Wax, or The Discovery of Television Among the Bees

4/7/2018

David Blair > Morgan Freeman I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard, for so long, in a single sitting. Every time Blair ends a sentence with "the bees" in that perfectly flat monotone voice, my god. I've always touted Klimov's Come and See as the pinnacle of anti-war film, but now it's clear to me I couldn't have been more wrong. Some quotes from the narration: > "My favorite stopping place was the launch site monument where the Army had tested Nazi rockets. On the Bee Television, I could see that this was where the Moon and the Earth were joined. All around this place, semi-intelligent weapons were trying to escape the Earth, hoping for a new life elsewhere. When I was away from the ground, the Bee Television became even clearer. I could lose myself in the images and becom