The Fly (1986)

Eat shit. Millions of flies can’t be wrong. Bathroom graffiti Genomic manipulation came to prominence in the 1970s. Salk Institute researcher Rudolf Jaenisch and research partner Beatrice Mintz injected pre-embryonic mouse cellular tissue with a monkey virus. The monkey DNA integrated into the host’s genome. David Cronenberg’s The Fly, is “transgenic,” an organism that containsContinue reading “The Fly (1986)”

Planet Wars aka Brazilian Star Wars

When George Lucas’ Star Wars opened in less than 32 theatres on May 25, 1977, no one could predict that a cultural juggernaut was being unleashed on an unsuspecting world. And yet nothing would ever be the same, as the Kurosawa influenced space opera went on to change movie making, movie watching, and even movieContinue reading “Planet Wars aka Brazilian Star Wars”