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      Christian McCrea
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Author Christian McCrea

Christian McCrea

Christian McCrea is a writer on film, games and the popular arts. His first book, on David Lynch's Dune (1984), will be published in 2018 with Auteur Publishing's Constellations' series. He is also a lecturer in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University.

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Fascism for Liberals: RoboCop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987)

Christian McCrea
June 2017
CTEQ Annotations on Film
When Orion Pictures first sent out promotional material for RoboCop, they would indulge every possible comparison to Terminator (James Cameron, 1984), going so far as to use the latter’s orchestral theme in the...
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The Spectacle of the Real: From Hollywood to “Reality” TV and Beyond edited by Geoff King

Christian McCrea
October 2005
Book Reviews
I first opened the pages of The Spectacle of the Real: From Hollywood to “Reality TV” and Beyond, edited by Brunel University's Geoff King, dreading a deluge of tired polemics and fearing an ultimately apolitic...
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The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp

Christian McCrea
July 2005
Book Reviews
The Midnight Eye website is a common sight when peering over the shoulder of fans of Japanese cinema. Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp edit a formidable resource on all aspects of the Japanese moving image. In particul...

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