Tolkien and the Age of the Machine: A Review of Rings of Power Season 1
‘Well the first War of the Machines seems to be drawing to its final inconclusive chapter – leaving, alas, everyone the poorer, many bereaved…
Reno Lauro received his PhD from the University of St. Andrews' Institute for Theology, Imagination, and the Arts and spent almost 2 years working for Terrence Malick on The Tree of Life and Voyage of Time. He currently teaches Cinema Studies in Scottsdale, Arizona where he lives with his wife Melissa and their son John Cassian. His book Synergy and Control: Life in the Age of the Screen (Fortress Press) will be out in early 2016.
‘Well the first War of the Machines seems to be drawing to its final inconclusive chapter – leaving, alas, everyone the poorer, many bereaved…
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