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Quotes of the Day. January 26, 2010.

 
 
 
“Pornography is the quadraphonics of sex. It adds a third and fourth track to the sexual act. It is the hallucination of detail that rules. Science has already habituated us to this microscopics, this excess of the real in its microscopic detail, this voyeurism of exactitude.” (Jean Baudrillard)
 
“At the heart of pornography is sexuality haunted [...]

Victor Pelevin. Beauty and the Beast.

 
 
Victor Pelevin “The Sacred Book of Werewolf”
 
‘… Did Mikhalich give you the flower?’
 
‘Yes,’ I answered.  ‘And he told me I should think about the meaning of the message.  But I haven’t come up with anything.  Maybe you can tell me yourself?’
 
He scratched his head.  He seemed disconcerted by my question.
 
‘Do you know the folktale about [...]

“The Piano Teacher (La Pianiste)”

It’s not as horrible as it might seem – Svetlana

 

I watched this film twice and I can watch it again and again. There was a time for me when I could not stand the phrase “Not everyone’s movies”. It made me feel inferior, lacking intelligence or an eye for art. Then I decided I do [...]