tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post5183896076429110325..comments2024-02-28T06:32:17.919-08:00Comments on Star Wars Modern: The Architecture of Serial Killersstarwarsmodernhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-30828337062510113362014-09-26T16:21:30.296-07:002014-09-26T16:21:30.296-07:00Thanks Xandriss. Just to be clear: I don't bel...Thanks Xandriss. Just to be clear: I don't believe that actual serial killers have anything in common with artists. This post is about the way artists are portrayed in Hollywood films - as serial killers. I in know way think Serial killers are artists, or even artistic. I think they are totally broken human beings, while creative working people are paragons of mental health. starwarsmodernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-85502121620623016702014-09-26T00:09:38.105-07:002014-09-26T00:09:38.105-07:00Wow, lots of really interesting insights. I am an...Wow, lots of really interesting insights. I am an artist myself and have been interested in the pathology of killers for a long time. I do agree with you on many points. I would say that both artists and serial killers are introspective people, know who they are and what they want to express. Beyond that- they're more like opposites. The killer is a destroyer, leaves nothing but devastation and does it all only for their own perverse pleasure. The artist is a creator, they make things of beauty and interest and for the benefit of the many.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-28660014016275693792012-05-09T15:21:21.444-07:002012-05-09T15:21:21.444-07:00It's a great point Matt. When I wrote this I a...It's a great point Matt. When I wrote this I alos hadn't seen Fritz Lang's "M" yet either - another glaringly missing piece. I should probably update this post witha sequel.starwarsmodernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-24394626511566931192012-05-08T10:12:06.571-07:002012-05-08T10:12:06.571-07:00Can't believe you didn't reference either ...Can't believe you didn't reference either Francis Bacon or his studio...Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236324797918643122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-52783286776983174772010-04-10T09:25:16.553-07:002010-04-10T09:25:16.553-07:00tpfkazrs: That is "Melvin Burckart Human Oddi...tpfkazrs: That is "Melvin Burckart Human Oddity, Florida" by Joël-Peter Witkin. I haven't found an elegant way to add captions, but would like to if anyone has any suggestions...<br /><br />Michelle: Paul McCarthy is in the ballpark, but I have never been convinced by Bruce Nauman. I think I set the bar very high - "change agent" (for lack of a better term) is a particular and intense cultural role. To actually be threatening takes a level of commitment that is rare. A world famous artist’s willingness to abandon painting, and embrace art - like Duchamp. To be shot and crucified like Chris Burden. To cut, abrade, burn, and display your own flesh like Marina Abramović. To sodomize yourself like Matthew Barney. <br /><br />It also requires that the extremity of the act connects with the world, has effect. How sad to go so far as to commit suicide, as Ray Johnson appears to have done, and yet leave nothing behind but a garbled code? It is very rare to try and succeed. <br /><br />I love Tarantino but don't think he works. Werner Herzog, David Lynch, and Lars Von Trier could be added to that list I suppose. I imagine a lot of other filmmakers could be as well. (Paul Verhoeven?) But because I was considering genre movie, not “serious film”, it would have muddied the water. <br /><br />Musicians should fit - Stravinski’s Rites of Spring? Dylan plugging in his guitar – those were threatening moments. Gaga is like Nauman, Smart, interesting, but she doesn't make me squirm. <br /><br />The physical transformations made by Robert De Niro in Raging Bull and Christian Bale in the Machinist; the physical intensity of Dustin Hoffman’s method acting in Running Man; Martin Sheen’s on set collapse in Apocalypse Now – these all seem to fall short, maybe because that intensity is perapepetic, not life-long. Even Klaus Kinski seems to fall short. <br /><br />For some reason stand up comics fit. Lenny Bruce, Andy Kaufman, Red Foxx, Richard Pryor, and Bill Hicks all come to mind. Those guys all managed to say frighteningly funny things. They really made people squirm. Even Paul Reubens could be added to that list:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAunpaO6XE0<br /><br />Imagine all the kids who got spanked that morning for riffling through their father's underpants drawers.starwarsmodernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06128785816151813198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-47307206258968909562010-04-09T21:18:39.564-07:002010-04-09T21:18:39.564-07:00Artists and serial killers have so much in common;...Artists and serial killers have so much in common; for one - they have a deep sense of self, with acute focus and detail. Also collecting, who collects stuff like serial killers and artists? I mean really. Some artists also to consider might be Paul McCarthy or even Bruce Nauman. <br /><br />You didn't mention musicians, actors and directors (Tarantino, Nick Cage, White Zombie, Lady Gaga, etc.). How would they fit?Michelle Vaughanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14981059442513306419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-93722064719555333.post-86694986385763323222010-04-09T11:39:37.217-07:002010-04-09T11:39:37.217-07:00What is the title of that picture (7th frame) that...What is the title of that picture (7th frame) that has an old man holding a hammer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com