Abstract
In David Cronenberg’s movie adaptation of Don De Lillo’s novella Cosmopolis, Eric Packer, a young billionaire prince of Wall Street, stands to lose his empire following a bad bet on currencies. Amid looming financial ruin and signs of social unrest, he inches across Manhattan in his white stretch limousine on a whimsical mission to get a haircut. A constant flow of financial figures reflects on his alabaster face, passing by as inconsequentially as do the tumultuous events unfolding outside t...
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