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Bipolar Ecocinema: Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s “Matter Out Of Place” and Michael Gitlin’s “The Night Visitors”
These days, most of us are torn between eco-terror of the future and a persistent hope that what seems inevitable can somehow be redirected (earlier eras have often seen the world coming to an end). It’s hardly surprising that inventive filmmakers are finding new ways...
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