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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
Sep 21, 20224 min read
When Weegee met Alfred Stieglitz
Photographer Weegee describes his haunting meeting with an 81 year old Alfred Stieglitz. From his book Naked City.
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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
May 5, 20224 min read
JG Ballard "What I Believe"
‘What I Believe’ is a prose poem originally published in French in Science Fiction #1 in January 1984.
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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
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, 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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