The film as puppet-a-clef of the Clipperton legend

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texture · 8 Nov YDAU screening

When: Reception of the film, 8 Nov YDAU.
What: The film's turn — Gentle threatening to bomb his own nation over Canada's refusal of the toxic Concavity — resonates for E.T.A. viewers who recognize the scenario as "a puppet-a-clef-type allusion to the dark legend of one Eric Clipperton."