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FLASHBACK 1992: Take the nation's pulse by going to the movies—then call an ambulance!
Perhaps it is too much to ask that a big film move beyond simple-minded rhetoric, perhaps we oughtn't look to entertainment for "answers," but the point is our entertainment is essentially a funhouse mirror.
Fried Green Tomatoes Bugsy JFK The Silence of the Lambs In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate. Each week, we FLASHBACK to a story or column from our past in honor of four decades of local alt-journalism.
Whether the names and issues are familiar or new, we are grateful to have this unique newspaper to contain them all. Title: Hollywood Manifestos Author: Phillip Martin Date: Aug. 12, 1992 These days there seems to be a different kind of patron spaced through the cool and grainy movie auditorium dim.
I see them, by themselves or…
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