Tag Archives: Terrence Malick

Waiting for the Barbarians, a film of missed opportunities

Posted on August 20, 2020 by Mark Kerstetter

In all of us, deep down, there seems to be something granite and unteachable.—J. M. Coetzee, Waiting for the Barbarians By now fans of J. M. Coetzee are aware that a film version of arguably his best novel has been … Continue reading →

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Tarkovsky and Buñuel

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Mark Kerstetter

I’m new to the films of Tarkovsky, and have become obsessed with them. Yet with the peculiar itch typical of my mind my thoughts on his work keep slipping into thoughts on my favorite filmmaker, Luis Buñuel.

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Of Ice Crystals and Flaming Hearts

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

My poem, The Effulgent Heart is out now in the new issue of Survivor’s Review. It’s a poem very close to my own heart. I wrote it at the end of the cycle of poems that became my chapbook Prayers … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille: Improvisation Within a Field of Contradictions

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Mark Kerstetter

…. two movements…. One’s in harmony with nature; the other questions it. We can’t do away with either. [109 Guilty by Georges Bataille]* “We do not have the right to wish for a single state. We have to desire to … Continue reading →

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Nature Is Cruel, Staros

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Mark Kerstetter

In terms of fashion, the 1977 film Saturday Night Fever is fixed in time and place. Its disco beats, big collar polyester shirts, bellbottoms and platform shoes place it squarely in late 1970’s big-city America. The economic milieu of the … Continue reading →

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