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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,...

Judgement in Hungary (US Premiere!)

by Pier Marton | Mar 21, 2017 | Doc, Magyar, Racism, Roma, Site, STL, Violence

One must always conjugate the verb to resist in the present tense. — Lucie Aubrac In 2008 and 2009, Hungarian right-wing extremists committed a series of attacks on members of the Roma community. Six people were killed, including a five-year-old, and another five were...

The Void and its Pressure

by Pier Marton | Jan 1, 2016 | Art, Care, Complexity, Death, Doc, Education, Ego, Hispanic, Ideas, NON, Now, Peace, Poet, Site, Spectacle, Text, The Future, Time, Violence, Wars, Women, Words, World, Youth

— January 1st – World-Wide Wishful Thinking Day — El Vacío y su Presión translated into English as The Void and its Pressure ENGLISH TRANSLATION FROM Spanish Version & Original Links –> Primera Parte & Segunda Parte El vacío y su presión (I & II)...

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...

Best of Enemies – A Review

by Pier Marton | Aug 25, 2015 | History, Media, Politics, Review, Site, Spectacle, STL, US

— At Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac — General Showtimes: 11:05 am | 1:15 | 4:15 | 7:20 | 9:45 pm My review: Thinking is not to agree or disagree. That’s voting. — Robert Frost It may be odd to like what disturbs us but it is clear that Best of Enemies is meant to...

The Land of Many Palaces

by Pier Marton | Mar 26, 2015 | Art, Asia, Doc, Dollars, Health, Human Rights, Site, Spectacle

[BONUS ADDENDUM: Rent A Foreigner (NYTimes OpDoc) “The image has become the reality”] Webster University: Worldwide Events The Land of Many Palaces – a documentary by Song Ting and Adam James Smith – Thursday, March 26 at 7:30pm Winifred Moore Auditorium 470 E....

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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