Giacomo Abbruzzese: Disco Boy (2023)

When dreams melt into the world, and vice versa.

And one meets one's Doppelgänger in the jungle.

When death becomes life, and vice versa in a series of transgressions.

If any comparison would even be possible it would be:

Weerasethakul.

A deeply original work. Don't miss it!

Joel Potrykus: Vulcanizadora (2024)

A self destructive Buddy Movie, if there ever was one.

Deeply sad and moving.

I give you an allusion to the mood of this film:

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,

The earth, and every common sight,

To me did seem

Apparelled in celestial light,

The glory and the freshness of a dream.

It is not now as it hath been of yore;—

Turn wheresoe'er I may,

By night or day.

The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

(and yes, it's Wordsworth)

Roger Laporte: Moriendo (1995)

"Quelle est donc cette douceur, 

cette terrible douceur?"

Roger Laporte, Moriendo(1995)

Oddity (2024)

 

Yes. Congrats. The director of "Caveat" managed it to reach a quality improvement. If "Caveat" was a foggy, muddy and unintelligible mess. "Oddity" is perfectly clear but at the same time incredibly dumb and generic.If this is the prize of clarity then good night.  A really stupid story. The masked murderer is perfectly emblematic in this regard. It is a cardboard storyboard cinema with zero thoughts. A one trick pony: watch it once and throw it away. What about trying to develop a script that works not only for one time watch?

Dans ma peau (2002)

 

Marina de Van - Dans ma peau (2002)

A poetic and devastating masterpiece.Tenderness, cruelty, atrocities, violence and poetry are in a perfect equilibrium. A suicidal Chantal-Akerman-World. A new Jeanne Dielman, but now the innerworldly violence against women is directed against the female protagonist alone. A Selfdestruction covered in tears.

Eight Eyes (2023)

 

Austin Jennings - Eight Eyes (2023)

Deadly serious rebooting of 

Seventies Psychedelic-Cosmic-Trash-Cinema

Highly recommended!

A fantastic first feature film!

My Reading Traces

 

Jan van Ruusbroek, Die Zierde der geistlichen Hochzeit(1330)

Basket Case (1982)

Basket Case -

if you are a twin, watch it!

 

Desperado

   Robert Rodriguez - Desperado (1997) 

 

David Lynch is dead

 

David Lynch

(20.1.1946 - 16.1.2025)

is dead.

... but we will meet again

in countless corridors, rooms and spaces

yet unknown.

Steve Albini is dead ...

(copyright:Joshua Ford)

Steve Albini

22. Juli 1962 - 7. Mai 2024 

 

Frank Stella died . . .

 

(Photo, copyright: Mark Zibert)

Frank Stella died.

(* 12. Mai 1936 † 4.Mai 2024)

Another tenderly poet has left us ...

Now you visit the stars ...

Otar Iosseliani ist gestorben

Otar Iosseliani

ist gestorben.

(2. Februar 1934 - 17. Dezember 2023)

Danke für Deine wundervollen Filme.

Wir werden Dich niemals vergessen.

 

Droopy's Delight #1 Cold Tofu

 

Cold Tofu

Tofu

Doubanjiang

Light Soja Sauce

Dark Soja Sauce

Garlic

Ginger

Sugar

Sesame Oil

Basmati Rice

Dulse Flakes

Spring Onions

Jean-Marie Straub ist tot

 

((c)Antonia Weisse/Deutsche Kinemathek)

Jean-Marie Straub ist tot ...

(*8. Januar 1933 - 20. November 2022)

Und mit ihm eigentlich das gesamte Kino.
Vielen Dank für all die wunderbaren Jahre
und Filme.

Danièle Huillet, ebenso unvergessen!

© Antonia Weisse / Deutsche Kinemathek

© Antonia Weisse / Deutsche Kinemathek

Pierre Soulages est mort

 

Pierre Soulages Soulages Archives, 2014. Photo: © Vincent Cunillère

Pierre Soulages est mort.

(24.12.1919-25.10.2022)

..... merci pour le noir lumineux

Droopy reads

Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel - Birth in Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis (2022)

Werner Hamacher - Andere Schmerzen (2022)

Quote of the Day #1:Quirinus Kuhlmann

Hochwundergott!
Wi spilst du hoechstgeheim?
Gelassenheit kommt freilich durch dich offen!

- Quirinus Kuhlmann 

(25.2.1651 - 4.10.1689)

Wer braucht nur so ein großes Katapult im Wald?

 Wer braucht nur so ein großes Katapult im Wald?

(Who needs this big catapult in the forest so desperately?)

Droopy reads

 

Madly and deeply in love with this book

since 11.4.1995

To hell with Ulysses!

(Posted with delight on the 100 anniversary)

Droopy reads

 

Martin Heidegger - Vorläufiges I-IV

Droopy reads

 

Jean-Michel Frank 

(28. Februar 1895 - 8. März 1941)

Droopy &

 Droopy & Kirishima Gyokuro

Droopy &

Droopy & IIDA Ceremonial Matcha Matsu

 

Droopy &

Droopy & Matcha Midori

Droopy &

 

Droopy & Karu Sencha

Droopy &

 Droopy & Matcha

Droopy reads

 

Robert Walser - Tiergarten

Droopy &

 Droopy & Karu Yottsu

Droopy reads

 Robert Walser - Mikrogramme 1925 (I)

Droopy reads

John Waters - Polyester (1981)

Droopy reads

Robert Walser, Aufsätze und Geschichten

Droopy reads

Martin Heidegger - Zum Ereignis-Denken 

 

J. Hillis Miller (1928-2021)

 

J. Hillis Miller

(5.3.1928-7.2.2021)

Droopy reads

Martin Heidegger - Winke I und II

 

Droopy reads

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