1989, Patrick Camiller (tr.), Paul Virilio (auth.), War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception, Verso, 0-86091-928-5, page 35, Everything in this sunlit world is dedicated to speed. Even the tomb contains the instruments of dromology (sophisticated vehicles, chariots, vessels), and sovereign Death is represented holding a symbolic whip and bit tightly to his chest.
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