Tag Archives: Roberto Benigni Life is Beautiful

scorched earth policy: the burning fiddler

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Dave

The dull oppressive heaviness of Nazi neo-classicism. The scorched earth policy. Everything to repress regeneration and to seal off the gases of expressionist madness that could escape and find their way into the water. It was a meaningless world. If … Continue reading →

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jerry as a jerrie: clowning in the shower

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Dave

…Despite all efforts of the prosecution everybody could see that this man was not a monster, but it was difficult not to suspect that he was not a clown. ( Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem ) Written at the same time … Continue reading →

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TRIVIAL PURSUITS & BOYS IN STRIPED SUITS

Posted on June 6, 2010 by Dave

”However here we also get the first doubtful use of the Holocaust in Beatrice and Virgil. We are told that fewer than two per cent of Holocaust survivors ever tell of their ordeal. And so:’For his part, Henry now joined … Continue reading →

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