“The truth has the structure of a fiction.”- JACQUES LACAN I graduated from a third-rate university with a master’s degree in writing and cultural theory. No one would ever design the start of a successful business career with that sentence. But over the years, I have come to realize that the connection between culture and failure … Read moreWHY POP-CULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY?
America makes pop culture. What do you make? Coffee filters, appliances, cleaning products, shopping experiences? That’s what you sell, not what you make. Chances are you don’t make most of the things you sell anyway. Chances are changing the perception of the things you sell, can be as simple (an expensive) as a new branding … Read morePRAXIS
THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS (2016) IMDB Synopsis: A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future em bark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie. Director: Colm McCarthy Writers: Mike Carey (novel), Mike Carey (screenplay) Stars: Sennia Nanua, Fisayo Akinade, Dominique Tipper I’ve wanted to revisit the … Read moreTHE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS AND SUSTAINABILITY
SHARKNADO 1,2,3,4(21) IMDB Synopsis: When a freak hurricane swamps Los Angeles, nature’s deadliest killer rules sea, land, and air as thousands of sharks terrorize the waterlogged populace. Director: Anthony C. Ferrante Writer: Thunder Levin Stars: Ian Ziering, Tara Reid, John Heard Wikipedia: Sharknado is a 2013 made-for-television science fiction disas ter horror comedy film about … Read moreSHARKNADO AND SUSTAINABILITY
SOYLENT GREEN (1973) IMDB Synopsis: In the world ravaged by the greenhouse effect and overpopulation, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a big company CEO. Director: Richard Fleischer Writers: Stanley R. Greenberg (screenplay), Harry Harrison (novel) Stars: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young The on-screen preamble for Soylent Green: “In 2022, Earth is … Read moreSOYLENT GREEN AND SUSTAINABILITY
WATERWORLD (1995) IMDB Synopsis: In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation and outlaw “smokers,” and reluctantly helps a woman and a young girl try to find dry land. Director: Kevin Reynolds Writers: Peter Rader, David Twohy Stars: Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis … Read moreWATERWORLD AND SUSTAINABILITY
LOGAN’S RUN (1976) IMDB Synopsis: An idyllic sci-fi future has one major drawback: life must end at the age of 30. Director: Michael Anderson Writers: David Zelag Goodman (screenplay by), William F. Nolan(based on the novel “Logan’s Run”) Stars: Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Richard Jordan The backstory to Logan’s Run is conveniently summarized in the … Read moreLOGAN’S RUN AND SUSTAINABILITY
DOCTOR STRANGE IMDB Synopsis: While on a journey of physical and spiritual healing, a brilliant neurosurgeon is drawn into the world of the mystic arts. Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson | 3 more credits » Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams I love a good superhero origin story. And Marvel is … Read moreDOCTOR STRANGE AND SUSTAINABILITY
STAR WARS (1977 – 2017) Wikipedia: Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise, centered on a film series created by George Lucas. It depicts the adventures of various characters “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”. The franchise began in 1977 with the release of the film Star Wars … Read moreSTAR WARS AND SUSTAINABILITY
JURASSIC PARK (1993) IMDB Synopsis: During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Director: Steven Spielberg Writers: Michael Crichton (novel), Michael Crichton (screenplay) Stars: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park has the same message as an engineered oil-based bread spread branding … Read moreJURASSIC PARK AND SUSTAINABILITY
THE BIRDS (1963) IMDB Synopsis: A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boy friend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people. Director: Alfred Hitchcock Writers: Daphne Du Maurier (from the story by), Evan Hunter (screenplay) Stars: Rod … Read moreTHE BIRDS AND SUSTAINABILITY
THE THINNING (2016) IMDB Synopsis: The Thinning” takes place in a future plagued by over crowding where population control is dictated by a high-school aptitude test. When two students (Logan Paul and Peyton List) discover the test is smoke and mirrors hiding a larger conspiracy, they must fight the system to expose it and take … Read moreTHE THINNING AND SUSTAINABILITY
AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS (1997) IMDB Synopsis: An American man unwittingly gets involved with French werewolves who have developed a serum allowing them to transform at will. Director: Anthony Waller Writers: John Landis (characters in An American Werewolf in London), Tim Burns Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy, Vince Vieluf If the “American Werewolf … Read moreAN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS AND SUSTAINABILITY
SNOWPIERCER (2013) IMDB Synopsis: Set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system emerges. Director: Joon-ho Bong (as Bong Joon Ho) Writers: Joon-ho Bong (screenplay) (as Joon Ho Bong), … Read moreSNOWPIERCER AND SUSTAINABILITY
WATCHMEN (2009) IMDB Synopsis: In 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investi gation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it. Director: Zack Snyder Writers: David Hayter (screenplay), Alex Tse (screenplay) Stars: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, … Read moreWATCHMEN AND SUSTAINABILITY
FIGHT CLUB (1999) IMDB Synopsis: An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soapmaker, forming an under ground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. Director: David Fincher Writers: Chuck Palahniuk (novel), Jim Uhls (screenplay) Stars: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf (RIP) I … Read moreFIGHT CLUB AND SUSTAINABILITY
GHOST WORLD (2001) IMDB Synopsis: With only the plan of moving in together after high school, two unusually devious friends seek direction in life. As a mere gag, they respond to a man’s newspaper ad for a date, only to find it will greatly complicate their lives. Director: Terry Zwigoff Writers: Daniel Clowes (comic book), … Read moreGHOST WORLD AND SUSTAINABILITY
“Never mind what’s been selling, It’s what you’re buying.” – Fugazi DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978) IMDB Synopsis: Following an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia S.W.A.T. team members, a traffic reporter, and his television executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall. Director: George A. RomeroWriter: George … Read moreDAWN OF THE DEAD AND SUSTAINABILITY.