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DNA information visualization in Jurassic Park from Jurassic Park (1993)

The animated information visualization sequence from Jurassic Park explaining how DNA was used to create dynosaurs

A white time traveller teaches Chuck Berry to play guitar from Back to the Future (1985)

Michael J. Fox offers a preview of rock and roll guitar styles from Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix to Pete Townshend at a 1955 sock hop

Uomini e donne clip from Uomini e donne (2001)

Italian talk/reality show

I Cesaroni clip from I Cesarone (2006)

italian dramedy

Sleeper Cell title sequence crystallizes post-9/11 anxieties from Sleeper Cell (2005)

The title design sequence of Sleeper Cell brings together multiple tropes of post-9/11 terrorism anxiety

Pepsi / iTunes ad from I Fought the Law (2004)

Ad for Pepsi and iTunes uses real world teenagers accused of illegal music downloading

Blackface montage from Tropic Thunder from Tropic Thunder (2008)

A contemporary example of blackface in Hollywood cinema makes a cynical attempt to disarm public objection

Raiperunanotte clip from Raiunanotte (2010)

Burlusconi criticism

Romanzo Criminale opening from Romanzo Criminale-la serie (2008)

Italian crime series

Tutti pazzi per amore clip from Tutti pazzi per amore (2009)

an Italian family comedy

Sleeper Cell target selection from Sleeper Cell (2005)

An Islamic terror cell debates potential targets around Los Angeles

Apple ad: Rip. Mix. Burn from Rip. Mix. Burn. (2006)

In the first iPod ad from 2006, a white teenager assembles an eclectic playlist from live performers in a concert hall

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