August 10, 2019

Thom Yorke's movie 'Anima' - "when consuming becomes suffocating, it’s best to just breathe"

"Constant internet access and social media as life support allows access to more and more content, but in ever shorter bits and pieces: tweets over breakfast; half an article on the bus; a flick through Instagram at the desk. 'Anima' seems to argue that this creates a society that’s tired, overstimulated, and undernourished" - the Quietus says in a review of short film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, which accompanies the latest Thom Yorke solo album. Ok, so the subject is the good old alienation, but the ending - "warm and comforting". So, worth watching...