Marshall McLuhan

A group of visionaries and students return to the abandoned Milan Expo, to reimagine the site as a global village.

"Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media with which people communicate than by the content of the communication." - Marshall McLuhan Marshall McLuhan, one of Canada's most influential and controversial figures, burst into the center of media circles in North America with his strange and prophetic pronouncements - "electric light is pure information" - on advertising, television, and the emerging computer age. "Out Of Orbit" also pays tribute to McLuhan, his message, and the way in which his theories and words have penetrated and influenced the consciousness of today's media-literate society.

Seven hundred and seventy one words from Orwell, Chomsky, Shakespeare and others. Seven hundred and seventy one people off the street. A 15 minute meditation on Capitalism, Thought Control and the "Freedom" of Speech.

Combining rare and often hilarious archival footage with engaging interviews, this groovy documentary chronicles the evolution of the titular postwar rock ’n' roll dance craze that took America by storm. Featuring singers and musicians who helped define the phenomenon like Hank Ballard, Chubby Checker, and Joey Dee, as well as clips from TV shows like “American Bandstand,” TWIST tells the overlooked story of how shaking your hips went from being a sign of social degeneracy to the dance form that rocked the world.

뉴욕의 스탠드업 코미디언이자 희극 작가인 앨비 싱어는 친구와 테니스를 치다 패션감각이 뛰어난 미모의 애니를 보고는 한눈에 반해 버린다. 가수가 꿈인 애니 역시 앨비를 싫어하지는 않는 눈치. 그렇게 사랑에 빠져든 두 사람은 마치 10대들처럼 서투르게 관계를 시작하고, 서로의 성과 정체성에 대해 혼란스러워 한다. 차츰 관계가 깊어가면서 두 사람은 어쩔수 없이 서로의 단점들을 보게 된다. 앨비는 자신만만하고 세속적이며 다소 신경질적인 반면 애니는 주의가 산만하고 끈질긴 구석이 있다. 앨비는 가수가 되겠다는 꿈을 간직하고만 있던 애니에게 꿈을 이루도록 복돋워주고, 공부를 하라고 권유한다. 주위에서는 그런 애니를 선망의 시선으로 바라보지만 애니는 그녀의 일에 사사건건 간섭을 하고 트집잡는 앨비가 못마땅하기만 하다. 동료들의 부러움을 사던 앨비와 애니의 사이는 벌어지기 시작하고, 마침 애니에게 앨범을 제작하자는 제안이 들어온다. 애니는 평소에 원하던 가수의 길을 걷기 위해 앨비와 헤어져 캘리포니아로 떠나는데...

Suite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a fragmented tour of the city. Paik critiques the selling of New York by multinational corporations and the city's role as the master of the media and information industries; Collaborators Yalkut, Davis and Kubota contribute their own vibrant and punchy segments.

Education is increasingly affected by technological advance. How the changes affect the child are shown in this far-ranging study of what is new in educational theory and practice. Appearing in the film are several leading educators and innovators, including Dr. Jerome Bruner of Harvard University and host-narrator Dr. Marshall McLuhan.