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The Man Without a World Plays in Poland!

by Pier Marton | Jul 11, 2024 | Antisemitism, Art, Death, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Juif, Music, Shoah, Violence, Women

… AND ELSEWHERE! (Lubljana, and upcoming Sweden, Austria, England…) AN INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SOSIN & ALICIA SVIGALS (by Pier Marton/Zevi – the title character) following their playing with The Man Without a World In Lublin and in Krakow in 2023...

Around the World with THE MAN WITHOUT A WORLD: a live Cine Concert!

by Pier Marton | Dec 29, 2023 | Art, Death, Film, Humor, Jewish, Judaism, Music, Poet, Politics, Time, Women, World

“The Man Without a World” is now a 4K Restored Print Traveling the World With a New LIVE Score After having played in Poland in Lublin and Krakow, the film and its “Cine-Concerts” are awaiting NEW destinations! Thanks to a grant by the Sunrise...

SLIFF BUZZ 2021!

by Pier Marton | Nov 8, 2021 | Afri, Art, Asia, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, France, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, STL, Violence

30th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival In-person and virtual screenings NOV 4-21, 2021 Program is available as a PDF Once more with 405 films from 75 countries (!), the world-class international festival takes place for its 30th anniversary –...

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...

St. Louis International Film Festival does it again: SLIFF BUZZ 2019

by Pier Marton | Nov 8, 2019 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Death, Doc, Film, France, Genocide, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Magyar, Politics, Shoah, STL, Wars, Women

Post-Festival Update! [Like all SLIFFs and good cinema, surprises are what makes a good festival, and a good film. Some of the goods came in the shape of two films that sent me “far away” – to places I would not easily travel to (“look-ma no...

“Bogdan’s Journey” at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum

by Pier Marton | Mar 25, 2018 | Books, Death, Ego, Film, Genocide, History, Human Rights, Jewish, STL, Uncategorized, Violence

The Parkland students are saying it too, “Never Again” – It is for everyone, enough is enough. — Previous interview with co-director, Larry Loewinger — The film is viewable online, HERE. I dedicate this screening to Jan Karski (cf. the bottom of this...

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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