I Didn't Write That!
27 January 2017
Hans-Jurgen Syberberg: HITLER-A FILM FROM GERMANY aka OUR HITLER (1977)
Well, it looks like we finally made the mistake other people ran to this country to escape. The first time the first week of a new president felt like the first week after 9/11. And it does.
Acquaint yourself with what comes next with this epic Brechtian phantasmagoric meditation not so much on Hitler as the shape of the scar he made in the German psyche; from 1977, introduced with a reading of the famous essay about it by my personal goddess Susan Sontag.
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Well, it looks like we finally made the mistake other people ran to this country to escape. The first time the first week of a new president felt like the first week after 9/11. And it does.
Acquaint yourself with what comes next with this epic Brechtian phantasmagoric meditation not so much on Hitler as the shape of the scar he made in the German psyche; from 1977, introduced with a reading of the famous essay about it by my personal goddess Susan Sontag.
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Labels: 1930s, 1940s, 1970s, bastards, disaster, experimental, fascists, film, Germany, my influences, right wing, trump
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02 January 2017
John Berger 1926-2016 - "Ways of Seeing" + More
The loss of the living repositories of 20th century culture continues into 2017.
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The loss of the living repositories of 20th century culture continues into 2017.
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Labels: 1970s, 20th century, art, history, philosophy, UK, women
¶ Monday, January 02, 2017 0 Comments
01 January 2017
Adam Curtis: "Hypernormalisation" (2016) + BBC Radio Interview
In which Curtis brings you up to date on the world you now actually live in. Including Trump. I have a few criticisms.
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In which Curtis brings you up to date on the world you now actually live in. Including Trump. I have a few criticisms.
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Labels: 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Adam Curtis, capitalism, history, trump
¶ Sunday, January 01, 2017 0 Comments
