Tag Archives: Orson Welles

quixote:a foot in either world

…Caught between a heroic past and a future of disillusion. The Don Quixote of Miguel de Cervantes… For of course Don Quixote is Cervantes. This is well pointed out. One of the sources of Don Quixote’s power to move us … Continue reading

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secret agent: espionage no longer a game

…The ideological conspirator role was not, of course, strictly new. A striking example from World War I was Sidney Reilly, the Russia-born SIS agent who after the Bolshevik revolution organized a series of insurrectionary plots against the new regime and … Continue reading

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the fifties: east side stories

We have been through trying times these past several years. The urge to look back on what is perceived as a ahppier, simpler time is naturally very strong. We tend to canonize the fifties as stable and reassuring, a Golden … Continue reading

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ustinov: diversity in identity

At one time in the late 1950’s, early 1960’s it became virtually impossible to turn on television without finding Peter Ustinov. He might appear as a traffic policeman- first British, then French, then Austrian. He might do his own version … Continue reading

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ustinov

Peter Ustinov was a British citizen of Russian, French, German, Italian, and Spanish extraction, then resident of America who distinguished himself as an actor, playwright, director, linguist, monologuist, cartoonist and mimic. He once said, “I suppose that if Leonardo da … Continue reading

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phantom film maker

It turns out slippery Sam the shock doc maker may not be who he purports to be. That is, an American-Israeli who put together “The Innocence of Muslims” for a a claimed mere $7 million, funded by “a hundred jews”.  … Continue reading

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red necked or stiff necked

Of course its idiotic. So over the top dog-gonned stupid that it makes no sense. But as P.T. Barnum said, never underestimate the intelligence of the ( Israeli) public. Good to rattle a few secular feathers. Maybe squeeze a feature … Continue reading

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coffee,cars and the communal experience

Much better than his television series. This is a wrinkle on a what seems a new sort of interview style reality program that takes face to face out of the confines of the studio and into new contexts. Seinfeld’s production … Continue reading

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the great ones

by Art Chantry: this is one of those ultra-famous vintage LP covers that never fails to surprise people when they see it. it’s from 1955 and it’s a cover by salvador dali! and what’s even more peculiar is that it’s … Continue reading

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one day there time will surely come

Nothing like a little heresy to reinflate the sagging body of the church. The heresy of twenty plus centuries, as infinite as private choice , is hardly random, but keeps to certain well-defined channels. Past the multitudinous polysyllabic channels to … Continue reading

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