Реклама как “посредник”
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A Soviet sci-fi movie "Mediator" (1989) tells about alien intelligence trying to capture people to use their bodies as media for the alien minds. A third of humans turned out to be immune to the invaders' techniques. In the end they've revolted and freed the Earth. Now that fantasy model seems to reflect our current state of affairs very closely. Advertising is used to implant "alien" (mostly American) way of life to developing nations. Certain members of the peoples being conquered are naturally immune to the techniques and have to be up in arms. But shall they?
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Потянуло на фантастику, b0ris посоветовал фильм “Посредник”, как последний достойный советский представитель жанра (снят в 1989 по повести 1971 года).
Фантастики я всё-таки не получил: по мере продвижения в фильме перед зрителем аллегорически разворачивается модель наших сегодняшних реалий.
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The excellent “The Three Musketeers” by George Sidney (1948) on TCM reminded me of numerous disputes of colorizing old movies.


