Bernie Sanders on Sex, Cancer and revolution and ....
Interesting read:
"Sanders was initially drawn to Sigmund Freud and his theories as a high
school student in Brooklyn. He then studied psychology at the University
of Chicago and at the New School for Social Research in New York. And
he worked at a mental institution in New York City before settling in
Vermont for good in 1968. Like many lefties of his time, he was heavily
influenced by the Austrian psychologist Wilhelm Reich, a disciple of
Freud whose work drew a connection between sexual repression and
fascism. When Paris student demonstrators took the street in that year,
they held up copies of Reich’s book."
.....
"In a 1969 essay for the Freeman called “Cancer, Disease and
Society,” Sanders, then 28, contended that conformity caused cancer by
breaking down the human spirit and inflicting emotional trauma. He
quoted liberally from Reich’s 1948 book, The Cancer Biopathy,
which, he noted, was “very definite about the link between emotional and
sexual health, and cancer,” and he walked readers through Reich’s
theory about the consequences of suppressing “biosexual excitation.”
.......
" All aspects of life are intimately related—and it is only a
schizophrenic society such as ours which segregates them and puts them
into separate little boxes. We go to school and study ‘education’ and
‘psychology’ and ‘sexuality’ (if it’s a ‘progressive’ school). How
absurd: all of life is one and if we want to know, for example, how our
nation can napalm children in Vietnam—AND NOT CARE—it is necessary to go
well beyond ‘politics.’ We have got to get into the areas of feeling
and emotion, pain and love—and how people related to each other and how
people shut off their feelings. And all of this takes us way back to our
mommies and to the way they dealt with us when we were infants."
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
‘Vitalina Varela’
‘Vitalina Varela’ Review:
"The mystery and wonder of Pedro Costa’s filmmaking defies any specific category other than his own unique blend. The Portuguese director conjures dark, dreamlike visions of post-colonial neglect and yearning that hover somewhere between fantasy and neorealism, horror and melodrama, spirituality and desperation. “Vitalina Varela,” Costa’s fifth journey into the shantytown Fontainhas outside of Lisbon, once again showcases Costa’s masterful ability to mine cinematic poetry from a unique environment and the mournful figures who wander through its murky depths."
Interesting words during the Q and A in "Horse Money"
And...Masterclass
"The mystery and wonder of Pedro Costa’s filmmaking defies any specific category other than his own unique blend. The Portuguese director conjures dark, dreamlike visions of post-colonial neglect and yearning that hover somewhere between fantasy and neorealism, horror and melodrama, spirituality and desperation. “Vitalina Varela,” Costa’s fifth journey into the shantytown Fontainhas outside of Lisbon, once again showcases Costa’s masterful ability to mine cinematic poetry from a unique environment and the mournful figures who wander through its murky depths."
Interesting words during the Q and A in "Horse Money"
And...Masterclass
Peter Brook on the Empty Space
Peter Brook on Europe, Equality and more....
“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”. (The Empty Space, 1968)
“I can take any empty space and call it a bare stage. A man walks across this empty space whilst someone else is watching him, and this is all that is needed for an act of theatre to be engaged.”. (The Empty Space, 1968)
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Isabel Allende on Immigration
Isabel Allende on Immigration, Loss and Her New Novel
Chilean Writer Isabel Allende’s New Novel, “In the Midst of Winter,” Examines Immigrant Lives & Love
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Le Bonheur ("Happiness")
I watched Le Bonheur ("Happiness") a few days ago, a 1965 puzzling, challenging and enigmatic interpretation of happiness, a French film directed by Agnès Varda.
The synopsis of film: A happily-married carpenter inadvertently falls in love with
a young telephone company employee. As he explores his feelings in the joy of
that relationship, he discovers that far from feeling alienated from his wife
and child, the joy of his new relationship actually intensifies his attachment
to them as well. He is at a loss how to explain this to his wife. When Thomas
shares the truth about his relationships with his wife she appears to accept
his statement that he has enough love for both her and his mistress, but then
she commits suicide. Thomas' relationship with his mistress survives.
Read more about Agnes Varda
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