"But these musings, far from emboldening the mask, had the effect of demonstrating the treacherous impassibility of the deep channel that separated me from it." - Kobo Abe, The Face Of Another

The American Friend - 1977 - Wim Wenders The Glass Cell - 1978 - Hans W. Geißendörfer

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Nomeansno

"There is no syllable one can speak that is not filled with tenderness and terror, that is not, in one of those languages, the mighty name of a god." - Jorge Luis Borges. Confessions - 2010 - Tetsuya Nakashima Penance - 2012 - Kiyoshi Kurosawa Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"You realize that to experience the projected figures on the movie theater screen as life-size involves the reduction of your own body to the size of a doll, while with television, conversely, you must mentally blow yourself up to the size of a giant to account for the minuscule scale of the figures on the small screen" - Mike Kelley Follow Astrid: @hastapura Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"If it's drowning you're after, don't torment yourself with shallow water" - Proverb Cotton Comes to Harlem - 1970 - Ossie Davis A Rage In Harlem - 1991 - Bill Duke Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

I talk about some Frederick Wiseman and make some general observations about what the word and form documentary actually means. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"They ain't tripping on me, they wanna fuck my car When you look at my chrome and you lick your lips It's just like I'm rubbing my dick between your hips" - Pimp C, Fuck My Car Crash! - 1972 - Harley Cokelis Crash - 1994 - David Cronenberg Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

A man on Youtube exposed a paedophilia ring operating on the platform on a large scale, right out in the open. Youtubers have spent the last week openly calling him a scumbag. This is a logical progression. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

"Therefore let us make the best of a bad matter; and, as it is impossible to hammer anything out of it for moral purpose, let us treat it aesthetically, and see if it will turn to account in that way." - Tomas De Quincy, On Murder Considered As One Of The Fine Arts The Clockmaker of St. Paul - 1974 - Bertrand Tavernier Panique - 1946 - Julien Duvivier Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2

A moment of happiness leads me to talk about how old time radio detective stories have given me an embarrassing amount of solace. Sponsor: peoplewatching.ca Email: [email protected] Subscribe on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/all-units/id1241776225?mt=2