From: Cari Machet (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Sep 06 2008 - 10:44:59 PDT
thanks for having a brain brook
i think this article
though a little long
speaks a lot toward the 'political' problem we face on this list and in
general terms of humanoids
ie systems are corrupt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/sep/06/wire/print
c
On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Brook Hinton <email suppressed> wrote:
> 1. Satantango on DVD - even on the less than stellar Facets DVD and even on
> a computer screen - is still an absolutely astonishing life-changing
> cinematic experience, though I certainly understand the arguments that the
> cat scene is more upsetting on video which can throw that section of the
> film off balance.
> 2. Heck, scenes from Satantango on You Tube provided life changing
> experiences for more than one person I know who had never had a chance to
> see the actual film. Which says more about cultural hunger for
> transformative cinema than it does about You Tube.
>
> 3. Satantango is political.
>
> 4. Satantango's political dynamics could be the start of a fascinating
> discussion on art and politics, political psychology, the changing political
> dynamics of the US, the impact of same of the rest of the world.
>
> 5. But it won't happen here.
>
> 6. That's a shame.
>
>
> Sick of artistic ideologies of all kinds at least for the moment ,
>
> Brook
>
>
>
> Brook Hinton
> film/video/audio art
> www.brookhinton.com
> studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab
>
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