Charlie, from the sketches posted below, actually lead me to this video.
Slavoj Zisek, philosopher and cultural critic, explains his admiration for Children of Men. I am finding the more I read or hear him, the more I enjoy Zizek's analysis, save for a strange fixation for David Lynch films. Here Zizek explains, among other things, how Children of Men is thematically a sequel or a continuation of Y Tu Mama Tambien, in that it the interplay between background and forground, between the setting and the action serves brilliantly as the message of the film. It's a neat insight.
I mentioned Slavoj Zizek before, when I saw his A Pervet's Guide to Cinema during last year's film fest. He's an interesting guy.
I heard the following passage late, late last night, when watching Orson Welles's charming, wonderful "fake" documentary F for Fake. The passage strikes a familiar chord, one that I've been hearing a lot lately. This is from Kipling's poem "The Conundrum of Workshops:"
When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the
mould;
And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his
mighty heart,
Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"
Gift premium ran out again. Considering renewing, considering moving. Will keep all of you all updated.
Currently Watching F for Fake - Criterion Collection By William Alland, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Peter Bogdanovich, Joseph Cotten, Gary Graver, Andr�s Vicente G�mez, Laurence Harvey, Clifford Irving, Oja Kodar, Christian Odasso, Julio Palinkas, Fran�ois Reichenbach, Paul Stewart, Nina Van Pallandt, Alexander Welles, Fran�oise Widhoff, Richard Wilson, Elmyr de Hory see related
