Sunday, 31 January 2016

Arthur & Merlin


Arthfael & Myrrdin

Summary: Epic entertainment – on a budget.

The best King Arthur film – ever – played with all the necessary conviction.

A quest for each man to achieve his identity and the purpose for which he possesses an aptitude – against the delusion that one can only achieve when one is ready to do so (or in comparison to others), since one can never actually know when one is ready until one actually tries. After all, a willingness to try and do what one cannot yet do is the only way to learn how to eventually do it.

All it lacks is a compelling exploration of the political conflict between the old, pagan gods and the then‑new Christian one, which this movie implies is central to any abstract understanding of the culture depicted – as well as the non‑material reasons one might have for defending such a culture.

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Science:



No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.



Jacob Bronowski… (1908 - 74), British scientist, author. Encounter (London, July 1971).


Sleep of Reason:



The dream of reason produces monsters. Imagination deserted by reason creates impossible, useless thoughts. United with reason, imagination is the mother of all art and the source of all its beauty.



Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes… (1746-1828), Spanish painter. Caption to Caprichos, number 43, a series of eighty etchings completed in 1798, satirical and grotesque in form.


Humans & Aliens:



I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.



Terence… (circa 190-159 BC), Roman dramatist. Chremes, in The Self-Tormentor [Heauton Timorumenos], act 1, scene 1.


Führerprinzip:



One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves… There is no organ of conciliation or mediation interposed between the leader and the people, nothing in fact but the apparatus - in other words, the party - which is the emanation of the leader and the tool of his will to oppress. In this way the first and sole principle of this degraded form of mysticism is born, the Führerprinzip, which restores idolatry and a debased deity to the world of nihilism.