by Pier Marton | Sep 5, 2011 | Art, Ego, Film, Health, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Politics, Spectacle, STL, Teach
Defending, once more, the underdog in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Thank you, Bill! BILL MCCLELLAN: A MAN OF THE ARTS ENDURES HARD TIMES “Not so long ago, Pier Marton seemed a picture of success. He taught at Washington University in the film and media studies...
by Pier Marton | Sep 4, 2011 | Art, Death, Film, Health, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Review, STL, Theater
A short review: Restoration “Cracks let the light in” says Leonard Cohen; director Yossi/Joseph Madmony gambled on Sasson Gabay, the venerable Israeli actor, to trust the eloquence of his face to carry that light, and he won! A great many subtleties anchor...
by Pier Marton | Aug 30, 2011 | Afri, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Music, Poet, Racism, Review, STL
Short review: Power Writing to create that safe place to be in/out of the hood. A student shouts “Poetry is rehab!” – a teacher inspires students to “pass the test of life… at a very special level, far beyond their subsistence” and...
by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Care, Film, Health, Human Rights, Jewish, Politics, Quotes, Sound, Sounds, STL
A short review: Based on real events (Matt Hamill a.k.a. The Hammer)… An irresistible grandfather guides his grandson – you’ve got to wrestle with life (à la Jacob?): “If you don’t believe in yourself, I am not going to… Why do you...
by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2011 | Antisemitism, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Mystery, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time
Protestant church officials in Austria and Germany lobbied the West German government to try to help Adolf Eichmann after his 1960 arrest. In a letter to the foreign affairs department of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Eichmann was described as...