Word: hoffmann
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Bergman uses Hoffmann's aura of confusion both as an aegis for uncomfortable secrets and an illumination of Bergman's views on himself as an artist. He simply offers too many layers of perception for his viewers to discern properly between them. The viewer struggles with the same fear of uncertainty as the painter Johan...
...sounds sly it is at least forgivable. No one would wish to adhere their own life story to Hoffmann's imagery. Even though he wrote a full century before Freud, Hoffmann packs The Sandman with towers, telescopes, eyes and other symbols of male genitalia which Freud would later co-opt for his Hauptthema. Bergman dodges any unfavorable associations and perhaps inaccurate parallels by altering his artist's sexual neuroses altogether from Hoffmann...
...career Bergman said he was far less certain of himself and his work but therefore more wise than he had been during the early years. As with Hoffmann, "Hour of the Wolf" is as much a metaphor for indeterminacy and clouded perception as for insanity. Both artists share the very (post)-modern attitude that insanity is more akin to conviction than indecision. Appropriately, Bergman prevents his viewers from drawing too many conclusions...
Other faculty who will serve on the committee are Anthony K. Appiah, professor of Afro-American studies and of philosophy; John E. Dowling '57, Cabot professor of the natural sciences; Benedict H. Gross '71, professor of mathematics; Stanley Hoffmann '52, Dillon professor of the civilization of France; and Helen H. Vendler, Porter University professor...
...gene are not likely to be a major reason for obesity in people, most experts concur. But that does not mean leptin might not be therapeutically useful for many other overweight people. In last week's Science, for example, a team of researchers from the pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-LaRoche described how they plumped up lean mice by giving them unrestricted access to high-fat food. Then they administered leptin. The mice responded by cutting their food intake and shedding the extra ounces, suggesting leptin may have value in reversing more typical cases of weight gain...