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Posts Tagged ‘ retro-futurism ’

“They Repackaged It”: Technofuturism in Tomorrowland

June 1, 2015

By Li Cornfeld

Li Cornfeld considers the technofuturism and Cold War nostalgia in "Tomorrowland," in light of the Walt Disney Company’s own corporate departure from space age optimism.
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Tags: 1964 World's Fair, Brad Bird, cold war, Damon Lindelof, Disney, Disneyland, EPCOT, Magic Kingdom, NASA, nostalgia, retro-futurism, technofuturism, Tomorrowland, Walt Disney
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