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...novel, “The Fountainhead,” published in 1943, tells the story of an independent-minded architect, Howard Roark, who rebels against the collectivist ethos of New Deal America. The sex scenes between Roark and his on-again-off-again lover, journalist Dominique Francon, are so violent that Roark could probably be charged with rape today. And, post-9/11, readers may be less tolerant towards Roark, who has a disturbing propensity to blow up architecturally-unsound buildings in New York City. Nonetheless, Rand’s pulpy prose still proves riveting. And her philosophy?...
First arriving on the international artistic scene as the illustrator of frequent collaborator Neil Gaiman’s “Violent Cases,” McKean continues to work with his friend: he was the cover artist of Gaiman’s classic “The Sandman” graphic novel series and wrote “MirrorMask,” his directorial debut, along with Gaiman. In addition, McKean has illustrated for The New Yorker, made beautiful CD covers for the likes of the Counting Crows, and created “Cages,” a long...
...America’s. All his movies are trapped between the violence of the images and the characters and the intellectual discussion of his chosen theme. His 1996 film “Crash,” for example, about strangers coming together over a car crash fetish is violent and sordid, but also an earnest examination of the place machines hold in our lives...
This month the album Help: A Day In The Life, recorded in just 24 hours by a roster of artists including Radiohead and Coldplay, became the biggest-selling download album ever. All the proceeds go to the charity War Child, which assists children affected by violent conflicts all over the world. The musicians involved have rallied to that cause, but only one fully understands the appalling realities of its mission: Emmanuel Jal, onetime child soldier in Sudan and now a fast-rising star of African rap. Jal's new album, Ceasefire, released in Britain this week, is an appeal...
...James Davies of Hyperspace. "And we don't want to alienate consumers or scare them." Indeed. Last week, a poster for the film Sin City became the first interactive ad to be banned by Britain's Advertising Standards Authority for allowing kids to see clips that were deemed too violent. But there might soon be subtler objections to rule on. If your Bluetooth is turned on, does that mean you're asking for spam? Some ideas are best left to science fiction...