Tag Archives: André Bazin

malraux: not properly speaking, faith, but some…

Andre Malraux’s The Metamorphosis of the Gods. It was a daring venture of the intellect… …This Christ is not Jesus- or not yet. His message is love- but of a certain kind. Later ages, looking upon the figures of medieval … Continue reading

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there’s something about paradise

The double entendre of a trouble in paradise.The Lubitsch touch. The phrase used to describe the work of director Ernst Lubitsch. Reams have been written on the subject, but it remains a vague elusive concept that defies generic interpretation and … Continue reading

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generic pop and the bushmen: blues for allah

If Nelly Furtado, Mariah Carey and Usher can perform for Gaddafi at the late clans family gatherings under the big tent, then what about ambitious kidnappers from the backwoods of Nigeria…. From the Globe and Mail: Canadian diplomat knew his … Continue reading

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you deserve a break today…

The parasitical and nocturnal existence that bound the poet to two of his avatars; the ragpicker and the flaneur. Baudelaire saw the poet as being at the end of production/use/trash cycle as a recuperator and force of regeneration. Both flaneur … Continue reading

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HORSE OPERA: TIME TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS?

“With the stakes raised so high, the heroes of such dramas are indeed often superheroic, near divinities. One man can outduel five others in a shoot-out (as in the Achilles and Patroclus ending of Unforgiven [dir. Clint Eastwood, 1992] or the final gunfight … Continue reading

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