15-01-2013, 11:21 PM
The pompously named G. Roger Denson, postmodern deconstructionist and occasional Derridean disciple, aka wanker, defends Bigelow as a "semiotician" and opines (interestingly using the dynamics of NLP):
Rubbish.
Riefenstahl's films are all about the Codes of Power.
Or they about nothing.
The Triumph of the Will is about the cinematic capture and communication of the idea of The Collective Will Triumphing Under The Dear Leader.
Riefenstahl chipped away at the celluloid and revealed the archetypal form of Fascism, because she was an artist.
She could equally have chipped away and revealed the archetypal form of Communism, because she was amoral.
Quote:The important thing to keep in mind about Wolf's rash comparison of Bigelow with Riefenstahl is that Bigelow shows us the codes operating within the enclaves of power. Riefenstahl hid the codes of power beneath a veneer of artifice meant to dazzle the viewer.
Rubbish.
Riefenstahl's films are all about the Codes of Power.
Or they about nothing.
The Triumph of the Will is about the cinematic capture and communication of the idea of The Collective Will Triumphing Under The Dear Leader.
Riefenstahl chipped away at the celluloid and revealed the archetypal form of Fascism, because she was an artist.
She could equally have chipped away and revealed the archetypal form of Communism, because she was amoral.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war