Not exact matches
However you consume them, the behind - the - scenes stories, from John Barry's intentions (he said he thought of it as a
love story) to Martin Amis's motivation for taking the script - writing job (apparently he was a sci - fi buff before becoming a novelist famous for literary
social satire) to Kirk Douglas's behaviour on set (Amis later said that Douglas «wanted to be naked,» and very much wanted Fawcett to be naked with him), are delicious.
None of this is true of
Loves of a Blonde, which remains an amazing balancing act of subtle
social satire and adolescent romantic longing, of blank despair and irrepressible hope.
While they of course claim to
love all the babies in these, Kneedler and Lyanga sounded particularly high on the likes of the Zambia - set
social satire «I Am Not a Witch,» the multi-disciplinary South American
love story «Pendular,» animated Chinese noir -LRB-!)
«Super Sad True
Love Story» is a clever, trenchant
satire of our near future, poking fun at homeland security,
social network communication, corporate culture, the degradation of language, youth obsession, first - generation - immigrant sensibilities, delusions of inferiority, religious observance, the coarsening of fashion, fiscal irresponsibility, privatization of state functions, bipartisanship, our portable computers, and senseless infatuation.
The paintings are a sharp
social satire as much as they are a
loving tribute to the world the artist knows best: the international art scene.