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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 T.S.A.”): Kurdistan and...

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...

The Yatzkans at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum

by Pier Marton | Feb 21, 2019 | Antisemitism, Doc, Film, Jewish, Juif, Shoah, STL, Women

With playful tenacity… After having played on French Television & Arte, it has been playing every Tuesday, with special guests (cf. below), at Paris’ Latin Quarter movie theater, the St. André des Arts… now it will play at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum &...

“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 page) There is...

Carax in St. Louis!

by Pier Marton | Mar 17, 2018 | Archi, Art, Ego, Film, France, Humor, KeyFilm, Media, Review, STL

Well, not exactly… but his 1991 Lovers on the Bridge (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf) is playing at Webster as part of the annual Robert Classic French Film Festival! — An evening with the irreducible, improbable and irreverent Carax (l’irréductible & improbable &...

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,...

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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