Tag Archives: Lars von Trier

gray: the rational color of cash

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Dave

The melting down, in the cold grey mornings of late Fall and early winter: society, religion and feeling. Ultimately one’s own sanity. Is there anywhere to run in the cover of shrinking daylight that is safe, a refuge from personal … Continue reading →

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the raw deal. throw the dice: winner take all

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Dave

And winner take all… imagined outcomes. Libidinal investments. Perversion as an attitude and perversion as a practice. As Walter Benjamin said in the Arcades Project:“The fascination of danger is at the bottom of all great passions. There is no fullness … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Brooke Shields, Charles Baudelaire, Donald Kuspit, Edouard Manet, emily browning, fernando meirelles, James Joyce, joan crawford, Lars von Trier, Louis Malle, melancholia kirsten dunst, miles w. mathis, Pablo Picasso, Sigmund Freud, sleeping beauty movie, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

WHEN HARRY MET HUBCAP SALLY

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Dave

“Copengahen is the epitome of modern summitting; a long session, a huge cast earnestly discussing what there is no chance of agreeing, to reach compromises everyone will then ignore, promising to avoid doing what all decry and will continue to … Continue reading →

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Gotta Serve Somebody

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Dave

Sex and guilt taken to an illogical extreme or a battle of the sexes following the established occidental trilogy of sex-guilt and death. Mortified by guilt, degraded, hung, mutilated ; A combination Alfred Hitchcok and Agatha Christie without the mystery. … Continue reading →