After a While You Tell the Walls
On Value, Alienation, and Alchemy in Michael Mann’s THIEF (1981)
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On March 30th in 1981, John Hinckley, Jr., shot US President Ronald Reagan with a revolver. His aim was off. Instead of dying, Reagan emerged from the hospital with even greater support from the nation, opening the way for him to enact a deadly political agenda. His eight years in office ushered in the era of neoliberal government, massively disinvest…
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