“The first surprise is the wide range of propaganda subjects on which bans are still enforced” – not only anti-British, -French, -Russian, and (of course) anti-Jewish propaganda, but also films promoting fighter pilots (a musical, no less), the Hitler Youth, euthanasia, and the repatriation of ethnic Germans in Poland. Richard Brody considers why these movies are still forbidden after 70 years.
Tag: 01.22.15
Notes On Grumbling
Joshua Rothman: “Given its omnipresence, it’s tempting to say that grumbling may be the quintessential modern speech act. … Susan Sontag dedicated Notes on Camp to camp’s patron saint, Oscar Wilde. These far humbler notes are dedicated to that great grumbler Oscar the Grouch.”
Why Dannon Needs To Warn You That a Foot-Tall Strawberry Is Not Going To Pop Out Of Your Yogurt Container
Shirley S. Wang takes a look at the ever-expanding phenomenon of advertising disclaimers.
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Approaching Beauty in a Business School
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Ward Swingle, 1927-2015
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“Translucent Complementary Contrast”: Steven Holl’s Alluring Expansion of MFA, Houston (with video)
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New Investigation Into Death Of Pablo Neruda (Was He Poisoned?)
“Tests on Neruda’s exhumed body in 2013 found no trace of poison but more will now be done. His death certificate says he died of prostate cancer. Neruda died 12 days after the military coup that brought General Augusto Pinochet to power.”
Television Becomes A Force At Sundance Film Festival
“Independent film used to define the cutting edge in entertainment, but the indie crowd has lately ceded ground to television … The festival, fiercely proud of its heritage as America’s foremost showcase for independent cinema, is working to hold on to that identity. At the same time, it is tentatively embracing an art form, television, in which innovation and energy abound.”
John Bayley, 89, Literary Scholar, Critic, And Memoirist Of Wife Iris Murdoch
“As a critic and author, Mr. Bayley was acclaimed for his dissections of Goethe and Pushkin as well as of Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and Henry James.” He drew an international readership, wide praise and some condemnation for Elegy for Iris, his account of his wife’s descent into Alzheimer’s disease.