|
|
Thread Central
2006.02.14 15:13
egoscrapers
2001.12.13
Try first watching The Ruling Class and then watch The Belly of an Architect. The former very entertainingly depicts the double theater of freedom and control, while the latter architecturally (and somewhat boringly) depicts the double theater of delusion and grandeur (or is that what The Ruling Class depicts, and vice versa?).
Be on the look-out for the Electromagnetic Messiah is The Ruling Class--he's a pure joy. And then, in The Belly of an Architect, spy how Boullée is nakedly reduced to the "phallacy" of it all.
postscript:
Allen's Deconstructing Harry is likewise great double theater, as is the sad 'reality' of The Legend of Rita. Now it's time to watch Mary, Queen of Scots. Or should it next be Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?
--Stephen Lauf, A Quondam Banquet of Virtual Sachlichkeit: Part II, p. 302.
pp. 178-9
A rare treasure on any bookshelf.
|