{"id":210,"date":"2008-09-01T23:45:46","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T22:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/?p=210"},"modified":"2013-10-02T08:48:39","modified_gmt":"2013-10-02T07:48:39","slug":"electric-sheep-magazine-autumn-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/2008\/09\/01\/electric-sheep-magazine-autumn-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Sheep Magazine Autumn 08"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/es_coverAutumn08_promoRGB.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[210]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/09\/es_coverAutumn08_promoRGB-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Electric Sheep Magazine Autumn 08\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-571\" \/><\/a>\n<p>In our autumn issue we look at cruel games, from the politics of human blood sport in the Corman-produced ultra-violent <I>Death Race<\/I>, to sadistic power play in the disturbingly funny Korean thriller <I>A Bloody Aria<\/I>, fascist games in German hit <I>The Wave<\/I> and Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s career-long fascination with game-playing. Plus: interview with comic book master Charles Burns about the stunning animated film <I>Fear(s) of the Dark<\/I>, preview of the Raindance Festival, reviews of Tarsem&#8217;s <I>The Fall<\/I> and Wong Kar Wai&#8217;s <I>Ashes of Time Redux<\/I>. And don&#8217;t miss our fantastic London Film Festival comic strip, which surely is alone worth the price of the issue!<\/p>\n<p>\tAlso in this issue: Compass of Mystery Festival, Carl Dreyer&#8217;s <I>Vampyr<\/I>, Jan &#038;#348vankmajer&#8217;s <I>Alice<\/I> and a Seeing Double review of Alex Proyas&#8217;s <I>Dark City<\/I>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"info\">The magazine is no longer in print. Back copies are available for reference at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.closeupfilmcentre.com\/library\/\">Close-Up Video Library<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"expander\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our autumn issue we look at cruel games, from the politics of human blood sport in <I>Death Race<\/I> to sadistic power play in <I>A Bloody 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