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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,...

Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow: “Truth is Always Unbearable”

by Pier Marton | Oct 20, 2017 | Action, Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, France, Genocide, Health, Human Rights, Jewish, Magyar, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Review, Roma, The Future, Travel, US, Violence, Wars, World

– At the Tivoli Theater – “Over 65 million people in the world today have been forcibly displaced from their homes… Refugees worldwide spend an average of 26 years displaced… ” The film never can tell the truth, the truth is always unbearable. Ai Weiwei From the film....

I Am Not Your Negro – A Review

by Pier Marton | Feb 3, 2017 | Afri, Doc, Human Rights, Racism, Review, US, Violence

9.jpg#IAMNOTYOURNEGRO Nominated for a 2017 Oscar … because of the bad niggers we were. And we know that, for the perpetuation of this system, we have all been mercilessly brutalized, and have been told nothing but lies, lies about ourselves and our kinsmen and our...

THE SCHOOL OF NO MEDIA

by Pier Marton | Jan 1, 2016 | Action, Art, Care, Complexity, Death, Doc, Eco, Education, Ego, Free, Health, Highlights, Human Rights, Ideas, Media, Now, Peace, Poet, Religion, Site, Spectacle, Time, Violence, Wars, World

January 1st, World-Wide Wishful Thinking Day, is the Grand Opening of the School of No Media [from the front page] A belief is like a guillotine, just as heavy, just as light. — Kafka The essence of normalcy is the refusal of reality. — Ernst Becker Technology… the...

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...

SLIFF BUZZ 2015 (An Overview)

by Pier Marton | Nov 2, 2015 | Afri, Antisemitism, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Film, France, French, Hispanic, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Peace, Politics, Racism, Religion, Shoah, STL, Time, Travel, US, Violence, Wars, Women, World, Youth

With my Recommendations Below — tickets are on sale now — The 2015 Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) November 5 – November 15 A UNIQUE CHANCE TO WATCH CINEMATIC TREASURES… … films which, no matter how outstanding they are, often will not find a...

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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