Tag Archives: Stefan George

monster mice: illusion and kitsch

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Dave

The exaggerated gestures and actions that formed a necessary basis for silent films could only live on in cartoon animation where American eccentrism could still be articulated, capturing the wild speed of a Chaplin, Keystone Cops, slapstick and other representations … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged alla gadassik, bill hanna, Clement Greenberg, danial nord, douglas kahn, Esther Leslie, felix the cat, Ingmar Bergman, joe barbera, Kurt Weill, Leni Riefenstahl, Lewis Carroll, miriam hansen, pearl harbor attack, Sergei Eisenstein, Stefan George, Theodor Adorno, tom and jerry cartoon, walt disney studios, Walter Benjamin, walter trier | Leave a comment

WEIMAR AND THE VIOLENCE OF AMNESIA: Trope of a Troubled Burial

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Dave

Accusations of elitism, populous slanders of the word as pejorative have been unleashed as aprt of the American cultural landscape in this season of discontent. Can we take lessons form the Weimar Republic? The right wing tone of academia in … Continue reading →