Pier Marton

A Vegan Cousin, One of his Films and his Recommendations

by Pier Marton | Sep 25, 2010 | Care, Doc, Eco, Ego, Human Rights, Sci/Nat

The Animals Film & The Vegan Society & The Vegetarian Society Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

The Great Eclipse Series at Criterion

by Pier Marton | Sep 24, 2010 | Asia, Film, History, Ideas, Idées, Time, Travel, Women

From Rossellini’s historical films, through Makaveyev’s Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator, to Mizoguchi, Ozu and Kurozawa, tons of generally unseen and unknown treasures waiting to be discovered. Email a link to a friend (Opens...

For the Sake of Art, for the Sake of Children?

by Pier Marton | Sep 24, 2010 | Art, Human Rights, Humor

Some Sake needed… Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

Journey from Zanskar

by Pier Marton | Sep 24, 2010 | Asia, Doc, Human Rights, STL

To pass “the baton of goodness” from one generation to the next is probably the most precious and delicate transaction to take place between individuals . At its core here, is the archetypal sacrifice whereby parents and grandparents are required to give...

Lanzmann: “Death has always been a scandal.”

by Pier Marton | Sep 24, 2010 | Antisemitism, Books, Death, France, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Shoah

His latest interview, with Der Spiegel. “… Salmen Lewenthal, a member of the Jewish work commando that had to dispose of the bones of those who were murdered and incinerated. He and fellow prisoner Salmen Gradowski secretly wrote a sort of chronicle of...