Violence Archives - Pier Marton

The Man Without a World Plays in Poland!

by Pier Marton | Jul 11, 2024 | Antisemitism, Art, Death, Film, Genocide, History, Jewish, Juif, Music, Shoah, Violence, Women

… AND ELSEWHERE! (Lubljana, and upcoming Sweden, Austria, England…) AN INTERVIEW WITH DONALD SOSIN & ALICIA SVIGALS (by Pier Marton/Zevi – the title character) following their playing with The Man Without a World In Lublin and in Krakow in 2023 (what is often...

SLIFF BUZZ 2021!

by Pier Marton | Nov 8, 2021 | Afri, Art, Asia, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, France, Future Tech, Health, Hispanic, Human Rights, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, STL, Violence

30th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival In-person and virtual screenings NOV 4-21, 2021 Program is available as a PDF Once more with 405 films from 75 countries (!), the world-class international festival takes place for its 30th anniversary – this...

No Denying It Anymore or We Are Dead

by Pier Marton | Jun 20, 2020 | Action, Cancer, Care, Complexity, Eco, Education, Ideas, The Future, Violence, World

Two alerts! Global Warming, Climate Change, Climate Emergency, Climate Strike, Sunrise Movement… World has six months to avert climate crisis, says energy expert. THE GUARDIAN (Fiona Harvey) Excerpts: International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent...

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...

“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...

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