Tag Archives: Ernest Borgnine

top bananas: the wild bunch

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Dave

Entertainment is ideology. Whether it was Gary Cooper in High Noon or the Marx Brothers Go West, the white man was conceiving and furthering his own myth. The frontier mentality. The New World. These cultural myths usually encapsulate the dominant … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged ben johnson, Ernest Borgnine, Gary Cooper, john french sloan, John Sloan, president zachary taylor, Sam Peckinpah, warren oates, William Holden | Leave a comment

hunters and collectors: carry that weight

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dave

For seemingly forever, sociologists, psychologists, and amateur pundits of all persuasions have tried to comprehend why people collect; from the Collyer brothers to Eli Broad, it appears a pointless yet universal pursuit at least on the logical surface irrational waters … Continue reading →