Tag Archives: Robert Redford

gang that couldn’t shoot straight arrows

Historical revisionism that is clearly not even in the category of the plausible. The capture of Jerusalem by Saladin re-jigged to make it seem like hordes of spear chucking natives from the heart of the jungle, primitive and savage, required … Continue reading

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shutting out the dark area

Holding the traumatic moment; gripping it to prevent it from bounding into the realm of the spectacle. The culture of the spectacle, dazzled, doped and duped by its connection to technology where issues are dealt with as another aspect of … Continue reading

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banalities of evil

by Art Chantry ( art@artchantry.com ) this is such a boring photo. when maire ( mosco) handed me this image (she took the snap), i just looked at it blankly and wondered what the hell it was. it’s absolutely nothing … Continue reading

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the way they were: 1/2 and half

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”- John Lennon Can the liberation of consciousness be considered freedom? And, is the central act of liberation that of the imagination? Yoko Ono’s posting on-line of the documentary … Continue reading

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tee it up: triple bogey on consumption

Throughout history, people have often been idle, and they have always had holidays. Even in the darkest periods of the Dark Ages, the rich hunted, jousted, sang, danced and made love. The peasants gorged, got drunk and cavorted. Yet, true … Continue reading

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MASKS OF PESSIMISM: MIRTH,MADNESS & MANLINESS

Clyde boastfully, but shyly introduces them with a disarming smile, accentuating the bond they share with the country folk – while anticipating (almost as an afterthought) the course that they are committed to pursue – bank robbery: This here’s Miss … Continue reading

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WHEELS OF FORTUNE & FAME

The bicycle. It doesn’t make smoke, it doesn’t make smog and it never makes a bad picture. In the 1880′s the bicycle was young then; it antedated the automobile by only a few decades. it is hard to believe now, … Continue reading

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MR. TAMBOURINE MEN & THE WAR DANCE

The idea of American Manifest Destiny is not exclusive to the mid-eighteenth century, though the period of imperial “Westward Ho!” is one of the more conspicuous symptoms of that deeper, existential malady—the messianic mission to make the world over in … Continue reading

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CONFIDENCE MEN:Masquerade, Myth and Art

For the confidence man to find a comfortable home in the heart of American culture, he needed a mask. And humor has often become an intricate part of the disguise. From the Al Jolson and  Eddie Cantor in blackface which … Continue reading

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Comfortably Numb Art for Ordinary People

Connected and disconnected. Eccentric, annoying or evil? A clinging emotional dependence? In The Age I’m In, director Kate Champion plays fast and loose with the state of contemporary living,( but its actually timeless obsession with ageing), the tribulations of ageing, the … Continue reading

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