nihilism

Embracing Nothing: Nihilism in Bellocchio’s ‘Fists in the Pocket’
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Embracing Nothing: Nihilism in Bellocchio’s ‘Fists in the Pocket’

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 / 25 October 2019

Bellocchio's best work, Fists in the Pocket (I pugni in tasca) is key to understanding the stark shift Italian cinema experienced in moving from the post-realism phase of the 1950s into the experimentalism, social commentary, and surrealism of the 1960s.

The Dusk in Angelica Liddell: The Transgressive Post-Hardcore Theater of ‘Esta Breve Tragedia de la Carne’
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The Dusk in Angelica Liddell: The Transgressive Post-Hardcore Theater of ‘Esta Breve Tragedia de la Carne’

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 / 7 May 2018

Spanish avant-garde theater-maker Liddell and veteran metalcore band Converge try to make sense of the brief tragedy of the flesh.

Do We Dream of Electric Sheep Like Blade Runner’s Corporate-Produced Replicants?
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Do We Dream of Electric Sheep Like Blade Runner’s Corporate-Produced Replicants?

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 / 6 March 2018

The isolation of Blade Runner 2049‘s inhabitants reinforces their need for genuine connection, which the divisive effects of global capitalism undermines.

Haunted by Nothingness: Emanuele Severino’s ‘The Essence of Nihilism’
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Haunted by Nothingness: Emanuele Severino’s ‘The Essence of Nihilism’

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 / 10 January 2017
Ask anyone whether something can be born of nothing, and the reply will be decisive: No! Yet we think, speak and act “as if” this were not the case.
Peter Pál Pelbart’s ‘Cartography of Exhaustion’ Is Exhilarating
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Peter Pál Pelbart’s ‘Cartography of Exhaustion’ Is Exhilarating

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 / 3 February 2016
This is a sunny, revitalizing book, despite its ostensible focus on exhaustion and nihilism.
Shintaro Sakamoto: Let’s Dance Raw
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Shintaro Sakamoto: Let’s Dance Raw

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 / 6 October 2014
Banal and lifeless as anything, Sakamoto's Let's Dance Raw can't be bothered to make the listener care.