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some women are interested in him
The cold aloof bearing of the brain and the compassionate feelings of the heart. “Better a dry crust of bed with peace than a house full of sacrifices and fighting.” Helas, All is concealed and All will be revealed. Better … Continue reading
tradition of the quest
The atmosphere conjured up by J.D. Salinger inevitably recalls the era of nineteenth-century romanticism; then, too, the promise of utopia disappeared in blood, leaving the younger generation disillusioned and ready to escape into the personal search for truth and beauty. … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfred Kazin, Arthur Heiserman, Byron romantic poet, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ihab Hassan, J.D. Salinger, Jack Skow, James ameron, James Fenimore Cooper, Janet Malcolm, John Lennon murder, Kenneth Slawenski, Lord Byron greece, Mel Gibson, Naomi Klein, Paul Levine, Slavoj Zizek, Stephen J. Whitfield, Taxi Driver movie, William Weigand
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bohemians at the temple gate
It’s the dialectic of demonization. The de-demonization of the liberal, secular jew trying to weld the somewhat tenuous bond of the Judeo-Christian relationship and common heritage, cough, cough, after all didn’t our benevolent Pope comment that Mel Gibson’s The Passion … Continue reading
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Tagged Caliban and Prospero, Cardinal Ratzinger, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Haredim Israel, Labor Zionism, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Max Beckmann, Mel Gibson, mel gibson the passion, Menahem Kahana, shakespeare caliban, Tzipi Livni, Yair Lapid, Zoltan Kluger
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all purpose spiritual materialism
Spiritual themes have often been the occasion for the goriest and most violent scenes in movies. It seems that intrinsically good subjects like liberty, chivalry and honor seem to be the best pretexts for really pouring it on. Think of … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Anthny Quinn, Anthony Quinn, Christopher Fry, Dino de Laurentiis, Harold Bloom, Jack Palance, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mel Gibson, Par Lagerkvist, Richard Fleischer, Silvano Mangano, the help movie, viola davis the help, vittorio gassman
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Orientalism repackaged
The Shafia trial is by any extent, a far more complex process in which the social and larger contexts seemed to outweigh the actual criminal allegations which were never definitively proven, albeit the construction of circumstantial evidence, in sum, was … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Rose, Christie Blatchford, craig thompson, craig thompson habibi, Duccio, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Harold Bloom, Hegel Philosopher, Jean Leon Gerome, meir kahane, Mel Gibson, mel gibson the passion, Middle East Politics, mohammad shafia, pierre subleyras, Rick Salutin, shafia trial
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outfits for parker
by Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Donald Westlake AKA Richard Stark (1933-2008) Well, not quite THAT deep in the Archives, but read on… In 1962, the Brooklyn-born Westlake, as Richard Stark (one of 16 pen … Continue reading
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Tagged costa gravas, darwyn cooke, david mazzucchelli, donald westlake, edgar award winners, eisner awards, frank robbins, jack kirby, Jean-Luc Godard, jesse marinoff reyes, jim thompson, lee marvin, Mel Gibson, milt caniff, neil uyetake, richard stark, robert duvall, the grifters, the mystery writers association, Will Eisner
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MAYAN TAILGATE PARTY: Ritual of the Naked Lunch
“A carved altar is displayed for its acrobat iconography; omitted is recognition of its function as a slaying stone. On altars like this, a sacrificial victim was laid on his back, arms and legs held down, while an executioner knifed … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Skira, Dr. Samuel Lothrop, Eric S. Thompson, Esther Pasztory, Holland Cotter, Holland Cotter New York Times, Joel Skidmore, Jonathan Jones Guardian, Mario Naves, Maureen Mullarkey, Maya Tikal, Mayan Calendar, Mayan Cannibalism, Mayan human sacrifice, Mel Gibson, Michael D. Coe, N.F. Karlins, Stan Parchin
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BONFIRE OF THE DIVINITIES
640 A.D. : According to legend, the caliph Omar burned all 200,000 volumes in the library at Alexandria in Egypt. In doing so, he said: “If these writings of the Greeks agree with the Book of God they are useless … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Ward, Christopher Hitchens, David Petraeus, Elias Canetti, Fra Girolamo Savonarola, Francois Truffaut, Glenn Beck, Heinrich Heine, Hilary Clinton, Iman Feisal Abdul Rauf, John Lennon, Kat Dibbits, Konrad yakabuski, Martin Luther, Mel Gibson, Pastor Terry Jones, Protestant Reformation, Ray Bradbury, Robert Fulford, Sarah Palin, Savonarola, Steve Bandera, The Beatles, truffaut, XTC Andy Partridge, XTC Colin Moulding, Yevgeniy Dubovik
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