{"id":84741,"date":"2017-07-08T15:28:08","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T14:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=84741"},"modified":"2017-07-08T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T14:28:08","slug":"its-really-not-sour-grapes-honestly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2017\/07\/08\/its-really-not-sour-grapes-honestly\/","title":{"rendered":"Its really not sour grapes honestly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes when \u00a0you’re standing on the sidelines, watching the next great who ever to stun you with amazing artistry and it turns out to be not quite what you were expecting. You tend to think about all the effort you have put over the years, trying to get off the starting line and still the penny does not drop. How good you are at your particular “Carri\u00e8re ou comp\u00e9tence<\/span>” there is always someone that just wins by starting 10 yards from the finishing line. \u00a0Well I am about a mile from the finish line still, and I have run this race many times usually being thwarted by \u00a0injury or technical misadminer.<\/p>\n

Why then don’t I just thrown in the towel, possibly because it’s the only thing I have left? Get rid of that one last glimmer of hope and I don’t know what I would do. \u00a0Its a form of self delusion no doubt.<\/p>\n

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Amazon and the things you find there.<\/h3>\n

I saw Clockwork Orange when it first came out. We went to see it as part of our English classes in Jan 1972 ish. I must have been about 15 years old. \u00a0Curiously at the old Granada (now converted to flats of course) at Clapham Junction.<\/p>\n

Very prescient thinking really thinking back. Its another one of those films that was not intended as a motivational booster to proto-violent youth cultures, but it did end up doing that job.<\/p>\n

So much so that (and I am citing wikipedia here so it may not be 100% correct):<\/p>\n

“The film was withdrawn from British release in 1973 by Warner Brothers at the request of Kubrick. In response to allegations that the film was responsible for copycat violence Kubrick stated: “To try and fasten any responsibility on art as the cause of life seems to me to put the case the wrong way around. Art consists of reshaping life, but it does not create life, nor cause life. Furthermore, to attribute powerful suggestive qualities to a film is at odds with the scientifically accepted view that, even after deep hypnosis in a posthypnotic state, people cannot be made to do things which are at odds with their natures”<\/p>\n

I tried watching it again recently but only got through the first 20 minutes, so far but I have decided to watch the whole thing.<\/p>\n

The Wendy Carlos sound track still sounds pretty good though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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