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The Gezornenplat House
Fenster writes: German architect Reinhold Weichlbauer practices freestyle planning, which is based on the idea that, in the words of an HGTV segment profiling one of his houses, “windows and doors are only placed at certain places in the house … Continue reading
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The Shock of the Old, when New
Fenster writes: I am second generation German and third generation Swedish but I grew up in New England in the Fifties and Sixties so it was inevitable that I would have a third identity, just below the level of the … Continue reading
More on Triggers
Fenster writes: I wrote about campus trigger warnings here. The subject has staying power, fascinatin’ some, amusing others, outraging even more and bringing out the inner hero in all too many. There’s that article in The Atlantic by psychologist Jonathan … Continue reading
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Notes on “Olive Kitteredge”, and Yankee New England
Fenster writes: Olive Kitteredge is a one-off HBO mini-series, four installments and over and done. No fuss no bothuh, about which moah below. It is adapted from the book of the same name by Elizabeth Strout which I have not … Continue reading
Monologue o’ th’ Day
Fenster writes: Not quite a monologue. Harold Pinter gives Patricia Hodge a few short lines in the midst of Ben Kingsley’s grilling in Betrayal. Starts around 2’25” but the lead in worth seeing for context.
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Reflection of the Day
Fenster writes: Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn reflect on My Dinner with Andre. Both of you have said that the characters in My Dinner With Andre are not, in fact, you. But how much of you is in those characters? AG: … Continue reading
Monologue o’ th’ Day
Fenster writes: Another week, another monologue. Jack Lemmon from Altman’s Short Cuts.
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Right-thinking New Urbanism
Fenster quotes: Coming from a mainstream conservative source, such writing (on New Urbanism) has been as scarce as hen’s teeth. For close to two decades, conservative pundits like Wendall Cox, Randal O’Toole, and Joel Kotkin have relentlessly bashed this trend. … Continue reading
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Monologue o’ th’ Day
Fenster writes: Another monologue, another film adapted from a play–Jules Feiffer’s Little Murders. Like last week’s, another long-winded treatment of a father, though Lou Jacobi is decidedly less mannered than Christopher Walken.
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Monologue o’ th’ Day
Fenster writes: It is said film is all about the action and given the current state of the box office who could argue? Still, a nice turn of phrase in film can be appealing. Good dialogue is not all that … Continue reading
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