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...Trier adopts for the propulsive force at the heart of the film. Instead, it is the satisfied, almost sly look that the child gives the camera as he turns from the scene of his parents—Freud’s “primal scene”—that remains the only concept throughout all of “Antichrist” that stands, free of contradiction, parody, or comment...
With these primal, high-energy shows that have made them legendary, it’s understandable that Lightning Bolt’s studio efforts have often been overshadowed by their (non-)stage presence. The duo’s albums have historically been defined, and occasionally limited, by their relationship to the incomparable concerts they...
...next five years, he travels around the planet, from Afghanistan to Zanzibar, in what is not so much a journey of geography as an odyssey across the ummah - the global community of Muslims. The scope of the images - from the ultra-contemporary fashion shoots of Turkey to the primal Ashura rituals in Iraq, the artificial ski slopes of Dubai to the sea of pilgrims keeping vigil on Saudi Arabia's plain of Arafat - reveals the ummah not as a monolithic body of believers, but a complex collection of individuals each subscribing to Islam in different ways, their breadth and diversity...
...days. For tourists, a chance to stop and smell the manure. For performers, an audience. For squirrels, a playground. For voyeurs, a venue. For fat people, a break. Or a test of will power. And in the spring, they’ll offer perverts a 360 experience of Primal Scream… The hippies can still sprawl across the lawn or rub up against a tree, but now all those people who wouldn’t otherwise plop down on the grass are appreciating the great outdoors. Even if the new chairs give only the illusion of a cohesive community...
Being able to walk into Louie’s and get yourself a case of Dos Equis without resorting to groveling at Mr. Chen’s feet? Been there, done that. Harvard-Yale? Hard to believe, but winning gets old after the 804913th time. Primal scream? Yawn...