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flaneur: raising cain with mr. verdoux

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Dave

Herman Cain as the flaneur out of Charles Baudelaire’s Paris. Men in the crowd, struggling with boredom and the consequences of eternal return.Charlie Chaplin in Mr. Verdoux and Herman Cain, figures, somewhat comic, but whose humor is curiously out of … Continue reading →

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the braun of a new age

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Dave

Apple design and uncanny similarities with post-war design of Braun products. coincidence? Not at all and perfectly comprehensible. The marriage of Apple and Braun design is also uncannily like Werner Fassbinder’s post-war triology, in particular the Marriage of Maria Braun. … Continue reading →

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