A former professor of mine described nostalgia as an
inability to face history coupled with an inability to
discard the past. What do you think?
--- Jacques Debierue <
matrxtech@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I think the winks, unless they are the touches of
a
> real master, tend to spoil the effect of
the
> story. Also, there should not be too many winks.
In
> fact, I manage a hardboiled or noir story
> quite well without any winks whatever. Jason
Starr
> doesn´t wink. Richard Stark doesn´t wink.
> Hammett didn´t wink.
>
> In film, the winks are even worse, in fact, they
can
> be destructive. After all, one has seen
> plenty of the real article not to need
any
> reminders. If the new article comes up in quality
to
>
> the real old article, the viewer knows.
>
> Perhaps we should just banish nostalgia, of
which
> the wink is a giveaway sign. What good is
> nostalgia? To have the entire past ahead of one?
If
> you will forgive the harsh pronouncement,
> I think nostalgia is a sign of decadence. I
think
> history backs me up in this harsh
> pronouncement.
>
> Best,
>
> MrT
>
>
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