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Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts

Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts (2009)

October. 22,2009
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7.4
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Adapting its title and theme from Thomas De Quincey's murder text, this long-overdue return to narrative cinema by the great British filmmaker Peter Whitehead is based around a mesmerizing psycho-geographical exploration of modern day Vienna. The film incorporates a record of the subversive underbelly of the city into a poetic meditation on conspiracy theory, ecoterrorism, time and cinema, retracing the story of The Third Man. Adapted from a trilogy of Whitehead's own Nohzone novels, the objective and subjective becomes blurred as the film director merges with the fictional detective in a journey into the murky activities of covert counter-insurgency groups. Kaleidoscopic in intent, the film mixes Noh theatre, Victorian novels, Vienna after the war, opium, domain names and Jacob's ladder "pitched twixt Heaven and Charring Cross".

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FeistyUpper
2009/10/22

If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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Pacionsbo
2009/10/23

Absolutely Fantastic

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Glucedee
2009/10/24

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

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Cooktopi
2009/10/25

The acting in this movie is really good.

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