The only news the residents of Salty Creek get comes from newsreel footage of atrocities perpetrated in distant countries. (awfj.org)
The main film interweaves footage of a technical laboratory with newsreel footage from the Korean War. (artzine.com)
The movie begins and ends with newsreel footage of mass demonstrations in 1967 in response to Mao's Cultural Revolution, accompanied by a Hong Kong rock song whose lyrics are worth quoting: «I think of you every time I close my eyes. (chicagoreader.com)