira Kurosawa describes being shown the aftermath of the Kantō earthquake by his brother Heigo Kurosawa.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Sergei Parajanov discussing Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Interview with Sergei Parajanov here he discusses how making Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) led to his imprisonment
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Interview with Titanic survivor Frank Prentice
Titanic survivor Frank Prentice worked in the pursers office on the Titanic, he was 18.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Philip K Dick's bizarre delusions and paranoid fantasies
While recovering from drugs administered due to an impacted wisdom tooth, Philip K Dick began to have bizarre delusions.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Philip K. Dick discussing science fiction
Philip K. Dick interview (1977). Here he discusses how science fiction is viewed on a bottom rung of genres.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Motopia "a utopia for motorists" (1959)
Motopia was a proposed 'City of the Future' designed by architect Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Footage of the devastation caused by World War 1
Footage of the devastation caused by World War 1 filmed (1919) by Lucien Le Saint with French balloon pilot Jacques Trolley de Prévaux.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
JG Ballard returns to Shanghai
In 1991 JG Ballard returned to Shanghai to his childhood home and to Lunghua Interment camp.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Atomic bomb tests in the Nevada Desert (1951 - 1992)
Nearly 1,000 atomic bomb tests were detonated in the Nevada Test Site in the Nevada Desert from 1951 until 1992.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Atomic bomb explosions (1946–52) taken with Rapatronic Camera
Pictures of atomic bomb explosions taken one ten-millionth of a second after detonation from about seven miles away.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20220 min read
JG Ballard Discusses English Society In The 1950's
Interview with JG Ballard Discussing English Society In The 1950's
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Wonderful interview with Quentin Crisp
Wonderful interview with Quentin Crisp from World in Action (1970). Here he discusses being beaten up because of his appearance.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Rare footage of Pierre-August Renoir
Rare footage of Pierre-August Renoir painting at home (1915) aged 74.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
An interview with Jean Renoir
An interview with Jean Renoir (1894 - 1979), conducted by Jacques Rivette in 1967.
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Ben Samuel
Mar 1, 20221 min read
Luis Buñuel interview
Luis Buñuel interview where he describes the first film he ever saw.
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