links vom 01.05.2014
felix schwenzel, , in wirres.net
welt.de: Tischgespräch: Klaus Maria Brandauer und der ganz große Hunger #
ein jahr alter text von joachim lottmann. ich kann in der regel mit lottmann wenig anfangen und mit brandauer gar nichts. und mit dem blatt, in dem der text steht erst recht nichts. aber diesen text habe ich tatsächlich mit grossem vergnügen gelesen. /umblaetterer.de
rollingstone.com: 'Game of Thrones' Author George R.R. Martin: The Rolling Stone Interview #
mikal gilmore redet mit george r.r. martin. sehr lesenswert. das ist meine lieblingstelle im interview:
We talked earlier about your unwillingness to fight in Vietnam. The Ice and Fire books are shot through with the horrors of war. As Ygritte says to Jon Snow, "We're just soldiers in their armies, and there's plenty more to carry on if we go down."
It's true in virtually all wars through history. Shakespeare refers to it, in those great scenes in Henry V, where King Hal is walking among the men, before the Battle of Agincourt, and he hears the men complaining. "Well, I hope his cause is just, because a lot of us are going to die to make him king of France." One of the central questions in the book is Varys' riddle: The rich man, the priest and the king give an order to a common sellsword. Each one says kill the other two. So who has the power? Is it the priest, who supposedly speaks for God? The king, who has the power of state? The rich man, who has the gold? Of course, doesn't the swordsman have the power? He's the one with the sword - he could kill all three if he wanted. Or he could listen to anyone. But he's just the average grunt. If he doesn't do what they say, then they each call other swordsmen who will do what they say. But why does anybody do what they say? This is the fundamental mystery of power and leadership and war through all history. Going back to Vietnam, for me the cognitive dissonance came in when I realized that Ho Chi Minh actually wasn't Sauron. Do you remember the poster during that time? WHAT IF THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME? That's one of the fundamental questions here. Why did anybody go to Vietnam? Were the people who went more patriotic? Were they braver? Were they stupider? Why does anybody go? What's all this based on? It's all based on an illusion: You go because you're afraid of what will happen if you don't go, even if you don't believe in it. But where do these systems of obedience come from? Why do we recognize power instead of individual autonomy? These questions are fascinating to me. It's all this strange illusion, isn't it?
/gefunden bei kottke.org
gnogongo.de: Muscha - Düsseldorf 1981 #
ich bin nicht ganz sicher was man auf dem bild sieht, aber es riecht sehr stark nach 80er jahren.