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Tag Archives: Kathryn Bigelow
if the shoe fits: show your souls
…..Bringing them to heel. Or the heel hits the heel. There are questions of etiquette, gamesmanship and local custom involved mixed with religious practice. After all, showing the sole of your shoe is an an insult in Arab culture, though … Continue reading
the secret agent: saving us by conspiracy
The cult of the secret agent. In fact as in fiction the spy is the indispensable person of our time. Yet their activity poses a deadly threat to the open society… …One likes to think that the antifascist fanaticism that … Continue reading
cult of the secret agent
The cult of the secret agent. In fact as in fiction the spy is the indispensable person of our time. Yet their activity poses a deadly threat to the open society. We should not make the mistake of assuming that … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Homeland Gideon Raff, Homeland television series, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Kathryn Bigelow, Lowell Thomas journalist, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Reilly Ace of Spies, Richard Sorge, Sidney Reilly undercover operator, T.E. Lawrence, Zero Dark Thirty movie
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cold war: its not over till’ its over
What exactly was the Cold War? Why? And is it really over even now? These are fascinating questions that have been posed and answered by historians, revisionists, and just plain citizens for the past fifty years… …Thus the world may … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Gar Alperovitz, Henry Roberts Russian Institute Columbia, John Lukacs, Kathryn Bigelow, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, osama bin laden, Pentagon budget, Prince Mohammad bin Naif, Sino-American relations, The Cold War, Zero Dark Thirty movie
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the secret agent: what hannah adams started
The secret agent as a culture hero. What historic forces underlie what really is a sinister trend? How and where did it start? Historically, the mystique of the secret agent has grown out of more than two centuries of revolutionary … Continue reading
gatekeepers
Shin Bet and the problem of evil. We are entering a new aesthetic of film where the old cops and robbers dramas as been transformed into the realm of national security and law enforcement is elevated to what used to … Continue reading
zero dark thirty…
The basic premise of the film Zero Dark Thirty is keeping Americans safe in a dangerous world. The aesthetics are beautiful but the film is mediocre and a bit of hack work glorified to the Temple of the Mundane. Here, … Continue reading
WRESTLING WITH THE AESTHETIC OF VIOLENCE
Masculinity in crisis as a black or absurd comedy. Society’s always seems to rejoice in a misplaced misplaced judgment that portrays violence as a reality principle, perhaps reflecting the influence of Quentin Tarantino. A video of a Halifax, Canada area … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance
Tagged Aesthetic of Violence, Caril Fugate, Charlie Starkweather, Daniel Craig, Daniel Craig Defiance, Griel Marcus, Henry A. Giroux, Josh Boutilier, Kathryn Bigelow, Ken Fells, Kevin Costner, Kevin Costner the Untouchables, Natural Born Killers, Oliver Moore, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Robert De Niro, Sam Peckinpah, Samuel L. Jackson, Schindler's List, Steven Spielberg, Tarantino jackie Moore, Truman Capote, Truman Capote in Cold Blood, Violence in Cinema, Woody Allen
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