Tag Archives: Malcolm Lowry

descent worries and anxiety: “easy delight”

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Dave

I came across a biography of Maria Landrock who was a celebrity star during the Third Reich. It does force one to look at the role of popular entertainment within its context as part of the entertainment industry pushed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged daniel goldhagen, ernst nolte, joseph heath, Leni Riefenstahl, Malcolm Lowry, maria landrock, paul verhoeven, Raul Hilberg, Susan Sontag, susan sontag fascism, Walter Lacquer | Leave a comment

uncomfortably numb: black comedy no ice

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Dave

there is an uncomfortable sense of comfort to the film Barney’s Version, the Robert Lantos adaptation of the Mordecai Richler novel. There are the familiar devices of death, longing and memory but the ingenious Richler always managed to steer clear … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous | Tagged Albert Finney, Baruch Spinoza, Charles Foran, Dustin Hoffman, Francine Pelletier, Julie Spergel, Malcolm Lowry, Mordecai Richler, Mordechai Richler, Robert Fulford, Robert Lantos, Sander L. Gilman | Leave a comment

“TO AWAKE. TO DIE. TO BE BORN”

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Dave

George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was born in about 1872 in the Caucasus region of what is now Russia. The so called “rascal sage” heralded the coming of ancient and esoteric Eastern teachings to the West. Neither a modernist nor a purveyor … Continue reading →

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Artistic Temperament: Emotions Under A Volcano

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Dave

Desperation and fear. A deep-rooted struggle to feel alive and function in a meaningful way. What exactly is this artistic temperament that is so often associated with the arts? It is to some degree a measure borne of the frustration … Continue reading →