The RSA Animate series is one of the best series of introductions to modern thought leaders, be it in philosophy, economics, sociology, psychology and other fields. In 2009 Slavoj Zizek published First As Tragedy, Then As Farce, the title refers to a phrase attached to communism in the 20th century, and is used reflexively to apply to the current state of...
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By the time you read this letter I may be dead. I have so much to tell you – and perhaps very little time. Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 Max Ophüls film, based on a novella by Austrian author Stefan Zweig. It was rereleased in early 2010. As with The Third Man, it is set in immediately post-war Vienna, and was made one year before Carol...
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Adam Curtis’ new documentary currently showing on BBC is All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace. His previous documentaries have offered superb introductions to their subtly different subject matters: The Century of the Self – how the masses are subdued with consumerism and controlled via psychoanalytic techniques courtesy of Freud and...
Read MoreThe untold want by life and land ne’er granted, Now voyager sail thou forth to seek and find. The film takes it’s title from Walt Whitman’s The Untold Want (complete above), and the voyager of the title is played by Bette Davis. The nature of her voyage is perhaps less obvious. There are a number of journeys throughout the film, including...
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