Oh boy, metaphor. There are levels and levels of metaphor and symbolism at play in this stunning example of film making solely with the aim of seeing the movie play at 3:00 AM on the Women’s Network. Okay, the symbols may as well have “THIS IS A SYMBOL” written on them in large, friendly letters. [...]
Read more →From BBC News The re-trial has begun of US soldier Lynndie England, the woman at the centre of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq. Her defence lawyer said he would argue that her learning disability made her too compliant to authority figures. She faces 11 years in jail if convicted on charges of [...]
Read more →Herr Werner has a firm grasp on the dreams that The West brings with it when the two Germanys reunited. He knows what he wants, but he’s not at all sure how to get there; he dreams big, but he has no idea what he has to do in order to get to the point [...]
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