Archive for May, 2011
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Mormons
Posted on May 22, 2011 | No CommentsWhen Joseph Smith published his text about the Latter Day Saints in 1830, he was, like most mad men, convinced of his various truths, chief among them that God (or, as Smith called him, Moroni) was American. As legend has... -
Marie-Therese
Posted on May 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe real star of “Picasso and Marie-Therese: L’Amour Fou” (at Gagosian) is a film cllip lasting no more than five seconds. It’s on a loop. And on it we see the young Marie-Therese of the title. Incandescently blonde, dressed in... -
Spellbound
Posted on May 21, 2011 | No CommentsThe best movies or more emotionally frightening and satisfying films are about co-dependence. Someone cannot live without The Other. The Other is unavailable. The enabler tries to shape his or her image to reflect The Other, and to gain their... -
Jane and Myself, Gloria Steinem, and Gaby Sidibe-Paley Media Center, Benefit for Women’s Media Center
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsIt was really nice to see Jane tonight. My editor wanted me to do additional reporting, so I went and saw the great Pennebaker documentary, “Jane,” again, and during the Q and A I said nice things about the subject... -
Letter to Jane: Notes for A Hypothetical Profile
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsI would begin my piece this way: By describing Godard and Gorin’s “Letter to Jane.” In 1972, after filming “Tout Va Bien” (Everything’s All Right) starring Jane Fonda and Yves Montand, the brilliant French flmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard, and his then... -
Arthur
Posted on May 12, 2011 | No CommentsThe last image is of Ras Makonnen, Hallie Salisie’s father, Rimbaud’s close friend. Always this way with Arthur: the older man to learn from, and as protector, not least from his mother, who sought to destroy him and was in...
