Monk Anselmo was a young man who idled his time since his skills were not much appreciated in the court of King Pipin the Hot. He ruled the Kingdom of Blissfully Ignorant. King Pepin barely learnt to read or write and yet he had great ambitions. Having heard of the great library of Alexandria he [...]
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Who Is In Control?
Posted in religion,, tagged ethics, morality, politics on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Seventh Seal-1956
Posted in Swedish films, tagged 100 Best Films, dance of death, Medieval play, moral dilemma, moral imperative, plague on June 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Seventh Seal (Swedish: Det sjunde inseglet)
“All my films can be thought in black and white,…” so wrote Bergman in Images: My Life in Films. I cannot think of this film in color especially since I first came across the iconic still from the film, of Death in black and the knight in white playing [...]