[nonostantement #78] - climate change in private jets / chinese vertical dramas / live like jodorowski
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Cathay Pacific: Our Seatback Screens Are Definitely Recording You
"Being a passenger on a commercial passenger plane isn’t exactly the most private of situations, but for Cathay Pacific air travelers, life in the sky as well as on the ground may now be an open book. The airline’s frank new privacy policy removes any illusion of passenger privacy."No One Is Safe: How Saudi Arabia Makes Dissidents Disappear
"The assassination of Jamal Khashoggi was no aberration. A Vanity Fair investigation reveals how Saudi Arabia attempts to abduct, repatriate—and sometimes murder—citizens it regards as enemies of the state."A-listers flock to Google summit in private jets, mega yachts to talk climate change
"The world’s rich and famous have flocked to a posh Italian resort to talk about saving Mother Earth — but they sure are punishing her in the process."[In Italian] - [Video] - INDELEBILE (1994)
"La prima edizione di INDELEBILE si svolse a Rimini dal 29 al 31 luglio 1994. Alcune riprese del 31 luglio."Afghanistan war: UN says more civilians killed by allies than insurgents
"Some 717 civilians were killed by Afghan and US forces, compared to 531 by militants, the UN said."Chinese vertical dramas made for phone viewing show the future of mobile video
"[...] mobile video producers should direct their attention to a format Chinese media companies have been experimenting with: the vertical drama (竖屏剧; shùpíngjù)."[Video] - Wes Anderson's The Shining
"I noticed how Wes Anderson and Stanley Kubrick frame their shots in a similar way - this was the result: 'The Grand Overlook Hotel'!"82 Ways to Live Like Alejandro Jodorowsky
"Here's how we can take Jodorowsky's keys to being 'a morally sound human being' and apply them to making film."
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