Archive for the 'Metaphor' Category


Julian Barnes, Thérèse Raquin and me

Julian Barnes writes in The Guardian about going back to read Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin, because the play was about to open at the National Theatre. He finds that 150 years after it was written, the novel — about two lovers who kill a husband and by killing the husband kill their own desire and […]

Robert Altman and the sandcastle metaphor

for filmmaking is a metaphor for life.
Emotional article in Slate by Dana Stevens reminds us of what Altman said during his acceptance speech for his lifetime achievement award (78th Academy Awards earlier this year):
 
I’ve always said that making a film is like making a sand castle at the beach. You invite your friends and you […]