Not Dark Yet: Life Reversed in 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'

Adrian Danks examines David Fincher's film adaptation of the classic F Scott Fitzgerald short story, looking at how it uses history, symbolism and digital technology to achieve its strange, singular affect.

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