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...there is one, is fleeting. Conner takes pains to thwart any clear interpretation, but motifs of modern warfare, performitivity, the Freudian return to the womb, and the sex and death drives all figure heavily in “A Movie.”It’s difficult, well-nigh impossible, to summarize satisfactorily the vision or intention behind any of Conner’s films. The closest one can come, it seems, is to describe thematic parts that figure prominently in at least some of them. The first, potentially unifying, simultaneously elusive concept is that of the found object...
...course, there are a few in the world who still claim the end of capitalism is nigh, like the leaders of Iran and Venezuela and Georgia Congressman Paul Broun, who sees Marxism in Barack Obama's mainstream policies. But if the G-20 countries, which represent some 85%-90% of the global economy, are all on board for capitalism's preservation, why does Bush feel the need to defend...
...Vote. Election Day is nigh. If you happen to be visiting one of the swing states - Virginia, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Colorado and Nevada - and find yourself with a bit of time on your hands, try volunteering to canvas or simply answer phones at your candidate's local headquarters. Click Barack Obama or John McCain for more info...
...people hear you’re a starving philosopher, they will nod sympathetically. If you tell them you’re a starving i-banker, they’ll just look confused. Ponder this, and choose! So much for those e-recruiting luncheons! The close of an era draws nigh! Caution! The moving walkway is ending!” At this point we are emotionally drained and have to go lie down somewhere...
From the flagellants of the Middle Ages to the doomsayers of Y2K, humanity has always been prone to good old-fashioned the-end-is-nigh hysteria. The latest cause for concern: that the earth will be destroyed and the galaxy gobbled up by an ever-increasing black hole next week...