Complexity Archives - Pier Marton

Binge-Stream the Film Treasures Now! (SLIFF BUZZ 2020)

by Pier Marton | Nov 19, 2020 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Complexity, Death, Doc, Eco, Education, France, Genocide, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Media, Middle-East, Native, Peace, Politics, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, US, Women, World

In spite of Covide-19, the St. Louis International Film Festival is still keeping its promise of excellence and allowing St. Louisans – and now for some films even the rest of the world – for the first time ever, to stream its cornucopia of international films (this...

No Denying It Anymore or We Are Dead

by Pier Marton | Jun 20, 2020 | Action, Cancer, Care, Complexity, Eco, Education, Ideas, The Future, Violence, World

Two alerts! Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Emergency, Climate Strike, Sunrise Movement… World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert. THE GUARDIAN (Fiona Harvey) Excerpts: International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent...

Buñuel’s Religious Punch – The Milky Way Plays in St. Louis

by Pier Marton | Mar 9, 2019 | Art, Complexity, Education, Ego, Film, French, Hispanic, History, Ideas, Mystery, Religion, STL, Uncategorized, Violence

Through Cinema St. Louis & its 11th Annual Robert Classic French Film Festival Saturday, Mar. 9 at 7:30pm with Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff & Delphine Seyrig 1969/101 min. ————— ADDENDUM [Now that the screening is over – two links to the film] Through your...

2018 “SLIFF BUZZ” winners

by Pier Marton | Nov 11, 2018 | Asia, Complexity, Doc, Eco, Ego, Human Rights, Magyar, Peace, STL, Wars, Women, World

There are two outstanding organizations in St. Louis that I particularly appreciate. One is the International Institute – I hope to write about them too some day, and help them out too – and Cinema St. Louis, and more specifically its International Film Festival. Both...

Robert Bresson in St. Louis: Au Hasard Balthazar (in 35mm!)

by Pier Marton | Mar 19, 2017 | Complexity, Doc, Eco, Film, France, French, Ideas, Idées, Mystery, STL

There is not one heart for humans and another heart for animals… Either one has a heart or one does not. Il n’y a pas un cœur pour les hommes et un autre cœur pour les animaux… On a du cœur ou on n’en a pas — Lamartine The rare screening of a 35mm print by one of...

Francofonia by Sokurov

by Pier Marton | Apr 14, 2016 | Art, Complexity, Death, Doc, Film, France, History, Ideas, Mystery, Review, STL, Time, Violence, Wars

My Review I try not to tell people something. — Sokurov We eagerly divide up our lives into past, present, future (and history), and act as if the riddle of time, this most perplexing mystery, had been solved. Yet, a few scientists, philosophers, artists, poets,...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus