Tag: JG Ballard
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Transport in the media: commentary
On June the 9th and 10th I attended a two-day symposium on ‘Transport in the Media’ hosted by the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe) at Lancaster University and organised by Rachel Aldred from the University of Westminster. I was asked to give a 10-minute response to the first day’s presentations and discussions on the morning of…
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Extreme metaphors: Cronenberg’s Crash
Introduction to Crash (Cronenberg, 1996) – Dukes cinema, Lancaster, 26/11/07 This is the introductory public talk I gave for the screening of this film in connection with a Lancaster University seminar series, ‘New Sciences of Protection: Designing Safe Living’ Crash is the 1996 film adaptation of a 1973 novel by British writer JG Ballard. It was directed…
Bruce Bennett 