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Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo
Of Kings, Coinage, and Castration
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I recently watched the first two seasons of “Monarchy,” a BBC series covering the history of the English kings and queens going back to the late Roman period. Despite the ridiculously affected speech of narrator David … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Personal reflections, Politics and Economics
Tagged BBC, Ben Bernanke, David Starkey, England, Henry II, history, inflation, Lew Rockwell, Monarchy, Paul Krugman
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“Rust and Bone”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This movie might have been something had director Jacques Audiard bothered to give it a shape and some conciseness. I love Marion Cotillard; she reminds me a bit of Nadia Sibirskaia, though there’s a smidge of … Continue reading
Linkage
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Listen, I’m the last guy to complain about a statue of RoboCop, but isn’t it kind of amusing that Detroit — the postercity for fuckupitude — is getting such a monument? While the city crumbles to … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons, Movies, Politics and Economics, Science, Sex
Tagged Detroit, John F. Kennedy, juggalos, racism, RoboCop
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Linkage
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I got a kick out of this Steve Sailer piece on the Niall Ferguson-John Maynard Keynes controversy. Hoping to eventually pick up this new release from TASCHEN. I love TASCHEN. I just wish I wasn’t too much of … Continue reading
Arthouse Movie Posters
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Movie culture is pretty much dead now, isn’t it? Sure, it’s possible to whip up some decent arguments to the contrary. But for all intents and purposes movies are no longer significant drivers of culture. Frankly, when a … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Movies
Tagged arthouse, Criterion Collection, Federico Fellini, Film, Hulu+, Ingmar Bergman, Movie Posters, movies, Pauline Kael, San Diego
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Juxtaposin’: Martyrs
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:
Things I Wish They’d Told Me About Women
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This article got me thinking: Where relationships are concerned, is it possible that women are bigger fantasists than men? I’ve known quite a few gals who seemed to construct fantasies around me — that I was … Continue reading
Notes On Two Early Films by Masaki Kobayashi
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “A Sincere Heart,” from 1953, demonstrates that Masaki Kobayashi’s gift for staging was evident very early on. In particular, his ability to invest spaces with emotional meanings, and to link them to other spaces via subtle visual … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged A Sincere Heart, Criterion Collection, Eclipse, Film, Hideko Takamine, Hulu+, Japan, Masaki Kobayashi, movies, Somewhere Under the Broad Sky
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