The growing impact of Traditionalism in modern Russia is not just due to the fact that a group of Traditionalist-oriented former Soviet dissidents like Alexander Dugin and Geydar Jamal have managed to reach the prime of their intellectual and (mediated) political influence. It is also a result of the susceptibility of some strata of modern Russian […]
The first kung – fu movie that I watched back in the 70’s was called ” Karate, The Superior Youngster” and it’s first scene begins like this: GANGSTER: (from the top of the cliff) ” Karate , come and kiss my feet ! “ KARATE ( from the bottom of the cliff ) “Why don’t you […]
Unlike hefty amount of authors on whom it is relatively easy to debate rationally – meaning, empirically justifies – Tarkovsky is a cineast that does not bear many words, who is resisting all judgment, who demands a metaphor in order to explain the world in which he spiritually exists, that simply expects a certain spiritual, cognitive […]
A single movie. A single architect. A single belly. One million parallels. One million questions opened. Art as such. “I had an idea as new as it was bold – to create buildings that would leave an impression as if they were buried.” – Étienne-Louis Boullée Peter Greenaway had a less revolutionary idea, one must […]