film: Being There (1979); director: Hal Ashby; actors: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine
the linger of history
in wooden rooms creaky with the skirting board
wields power
always bigger than itself but
always evanescent
above the detail
despite the detail
despite the lives that it encloses
so that life
and love
cannot speak and cannot be
free in the land of plenty and
image
you can have the red lights
you can have the mile-long driveway
you can have the paperwork and intelligence
but you have to have an apex
have to have the eye
which defines the grounds and domains
which must be the message
and not the circumstance
of person
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
film wormhole: the Reader (2008)
history wormhole: history
identity & power & society wormholes: Daredevil: Born Again (1987)
Hal Ashby was underrated. I’m enjoying your exploitative movie/Batman work a lot. MM might consider doing a dedicated MLR does Batman page.
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I am deeply honoured, thank you
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I’m sorry, I meant “explorative”, not “exploitative”, and you’re welcome. I need to think a bit on how to publish it, maybe you’ve a got a few ideas.
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… maybe a sub-page of ‘The Poetry’ … poetry themes … the theme of the whole site is as a place for misfitting writing and art, just plonk it in there as another misfit … it doesn’t fit with the site which makes it perfect! … sorry no GOOD ideas …
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Can’t really do a sub-page of The Poetry, that’s all dedicated to daily posts, but I’d happily create a new page of just you doing Batman, no jokes.
Will read your new work when I’ve got some time, had a very busy couple of days…and counting.
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