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Ermes
22 jan 21

DeRank™: 4,25

I finished Satantango by László Krasznahorkai tonight. Amazing. 'Too' much to be described.
"He looked sadly at the ominous sky, the parched remnants of a summer marked by the invasion of locusts, and suddenly on a single acacia twig he saw spring, summer, autumn, and winter pass by, and it seemed to him that he perceived the totality of time as a farcical deception in the unmoving sphere of eternity, which traverses the discontinuity of chaos creating the satanic illusion of a straight path, peddling absurdity as necessity through a false perspective... and he saw himself, on the cross of the cradle and the coffin, as he strained once more, one last time, only to find himself, by virtue of an imperative and inescapable order, completely naked – without any sign of distinction or identification – in the hands of the undertakers, among the grins of those busy skinners of corpses, where he could not help but grasp the measure of all human things, without a shadow of pity, without even a single path to take him back, because by that point he would have been aware that he had always played with cheats against whom it was impossible to win, as all the cards in the game were predetermined: it was a rigged game at the end of which he would be stripped of even his last weapon, hope, the hope of being able to find the way home one day" (L. Krasznahorkai, Satantango, Bompiani, 2017, pp. 10 and 315, on the path of eternal return, of the Tango) Ingrandisci questa immagine
Ermes
Ermes
20 jan 21

DeRank™: 5,07

Genova 2011 Analisi di un processo - De Ferrari Editore
I would like to point out a truly illuminating pamphlet, which demonstrates - through the perspective of a non-lawyer and, therefore, not through the decrepit language used by those who study law - the dynamics of the criminal trial. The story is provocative, and the critique of the process is sharp. I would love to write a review about it, but for now, both energy and motivation are lacking.
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Ermes
14 jan 21

DeRank™: 8,32

Sátántangó — Tarr Béla, 1994. Opening Scene. The cows.

I accidentally discovered a great Hungarian writer, László Krasznahorkai. For about ten days, I've been reading what should be his debut work, Sátántangó. It's been a long time since pages have struck and unsettled me as much. Articulate sentences that envelop you and leave you breathless. Literature is important.
* * * *
"Not only could he no longer leave, but he didn't even want to leave now, because at least there he could huddle in the shadows of his usual visions, while outside, beyond the establishment, who knows what would be waiting for him."
* * * *
The monumental film by Béla Tarr was adapted from the book.
Ermes
Ermes
9 jan 21

DeRank™: 10,43

"1. The true world, accessible to the wise, the pious, the virtuous – he lives in it, he himself is this world. (The oldest form of the idea, relatively intelligent, simple, persuasive. Transcript of the thesis 'I, Plato, am the truth').

2. The true world, currently inaccessible, but promised to the wise, the pious, the virtuous ('to the sinner who does penance'). (Progress of the idea: it becomes more subtle, more insidious, more elusive – it becomes woman, it Christianizes...).

3. The true world, inaccessible, unprovable, unpromisable, but already, insofar as it is thought, a consolation, an obligation, an imperative. (Ultimately the ancient sun, but through fog and skepticism; the sublimated idea, pale, Nordic, königsbergian).

4. The true world – inaccessible. Still not reached. And insofar as it is not reached, also unknown. Consequently, it is not even consoling, saving, binding: what could bind us to something unknown?… (Gray morning. The first yawn of reason. The rooster's crow of positivism).

5. The 'true world' – an idea that is no longer of any use, not even binding – an idea that has become useless and superfluous, therefore a refuted idea: let us eliminate it! (Bright day; breakfast; return of common sense and serenity; Plato red with shame; the wild uproar of all free spirits).

6. We have gotten rid of the true world: what world remains for us? Perhaps the apparent one?… But no! with the true world, we have also eliminated the apparent one! (Noon; the moment of the shortest shadow; the end of the very long error; the apogee of humanity; INCIPIT ZARATHUSTRA)"

(F. Nietzsche, GD, 75-76, in G. Vattimo, Introduzione a Nietzsche, Laterza, 1985, pp. 81-82).
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Ermes
23 dec 20

DeRank™: 3,00

La Q di Qomplotto - Edizioni Alegre
I read somewhere about QAnon, this upcoming February release seems interesting to me.
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Ermes
18 dec 20

DeRank™: 15,35

Morire
«It is easier to imagine an end to the world than an end to capitalism».
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Ermes
21 nov 20

DeRank™: 8,65

I am rereading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (C. McCarthy, Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West, transl. it. R. Montanari, Einaudi, 2014; orig. ed. Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West).
In the coming weeks, I will publish a series of excerpts, without regularity.
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"Only now has the boy finally stripped away all that he has been. His origins have become as remote as his destiny, and in all the turning of the world there will never be territories so wild and barbaric again in which to test whether the raw material of creation can conform to the will of man or if the heart itself is nothing more than a different kind of clay" (p. 6).
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Ermes
18 nov 20

DeRank™: 1,33

Quadro di Troisi - Non ricordi
I find it an interesting, engaging project.
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