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2017 SLIFF BUZZ: A SELECTION

by Pier Marton | Nov 3, 2017 | Afri, Antisemitism, Art, Asia, Doc, Film, Genocide, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Music, Native, Peace, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Site, STL, Time, US, Violence, Women, Youth

ANOTHER SLIFF BUZZ – A PARTICULAR SCOOP – Like with all of the St. Louis International Film Festivals (SLIFF), the 26th version makes it very easy again to be overwhelmed by the number of films presented. Ready for this year’s astounding stats? Over 2400 submissions,...

Bogdan’s Journey: a brief interview with Larry Loewinger

by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2016 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Doc, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Peace, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, Violence, Women

— With this update because of another St. Louis screening. — The 2016 St. Louis International Film Festival features 420 films from 72 countries; it is clearly impossible to have seen them all! Yet, by serving on a couple of committees this year, I can easily...

Denial, the film: incisive and timely.

by Pier Marton | Oct 14, 2016 | Antisemitism, Books, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Racism, Review, Shoah, Time, Women

My review: No man is an island… Any man’s death diminishes me, Because I am involved in mankind, And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. John Donne – Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, 1624 War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery,...

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,...

SLIFF BUZZ 2015: 3 GEMS

by Pier Marton | Nov 11, 2015 | Cancer, Care, Corporations, Death, Doc, Dollars, Eco, Film, Food, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Native, Peace, Popular, Review, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, STL

Three of my favorite films at the 24th Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival TWO OUT OF THREE PLAY TODAY! Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 8:15pm In Transit “… having a good look at the world…” The last of the great direct cinema documentary filmmakers, the recently...

Today’s Ecstasy

by Pier Marton | Sep 23, 2015 | Death, Hispanic, History, Humor, Photo, Politics, Religion, Security, Spectacle, Violence, Women

— Going All Out for the Papal Visit — [a picture is again worth a thousand words] Washington, D.C. – Wednesday September 23, 2015 Please Visit Josh Haner’s Site — from Josh Haner’s site— Article & Slideshow Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...

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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