Before the 1950s, films were printed and distributed on strips of nitrate cellulose, a transparent material used as a substitute for gunpowder. Nitrate film was extremely flammable. Because nitrate cellulose contains oxygen, the fires were impossible to extinguish. Nitrate Fires is CAW's weekly film review column and your home for anarchist TV, Film and video criticism and coverage
Nitrate Fires
Of the great symbols of the American Century, there are, to my mind, three that predominate: Mickey Mouse, Coca-Cola and Superman. All three with an undeniable and immediate iconicity, recognizable from silhouette, slogan, font or color palette alone, they represent an American mass-culture at ease with its benevolent corporate purveyors,
Nitrate Fires
I've been wanting to write all week, some analysis of the current situation, maybe something inspiring and helpful around organizing and orienting ourselves, but I've only really been able to do so on bluesky, thoughts in tiny bursts, with immediate feedback loops of endorphins and positivity.
Nitrate Fires
Gladiator II and Hollywood's fascist drift