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  1. 'Seven Deadly Finns', Brian Eno, Dutch TV, 1974: youtu.be/SaLrS0WG7Z0
  2. AR 125 comp over! Thanks again, all.
  3. I've 5 copies of @AR_AsiaPac #125 (Architecture & the Arts) to giveaway. Feat. Callum Morton, @owenhatherley, Howard Arkley, MONA. RT to win
  4. Ok, before I go to bed, one more mini-competition...
  5. Comp over, thanx. I'll do 1 more giveaway in a little while, for the new @AR_AsiaPac #125 (Architecture & the Arts), onsale from yesterday
  6. I've got 5 copies of our mag @AR_AsiaPac #124 to give away (bit.ly/JvYb31, features @WillWiles, @markdery, @mckenziewark). RT to win.
  7. My review of the new Auckland Art Gallery - worth a visit: bit.ly/KV45tZ
  8. A later Watkins film, Punishment Park, more clearly anticipates this genre bit.ly/KHIatD | bit.ly/KvGDIy #gladiatorialdystopia
  9. ... another clip from The Gladiators: bit.ly/KGFXhM #gladiatorialdystopia
  10. Respect: before Rollerball & Running Man, before Battle Royale & Hunger Games, there was Peter Watkins & The Gladiators bit.ly/KVYiV8
  11. 'All the News That's Fit to Kill - Guard dogs you never feed!' ... Future magazines in Blade Runner: bit.ly/Lu0Omx via @timmaughan
  12. @njashanmal Half the time when scared s***less by films, I think I've seen something appalling but on reflection realise sound did it to me.
  13. @njashanmal Ah, nice description. I haven't seen it. I remember Planet of the Vampires used silence well in the opening credits.
  14. @njashanmal How's that?
  15. 'Silence as a creative tool' - fascinating article on the sound design of Prometheus: bit.ly/JEZnTb
  16. @suzanne_moore I'm with Nick on the brown avocado. Makes me cross, too.
  17. "Nick Cave is cross. He has no way of knowing who unfriended him on Facebook." bit.ly/KkwBtm
  18. A rattlesnake struck a guest!!
  19. @PrinceofRazors "Maybe you can shift the integrator unit deeper into the cavity"
  20. Westworld on TV! #simplepleasures