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Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo
Juxtaposin’: Martyrs
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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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Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Foseti shares his heretical views on the defeat of communism. Or perhaps we should put scare quotes around defeat? I’ve often asked myself the same question: If it’s true that communism was defeated, how is it that … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged Amanda Knox, Casey Anthony, Foseti, Rupert Everett, Steve Sailer, The Dark Enlightenment
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Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Given the play it receives in the media and on Facebook, it might surprise you to know that, according to Gallup, around 4% of Americans think gun control is the most important issue facing the country. Related. … Continue reading
Malick Studies
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I see Terrence Malick’s latest emanation is upon us. Call me crazy, but I tend to be less than enthusiastic about Malick’s movies; they often strike me as weird combos of dum-dum ideas and imperious stylization of the kind you might find … Continue reading
Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Movies, Philosophy and Religion, Science
Tagged E. O. Wilson, Film, Marxism, movies, religion, science, sociobiology, Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
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Fabrizio dël Wrongo writes: David Chute posts a 2000 piece dealing with film preservation and digitization. What would Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau think? (H/T Michael Castañeda) Was Blue Öyster Cult the first non-German band to use an umlaut in its name? Wikipedia suggests … Continue reading
“Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Hara-Kiri,” the latest from Takashi Miike, has met with tepid reviews, perhaps because it’s 1) a remake of a classic, and 2) defiantly short on action. But I thought it was largely riveting — aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Film, Hara-Kiri, Harakiri, Koji Yakusho, Masaki Kobayashi, movies, Takashi Miike
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Notes on Two Early Films by William Wyler
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In 1929 William Wyler directed a treatment of Peter B. Kyne’s “Three Godfathers,” a Western story of redemption which has been filmed several times, notably by John Ford in the 1940s. Where Ford emphasizes the spiritual … Continue reading
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