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<title><![CDATA[Ce filme am mai vazut...]]></title>
<link>http://sibil.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/ce-filme-am-mai-vazut/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sibil</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Particulele elementare &#8211; filmul e nemtesc, dupa cartea omonima a lui Houellebecq (tot timpul u]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://sibil.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dream31.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-61" title="dream3" src="http://sibil.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/dream31.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="214" /></a>Particulele elementare &#8211; filmul e nemtesc, dupa cartea omonima a lui Houellebecq (tot timpul uit cum i se scrie numele, incurc literele si dau cautare pe gugal ca sa nu induc in oroare cititorul). Filmul se termina mai vesel decat cartea. Ravasitoare ambele, te trezesti gandindu-te la moarte, zadarnicie, te repezi in fata oglinzii si te vezi mic si gol, si gandul batranetii iti da fiori reci pe sira spinarii. Te vezi disperat sa traiesti multe lucruri, sa vezi toate locurile lumii, sa te incarci de spiritualitate, sa faci sex pe rupte, si, inevitabil, vei fi si tu ajutat sa urci treptele in autobuz si ti se va ceda scaunul. Groaznic sentimentul. Dar Houellebecq nu e un scriitor vesel, e depresiv si deprimant. Iar nemtii fac filme foarte tari, care sa ajunga la tine.</p>
<p>Dream &#8211; Kim Ki Duk &#8211; E filmul care mi-a placut cel mai putin de la Kim Ki Duk. Unele scene mi s-au parut insuportabile (e.g. cuie infipte in picioare, ochi chinuiti sa stea  deschisi, disperarea nesomnului, sange siroind pe tample).</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Avatar Effect]]></title>
<link>http://thmrktngmnkys.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/the-avatar-effect/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marco de Boer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Image via CrunchBase Online communication is focused on getting people to click, participate and –in]]></description>
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<p>Online communication is focused on getting people to click, participate and –in the end– buy our product. With this old school approach we fail to use the knowledge on click behavior. This click behavior makes the online user leaving a digital footprint which is larger than life, countable and reliable. I call it the Avatar Effect.</p>
<p>So what is the Avatar Effect and how can we use it?</p>
<p>To answer the last question first; how can we use it? Officially we can&#8217;t but for sure bright people can build in tracking systems, secret click counts, by-passes and hacks to research and use this ending source of information.<br />
I even used it once in a silly little DM mailing to potential clients in the fashion industry. They received a DVD with a promo on how to become a better and stronger brand in 6 essential questions. The last screen was built to send us a hidden message notifying our sales manager that this client was watching the DVD. Only because we were the answer to that last question. Six out of the ten we called  invited Artmiks for a talk.</p>
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<p>First question last: What is the Avatar Effect?</p>
<p>All online browsing leaves marks and all marks are related. These marks can be effected into a profile of your online existence. The most simple use of the Effect is Amazon&#8217;s, iTunes&#8217; and Bol.com&#8217;s note: &#8220;Other people also bought &#8230;&#8221;. With some smart calculating and correlation between values you could create an enormous semantic cloud in which all knowledge is trapped. On a more personal level, in my case: Being interested Houellebecq could directly indicate I also like Almodovar.<br />
Combining worldwide systems like <a class="zem_slink" title="MySpace" rel="homepage" href="http://myspace.com">MySpace</a>, Youtube, <a class="zem_slink" title="Last.fm" rel="homepage" href="http://www.last.fm/download">Last.fm</a>, <a class="zem_slink" title="Flickr" rel="homepage" href="http://flickr.com">Flickr</a>, WordPress, <a class="zem_slink" title="Facebook" rel="homepage" href="http://facebook.com">Facebook</a> and for example <a class="zem_slink" title="LinkedIn" rel="homepage" href="http://www.linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a>, could map the world in usage, opinion, taste, traffic and relations and would therefor provide  extreme valuable information to whoever is interested. And everybody –and I mean <strong>everybody</strong>– who is online builds this avatar or &#8216;<a class="zem_slink" title="Digital identity" rel="wikipedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_identity">digital identity</a>&#8216; trail of himself without realizing. We only need to link it together and make it public.</p>
<p>Using the Avatar Effect could make our lives so much easier. We would &#8216;know&#8217; who&#8217;s interested in our product or service. There&#8217;s no advertising or communication waste. It&#8217;s straight targeted on the person who WILL buy it. We only have to wait till the right moment but I guess you could even calculate that.</p>
<p>Marco de Boer</p>
<div>Ps. This is the subject of  the 1st Confusing Class on Online Communication for @Halloacademie &#8230; all links used are collected at <a href="http://delicious.com/artmiks/1" target="_blank">Delicious</a>.</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Michel Houellebecq - Chômage (1996)]]></title>
<link>http://schabrieres.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/michel-houellebecq-chomage-1996/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>schabrieres</dc:creator>
<guid>http://schabrieres.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/michel-houellebecq-chomage-1996/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Je traverse la ville dont je n’attends plus rien Au milieu d’êtres humains toujours renouvelés Je le]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1459" title="Michel Houellebecq" src="http://schabrieres.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/michel_houellebecq.jpg?w=234" alt="Michel Houellebecq" width="206" height="264" />Je traverse la ville dont je n’attends plus rien<br />
Au milieu d’êtres humains toujours renouvelés<br />
Je le connais par coeur, ce métro aérien ;<br />
Il s’écoule des jours sans que je puisse parler.</p>
<p>Oh ! ces après-midi, revenant du chômage<br />
Repensant au loyer, méditation morose,<br />
On a beau ne pas vivre, on prend quand même de l’âge<br />
Et rien ne change à rien, ni l’été, ni les choses.</p>
<p>Au bout de quelques mois on passe en fin de droits<br />
Et l’automne revient, lent comme une gangrène ;<br />
L’argent devient la seule idée, la seule loi,<br />
On est vraiment tout seul. Et on traîne, et on traîne…</p>
<p>Les autres continuent leur danse existentielle,<br />
Vous êtes protégés par un mur transparent ;<br />
L’hiver est revenu. Leur vie semble réelle.<br />
Peut-être, quelque part, l’avenir vous attend.</p>
<p>Les moments immobiles que l’on vit presque en fraude<br />
Et les petites morts, petits autodafés ;<br />
C’était sur les deux heures et la ville était chaude,<br />
Les bustiers fourmillaient aux terrasses des cafés</p>
<p>Et tout s’organisait pour la reproduction :<br />
Comportements humains, jeux de dents, rires forcés<br />
L’impossibilité permanente de l’action<br />
Morceaux de vie qu’on rêve, bientôt désamorcés.</p>
<p>Les humains s’agitaient dans les murs de la ville :<br />
Flots sur le boulevard, téléphones portatifs ;<br />
Inquiétude sur la ligne, jeux de regards hostiles :<br />
Tout fonctionne, tout tourne, et j’ai les nerfs à vif.</p>
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<p><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Houellebecq">Michel Houellebecq (né en 1956)</a> &#8211; <em>Le Sens du combat (1996)</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vida y muerte de Bunny Munro]]></title>
<link>http://giraffreman.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/vida-y-muerte-de-bunny-munro/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>giraffreman</dc:creator>
<guid>http://giraffreman.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/vida-y-muerte-de-bunny-munro/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En mi visita semanal a la biblioteca pública, suelo sacar prestado todo tipo de géneros de libros, y]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>En mi visita semanal a la biblioteca pública, suelo sacar prestado todo tipo de géneros de libros, y desde hace poco DVDs.</p>
<p>He leído a <a href="http://giraffreman.wordpress.com/2008/09/19/don-quixote-de-lousiana/" target="_blank">John Kennedy Toole (Conjura de los Necios)</a>, a <a href="http://giraffreman.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/tsutsui-el-hombre-desnudo-de-japon/" target="_blank">Yasutaka Tsutsui (Estoy desnudo y Los hombres salmonela en el planeta porno)</a>, a Bukowski, a Houellebecq, Hunter S. Thompson, etc. Todos ellos cuentan en sus relatos, novelas a unos hombres pordioseros, incomprendidos, salvajes, comedidos, imperfectos. Humanos.</p>
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<p>En mi cruzada a seguir leyendo estos peculiares literatos estaba a punto de rendirme en no encontrar a nadie nuevo, cuando de novedades de este mes me agencié <strong>&#8220;La muerte de Bunny Munro&#8221;</strong>. Nick Cave, escribe una historia de humor negro, sucio, un hombre llamado &#8220;Conejito&#8221; que obsesionado con el sexo deja apartada a una preciosa mujer depresiva en busca de encuentros con otras.</p>
<p>El protagonista es cuando se queda viudo, debe cuidar de su hijo de 9 años y en un recorrido por el sur de Inglaterra en su cometido de seguir comerciando productos de belleza para mujeres. Esto no deja, sino todo al contrario, el seguir acostándose con desconocidas, clientas, o chicas de restaurantes, hoteles.</p>
<p>Poco a poco vamos sabiendo su obsesión al sexo, el comienzo. Es un personaje que como bien describe el hijo, todo un sátiro que nos conmueve y divierte.</p>
<p>Es de un ritmo bastante bueno, no decae casi nunca y me deja con ganas de leer más. Sin duda tiene descripciones de personajes bastante divertidas, y momentos tristes y en la mente del hijo muy interesantes.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Revue du Web n°1 : Houellebecq, Néandertal, Hadopi, Université...]]></title>
<link>http://moustach.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/revue-du-web-1/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:35:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Emmanuel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://moustach.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/revue-du-web-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cette semaine : Houellebecq en typographie cinétique, la loi Hadopi, un livre sur la réforme de l]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Cette semaine :</span> Houellebecq</strong> en typographie cinétique, la loi <strong>Hadopi</strong>, un livre sur la <strong>réforme de l&#8217;université</strong>, les <strong>accents</strong> dans les séries anglophones et les <strong>amours entre Homo Sapiens et Néandertal</strong>.</span><strong> </strong><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><!--more--></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Pour Commencer, Houellebecq en <a href="http://pulpcluub.canalblog.com/archives/2008/11/23/11482649.html">typographie cinétique</a> (voix Luchini) :</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.ecrans.fr/Le-kepi-caduc-d-Hadopi,8435.html"><img class="alignright" title="dd" src="http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj45/amaranth997/Ecran.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="80" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Chez <a href="http://www.ecrans.fr/Le-kepi-caduc-d-Hadopi,8435.html">Ecrans.fr</a>, on parle de la loi Hadopi et des évolutions des pratiques d&#8217;internet qui remettent en cause son efficacité : <em>« </em>Dès l’été 2008, dans une note au ministère de la Culture, le très officiel Conseil général des technologies de l’information (CGTI) s’interrogeait sur l’efficacité d’Hadopi :<em> &#8220;Il y a lieu d’étudier quelles solutions permettraient éventuellement de déjouer les tentatives des internautes de masquer les actes de téléchargement […] faute de quoi, devenue quasi aveugle pour une population de téléchargeurs qui irait croissant, le mécanisme de désincitation deviendrait rapidement obsolète&#8221;. »</em></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:small;"> Dans un <a href="http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/blog/pierre-jourde/20090921/14729/lusine-a-gaz-de-la-reforme-universitaire">article récent</a> sur la réforme universitaire, Pierre Jourde cite Plinio Prado (<a href="http://www.editions-lignes.com/LE-PRINCIPE-D-UNIVERSITE,190.html">Le Principe d&#8217;Université</a>), philosophe à Paris 8 :</span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.editions-lignes.com/LE-PRINCIPE-D-UNIVERSITE,190.html"><img class="alignleft" title="d" src="http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj45/amaranth997/COUVPUnew-4387a.jpg" alt="" width="104" height="167" /></a><em><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:small;">« Dans la vie comme dans l&#8217;histoire (y compris dans la vie et l&#8217;histoire des institutions), la pure et simple « adaptation » aux conditions données signifie toujours l&#8217;affaiblissement, le manque de force créatrice, la perte de l&#8217;énergie inventive, sénilité et mort. Les « réformateurs » actuels de l&#8217;université française, experts ès adaptations, feraient mieux de bien y réfléchir. La physique moderne aussi nous a appris que l&#8217;idée de contrôle parfait d&#8217;un système et de son évolution (y compris donc de la variable « temps »), abaisserait plutôt qu&#8217;elle n&#8217;élèverait sa performativité. Celle-ci a besoin d&#8217;un « jeu », d&#8217;une indétermination, pour avoir des chances de s&#8217;accroître. Une certaine ouverture à l&#8217;inattendu, par conséquent, une disponibilité à l&#8217;incalculable, doit entrer dans les calculs d&#8217;une stratégie de recherche ».</span></span></em><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Plinio Prado, <em>Le Principe d&#8217;Université</em>, Lignes, 2009.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:small;">Le texte intégral est téléchargeable <a href="http://www.editions-lignes.com/IMG/pdf/PRADO_LePrincipedUniversite_-2.pdf)">ici</a>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:small;">Par ailleurs, on peut écouter l&#8217;auteur sur <a href="http://audioblog.arteradio.com/a-bout-de-souffle/frontUser.do?method=getPost&#38;postId=3028359&#38;blogName=a-bout-de-souffle"> Arte Radio</a>.</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://bienbienbien.net/2009/10/30/l%E2%80%99accent-lost-in-translation/"><img class="alignright" title="der" src="http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj45/amaranth997/bbb.jpg" alt="" width="77" height="51" /></a>L&#8217;inénarrable <a href="http://www.henrymichel.com/">Henry Michel</a> divague gentiment chez <a href="http://bienbienbien.net/2009/10/30/l%E2%80%99accent-lost-in-translation/">BienBienBien</a> à propos des accents dans les versions originales des séries américaines : </span></span><em>« </em><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:small;"><em>Il fait moins le fier, ton Sawyer, doublé par Bosso, hein ?</em></span></span><em> »</em><span style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-size:small;">.</span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.abstrait-concret.com/2009/10/28/quand-lhomo-sapiens-et-lhomme-de-neandertal-couchait-ensemble/"><img class="alignleft" title="er" src="http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj45/amaranth997/ab.jpg" alt="" width="184" height="21" /></a><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Pour finir, Abstrait-concret <a href="http://www.abstrait-concret.com/2009/10/28/quand-lhomo-sapiens-et-lhomme-de-neandertal-couchait-ensemble/">nous parle avec grâce</a> d&#8217;un temps où Homo Sapiens et Néandertal se connaissaient bibliquement : <em>« De façon ponctuelle, Abstrait ≠ Concret se pose modestement en observatoire de la connerie et la crasse intrinsèques à la race humaine. Pour résumer la chose, l’humain est une charogne qui bousille tout ce qui l’entoure sans raison, s’imprègne de croyances débiles au gré des modes et des saisons, et accessoirement baise avec des poupées en silicone, non seulement parce que ça coûte moins cher à entretenir en cadeaux que son alter égo organique et aussi parce que ça débite moins d’insanités à la minute »</em>.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Lolita]]></title>
<link>http://luchaasnoot.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/lolita/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>luchaasnoot</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Eerder meldde ik u dat ik maar weer eens begonnen was in ‘Tender is the Night’ van Scott Fitzgerald.]]></description>
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<p>Wie zoals ik vijftien jaar bezig is met de eerste 40 pagina’s van Tender is the Night denkt dat het handelt over de avonturen van een jonge Amerikaanse actrice op reis in Europa, ergens in de jaren ’20 van de vorige eeuw. Maar zij blijkt slechts een supporting actress te zijn. Daar kwam ik dus vorige maand pas achter.</p>
<p>Het boek gaat in werkelijkheid over de huwelijksproblemen van een welgesteld echtpaar, en de uiteindelijke desintegratie van dat huwelijk. Had ik dat eerder geweten! Dan had ik dat boek véél eerder uitgelezen. Misschien niet vijftien jaar eerder, maar wel vijf.  Enfin, dat is allemaal minder belangrijk; waar het maar om gaat is dat ik u eindelijk deze topper uit de wereldliteratuur mag aanbevelen, waarmee maar is aangetoond dat ik niet van de straat ben.</p>
<p>Gesterkt door deze positieve ervaring ben ik gelijk verder gegaan met de lange lijst van klassieke meesterwerken die je gelezen moet hebben. Ik heb nu ‘Lolita’ van Vladimir Nabokov onder handen. Michel Houellebecq noemt Nabakov een ‘onbeduidende, aanstellerige pseudo-dichter’ (althans, dat doet een romanpersonage van Houellebecq in ‘Mogelijkheid van een eiland’) maar dat zullen we nog weleens zien, hellebekje. U hoort nog van mij.</p>
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<link>http://diva7.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/posibilitatea-unei-insule-michael-houellebecq/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:49:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://wigb.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/lecturas/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Siguiendo con la onda de la entrada &#8220;Un festín literario&#8221; debo decir que he continuado leyendo intensamente y de todo ; leer  ,haciendo una analogía , es como echar a correr las neuronas &#8230; la nómina de los libros leídos es la siguiente :<br />
- Diario de una mujer en Berlín , Anónimo ; un excelente y muy bien escrito diario y documento acerca de la situación de la mujeres en esa ciudad durante los últimos días de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y los primeros   de la posguerra ; lo mejor que he leído últimamente .<br />
-La posibilidad de una isla , de Michael Houellebecq , es la historia de una antiutopía sexista , racista y egoísta , como suelen ser los textos de este escritor .<br />
-En picada , de Nick Hornby , el mismo de &#8220;Alta Fidelidad&#8221; , se trata de una novela interesante , aunque no genial , mejor que la anterior .<br />
- Santuario , de W. Faulkner , un clásico complejo que es como un fresco del sur profundo de USA , lleno de maldad , prejuicios , violencia y odios surtidos , vale recordar que este escritor creo un condado mítico en el que transcurre gran parte de su obra.<br />
-El ángel callaba , de Heinrich Böll , uno de mis escritores favoritos y del que debo haber leído no menos de una docena de trabajos , de muy alto nivel en general ; esta novela trata de la historia de una serie de personajes en la destruida ciudad alemana de Colonia , terminada la guerra , interesante y complementaria , con el diario de una mujer en Berlín.<br />
-Chesil Beach , de Ian Mc Ewan , una novela corta y bien escrita , muy superior a &#8220;Sábado &#8221; ,por ejemplo , pero inferior a &#8220;Expiación&#8221; o &#8220;Los perros negros&#8221; de este mismo escritor .<br />
-Los sueños de Bunker Hill , de J. Fante , un genial escritor norteamericano , narra los desafortunados comienzos de un guionista de Hollywood , de una forma muy lograda , muestra el sucio mundillo del cine de los años 30 .</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Houellebecq vu par des Européens]]></title>
<link>http://vupar.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/houellebecq-vu-par-les-europeens/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:57:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;écrivain français qui fascine les étrangers. En tout cas fin 90 Dans un article de 1999, le ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#800000;">L&#8217;écrivain français qui fascine les étrangers. En tout cas fin 90</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Dans un article de 1999, le journal catalan La Vanguardia (1) ne cache pas sa fascination pour l&#8217;écrivain français Houellebecq en expliquant que son nom rime avec &#8220;des ventes records, des critiques où fleurissent les comparaisons avec Aldous Huxley, Franz Kafka et Thomas Mann</strong>, mais aussi des polémiques dans lesquelles on vous traite, entre autres gentillesses, de “nazi”, “pervers”, “immature” et de “malade”. Et le journaliste, Xavi Ayén, de s&#8217;interroger &#8221;Qui diantre est donc ce Houellebecq ? Dans un autoportrait qui l’honore, il répond : “<em>Je corresponds au type même du nerveux : émotif, primaire, non actif. J’ai une vue parfaite. Le monde m’apparaît donc de façon très nette. Je bénéficie également d’un sens du toucher très développé. Mes capacités intellectuelles sont extrêmement variables : parfois très élevées, parfois nulles. Idem pour mon appétit sexuel. A bien des égards, je suis le parfait exemple du maniaco-dépressif.”</em> Comme si tout cela ne suffisait pas, il se dit<em> “communiste utopique”,</em> trouve des vertus au stalinisme et, tout en admettant que certaines erreurs ont été commises en URSS, pense que “le bilan historique est globalement positif”, reprenant les termes de Georges Marchais, qu’il admire. Ne partez pas en courant : ce personnage est loin d’être une caricature médiatique. Plume en main, il a disséqué avec une précision rare les pathologies et les angoisses du citadin de la fin du XXe siècle.<br />
Une chose est sûre, Houellebecq n’est pas un cynique. Il a ses idéaux, sa propre échelle de valeurs : il s’oppose à l’individualisme comme principe directeur de la société et dénonce la dérive mercantile des relations sociales et humaines. Certains l’accusent d’être contradictoire, parce qu’il est opposé à l’avortement et favorable au clonage. Mais il a ses arguments. <em>“Je me prononce selon des fondements moraux. Tuer, c’est mal, mais reproduire en plusieurs exemplaires, je ne vois pas où est le mal.”</em> Ses ennemis idéologiques ? Aucune hésitation. <em>“Les libertaires et les libéraux. Les libertaires sont des libéraux en puissance. Ils sont capables d’enfanter des êtres particulièrement horribles, comme les satanistes et les écologistes radicaux.”</em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">(1) Xavi Ayén &#8211; La Vanguardia &#8211; 28-10-99</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;"><em>D&#8217;autres extraits doivent être ajoutés</em></span></p>
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<link>http://constructingadventisttheology.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/theism-and-society-jurgen-moltmann-and-michel-houellebecq/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>In my journey as a Christian and student of theology, the one voice who has had the most significant influence on the way that I have thought about theology is Jürgen Moltmann. Earlier this year I read through his book <em>The Trinity and the Kingdom</em>,<a href="#_ftn1">[1]</a> and recently came across something in Michel Houellebecq’s highly controversial novel <em>Platform<a href="#_ftn2">[2]</a></em> that was somewhat similar to something that Moltmann argued, and I think it’s worth sharing and reflecting on.</p>
<p>Moltmann argues that, beyond the many problems in theology and biblical interpretation caused by radical monotheism (he simply calls it ‘monotheism’), the practical significance of the Trinity is that our visions of God are inherently <em>political</em>. Moltmann suggests that our theology (how we conceive of God) determines our sociology (how we order society). He offers an example of how philosophical monotheism and monarchianism are related:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Let me point out at once here that this monotheistic monarchianism was, and is, an uncommonly seductive religious-political ideology. It is the fundamental notion behind the universal and uniform religion: One God – one Logos – one humanity; and in the Roman empire it was bound to seem a persuasive solution for many problems of a multi-national and multi-religious society. The universal ruler in Rome had only to be the image and correspondence of the universal ruler in heaven.&#8221; </em>(p. 131)</p>
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<p>It was in this context that the early Christians developed the doctrine of the Trinity, and this achievement, says Moltmann, is not just theological, but is a great achievement in political theology as well, because “monotheism was, and is, always a ‘political problem’ too” (p. 131). He writes, “Strict monotheism has to be theocratically conceived and implemented, as Islam proves” (p. 131).</p>
<p>Michel Houellebecq offers a very similar critique of monotheism (and Islam). In the novel, the protagonist encounters an Egyptian man while touring the Valley of the Kings who tells him:</p>
<p><em>“The closer a religion comes to monotheism—consider this carefully, </em>cher monsieur—<em>the more cruel and inhuman it becomes; and of all religions, Islam imposes the most radical monotheism. […] Note that Catholicism, a subtle religion, and one that I respect, that well knew what suited human nature, quickly moved away from the monotheism imposed by its initial doctrine. Through the dogma of the Trinity and the cult of the Virgin and the Saints, the recognition of the role played by the powers of darkness, the ingenious invention of the angels, little by little it reconstituted an authentic polytheism. It was only by doing so that it succeeded in covering the earth with numberless artistic splendors. One God! What an absurdity! What an inhuman, murderous absurdity!&#8230; A god of stone, </em>cher monsieur<em>, a jealous, bloody god who should never have crossed over from Sinai”</em> (pp. 179-180).</p>
<p>I have been toying around with both of these perspectives, putting them in conversation. I must admit, Houellebecq does make me uncomfortable (in the above passage and elsewhere). Here is what I have been thinking:</p>
<p>While Adventism does acknowledge the Trinity, as a tradition which interprets Christianity as having far more continuity with Judaism than do most other Christian traditions, I believe that Adventist theology has a ‘functional radical monotheism’ in which the Trinity is more of an abstract idea that has had little impact on the rest of Adventist theology. I believe that this is most readily evident in mainstream Adventist eschatology—a cosmic drama (or great controversy, which is a phrase I truly despise) of divine warfare in which there is a clash of kingdoms and monarchs, Jesus and Satan, Protestants and the Papacy. In all of this, sometimes it is difficult to see how it is that Adventists made any real distinction between the <em>kinds of kingdoms</em> that are clashing. All we have said in the past is that these kingdoms have different laws (love v. selfishness). But perhaps what Moltmann and Houellebecq suggest is correct—that it is only radical monotheism that must be “theocratically conceived and implemented,” and that the Trinity offers something qualitatively different. If this is the case—that the kingdom of the Trinity is not the same as the empire of the ‘One God’—how might Adventism re-envision eschatology? Can we do this and still maintain a prophetic voice?</p>
<hr size="1" /><a href="#_ftnref">[1]</a> Jürgen Moltmann, <em>The Trinity and the Kingdom</em>, trans. Margaret Kohl (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993).</p>
<p><a href="#_ftnref">[2]</a> Michel Houellebecq, <em>Platform</em>, trans. Frank Wynne (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003).</p>
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<link>http://stijnvercamer.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/elementaire-deeltjes-van-michel-houellebecq/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-716" title="michel houellebecq" src="http://stijnvercamer.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/michelhouellebecq.jpg" alt="michel houellebecq" width="200" />Zoals reeds gemeld, is de Germanist in mij heel blij met mijn job-switch die dagelijks minstens anderhalf uur treinreizen inhoudt. Zo kom ik weer aan lezen toe. Gisteren had ik <em>Elementaire Deeltjes</em> van Michel Houellebecq uit. Een boek dat door <a title="griet ducatteeuw" href="http://twitter.com/grietducatteeuw" target="_blank">Griet</a> beschreven werd als &#8216;een depri-ventenboek&#8217;, door <a title="yves kallaert" href="http://twitter.com/yveskallaert" target="_blank">Yves</a> als &#8217;shockerend&#8217;. Om de conclusie al te verklappen, ben ik eerder geneigd mee te gaan in wat Griet zegt.</p>
<p>Over het verhaal ga ik hier niet nog eens helemaal uitweiden, <a title="google" href="http://www.google.be/search?q=elementaire+deeltjes+houellebecq" target="_blank">je vindt het op verschillende websites</a> . Het is een typisch verhaal over de zogezegd amorele jaren &#8216;90, een verhaal zonder hoop. Zelfs in die mate, dat de mens zichzelf vervangt door een geavanceerde versie van zichzelf. Het boek heet daardoor shockerend te zijn. Dat komt ook door een aantal expcliet pornografische en bloederige passages. Wellicht zijn die vaatjes bij mij al helemaal gevuld omdat ik zowat alles heb gelezen van <a title="wikipedia" href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Easton_Ellis" target="_blank">Brett Easton Ellis</a> toen ik student was en de jaren daarna. American Psycho kan bijvoorbeeld tellen, op beide vlakken.</p>
<p>Houellebecq lardeert zijn roman met een hoop wetenschappelijke en filosofische passages. Die zijn vaak onderhoudend, maar meestal was ik ze snel beu en sommigen gingen gewoon diagonaal langs mijn netvlies. Ik vind: je bent ook niet verplicht om te lezen wat je overbodig vindt.</p>
<p>Hoewel ik dus over het algemeen wat ontgoocheld ben na het lezen van het boek, moet ik wel zeggen: onverschillig laat het mij niet. De verhaaltrein van hippies naar extremiteiten, van vrijheid naar totale versmachting, is goed opgebouwd en echt leuk om lezen. Ook doorspekt met wat zwartgallige, maar goede humor. Maar de voorspelbaarheid van een aantal plotwendingen en de bijna belachelijke uitvergrotingen van de hoofdpersonages Bruno en Michel waren er toch teveel aan.</p>
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<link>http://lechevalblanc.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/ce-am-primit-eu-cadou/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<link>http://imatur.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/posibilitatea-unei-insule-michel-houellebecq/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://imatur.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/posibilitatea-unei-insule-michel-houellebecq/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Cuvântul distruge, cuvântul desparte, iar când între un bărbat şi o femeie rămâne doar cuvântul, relaţia se consideră pe drept cuvânt terminată. Când însă este însoţit, îmblânzit şi într-un fel sanctificat de mângâieri, cuvântul însuşi poate dobândi un sens diferit, mai puţin dramatic, dar mai profund, sensul unui contrapunct intelectual detaşat, fără miză imediată, liber.</p>
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<p>Singură noastră şansa de supravieţuire, când eşti sincer îndrăgostit, este să i-o ascunzi femeii iubite, să simulezi detaşarea, în orice împrejurare. Oricum (&#8230;): iubirea te face slab, iar cel mai slab din cuplu este oprimat, torturat şi finalmente ucis de celălalt, care, la rându-i, oprimă, torturează şi ucide fără rea intenţie, fără măcar să simtă plăcere, cu o totală indiferentă; iată ce numesc oamenii, de obicei, iubire.</p>
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<p>- Vezi tu, Daniel, mi-a spus el cu o tristeţe reală, surprinzătoare la el, singurul proiect al omenirii e să se reproducă, să continue specia. Este, în chip evident, un ţel neînsemnat, dar oamenii îl urmăresc cu o tenacitate înfricoşătoare (&#8230;) vor copii, copii asemenatori cu ei, ca să-şi sape propriul mormânt şi să perpetueze condiţiile nefericirii.</p>
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<p><em>The Elevation of Desire as an Alfa-principle</em></p>
<p>The first component of the philosophical system of Houellebecq is what I call <em>Desire as Alfa-principle. </em>To put it brief, this is the belief that the post-modern society of the West is governed by one major social-psychological regime; Desire. An understanding of how Desire control the lives and minds of contemporary human beings one will have to look briefly at the development of this phenomena, what in this essay is called <em>the Elevation of Desire as an Alfa-principle. </em></p>
<p>The post 1945 European society experienced exponential growth and expansion of liberal democracy. This spawned a new level of material wealth which in turn paved the way for the consumer-society of today. As Western Europe did away with authoritarianism and the aesthetics of fascism a new cultural regime was starting to take root. Social and political rights were granted to inhabitants of liberal democracies in parallel with the expansion of the material panorama for all social classes. For the first time ever in European history, there was an abundance of goods available to all through the jurisdiction of the minimum wage.</p>
<p>This development coincided with the demise of collective action in the west. With the rise and spread of liberal democracy came the gradual deconstruction of arenas for collective action such as Nationalism and Religion. With the gradual decline of these arenas for collective action and social identification, the existing paths of individuation were effectively narrowed down. In the perspective of Houellebecq, only one or two would survive. Sexuality and Consumerism.</p>
<p>The rapid evolution of material wealth combined with far reaching social and political rights created expectations of the timely satisfaction of other desires as well. Such as erotic and sexual desires. As Jack L. Abecassis notes: “The law may, for example stipulate minimum wages, but the law cannot guarantee minimum sexual satisfaction.” This planted the seed of sexual frustration in Western European society. Then came the movement of 1968.</p>
<p><em>The Extension of the Domain of Struggle </em></p>
<p>Here we arrive at one of Houellebecq’s most controversial arguments. That the movement of 1968 raised the last wall of separation between the mechanisms of the free market and the private, individual sphere. The Family.</p>
<p>The movement set out to expand the borders of freedom, which at the time was defined by the family and more specific, the father. The paradigm of sexual liberation did not lead to equality between man and woman. And it did not result in increased love, understanding and equality. <em>(once again we return to the illusion of the free will – as a reference to critical theory and the Frankfurt School). </em>Instead, sexuality as a macro-social mechanism was absorbed by the liberalism of the free market. As sexuality was infinitely removed from the sphere of human reproduction it became just another good for sale on the free market. In the words of Houellebecq, the erosion of the family as a social entity meant the: “destruction of the last island of primitive communism in liberal society.”</p>
<p>The erosion of emotional bonds based on kin and blood and the lack of arenas for collective action and social recognition left individuals to fend for themselves in a society based on the principle of value-maximization and the cultural regime of Desire. If we follow Houellebecqs narrative, what we arrive at when enter the post-Soviet era is a society in total lack of transcendence and individuals with the only option of being islands. In short, it is a society of alienation.</p>
<p><em>The Mars-Venus system of social stratification</em></p>
<p>In Houellebecq’s first novel the protagonist finds himself in an asylum after a period of depression which culminates in a suicide attempt. In a discussion with a psychologist the protagonist, Michel, explains his view on the dominant system of social stratification which he calls “The Mars-Venus system.”  <em> </em></p>
<p align="center"><em>“I don’t understand, basically, how people manage to go on living. I get the impression everybody must be unhappy; we live in such a simple world, you understand. There’s a system based on domination, money and fear – a somewhat masculine system, let’s call it Mars; there’s a feminine system based on seduction and sex, Venus let’s say. And that’s it. Is it really possible to live and to believe there’s nothing else? “</em></p>
<p>What the protagonist describes is a society lacking avenues of transcendence, leaving us with two main avenues for individuation. However, the two alternatives are governed by the principle of individual competition and value-maximization. Both systems require winners and losers. The latter being the precondition for the former.</p>
<p>The Mars system is basically analogous to the consumer market, where success equals material wealth and a wide selection of available alternatives of consumption. The liberal democratic welfare state has, to differing national degrees, managed to level the economic differences between the populations to the extent that most people share a guaranteed minimum income. This detailed social-engineering of our lives as individuals and consumers have been executed with our good will and consent. Thus, socio-economic differences in contemporary Western European society is largely a question of <em>habitus</em>. However, what we perceive as acceptable state intervention in the Mars system is seen as unacceptable in the sphere of social- and erotic relations.</p>
<p>The Venus system adopts the same logic of competition, but in the sphere of sexuality and interpersonal relations. We worship what is new and shiny, the young bodies and able libidos. We dismiss what is old and used, the ageing human body and the lack of sexual potency. As Michel, the protagonist in <em>Whatever, </em>concludes: …()…it is what is known as the law of the market.”</p>
<p>An important dimension in Houellebecq’s Mars-Venus system of social differentiation is the role of sexuality and eroticism in a society where, as Vesterlund notes, interpersonal relations has been transferred from the sphere of play to that of work, rationalism and market performance.  The notion of sexuality in Houellebecq’s novels is purely mechanical. The (male) protagonists cannot experience Love. In the post-modern society, sex has once and for all been severed from the sphere of personal relations.</p>
<p>This leads us to Houellebecq’s understanding of the concept of Love. The description of contemporary post-modern society offered by Houellebecq leads to the conclusion that there is no such thing as True Love. What we conceive as love is instead an advanced form of narcissicism which is intrinsically attached to the regime of desire. Love and affection beyond sexual gratification is nothing but a futile attempt at transcendence combined with a desire of possession.  In fact, it is a lack of the ability for commitment that is the most striking analogy between the mechanisms of the free market and the sphere of love and emotion. With brands and products, there can be no such thing as a life-long consumer commitment. There is an abundance of goods on display, and new models that come attached with new and better promises arrive faster than we can discard the old ones. The same mechanisms are at work in love- and sexual relationships. The idea of life-long commitment seems unrealistic, if not foolish given the ever generating flow of young fresh bodies, unplowed land yet to be explored.</p>
<p>The booming market for mail-order brides and sexual tourism is a consequence of this that Houellebecq describes in his weakest <em>roman á these, Platform. </em></p>
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<description><![CDATA[Un cuore in autunno. Su “Carenze di futuro” di Roberto Saporito. L&#8217;ipotesi di trovarsi davanti]]></description>
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<p>L&#8217;ipotesi di trovarsi davanti al proprio futuro come davanti a un abisso non è certo l&#8217;ingrediente migliore con cui si possa affrontare la propria vita. <strong>Roberto Saporito</strong>, scrittore e pittore originario di Alba, più di ventimila copie vendute con i suoi racconti &#8220;Harley-Davidson&#8221; (StampaAlternativa), torna al romanzo con la sua terza prova, dal titolo &#8220;Carenze di futuro” (Zona Editrice) dopo un silenzio di tre anni (Millenovecentosettantasette. Fantasmi armati, Besa Editrice). La crisi economica che imperversa sul nostro pianeta ci ha abituati a osservare in tv le file di ex-banchieri che portano via le loro scatole piene di effetti personali fuori da uffici sui quali non fa in tempo a comparire il cartello di qualche immobiliare che subito il posto viene ceduto a un nuovo inquilino. Ci sono eventi che costringono gli uomini a flettersi su se stessi e ripensarsi. Il protagonista del romanzo di Saporito è un uomo che all&#8217;inizio della sua vicenda decide di fuggire da un presente troppo scomodo, un presente che non lo vuole, fatto di realtà nelle quali si sente stretto, calato come un personaggio che parla la propria lingua in un mondo fatto di attori che vengono doppiati o da comparse che leggono un copione senza essere a capo di una storia. È la storia di un uomo che ha perso tutto, scientemente e dissennatamente. Nel peggiore dei modi. C&#8217;è la moglie che non lo vuole, i figli che lo disdegnano con un po&#8217; di apatia. C&#8217;è l&#8217;amico che lo aiuta a fuggire dai creditori e nello stesso tempo sembra dargli una pugnalata alle spalle. C&#8217;è il compagno di un tempo che ce l&#8217;ha fatta in un altro paese, e che sta lì per ricordare, come se non ce ne fosse bisogno, che un&#8217;altra vita è possibile, se solo il protagonista volesse lavorare trecentosessantacinque giorni all&#8217;anno. C&#8217;è un passato, gli anni settanta tumultuosi e universitari, vissuti a Torino in compagnia di una amante francese, professoressa in facoltà. La bravura dell&#8217;autore sta nel comporre una storia scorrevole, con colpi di scena sapienti, il tutto senza lasciare spazio a nulla di scontato. Il protagonista dopo avere infilato una sequela di colpi andati a male decide che è meglio andarsene. Il lettore benevolo vorrebbe che il cerchio si chiudesse, che la professoressa tornasse indietro, che il passato confortevole del ricordo facesse nuovamente capolino dalla finestra di una mansarda, come un raggio di sole che fende la nebbia. Tornare indietro è difficile, quasi impossibile. Impossibile come andare a Parigi in bicicletta, che detto così suona improbabile ma che a esserci, nel “qui e ora” di una fuga irredimibile, suona quasi come una speranza. Nulla succede a caso in questo romanzo che è un po&#8217; noir e un po&#8217; commedia, dove riecheggiano alcune scene e inseguimenti <em>a là </em>Besson e allo stesso tempo il lettore viene vorticato nei paraggi bui di un labirinto con la consapevolezza che sa avere solo chi decide di abbandonarsi al flusso degli eventi, come una chiatta su un fiume. Sembra di trovarsi nel video di una delle canzoni (una delle più belle) citate dal protagonista, quella “Sabrina” degli Einstürzende Neubauten, dove un novello Minotauro piange allo specchio, perso nel cesso di un labirinto post-moderno. Nella prosa di Roberto Saporito i riferimenti a Houellebecq sono mitigati dal calore delle atmosfere autunnali e dalla morale ingenua del protagonista, che solo dopo essere stato vittima di diverse peripezie, decide finalmente per il &#8216;<em>proprio</em>&#8216; meglio. A prescindere che questo esito sia più o meno vicino a ciò che il mondo considera utile. Una prova matura, degna e misurata come accade di rado.</p>
<p>&#8220;<strong>Carenze di futuro</strong>&#8220;, Roberto Saporito, Zona Editrice, € 12,00, 9788864380261</p>
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<p>“Carenze di futuro”, in libreria dal 22 settembre del 2009, verrà presentato domenica 11 ottobre 2009 al <strong>Pisa Book Festiva</strong>l (Palazzo dei Congressi di Pisa) alle ore 14.00 presso la Sala Arancio.</p>
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<dc:creator>benjaminemmanuel</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Den zweiten Arbeitstag am Staatsballett gut überstanden. Ist wirklich interessant, von allem was dab]]></description>
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<p>Den zweiten Arbeitstag am Staatsballett gut überstanden. Ist wirklich interessant, von allem was dabei sozusagen. Sonst ist irgendwie nicht allzu viel los. Zu hause um das kranke Mädchen kümmern, mal &#8216;nen Film gucken oder ein wenig kochen. Der Speiseplan für die nächste Woche steht auch schon zur Hälfte fest.</p>
<p>Wenigstens gibt es gute Literatur. Wie im Moment für mich Michel Houellebecq&#8217;s &#8220;Gegen die Welt, gegen das Leben&#8221;, ein Essay über H.P. Lovecraft, mit dem ich mich nach dieser Lektüre wohl definitiv mal näher beschäftigen sollte.</p>
<p>Danach? Vielleicht Beigbeder&#8217;s romantischer Egoist. Mal sehen.</p>
<p>Gute neue Filme wären auch mal eine echt tolle Sache, also wer irgendwelche Tipps für mich hat, was das angeht, soll bitte nicht zögern diese hier in einem Kommentar zu hinterlassen.</p>
<p>Von Kitsch bis Grusel &#8211; hauptsache gut.</p>
<p>Hiermit verabschiede ich mich auch schon wieder und gehe zurück <span style="text-decoration:line-through;">an die Arbeit</span> in die Küche. Ein wenig was ist ja auch noch zu tun.</p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>joputa</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Cuando los ruidos que habitan dentro de mi cabeza se hacen insoportables y el viento deja de soplar ]]></description>
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<p>Cuando los ruidos que habitan dentro de mi cabeza se hacen insoportables y el viento deja de soplar entre mis sesos, entonces no tengo más remedio que atravesar la frontera norte y perderme por la tierra de los locos galos. Todos los años he de reprimir esos instintos homicidas que siento hacia los humanos que viven a mi alrededor al sur de los Pirineos, ante los que experimento profundas nauseas y al mismo tiempo un extraño apego. Sueño con reunirlos a todos en un recinto herméticamente cerrado en el que se ofrezca un concierto de “El canto del loco” más “Pereza” ambos taloneando a la insufrible Madonna (ofrecido por el módico precio de 200 euros) y, cuando todos estén disfrutando, enchufar a saco por el techo mangueras de gas Zyklon B. Si Adolf Eichman levantara la cabeza sobre su tumba haríamos seguramente buenas migas. Al regreso de esas incursiones por tierras extrañas pero nada inhóspitas, las ganas de asesinar al personal suelen desaparecer debido a la inexplicable añoranza que siento hacia la infecta cloaca madrileña, un lugar donde mis profundas raíces se van pudriendo, inexorablemente, con el paso del tiempo. Mi espacio tiempo se curva para empujarme siempre hacia el fondo de este país de pandereta. Esta temporada, sin embargo, mi mente no echaba de menos Madrid, no tenía ni puta gana de retornar a sus rutinas. Pero ya soy un viejo leño, me he dado cuenta de que mis piernas no pueden huir ni muy lejos ni lo suficientemente rápido, ya no puedo saltar como cuando era un joven cabrón, ni marcharme lejos de mi cueva indefinidamente. Todas las mañanas, por obra y gracia de mi tendón de Aquiles ya para siempre inflamado, sufro los rigores del reuma, lo que me hace parecer al caminar el pato Donald persiguiendo a sus tres sobrinetes por el prado.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-640" title="vienne" src="http://supersucker.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/vienne.jpg" alt="vienne" width="250" height="333" />La crisis, la puta crisis. Yo pretendía que, imitando a Zhukov y Konev, traspasásemos las líneas defensivas  del Oder y el Spree en sentido inverso, mas nuestras carencias monetarias nos obligaron sólo aproximarnos tangencial y cobardemente a los dominios del imperio Merkel-teutón. Me imaginaba a mí mismo como a Varo, suicidándome en mitad de un bosque incógnito a merced de las hordas Queruscas a las orillas del Elba. No me extraña que el noble Sexto Quintilio se aplicase su particular <em>hara-kiri</em> tras conocer a tan germánicas y cuadriculadas tribus. Los alemanes tienen por costumbre levantarse a las seis de la mañana entonando palabras indescifrables a voz en grito. Luego se retiran a sus moradas, como las ánimas del purgatorio, a las nueve de la noche, exigiendo al resto de los mortales que guarden el cumplido respeto a su descanso. Además, parecen no haber conocido el noble arte de manejar la escobilla del water. Yo en esa cuestión soy una mezcla entre D´Artagnan y Saint Fris; agito ese palo maloliente de pelos rugosos con la hábil saña con la que el Cid blandía la Colada. Las heces huyen la verme, atemorizadas ante mi diestra mano y mi amenazador paquete de toallitas perfumadas para culo de bebé. Ese sí que es un invento, y no la bombilla del plagiador  Edison. Los germanos, a diferencia de los galos, no dan nunca los buenos días, tienen en común con los españoles el parecer estúpidos congénitos cuando acaban de levantarse de la cama.</p>
<p><a href="http://supersucker.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/lehman2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-641" title="lehman2" src="http://supersucker.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/lehman2.jpg" alt="lehman2" width="250" height="188" /></a>Saint Fris, sobrino putativo de Charles Martel, murió a las afueras de Bassoues defendiendo a los suyos de los moros, que huían a la carrera de la ira que había desatado el tío de éste en Poitiers. Cuán nobles dinastías Carolingias, Merovingias, Francas o como coño quisieran llamarse. Más tarde llegaron allí los Borbones, y plantaron kilómetros de plátanos de sombra junto a los caminos y a la entrada de sus palacios. Estos árboles aún crecen enormes por allí. Aquí los cortaron por seguridad vial, para evitar que los jóvenes ebrios que acudían a las fiestas de los pueblos perdieran sus sucias vidas en sus coches al chocar con ellos. Aquí el Borbón cada día se parece más a Hiro Hito, posando junto a Zapatero como si este fuera el general Tojo. El emperador sociata reina, pero no gobierna, y todos sus correligionarios le dirían que viste maravillosamente aunque anduviera desnudo por la Gran Vía rumbo al templo esnob Cándido a comerse unos huevos fritos ultracaros. El país está en pelotas, pero Zapatero tiene a su Yamashita particular, Leire Pajín, la tigresa de Malasia-Benidorm, que entona loas fantásticas a su jefe sin pudor. Pero no insultemos con comparaciones a Yamashita, el héroe de Singapur; él lucía una amenazadora cara de limón, no la faz con similitudes porcinas de la Pajín, esa protagonista de la canción del verano 2009, que reza en su estribillo lo siguiente: “¿quién detiene en Benidorm palomas al vuelo, volando a ras de suelo, Pajín contra Pajín?”.</p>
<p>Un ecuatoriano golpea ligeramente la cicatriz de mi talón con su cesta del supermercado en la cola de pagar del DIA (ahorro y calidad). Tengo que ir recuperando la mirada del “si me tocas te mato”, hay que seguir luchando en el fango. Una pareja yonquis supervivientes pagan a la cajera un litro de leche y uno de cerveza con monedas de cinco y diez céntimos mientras discuten en un extraño dialecto callejero del castellano. Cuando me toca a mí soltar la pasta la anciana que va delante trata de hurtarme, con sibilino y voluntario despiste, la bolsa de plástico de pago. “Uy hijo, no me daba cuenta de que era tuya”. En el túnel M-30, un ALSA rumbo a quién sabe dónde me adelanta por la derecha a noventa por hora. Cuando le doy caza no tengo más remedio que putearle obligándole a circular a sesenta hasta que me desvío. Freno cuando se pega a mi culo,  acelero cuando se queda casi parado detrás, la gasolina sigue pudiendo al diesel en el sprint corto, como Usain Bolt con Tyson Gay. Me despido del noble conductor de autobuses sacando la mano por la ventanilla para agitarla diciéndole adiós. Esto es vida, qué maravilla, <em>welcome to the jungle</em>. Afortunadamente nos quedan los negratas cubanos exiliados que afilan sus trompetas y pianos en los bares. Gracias Román Feliu, gracias hermanos Vistel, gracias al Negrón, gracias Manuel Machado, gracias Moisés Porro, gracias Ivan Lewis, gracias Yelsy Heredia, gracias…</p>
<p><a href="http://supersucker.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/lehman.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-642" title="lehman" src="http://supersucker.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/lehman.jpg" alt="lehman" width="250" height="333" /></a>La gente ha sacado del armario tupidos jerséis y chaquetas de invierno cuando esta mañana un ligero aire fresco otoñal ha invadido las calles del foro haciendo descender la temperatura desde los treinta y cinco grados hasta veinticinco. ¿Por qué no siento nunca frío? ¿Fecundó a mi madre un extraterrestre de Urano a modo de espíritu santo? Por las noches sueño que conduzco después del ocaso por la orilla del lago Lehman, con la mano izquierda fuera de la ventanilla, palpando el aire fresco. La fase REM me transporta  bajo el arquete de entrada a Lugrin, oníricamente me meto a dormir en mi catre de campaña y un erizo me despierta al hurgar en mi bolsa de basura. Apestoso despertar a la realidad rutinaria. Me refugio en Beevor, pero “Berlín” y “Stalingrado” no saben igual cuando no estoy de viaje. En la biblioteca sólo quedan libres los libros de Houellebecq. Cómo te echo de menos, sweet Jane&#8230;</p>
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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lechevalblanc</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Frate, ce mă enervează cînd mi se întîmplă să citesc romane la care mi-e extraordinar de clar că cev]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[J'écoute France Culture]]></title>
<link>http://baroqueetfatigue.wordpress.com/2009/09/05/jecoute-france-culture/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ah, ça faisait longtemps. Daniel Lindenberg est invité. J&#8217;ai lu son bouquin il y a un certain ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Ah, ça faisait longtemps. Daniel Lindenberg est invité. J&#8217;ai lu son bouquin il y a un certain temps, peu importe, je ne compte pas le discuter, il n&#8217;en vaut pas la peine.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Le problème se situe en effet en-deçà : le livre qui, je crois, a suscité le plus de débat dans le microcosme intellectuel français depuis le début du XXIe siècle (<em>Le Rappel à l&#8217;ordre, etc.</em>) est un espèce de pamphlet décousu qui met dans le même sac Alain Badiou, Marcel Gauchet et Michel Houellebecq. Entre autres. Vous voyez ces trois noms. Comment peut-on imaginer une quelconque connivence intellectuelle, une quelconque parenté entre eux, à moins d&#8217;être complètement fracassé ? Et sept ans après, on invite à nouveau le gugusse sur une radio publique, pour d&#8217;ailleurs redire exactement la même chose, mais c&#8217;est encore plus décousu, le bougre étant hélas encore plus mauvais à l&#8217;oral qu&#8217;à l&#8217;écrit. Un livre qui se résume à &#8220;les gens que je n&#8217;aime pas sont méchants, et certains complotent entre eux pour détruire tout ce que j&#8217;aime&#8221;. Sommet de notre vie intellectuelle. Bordel. Rendez-nous les années trente.</p>
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<link>http://infogratiss.wordpress.com/2009/09/02/%c2%bfquieres-ser-mi-perro/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adriana Degetau</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[No importa cuan feo, miserable, perverso, deformado o estúpido seas. Tu perro te quiere. Es su condi]]></description>
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<p>No importa cuan feo, miserable, perverso, deformado o estúpido seas.<br />
Tu perro te quiere. Es su condición, su pobre condición.</p>
<p>Iggy Pop dice algo sabio <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/28463528/review/28811874/preliminaires">en su reciente disco</a> y titula su canción: A Machine For Loving.</p>
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<p>Love is simple to define<br />
But it seldom happens in the series of beings<br />
Through these dogs we pay homage to love<br />
And to its possibility.</p>
<p>What is a dog but a machine for loving<br />
You introduce him to a human being,<br />
Giving him the mission to love<br />
And however ugly, perverse, deformed or stupid<br />
This human being might be<br />
The dog loves him.<br />
The dog loves him.</p>
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<link>http://jannesr.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/houellebecq-hannover-und-hakenkreuzbuch/</link>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Ich hob ein kleines Loch im Sand aus, um die beiden Bücher darin zu vergraben; das Problem wa]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><blockquote><p>&#8220;Ich hob ein kleines Loch im Sand aus, um die beiden Bücher darin zu vergraben; das Problem war jetzt nur, daß ich etwas zu lesen finden mußte. Leben ohne zu lesen ist gefährlich, weil man sich mit dem Leben begnügen muß, das kann dann dazu führen,  daß man Risiken eingeht&#8221;</p>
<p>(Michel in <em>Platttform</em>)</p></blockquote>
<p>Mit schwerem, dem Vorabend geschuldeten, Kopf war ich eines Morgens/Mittags-wasauchimmer versucht, den geliehenen<em> Houellebecq </em>&#8220;Die Möglichkeit einer Insel&#8221; gewaltsam aus dem Bett in die Ecke zu schleudern, ebenso wie es <em>Michel</em> in <em>Plattform</em> mit einem Reiseführer tut, der ihm Prostitution in Thailand als unmoralisch vorführt. &#8220;Die Möglichkeit einer Insel&#8221; war mein dritter Roman, und nach 300 von 500 Seiten dieses Houellebecqs erkannte ich: Totaler Mist, nie mehr Houellebecq, zu pornografisch, immer das gleiche! <em>Mein letzter Houellebecq 4ever!</em></p>
<p>Vor einer Woche geschah es dann hier in Hannover auf dem &#8220;migrationshintergrundsgeprägten&#8221; Engelsbosteler Damm, dass mir ein großes <strong>Hakenkreuz </strong>auf einem fleddrigen Buch ins Auge sticht. Das Buch war von 1923, altdeutsche Schrift.</p>
<p>Das Antiquariat (Name: Irgendwas mit &#8220;Internationale&#8221;?) war mir schon vorher aufgrund der kommunistischen Symbolik über ihrer Eingangstür aufgefallen. Und weil sie einen Kunstfolianten des Künstlerpaars Gilbert&#38;George im Schaufenster hatten. Diese Künstler verwenden ihre Exkremente&#38;andere Körpersäfte in ihren Bildern; in der <em>Tate Modern </em>vor zwei Jahren war mit der Eintritt dann doch selbst diese künstlerische Sensation den Eintritt nicht wert&#8230; <img class="alignright" title="Gilbert George" src="http://www.ecbloguer.com/letrasanonimas/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/gilbert-george-gink.jpg" alt="" width="281" height="186" /></p>
<p><em>OK, back to Hannover: </em>Hakenkreuzbuch, Kommunismussymbolik, Exkrementkunst-Foliant &#8212; also drei interessante Widersprüche, und guter Grund, das Antiquariat mal zu betreten. Es war wie in Walter Moers &#8220;Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher&#8221;: Die Bücherhaufen nahmen eine organische Struktur an, die Regale waren zwar kategorisiert, aber davor bildeteten sich Büchertürme, und man musste aufpassen, mit seiner minimal-Tasche die maximal Bücherhaufen die sich hier und da breit machten nicht umzustoßen. Hätte nur noch das Bücherphantom aus Moer&#8217;s Buch gefehlt, aber da war nur der Antiquariarist (heißt das so?) am Notebook und aus der Ecke mit den Kunstfolianten drangen französische Stimmen.</p>
<p>Und da sprang mir doch gleich ein Houellebecq ins Auge:<em> Plattform</em>. Sonderausgabe, Neu, 5 Euro, hübsches Hardcover &#8220;Einmalige Erfolgsaugabe anlässlich zu <em>Die Möglichkeit einer Insel</em>&#8220;. Ich warf meine Vorsätze über Bord, kaufte das Ding, denn ich warf mich schon beim Lesen der Plattheit des Klappentextes wieder weg:  &#8220;Michel und Valérie wollen die verlorene  Liebensfähigkeit des Westens in neuartigen Ferienclubs organisieren&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Jetzt lese ich wieder Houellebecq und habe ihn nach einer Empfehlpause wieder zweimal empfohlen (Standardreaktion: <em>Kannste mir sagen wie man dieses Houellebecq schreibt??</em>?).</p>
<p>Die Bücher, die im Eingangszitat verbudelt werden sind übrigens &#8220;Die Firma&#8221; und ein anderer amerikanischer Thriller. Bücher, die gemeinhin als nichtliterarisch und <em>action/fiction</em> bezeichnet werden. Billiger<em> suspense</em>, für die Leinwand geschrieben, <em>Tom Cruise auf dem Leib geschrieben </em>&#8211; sagt <em>Michel</em> treffend in Plattform. Aber Houellebecq, das ist pure Literatur, die schockiert und ein gesamtpornografisches Kunstwerk ist. Literatur, die trotz der pornografischen Elemente noch Form und Aussage hat &#8212; im Gegensatz zu <em>Feuchtgebiete</em>.</p>
<p>Ich gebe die Empfehlung also auch gerne auf diesem Blog weiter &#8212; ohne Scham, denn ich schäme mich eher für meine <em>Dan Brown</em>-Lektüre, denn für die mutige  Houellebecq-Lektüre. Masochismus schlägt Primitivität!</p>
<p>Bitte: <em>Elementarteilchen</em> lesen, nicht kucken (&#8230;trotz Moritz Bleibtreu). <em>Feuchtgebiete</em> im Sand verbuddeln, <em>Plattform</em> stattdessen ausgraben. Das Antiquariat in der Nähe der Christuskirche hat übrigens noch ein paar Houellebecqs, also hin da! Und grüßt mir <em>Mechthild von Mythenmetz oder das Bücherphantom</em>, wenn ihr sie da trifft&#8230;</p>
<p>Links:</p>
<p><a href="http://homepage.mac.com/michelhouellebecq/Menu23.html" target="_blank">Michel Houellebecq&#8217;s ungepflegter, veralteter Blog</a></p>
<p>Und der wenig versprechende &#8220;Die Möglichkeit einer Insel&#8221;-Trailer</p>
<p><em><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Kdfb_5Q8D0Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Kdfb_5Q8D0Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Seit acht Uhr nichts als Grausamkeiten... J'ai peur.]]></title>
<link>http://einstichspuren.wordpress.com/2009/08/14/seit-acht-uhr-nichts-als-grausamkeiten/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Es passiert (mir) nicht oft, dass ich ein Gedicht finde, von dem ich gar nicht fassen kann, es gefun]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Es passiert (mir) nicht oft, dass ich ein Gedicht finde, von dem ich gar nicht fassen kann, es gefunden zu haben, und nicht weiß, ob ich jubeln oder heulen oder aufgeben soll.</p>
<p><strong>Von Michel Houellebecq</strong></p>
<blockquote><p>Die Nachrichten vermischen sich wie Nadeln</p>
<p>In mein Gehirn geschüttet</p>
<p>Von der blinden Hand des Sprechers;</p>
<p>Ich habe Angst.</p>
<p>Seit acht Uhr nichts als Grausamkeiten</p>
<p>In meinem Apparat;</p>
<p>Sehr weit oben strahlt die Sonne.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Der Himmel ist leicht grün,</p>
<p>Wie Schwimmbadbeleuchtung;</p>
<p>Der Kaffee ist bitter,</p>
<p>Überall wird gemordet;</p>
<p>Der Himmel beleuchtet nur noch Ruinen.#</p></blockquote>
<p>Und hier das Original für alle Frankophonen bzw. -philen</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Les informations se mélangent comme des aiguilles</em></p>
<p><em>Versées dans ma cervelle</em></p>
<p><em> Par la main aveugle du commentateur ;</em></p>
<p><em> J´ai peur</em></p>
<p><em>Depuis huit heures, les déclarations cruelles</em></p>
<p><em>Se succèdent dans mon récepteur ;</em></p>
<p><em>Très haut, le soleil brille.</em></p>
<p><em> </em></p>
<p><em> Le ciel est légèrement vert,</em></p>
<p><em> Comme un éclairage de pscine ;</em></p>
<p><em>Le café est amer,</em></p>
<p><em> Partout on assassine ;</em></p>
<p><em>Le ciel n´éclaire plus que des ruines.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Aus: M. Houellebecq: &#8220;<a href="http://www.amazon.de/Wiedergeburt-Michel-Houellebecq/dp/3499231700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=books&#38;qid=1250275771&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank">Wiedergeburt. Gedichte</a>&#8220;. Französisch-Deutsche Ausgabe. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pagine Nascoste, 5a edizione | Festivaletteratura 2009]]></title>
<link>http://sergiofant.wordpress.com/2009/08/02/paginenascoste5/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mai come in questa quinta edizione il programma di film documentari proposti da Pagine Nascoste spaz]]></description>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Mai come in questa quinta edizione il programma di film documentari proposti da Pagine Nascoste spazia oltre i confini della letteratura verso altre discipline, ribadendo la vocazione della rassegna a fare dello schermo cinematografico lo spazio dove maturano originali commistioni tra parole e immagini. Per la prima volta saranno protagonisti il fumetto, con la biografia rivelatrice del creatore dei Peanuts Charles Schulz, la filosofia contemporanea con gli otto intellettuali di <em>Examined Life</em>, e perfino la semiotica con il sorprendente film dedicato a Juri Lotman. Ma non mancano la musica rock, che in <em>We Are Wizard </em>diventa imprevedibile forma di espressione del culto underground di Harry Potter, il cinema, con il quale vediamo cimentarsi Michel Houellebecq in <em>Last Words</em>, e la poesia, che fornisce il materiale ideale per i due film più ispirati di quest’anno: <em>Possibili rapporti </em>e <em>Boris Ryzhy</em>. Ancora una volta, infine, la produzione documentaria internazionale recente offre imperdibili lavori su grandi autori, e precisamente su Amos Oz, Herman Melville, Aldous Huxley e Bertolt Brecht.</p>
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La 13a edizione di Festivaletteratura si svolge a Mantova dal 9 al 13 settembre 2009. Tutte le proiezioni di Pagine Nascoste saranno ospitate dal </span></span></em><span style="color:#000000;"><em><a href="http://www.cinecitymantova.it/ariston/dovesiamoariston.html" target="_blank">Cinema Teatro Ariston</a>, via Principe Amedeo 20, in pieno centro storico. Programma completo del festival e tutte le informazioni pratiche sul <a href="http://www.festivaletteratura.it/" target="_blank">sito ufficiale</a> di Festivaletteratura</em><a href="http://www.festivaletteratura.it/" target="_blank"><br />
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I film in programma</strong></span></p>
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AMOS OZ &#8211; THE NATURE OF DREAMS<em><br />
</em></strong>di Yonathan e Masha Zur &#124; Israele, 2009 &#124; 86’<em><br />
Anteprima italiana</em><span style="color:#808080;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br />
&#62;</span></strong> Mercoledì 9/9, ore 20.30; Sabato 12/9, ore 18.15<br />
<img class="alignleft" src="http://www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au/assets/2009films/90122/medium/amos_oz_3.jpg" alt="" width="264" height="176" /></span>Nell&#8217;anno del suo settantesimo compleanno, questo ritratto di Amos Oz ripercorre le tracce della sua autobiografia <em>Una storia di amore e di tenebra</em>, e lo segue in due difficili anni di impegno per la pace in Medio Oriente e la soluzione del conflitto Israeliano-Palestinese. Oltre a documentare momenti pubblici come conferenze ed incontri tra New York, Austria e Germania, i giovani registi hanno avuto accesso a preziosi momenti della vita privata di Oz, e proprio nell&#8217;intimo della sua casa, o visitando i luoghi della sua infanzia, emergono le riflessioni più spontanee, i ricordi più commossi.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>BORIS RYZHY<br />
</strong>di Aliona van der Horst &#124; Paesi Bassi, 2008 &#124; 59’<em><br />
Anteprima italiana<br />
</em><span style="color:#808080;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">&#62;</span></strong></span> <span style="color:#808080;">Giovedì 10/9, ore 14.30; Venerdì 11/9, ore 18.30<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.hollandfilm.nl/images/stills/boris.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="150" />Il poeta russo Boris Ryzhy era affascinante, talentuoso ed aveva raggiunto la fama letteraria. Perché si tolse la vita a soli 26 anni? La ricerca di una risposta conduce la regista nei sobborghi malfamati della fredda città industriale di Yekaterinenburg, dove Ryzhy nacque e visse. Attraverso conversazioni con familiari ed amici si compone un intenso ritratto del poeta, insieme a quello della generazione cresciuta nell&#8217;illusione della Perestroika, cui diede una voce. Ryzhy cercò di trasformare dolori ed orrori nella grazia delle sue poesie, che ascoltiamo dalla sua stessa voce in vecchie registrazioni, accompagnate sullo schermo dalle immagini dei suoi soggetti e del suo mondo.<span style="color:#808080;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br />
&#62;</span></strong><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"> </span></strong></span><a href="http://www.borisryzhy.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;">Sito ufficiale</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><br />
&#62;</strong></span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql3gkWrFkow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;">Trailer @ YouTube</span></a></p>
<p><strong>EXAMINED LIFE<br />
</strong>di Astra Taylor &#124; Canada, 2008 &#124; 87’<br />
<em>Anteprima italiana<br />
</em><span style="color:#808080;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">&#62; </span></strong></span><span style="color:#808080;">Giovedì 10/9, ore 22.30; Sabato 12/9, ore 16.15<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://images.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/02/26/examined_life/story.jpg" alt="" width="268" height="155" />Un documentario che affronta in modo originale e coinvolgente un ambito apparentemente lontano ed ostico come quello della filosofia contemporanea. La regista ha portato otto dei più influenti filosofi in attività fuori dalle aule accademiche, per ascoltarli esporre fondamenti e suggestioni della loro ricerca intellettuale nel mondo reale, in luoghi e contesti particolarmente significativi per il loro pensiero. I magnifici otto sono Cornel West, Avital Ronell, Peter Singer, Kwarne Anthony Appiah, Martha Nussbaum, Michael Hardt, Judith Butler e l&#8217;ormai immancabile Slavoj Zizek: dopo <em>Zizek!</em> (sempre diretto da Astra Taylor) e <em>The Pervert&#8217;s Guide to Cinema</em> per la terza volta sugli schermi di Festivaletteratura.<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><br />
&#62;</strong></span> <a href="http://www3.nfb.ca/webextension/examined-life/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;">Sito ufficiale</span></a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><br />
&#62; </strong></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zwmum5_ofU" target="_blank">Trailer US @ YouTube</a></p>
<p><strong>GOOD OL’ CHARLES SCHULZ<br />
</strong>di David Van Taylor &#124; Stati Uniti, 2007 &#124; 90’<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><br />
&#62; </strong></span><span style="color:#808080;">Giovedì 10/9, ore 20.30; Sabato 12/9, ore 14.15<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.indyweek.com/binary/a1c9/good-ol.cb_on_bench.gif" alt="" width="240" height="192" />Documentario definitivo sull&#8217;autore dei Peanuts, con straordinari materiali tra cui rare interviste televisive, gli <em>home movies</em> di famiglia e le testimonianze di figli, amici e delle persone che ispirarono i personaggi della serie (tra cui la vera “ragazzina dai capelli rossi”!). Un ritratto toccante della personalità contrastata di Schulz, dalla prima apparizione dei Peanuts nel 1950 all&#8217;ultima striscia dell&#8217;ottobre 2000, disegnata il giorno della sua morte. Un totale di 17.897 strisce che, oltre a narrare le vicende di Linus, Charlie Brown, Snoopy &#38; Co., svelano con impressionante sincerità anche la sofferta esistenza di Schulz, come hanno scoperto i suoi biografi, e come ci racconta questo film, imperdibile per tutti gli appassionati.<br />
<span style="color:#808080;"><em>In collaborazione con <a href="http://www.bilbolbul.net/" target="_blank">BilBolBul &#8211; Festival internazionale di fumetto</a><br />
</em></span><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62; </strong></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArIweInpOvc" target="_blank">Trailer @ YouTube</a><br />
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<p><strong>THE HUNT FOR MOBY DICK<br />
</strong>di Adam Low &#124; Gran Bretagna, 2008 &#124; 84’<br />
<em>Anteprima italiana<br />
</em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62; </strong></span><span style="color:#808080;">Mercoledì 9/9, ore 18.00; Venerdì 11/9, ore 20.30<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/images/episode/b00dqfk8_512_288.jpg" alt="" width="246" height="138" />Philip Hoare, scrittore da sempre appassionato del fenomeno e del mito dei grandi cetacei, ripercorre la vicenda dell’immortale capolavoro di Herman Melville, in un viaggio tra i porti toccati dal Pequod, accompagnato da estratti di <em>Moby Dick</em> e della biografia del grande scrittore americano. Un lavoro di oltre quattro anni, tra due continenti e tre oceani, per esplorare il nostro rapporto con la Natura attraverso la figura della balena e il perenne fascino che esercita sull&#8217;uomo, e per rileggere in chiave contemporanea la folle caccia del capitano Achab. Il libro <em>Leviathan, or The Whale</em>, risultato della ricerca di Hoare sulle tracce di Melville, ha vinto il Samuel Johnson Prize 2009, il più prestigioso premio letterario inglese per la saggistica.<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><br />
</strong><em><span style="color:#808080;">Saranno presenti il regista Adam Low e il protagonista Philip Hoare</span></em><strong><br />
&#62; </strong></span><a href="http://www.thehuntformobydick.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;">Sito ufficiale</span></a></p>
<p><strong>HUXLEY ON HUXLEY</strong><br />
di Mary Anne Braubach &#124; Stati Uniti, 2008 &#124; 58’<br />
<em>Anteprima italiana<br />
</em><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">&#62; </span></strong><span style="color:#808080;">Mercoledì 9/9, ore 22.30; Sabato 12/9, ore 10.30<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://enroute.aircanada.com/files/entertainment/tv_shows/huxleyonhuxley.jpg" alt="" width="183" height="110" />Nata a Torino nel 1911, la violinista italiana Laura Archera si trasferì negli USA durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale. Lì abbandonò la carriera musicale per diventare psicologa, e nel 1956 sposò Aldous Huxley, l&#8217;autore di <em>Il mondo nuovo</em> e <em>Le porte della percezione</em>. La loro casa di Hollywood divenne un ritrovo dell&#8217;avanguardia intellettuale di Los Angeles, ed insieme affrontarono l&#8217;esplorazione di livelli alterati di coscienza e la controversa, ma fondamentale per l&#8217;opera di Huxley, sperimentazione di sostanze psichedeliche. La loro relazione umana e creativa restò intensa fino alla scomparsa dello scrittore nel 1963. Laura continuò a scrivere e tenere seminari fino alla sua morte nel dicembre 2007, all&#8217;età di 96 anni.</p>
<p><strong>LAST WORDS<br />
</strong>di Erik Lieshout, Arno Hagers e Reinier van Brummelen &#124;Paesi Bassi, 2008 &#124; 59’<br />
<em>Anteprima italiana<br />
</em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62; </strong></span><span style="color:#808080;">Venerdì 11/9, ore 22.30; Domenica 13/9, ore 12.00<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.doku-arts.com/img/2008/filme/Houellebecq_01.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="163" />Michel Houellebecq, l’autore di <em>Le particelle elementari</em>, già in passato si era cimentato nella regia, ma l&#8217;adattamento del suo stesso <em>La possibilità di un’isola</em>, presentato al festival di Locarno 2008 con risultati controversi, è stato il suo primo vero lungometraggio. Questo documentario potente e visionario, realizzato sul set e durante la produzione del film, ma tutt&#8217;altro che un banale <em>making of</em>, si confronta con la figura complessa ed affascinante di uno scrittore che nel cinema cerca un nuovo modo per esprimere aspetti inediti della propria personalità e visione del mondo. Iggy Pop, ammiratore e a sua volta idolo di Houellebecq, ha contribuito alla colonna sonora di <em>Last Words</em> con sette brani realizzati appositamente.</p>
<p><strong>LOTMAN&#8217;S WORLD<br />
</strong>di Agne Nelk &#124; Estonia, 2008 &#124; 56’<em><br />
Anteprima italiana<br />
</em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62; </strong></span><span style="color:#808080;">Venerdì 11/9, ore 17.00; Domenica 13/9, ore 10.30<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://kultuuriaken.tartu.ee/pildid/s1247577774.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="160" />In quattro edizioni di Pagine Nascoste abbiamo mostrato film che affrontano diversi aspetti  della letteratura, ma non era ancora capitato un film che avesse a che fare con la semiologia! Con il suo uso originale dell&#8217;animazione questo sorprendente documentario sul padre degli studi semiotici Juri Lotman riesce ad introdurci alla sua figura e ad illustrarne il pensiero, rendendo godibili ed appassionanti concetti che hanno fatto patire generazioni di studenti. L&#8217;immaginazione e la curiosità di Lotman gli permettevano di spaziare dalla letteratura russa, di cui fu raffinato studioso, alla interpretazione semiotica dell&#8217;intero universo. Tra i colleghi e gli allievi che lo ricordano, rappresentati come cavalieri della tavola rotonda, anche Umberto Eco.<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62; </strong></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44lDqhUKofs" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;">Trailer @ YouTube</span></a></p>
<p><strong>POSSIBILI RAPPORTI. DUE POETI, DUE VOCI<br />
</strong>di Nelo Risi &#124; Italia, 2008 &#124; 52’<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><br />
&#62;</strong></span> <span style="color:#808080;">Giovedì 10/9, ore 18.00; Sabato 12/9, ore 12.00<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://www.vivofilm.it/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ante_215.jpg" alt="" width="236" height="115" />Nelo Risi, classe 1920, poeta ed autore di decine di reportage e documentari, torna alla regia dopo quasi vent’anni per incontrare il maggior poeta italiano contemporaneo: Andrea Zanzotto. Il loro incontro assume all’inizio quasi i tratti di uno scontro. Zanzotto è silenzioso, mentre Risi si mette in gioco, si scopre, cerca di stanare l&#8217;amico. I due hanno attraversato quasi un secolo, sono stati testimoni e attori di una società che si è completamente trasformata, hanno vissuto crisi e svolte ideologiche. Guardandosi in faccia, passeggiando insieme, esprimono le reciproche visioni del mondo e dialogano sulla poesia, sull’arte, sul cinema, sulla memoria, sulla morte, ma soprattutto sul futuro e sulla vita.<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62; </strong></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SvVZo6YXzU" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;">Trailer @ YouTube</span></a></p>
<p><strong>THEATER OF WAR<br />
</strong>di John W. Walter &#124; Stati Uniti, 2008 &#124; 95’<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;"><br />
&#62;</span></strong> <span style="color:#808080;">Giovedì 10/9, ore 16.00; Sabato 12/9, ore 20.30<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://media.decider.com/assets/images/media/movie/5283/theater_of_war_png_595x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="137" />Estate 2006, Meryl Streep si prende una pausa dal cinema per interpretare a teatro la Madre Coraggio del celebre dramma antimilitarista di Bertold Brecht. Il film di John Walter non solo segue il suo lavoro dietro le quinte, la nuova traduzione del commediografo Tony Kushner e la messa in scena del New York Public Theater, ma ripercorre la biografia di Brecht dalla fuga dalla Germania nazista al suo esilio, fino alla celebre audizione di fronte alla Commissione per le attività antiamericane e al successivo ritorno in Germania. Mentre imperversano la guerra in Iraq e Afghanistan, Streep e compagni si confrontano con la questione centrale del capolavoro brechtiano: perché la storia si ripete in un ciclo ininterrotto di violenze e conflitti?<br />
<span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62;</strong></span> <a href="http://www.filmforum.org/films/theatertrailer.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#808080;">Trailer @ Film Forum website</span></a></p>
<p><strong>WE ARE WIZARDS<br />
</strong>di Josh Kouri &#124; Stati Uniti, 2008 &#124; 79’<em><br />
Anteprima italiana<br />
</em><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62;</strong></span> <span style="color:#808080;">Venerdì 11/9, ore 15.00; Sabato 12/9, ore 22,30<br />
</span><img class="alignleft" src="http://blog.spout.com/wp-content/uploads/wearewizards.jpg" alt="" width="227" height="167" />Nel 1997 scoppiò la bomba editoriale <em>Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale</em>, seguito rapidamente dal suo adattamento cinematografico e dai successivi libri della saga. In questo divertente documentario “indie” incontriamo alcune delle figure di spicco della scena artistica underground che si è creata intorno alla serie del maghetto con gli occhiali. Ebbene sì, esistono gruppi rock, performer, registi, giornalisti e scrittori che hanno deciso di occupare il loro tempo contribuendo nei modi più bizzarri ed inaspettati ad espandere, corrompere o reinventare l’universo narrato dai libri di J.K. Rowling, facendo i conti solo con i limiti della loro fantasia… e le schiere di avvocati determinati a convincerli che Harry e compagni non si toccano!<br />
<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">&#62;</span></strong> <span style="color:#808080;"><a href="http://www.wearewizards-themovie.com/" target="_blank">Sito ufficiale<br />
</a><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>&#62; </strong></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayKa6zbNyEY" target="_blank">Trailer @ YouTube</a></span></p>
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