21 Oct 2017
Posted by Victor-Katia as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Films (and stills from the films) analyzed, Marguerite Duras
Chamber Utopia – A Commune Banished In Advance – A Different Humanity (Real Humanism vs. Vanity) The English translation of the title of the French film, if to retranslate it into French would be “Destroy, said she” – a formula encouraging us to ask – who is she, whereas “Destroy, she said” as a title […]
22 Mar 2017
Posted by Victor-Katia as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Films (and stills from the films) analyzed, Marguerite Duras
Sensuous Contemplativeness as Feminine Spirituality When masculinity becomes spiritual it is distancing itself from or abandoning life. When femininity becomes spirituality it creates alternative life. When contemplation about life becomes sensuous it is feminine spirituality. Sensuous agape becomes a celebration of new forms of life. Duras’ “Baxter, Vera Baxter” is a film-contemplation about the sensuously […]
27 Mar 2012
Posted by victor as Discussion and Mind-Probing, Films (and stills from the films) analyzed, Marguerite Duras
Beauty of Two Souls in Flesh vs. a Child’s Stubborn Vitality Logic of vitality and logic of eternity Duras (with a cigarette in her left hand) on the set of “Nathalie Granger” Two enigmatic characters of the film – Isabelle (Lucia Bose) and “Other woman” (Jeanne Moreau) look at the world from outside (from their […]