by Pier Marton | Aug 6, 2010 | Art, Books, Ideas, KeyText, Media, Spectacle
Art is not a mirror to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it. The essential point of epic theater is perhaps that appeals less to the feelings than to the spectator’s reason. — Bertolt Brecht Mass (and most) media seeks a captive audience. You...
by Pier Marton | Aug 3, 2010 | Film, France, Human Rights, Media, Music, Politics, Sound, Sounds, Spectacle
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by Pier Marton | Aug 1, 2010 | Magyar, Photo, Site, Spectacle
À la panopticon. And another (smaller) view. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Aug 1, 2010 | Asia, Care, Eco, Film, France, Human Rights, Ideas, Objects, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle
Not recommended if you are below 16 years of age. With a variety of language subtitles: The Earthlings film website. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Jul 27, 2010 | Film, Human Rights, Ideas, KeyText, Media, Politics, Spectacle
Nowadays, perfect cinema – technically and artistically masterful – is almost always reactionary cinema. + Art will not disappear into nothingness; it will disappear into everything. 1966/67 From the key essay, For An Imperfect Cinema. Email a link to a...
by Pier Marton | Jul 26, 2010 | Antisemitism, Film, Shoah, Spectacle
Oliver Stone – “Apparently, the director is peeved that six million Jews get all the attention when Hitler killed a lot more Russians. “Hitler did far more damage to the Russians than the Jewish people, 25 or 30 [million killed],” he told the Sunday Times....