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...camera.“Examined Life” is filled with many such animated and appealing moments, affirming Taylor’s implicit premise for the film, West’s declaration that “there’s ascertainable pleasure in the life of the mind that cannot be denied. You’re intensely alive...
...handedly repulsive “we can learn only from our ‘betters’” (the authors of the great books of literature), or Arnold Weinstein’s laughably reductive “the bookshelf is as basic a resource for body and mind, especially the body and the mind in pain, as the medicine shelf.” You tear down those scarecrows with good reason; no one in their right mind would stand up to defend the arguments as you present them. But to write that pleasure is the only reason...
...image. “Life is too short to worry about your enemies or the people who don’t understand you.”“Tyson” stemmed from the mutual understanding between Toback and Tyson of the multiplicity of voices within the mind. This is “madness” rather than schizophrenia, according to Toback, who talks openly about his experience with LSD that left him both “enlightened” and permanently haunted. This parallels Tyson’s traumatic three years in prison, after which he was left...
...maintain a distance between listeners and the band. During a stadium-show performance of “Neighborhood #3 (Power Out),” several of the group’s many members line up at the front of the stage to rock out. The moment calls to mind Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, right down to Butler’s vest, and the groups share a kindred spirit: both have shared a stage and a belief in the possibility of rock and roll salvation. Certainly, there’s nothing inherently wrong with playing to giant sell...
...free dinner... you fill in the rest with a yes.” With its meandering multiple plot lines, the film ends up very much like its main character: bipolar, aimless, and shameless. “Observe and Report” fails to make up its mind as to where it should place its focus, zigzagging between characters and events. As a result, the movie seems a little disjointed at times, pausing on extreme high-angle close ups of Ronnie’s face as he contemplates his life, before moving to hand-held shots that follow...