Cinematic States: Stories We Tell, the American Dreamlife, and How to Understand Everything*
In Cinematic States, northern Irish writer, activist and film critic Gareth Higgins goes on an irreverent yet moving exploration of the American cinematic dreamlife. This journey through each of the 50 states of his adopted homeland asks whether a Kansas yellow brick road really does lead to the end of the rainbow, and does it first have to pass through Colorado’s Overlook Hotel? Amidst the multipurpose woodchippers, friendly exorcists, and faulty motel showers,...
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