WRITING

    Graham's career as a film critic began when, as DJ Gnosis, he wrote an article for a

popular rave culture magazine, 'Dance and Spirit', about the film Terminator 2. In the

piece, he discussed the significance of Arnie's change of sides from the original film;

from 'evil' to 'good', and wrote of the film's warning about transhuman technology,

highlighting its often uncritical acceptance on the rave scene where many had

embraced Technogaianism  

    He argued in favour of the need for open discussion regarding the development of

transhuman technology. He was subsequently invited to contribute a regular column to

several publications. 

 WATCH CLIPS OF FILMS REFERRED TO IN THE STORY

'TRIPPY MOVIES'

   Graham's first published book, Trippy Movies was born out of a piece he

wrote for Rolling Stone magazine in 1998, inspired by a film of that year,

Pleasantville.

    The book looked at  "films which give an idea of what life can

seem like when one is under the influence of certain hallucinogenic

substances."

    On the eve of publication, Graham saw the newly released film

The Matrix. Whilst he was in the process of adding a section on this movie,

'The Truman Show' hit the big screen.  Graham has attributed the popularity of his

book as being "due to the timing of two of the most trippy mainstream movies ever". The

book featured stills from the two movies on its cover and went on to sell over 400,000

copies in its first year.

    By the beginning of our story, Burn Like Ice, 'Trippy Movies' has become the

subject of some controversy in the media for supposedly "encouraging the use of 

dangerous and illegal drugs".

   When we first meet Graham, he's working on his second book, Beyond Good and

Evil in Hollywood, in which he explores the roles that particular movie stars choose

and how their acting career relates to their life off the screen.