Mallrats (1995) and the Simulated World @Valkyrist
Mallrats (1995) and the Simulated World @Valkyrist
Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Valkyrist.wordpress.com — This is a video essay looking at how Kevin Smith's 1995 comedy Mallrats depicts the American shopping mall as a simulated world. In particular, it draws on Anne Friedberg's theory of the mall as a distinctly cinematic and performative space.

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Mallrats (1995) and the 'Simulated World'

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