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"Allan D. Campbell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 Nov 1997 13:10:49 -0600
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At 09:53 PM 11/18/97 PST, Jeffrey MacIntyre wrote:
>Anyways, I'm looking to refresh my own embattled memory about recent
>Hollywood films which have dealt with conspiratorial themes. Recent as in,
>say, the last 8-10 years.
 
Sorry, I'm about to suggest another conspiracy movie that is slightly
older, though not quite as old as some of the others that have been
mentioned: *The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai across the 8th Dimension*
(1984), which I remember as a box-office failure but also soon a cult
flick.  Among its revelations is Orson Welles' supposedly fictional
broadcast of a Martian invasion as belatedly covered-up news.  Like *Men In
Black*, it fuses conspiracism with both farce and science fiction, so it
might well appeal to your research interests.  Allan
 
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