The Men Who Couldn’t Stop Crying, and Other Unbearable Realities

Take away the narrative, as you might lift the roof off a church, in order to remember what you’re worshipping. Support me: Follow me at: Merch: Thanks to Mitch Cramer for audio mastering, Caroline Amico for lighting, and Lambhoot for pronunciation assistance. Death of a Salesman Sources: Making Willy Loman: Interview with Mike Nichols: Arthur Miller vs. Columbia Pictures: Mike Nichols, Following in Kazan’s Footsteps: L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat Sources: Lumiere’s Arrival of the Train: Cinema’s Founding Myth: Did A Silent Film About A Train Really Cause Audiences To Stampede? War of the Worlds Sources: Radiolab: War of the Worlds: The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic: America under attack I: a reassessment of Orson Welles’ 1938 war of the worlds broadcast: AT&T Operators Recall War of the Worlds Broadcast: Iliad/Enargeia Sources: Memorial by Alice Oswald, 2011 From Enargeia to Immersion: The Ancient Roots of a Modern Concept: Music and Effects Provided by Epidemic Sound. Final song is “Only Human“ by Philip Ayers Thumbnail Credit: Description Credit: Alice Oswald, Memorial