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Author Archives: Fabrizio del Wrongo
“Thomas Graal’s Best Film”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Swedish film pioneer Mauritz Stiller is known mainly for his connection to Greta Garbo; it was he who brought her to MGM. But in the 1910s and early ’20s he was a major force in movies, perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Performers
Tagged Gustaf Molander, Karin Molander, Mauritz Stiller, movies, Romantic Comedy, Silent Film, Sweden, Thomas Graal's Best Film, Vertigo, Victor Sjostrom
6 Comments
Douglas Fairbanks and “When the Clouds Roll By”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This Douglas Fairbanks project, the first directing effort of Victor Fleming, stands at the nexus of a number of popular art traditions. It dates from 1919, a year prior to Fairbanks’ swashbuckling debut in “The Mark … Continue reading
Posted in Commercial art, Movies, Performers
Tagged Buster Keaton, Comedy, Douglas Fairbanks, Fred Astaire, Georges Melies, Harold Lloyd, movies, Silent Movies, Surrealism, Victor Fleming, Winsor McCay
4 Comments
Goosing My Religion
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Atheism is big these days. Have you noticed? And by “big” I don’t mean that a lot of people don’t believe in god (that’s been the case for a while); I mean that a lot of people … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, Philosophy and Religion
Tagged atheism, Buddha, Confucius, Einstein, Isaac Newton, Marx, Mr. Miyagi, Nietzsche, Plato, religion, Socrates
13 Comments
Queer Guy for the Alpha I
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’ve been amused in recent years to see terms and ideas seemingly derived from the “Game” blogosphere turning up in respectable outlets. The rise of the word “alpha” has been particularly interesting. Yes, I know that “alpha male” … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, Sex, Television, Women men and fashion
Tagged Advertising, Alpha Khakis, Dockers, Fashion, Game, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, The Simpsons
14 Comments
“Tiny Furniture”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Lena Dunham has deflected attempts to categorize her work as mumblecore. Watching her “Tiny Furniture” I understood why: the picture is tightly scripted and controlled, a caterpillar-like series of awkward-comic vignettes that never lapses into navel gazing … Continue reading
“Bandits of Orgosolo”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I enjoyed this late Neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Seta. (What a name for an Italian filmmaker to be cursed with!) It deals with the attempts of a Sardinian shepherd to evade the law after … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged Bandits of Orgosolo, movies, Neorealism, Robert Flaherty, Taviani Brothers, The Bicycle Thief, Vittorio De Seta
3 Comments
“Life Without Principle”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Johnnie To’s latest, entitled “Life Without Principle,” combines the financial-and-business-sector setting of his last film, the romantic comedy “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” with his customary gangster milieu. It’s organized around the Greek debt crisis, which … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Politics and Economics
Tagged Hong Kong, Johnnie To, Life Without Principle, movies
3 Comments
Girliness, Alive and Well on the Internet
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The culture doesn’t provide for much in the way of girliness these days. Have you noticed? I guess I should define what I mean by girliness, but I’m not sure I can whittle it down to … Continue reading
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