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Art movies: R.I.P.
Long before Bergman and Antonioni died, the mystical art-house film experience faded to black. Plus: How rock can rehabilitate, and a vote for Kelly Clarkson.
By Camille Paglia [2007-08-08]

  • Counterculture does not equal baby boomers

    You need to separate out "baby boomers" from the "counterculture." If you were born after about 1953, you were never really a part of the true counterculture. The anti-countercultural rage of punk was an invention of boomers -- mostly born in the 1950s -- reacting against a counterculture narcissism that was felt quite palpably by babies of the mid-'50s.

    I mean, come on. Half of the Pixies were baby boomers (that is, born between 1946 and 1964).

    I don't really care if rock is dead. As long as Sonic Youth and Radiohead get to keep on making records, it will seem alive to this old man.

    Also, if you really hunger for art films, you're a fool for concentrating on feature-length films. Here's a recommendation, CP: go watch "Street of Crocodiles."

    -- nancarrow
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    Wednesday, August 8, 2007 02:39 PM
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