SNOWPIERCER’s Liturgy of the Machine
If there’s such a thing as an uncanny valley of spirituality, then not only has South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho discovered it, but his recent film Snowpiercer sets up camp squarely in the center of it.

If there’s such a thing as an uncanny valley of spirituality, then not only has South Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho discovered it, but his recent film Snowpiercer sets up camp squarely in the center of it.

What seems snarky and anarchic on a computer screen is cast as annoying and mean when bathed in the harsh light of auditory TV and placed in the mouth of a middle-aged guy in a suit.
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