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Sculpting with time

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March 2013, no. 349

The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies and What They Did to Us by David Thomson

Allen Lane, $49.99 hb, 603 pp, 9781846143144

Sculpting with time

by
March 2013, no. 349
Mothers of America
let your kids go to the movies!
get them out of the house so they won’t know what you’re up to
it’s true that fresh air is good for the body
but what about the soul
that grows in darkness, embossed by silvery images …

These lines from Frank O’Hara’s 1960 poem ‘Ave Maria’ seem wistfully nostalgic now that you can watch Lawrence of Arabia on your iPhone on a tram, an Israeli missile vaporising a Hamas leader, your friend’s Bali holiday on Vimeo, the latest in S&M on an iPad, or a 3D vampire zombie franchise blockbuster in your home theatre, should you be so inclined.

Campbell Thomson reviews 'The Big Screen': The Story of the Movies and What They Did to Us' by David Thomson

The Big Screen: The Story of the Movies and What They Did to Us

by David Thomson

Allen Lane, $49.99 hb, 603 pp, 9781846143144

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