Comments on: UPDATE II (10/30): NEW ON YouTube: Critical Race Theory Rapes And Loots Reality

By: Ilana Mercer

Ilana Mercer — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 02:20:00 +0000

I adore Charlotte Rampling. She has some good recent, if obscure, roles, too. She was the most beautiful woman in the world, and seems to have refused to go under the knife. “The Night Porter” was memorable. Thanks for interesting comments.

By: Musil Protege

Musil Protege — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 11:53:36 +0000

Deneuve is the gold standard, I think. Her late, mature roles in such films as Indochine and East/West are terrific. She is a commanding presence, whenever she’s on screen. Good films, btw, for the thoughtful young right winger, who wishes to deepen his cultural awareness and appreciation.

Dear Brigitte is a hero indeed. I hope your younger American fans are keeping notes on all these ladies. I also much admired the recently-deceased Jeanne Moreau from Jules et Jim and Elevator to the Gallows.

Speaking of music and film together, have you ever seen Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Thomas Mann’s great short novel “Death in Venice?” Mann wrote the story around the time of Gustav Mahler’s death, a man much on his mind. Visconti’s incorporation of Mahler’s music into the film, especially as the doomed Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) arrives in Venice from the Adriatic side is exquisite. Visconti, of all things, a Marxist descendant of Milanese royalty, made another film that should be on the cultured right winger’s list, “The Leopard,” based on Lampedusa’s great novel of Risorgimento-era Sicily.

Just a heads-up: when we get to our inevitable discussion of great British actresses, I’m going to lead with Charlotte Rampling!

By: Ilana Mercer

Ilana Mercer — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 03:02:45 +0000

Frames are old. Try not to get tempted with new frames. Conservation and all that good conservative stuff. Catherine Deneuve (love her in "The Hunger"), Brigitte Bardot (a great rightist, who loves animals, a true role model), and Isabelle Adjani (who hasn't aged well): my favorite French actresses. Listen to the haunting soundtrack of "The Hunger": Trio in E-Flat, Op. 100 by Franz Schubert. Well, first came the music, which is eternal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e52IMaE-3As Movie version (less good) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAn34xWChM

By: Musil Protege

Musil Protege — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:37:35 +0000

Watching this, I was struck by the phrase “… a response to The Machine,…” The Left forever fancies itself on the ramparts, fighting The Man, blows against the Empire. Such idealism. Romantic revolutionaries!WTF? Ever since I can remember, they are the Man! Saps!!

I have to ask: are those new glasses? I like them. Your whole ensemble is very nice. But I’ve always liked the thicker _framed glasses ever since I saw the lovely French actress Anouk Aimee In Fellini’s “8&1/2,” my favorite film.