Anybody have a chance to see this movie? . . .:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337057/
I'm always interested in the interaction of media and reality. Does "art" reflect real life as a causal result of real life? Or does it sometimes happen that real life occurs as a result of "art?"
Take the London subway attack, for instance, which occurred some years ago. About a year before the terrorist attempt, the Brit film industry had released a made-for-TV movie entitled "The Dirty Bomb," which seemed similar to and presaged the actual subway attack.
I'm sure Sarah Palin looked pretty shabby after the Tucson shooting. Now, I can imagine a political poster showing Carly Fiorina standing side-by-side with Robert Dear in his orange jump-suit, shouting as in chorus a line from an old chicken commercial: "Parts is parts! Parts is parts!"
Kurt Vonnegut, in "Breakfast of Champions," noted that many Americans behave and pattern their lives after characters they've seen in movies. This was, of course, a satirical sneer, and quite funny.
I still think Edward Snowden got his inspiration for the escapade taking him first to Hong Kong and then Russia after viewing "The Bourne Legacy." But I said that already, in an earlier thread. I seem to be repeating myself.
Ravages of age, I guess.