tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post6761543908531224935..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Clever Words: A User's GuideBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13256635727935524512009-09-23T04:27:40.359+00:002009-09-23T04:27:40.359+00:00Support of the Lou Zhu, Lou Zhu worked hard
Signat...Support of the Lou Zhu, Lou Zhu worked hard<br />Signature--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Nothing is impossible for a willing heart.<br /><a href="http://www.uggshelf.com/Classic-Cardy/View-all-products.html" rel="nofollow">ugg classic cardy</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-37481556197766503402009-07-18T19:55:10.143+00:002009-07-18T19:55:10.143+00:00Illuminations? I shall have to look it up.Illuminations? I shall have to look it up.Michael Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-36872105149281307432009-07-18T13:02:15.619+00:002009-07-18T13:02:15.619+00:00Michael, thank you for that wonderful comment. I b...Michael, thank you for that wonderful comment. I believe you've nailed it. Last night I finished a good novel that took on this same theme in a slightly different way: "Appassionata," by Eva Hoffmann. I see it came out last year in the UK under a different name: "Illuminations." <br /><br />Good meditation on art and anti-art, need to create things of beauty v. need to Susan B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-61914886535811121582009-07-17T23:28:57.129+00:002009-07-17T23:28:57.129+00:00Susan, the Bjork film was Dancer in the Dark and I...Susan, the Bjork film was Dancer in the Dark and In the Company of Men was by Neil LaBute.<br /><br />I think some people perpetrate what we might call anti-art: an attempt to attack or deny the transcendent. <br /><br />They tend to state the obvious and yet miss the point, like saying "Look, we have bowels full of shit, we're just animals, therefore we can behave brutishly". As Michael Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-62763897599458613542009-07-17T19:29:42.609+00:002009-07-17T19:29:42.609+00:00What the fuck is 'gendered' supposed to me...What the fuck is 'gendered' supposed to mean? It sounds like a process for turning an asexual embryo into a male or female foetus.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45653088034484074802009-07-17T17:35:41.682+00:002009-07-17T17:35:41.682+00:00Excellent satire from Janice above.Excellent satire from Janice above.Vernnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-71357452641782626632009-07-17T12:51:33.950+00:002009-07-17T12:51:33.950+00:00From the comfort of their well salaried jobs, tran...From the comfort of their well salaried jobs, transgression must seem exciting to these academics and critics. It’s a bit of the ‘rough stuff’ to be discussed over dinner with a nice wine. Come live in outer nowhere, they’d meet people leading aimless lives, paying off the debts they amassed buying their big screen TVs which they *simply* had to buy because art to them is spending their nights Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11666081019459640549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-81493772588855012552009-07-17T11:43:25.936+00:002009-07-17T11:43:25.936+00:00PS: In terms of films glorifying hate, violence, m...PS: In terms of films glorifying hate, violence, malevolence, another director/writer who seems to specialize in that is the guy who did "In the Company of Men." (I'm blanking on his name now.) I try to avoid these kinds of films/plays/books. They show a real side of humanity, but it's not the one I want to witness, explore, or promote by giving my energy to it.Susan B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-64786751791698667822009-07-17T11:41:20.116+00:002009-07-17T11:41:20.116+00:00"Equal opportunity haters." I think that..."Equal opportunity haters." I think that covers it. One of the *worst* -- and also weirdest -- movies I ever saw was by Von Triers. I can't remember the title, but it had Bjork and David Morse, involved lots of violence...and singing! It was a murderous musical, but nothing like Sweeney Todd.<br /><br />Tell me I didn't dream this. Anyone know the film of which I speak?Susan B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-55340320533742207582009-07-17T09:13:54.130+00:002009-07-17T09:13:54.130+00:00It amazes me that nobody is talking about the Bibl...It amazes me that nobody is talking about the Bible here. Von Trier is doing nothing new. This month I've been teaching ancient Sumerian texts and if you know anything about the history of text you'll know that this kind of gendered - but NOT misogynist - violence is as old as human culture.<br /><br />Take my particular interest; Grayson Ellis has been accused of misogyny for using the Janice Moorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737174109511287504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-394117756674969862009-07-17T09:06:42.047+00:002009-07-17T09:06:42.047+00:00You could also try a literal translation:
'An...You could also try a literal translation:<br /><br />'Antichrist shows things considered unacceptable. The violence is carelessly extreme, there's too much of it and it's made to look attractive. The violence is tailored to each sex but it demonstrates hatred of both'.<br /><br />Remove the top dressing and it doesn't sound so exciting.Gareth Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05058241057385364459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-44385193581537786902009-07-17T08:33:16.868+00:002009-07-17T08:33:16.868+00:00Gendered, but not misogynistic, violence.
It'...Gendered, but not misogynistic, violence. <br /><br />It's a delicate balancing act. Takes a truly sensitive artisan, that.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.com