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Monthly Archives: May 2011
I am twenty and more causa, also briefly
Saw Marlen Khutsiev’s I Am Twenty at the Cinémathèque yesterday. Nothing like ending your movie with soldiers marching in front of Lenin’s mausoleum to keep the audience from clapping at the end of what is, after all, an excellent film. … Continue reading
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Tagged allies, causa, foibles of the middle class, I am twenty, lemon juice, Lenin, Peru, potatoes, slapping, Soviet cinema, Soviet Union, WWII
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On oceans and causa, briefly
Imagine I wrote an essay here on Supervielle’s L’enfant de la haute mer and Lem/Tarkovsky’s Solaris. This could be a case of actual influence (Supervielle’s, on Lem). Amandine potatoes, for causa: their texture is very well suited for the purpose … Continue reading
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Tagged causa, Lem, Peruvian politics, potatoes, Solaris, Supervielle, Tarkovsky
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The value of the variable 