Archive for February, 2004

Min

Sunday, February 29th, 2004

“Aussentemperatur: 21 degrees” … who gives a shit? … “Höhe: 3700 m” … still?!…”Vitesse au sul: 100 km”… deep breaths, …”Durče de vol: 11 mins”…has it only been 2 minutes?!…”Localzeit: 00:38″…hurry! fly faster, Mr. Pilot…”Time to destination: 10 mins”. The bright spark who introduced those information screens in front of each cabin has a lot [...]

max

Sunday, February 8th, 2004

Something sedate to wrap up the week: “Max”, the fictional, “what if” recounting of Adolf’s failed apprenticeship. Some have taken the producers to task for tackling the subject; similarly, an installation art piece in Stockholm was vandalised by the Israeli Ambassador. There is a deeply disturbing theological underpinning within this hostile response which denies the [...]

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