Tag Archives: marcel ophuls

pacifist contentions

The 1%. Concpiracy theories. You have to look at the Occupy Wall Street movement and other essentially left movements, and the reactions, as part of a long history of who controls history and the agenda of the Western narrative. To … Continue reading

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human oh too human

A funny and peculiar war it was. Especially in wartime Vichy Paris which stretched the lexicon of all the imaginative permutations that plumbed the bottom of French culture. The complexities of that particular context were splendidly shrewd and also quite … Continue reading

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max has wings

Its such a weird story and Picasso was such a cowardly figure. The myth of the great resistor is bunk. How di he get to paint so prodigiously during the war with the finest materials available? Max Jacob knew the … Continue reading

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