I was much more interested in his part in an organised historical-revisionist effort trying to bury the French Left for good (the Fukuyama Gambit), but as the reviewer/critic admitted (had I only read more carefully) the book isn't really even about the Left, it's a pamphlet for the Church of Benevolent US Empire and the Nth iteration weird (but clever) Likudnik trick of conflating "anti-Americanism" with "anti-semitism".
yaaawn. maybe we can ignore BHL -- he seems very ignoreworthy on further reading -- and talk about the "dancing on the grave of socialism" strategy of the neolibs described in the opening grafs that caught my eye? how successful has this been in France? The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
that's really depressing. The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
I sometimes wonder whether we should be worrying so much about separation of Church and State and focus on separation of Showbiz and State... speaking as a long time resident of California :-) The difference between theory and practise in practise ...
That the mere mention of his name ought to make any self-respecting French leftist vomit ? Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
This turkey is just another French highbrow movie. But this one is THE highbrow movie ! BHL (the director) is known in France as a philosopher but not a great one. And his movie is just as I expected. The plot is stupid and sometimes laughable, there is a lot of sex scenes, the actors are absolutely awful. But I gotta tell that above all, I didn't understand anything. I suppose there is a big metaphysical meaning hidden in the movie, but sorry I didn't catch it.Le Jour et la nuit is one of the worst French movie I've ever seen. You should see it.
