film programmer and curator
From the start, I knew we were of the same breed.
released less than a month before 9/11, rat race served as the last hurrah of an america untroubled by the spectre of consequence, and the looming threat of what the next 20 years would bring. effectively a remake of 'it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world', the film takes stock of the century of american filmaking that preceded it and coalesces that understanding into an ensemble comedy that manages to be all-encompassing; it addresses contemporary issues, features references to a…
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