My cat, Bebert, the image that I have as my icon here, has died.
I woke up this morning and found him dead outside the door.
It was completely unexpected. He was about eight years old and was his usual self last night and early in the morning, even up to a couple of hours before.
This was not what I needed at this point, when the new anti-depressants I was taking and whose dose had then been increased seemed to be working; when I was back on track PhD wise, and when things (sleeping, eating, alcohol consumption, self-harming) were generally getting under control.
Hope you will understand if there are no more posts for a bit...
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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Saturday, 9 May 2009
Duck You Sucker - observations on an observation
I'm re-reading Christoper Frayling's Sergio Leone: Once Upon a Time in Italy, where a comment on Duck You Sucker! caught my attention. He notes that, while not a commercial success, it was critically well received in France and Italy, with commentators noting that the characters 'grow' during the course of the story.
How far is this because of the film was the first of Leone's to be 'historical' rather than 'mythical'?
The identities of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and of Frank, Harmonica and Cheyenne are unchanging mythic archetypes; Juan and Sean (Johnny) historically situated figures.
Once Upon a Time [in] the West against Leone's avoidance of Once Upon a Time the Revolution and A Fistful of Dynamite, as imposed in France and the US respectively.
What does it mean to position 'the revolution' with 'once upon a time'? That it too belongs to the realm of myth? Presumably in some respects it does, but don't then individual revolutions occur in specific historical circumstances?
What is the wider context to the Mao quote which opens the film, other than a reference to 'one class violently overthrowing another' or similar, omitted by Leone? Was Mao making an abstract statement or one about revolution in China?
How far is this because of the film was the first of Leone's to be 'historical' rather than 'mythical'?
The identities of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and of Frank, Harmonica and Cheyenne are unchanging mythic archetypes; Juan and Sean (Johnny) historically situated figures.
Once Upon a Time [in] the West against Leone's avoidance of Once Upon a Time the Revolution and A Fistful of Dynamite, as imposed in France and the US respectively.
What does it mean to position 'the revolution' with 'once upon a time'? That it too belongs to the realm of myth? Presumably in some respects it does, but don't then individual revolutions occur in specific historical circumstances?
What is the wider context to the Mao quote which opens the film, other than a reference to 'one class violently overthrowing another' or similar, omitted by Leone? Was Mao making an abstract statement or one about revolution in China?
Thursday, 24 July 2008
Dangerous Pictures Act
Those in the UK with an interest in horror and exploitation films hopefully already know about the Dangerous Pictures Act, whose dangers of misapplication are cogently addressed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oszEa30Ghc
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