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#19 From the Twitter archives, part 4: Weekend Atrocities

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#19 From the Twitter archives, part 4: Weekend Atrocities

The collision of two powerful late 60s works.

Heghoulian
Jul 9, 2023
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#19 From the Twitter archives, part 4: Weekend Atrocities

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This thread will look at two works from the late 60s: Godard’s Weekend and Ballard’s The Atrocity Exhibition. I believe these two share certain affinities; for one thing, they’re both works in which a passionately modernist sensibility tries to come to grips with the rise of postmodernism.

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