Marshall McLuhan
Actor · b. 1911 · Edmonton, Canada
Marshall McLuhan was born on July 21, 1911 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada as Herbert Marshall McLuhan. He was an actor and writer, known for Annie Hall (1977), Intercut (1980) and The Third Walker (1978). He was married to Corinne Lewis. He died on December 31, 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Movie7.7ComedyDramaNew York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.
Annie Hall
1977 · 4.3K votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryMusicFeaturing never-before-seen footage of the band and the legions of young fans who helped fuel their ascendance, follow McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Starr as they land in New York City in February 1964 and solidify their status as the biggest band in the world.
Beatles '64
2024 · 54 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryThis documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Aragonese filmmaker stays in the U.S., the characters he met, the films he made and he could never do. The program also includes new material-unpublished until 2012 - the Aragonese director filmed in the U.S. in the early 1940s and where he can be seen playing one of their children or enjoying a short holiday in a cottage.
Movie6.6DocumentaryCombining rare and often hilarious archival footage with engaging interviews, this groovy documentary chronicles the evolution of the titular postwar rock ’n' roll dance craze that took America by storm. Featuring singers and musicians who helped define the phenomenon like Hank Ballard, Chubby Checker, and Joey Dee, as well as clips from TV shows like “American Bandstand,” TWIST tells the overlooked story of how shaking your hips went from being a sign of social degeneracy to the dance form that rocked the world.
Twist
1992 · 5 votes
Movie8.1DocumentaryDramaWe are engulfed in a digital tsunami—a toxic mix of artificial intelligence, state and corporate surveillance, and social media addiction controlled by powerful algorithms. Digital Tsunami shows how these are all elements of a digital ecosystem that is changing us as humans—just as the prophetic media guru Marshall McLuhan predicted 60 years ago. The unexpected consequences of this digital revolution have created an urgent need for strategies for survival.
Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother
2025 · 4 votes
Movie9.0DocumentaryInvestigates the central ideas of Marshall McLuhan using pictorial techniques and including his own comments. Examines the reaction of others to his views and points out that his interest is the impact of electronic technology on the contemporary world.
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage
1967 · 2 votes
MovieSuite 212 is Paik's "personal New York sketchbook," an electronic collage that presents multiple perspectives of New York's media landscape as a fragmented tour of the city. Paik critiques the selling of New York by multinational corporations and the city's role as the master of the media and information industries; Collaborators Yalkut, Davis and Kubota contribute their own vibrant and punchy segments.
Suite 212
1974
Movie9.0DocumentaryA group of visionaries and students return to the abandoned Milan Expo, to reimagine the site as a global village.
Living in a Global Village
2018 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryEducation is increasingly affected by technological advance. How the changes affect the child are shown in this far-ranging study of what is new in educational theory and practice. Appearing in the film are several leading educators and innovators, including Dr. Jerome Bruner of Harvard University and host-narrator Dr. Marshall McLuhan.
The Child of the Future: How Might He Learn?
1964 · 1 votes