Tag Archives: the sound of music

Unknown knowns: less favorite things

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Dave

Sacred intensity? Is it kitsch, contrived, organized sentimental logic advocating tolerance or a gateway to perverse desires? The theory of Slavoj Zizek is that natural and caring urges ultimately lead to silly, maudlin fantasies or its flip side: the types … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Jacques Lacan, Josef Fritzl, Michael Luntley, Ray Caesar, Slavoj Zizek, the sound of music, Walter Benjamin, zbigniew libera | Leave a comment

at the wall of disbelief

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Dave

It’s another case of utter disbelief. It can be said that disbelief arises, as a primal reaction, before knowledge, rationality, and analysis roll in and suffocate it; attempts to domesticate it, tame the volatile components and explain it away, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Carolee Schneemann, Friedrich Nietzsche, H.L. Mencken, irina ionesco, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, John Malkovich, Josef Fritzl, Joseph Conrad, peter sloterdijk, Slavoj Zizek, the sound of music | Leave a comment

redemption against a brick wall

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Dave

The representation of trauma. What are the limits, the intersection between the desire to understand and the voyeuristic gaze? The conjunction of political and popular culture can collapse the meaning of distance resulting in a moral strain and ambiguity where … Continue reading →