One big shopping mall
“Obviously one of the worst predictions you can make is that things continue as they are, only becoming more and more intensified, like a J. G. Ballard-type future where the whole universe is one big...
View ArticleExponential growth of stupidity
“I have a completely schizophrenic relationship with television. (…) The exponential growth of stupidity and vulgarity is something that everyone has noticed, but it’s not just a vague sense of disgust...
View ArticleWho said art has to cost money?
“I once found a little excerpt from Balzac. He speaks about a young writer who stole some of his prose. The thing that almost made me weep, he said, “I was so happy when this young person took from...
View ArticleWatchings
• The Walking Dead (2010) Frank Darabont • Sound in Context (2009) [watch] • The Social Network (2010) David Fincher • Remington Steele, Seasons 1-5 (1982-1987) Robert Butler and Michael Gleason • The...
View ArticleWatchings
• Peeping Tom (1960) Michael Powell • Kárhozat (1988) Béla Tarr • Cosmopolis (2012) David Cronenberg • Thief (1981) Michael Mann • A Zed & Two Noughts (1986) Peter Greenaway • Beginners (2010) Mike...
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Our civilization consumes everything around us
“Food is perhaps the most apt symbol of our civilization because in its insatiable aggression, our civilization consumes everything around us: nature, animals, whole ethnic groups, cultures… everything...
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