we really need to gatekeep philosophy from art students, xoxo (thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-muddle-instead-of-a-movie)
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Hard Boiled 1992
Right after that legendary 3-minutes long take, John Woo gave us a morbid image of a baby swathed in blood and it was honestly a micro-beauty of violence captured in a film. It was Woo's thesis that violence is beautiful. John Woo, Takeshi Kitano, Seijun Suzuki are some filmmakers that I look up to when it comes to action films, and they work as a modern day healer for me; some may consider it a shirk but I would say…
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Crazy for It 2012
Adolescent life can be really embarrassing. But forgetting the embarrassment is not the way for human growth for one can have a difficult time of adaptation if we dismay our exaggerated expectations, underestimation of difficulties, unjustified optimism, or a negative attitude. Similarly, disturbances of psychic equilibrium caused by the sexual instinct, or feelings of inferiority, can also make these years of early adulthood highly problematic. No matter how embarrassing it is, it will be a plus for life somewhere, and…
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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985
Let us listen to "Mishima/Closing" and fictionalize our biography; cuz life is limited and there is nothing wrong to live forever...