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NEWTON MASSACRE: IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

by Pier Marton | Dec 16, 2012 | Jewish, Politics, Spectacle, Wars

Updated (Feb. 2013) Violence Has a Price. As Arne Naess would have said: EVERYTHING COUNTS – LET US USE EVERYTHING WE HAVE TO STOP THIS. One look, and your life was absolutely changed. Michael McGowan, one of the first police officers to arrive at Sandy Hook...

Holy Motors

by Pier Marton | Dec 4, 2012 | France, Humor, Review, Spectacle, STL

My short review: ‘Beauty will be convulsive or it will not be at all.’ André Breton. CAUTION: This film, a delirious RIFF around Hollywood’s subconscious, will not increase your “joie de vivre!” Like with Buñuel and Dali’s unforgettable collaboration, “the eye” (here,...

Privacy Concerns? (01) Opt Out of People Search/Public Records & Become Anonymous Again

by Pier Marton | Nov 14, 2012 | Future Tech, Human Rights, Popular, Spectacle

We don’t need to be psychics or the N.S.A. to snoop, we all leave behind cookies, breadcrumbs, public records, etc. Only off the grid, in the woods, is “privacy” a concept worth discussing. Many of the websites below offer an opt out/delete me online, try them. Any...

Venice Beyond Itself (SuperVenise)

by Pier Marton | Nov 12, 2012 | Eco, Sci/Nat, Sights, Spectacle

Venezia e l’acqua… What stands out to be loved may, in time, become specifically that which you hate. Ce que vous remarquez et aimez risque, avec le temps, de devenir précisement ce que vous détestez. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More...

’12 SLIFF BUZZ: Pelotero

by Pier Marton | Nov 9, 2012 | Doc, Ego, Film, Hispanic, Racism, Spectacle, STL

Reviewed everywhere (more below) – Sports Illustrated: “Compelling!”- The Washington Post Critic’s Pick: “Enthralling… A “Hoop Dreams” for baseball!” – NYT Critics Pick: “Startling!” Jon Paley, co-director, returns to St. Louis! – Jon started editing this film in my...

It’s Not Obama’s Fault

by Pier Marton | Nov 5, 2012 | Ego, Media, Now, Politics, Spectacle

Panic time! D-Day minus one! After seeing the Romney ad below, exploiting some unemployed individuals, I too, Pier Marton, had to tell my story in that style of “understanding poverty” – but NOT blaming Obama. There is another one in my head about being driven to 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