Salo

[Lawrence Bryan]

Hannah Arendt's "banality of evil".

Lawrence

On Mar 6, 2009, at 7:23 PM, rich wrote:

> what's striking to me about the principles (both men and women) is how
> utterly boring and pathetic they are--i'm thinking that was Pasolini's
> point--they can't tell a joke, they can't sing/dance, and they have no
> imagination, they're just as sterile as the stories they recite and
> listen to.  the violence is only a cover--fascism in a nutshell
>
> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 9:02 PM,  <daphatgrip at aol.com> wrote:
>> That was the first movie I thought would make me vomit--after  
>> innumerable exploitation films in my education including the gem  
>> 'cannibal holocaust' and others. Not to imply those two are on the  
>> same tier or whatever.
>>
>> why did I cringe more at the shit-eating than the torture/killing?
>> American up-bringing, I guess.
>> still makes me queasy
>> gee wiz, guess i'm still a little square, yet.
>>
>> --- Original Message ---
>> From:"rich" <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
>> Sent:Fri 3/6/09  7:08 pm
>> To:"pynchon -l" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Subj:Salo
>>
>> I believe the Duke says this:
>>
>> "We fascists are the true anarchists"
>>
>> been chewing on that awhile
>>
>> (like the shit)
>>
>> i miss pasolini
>>
>> rich
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