Tag: Realpolitik
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The Rule of Law’s Absence in “The Mandalorian” – Chapters I-III
The Mandalorian takes place some time after the fall of the Empire, in the outer reaches of the galaxy, which evades the authority of the New Republic. As we witness the beginning of the show, we see the setting similar to that of a western movie. A bar with thugs, and the hero, the Mandalorian…
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Humanity on a Blacklist: Stanley Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb”
Dr. Strangelove, based on the Peter George novel Red Alert is clearly deeply rooted in its own time; shot when Cold War was in its zenith, yet it manages to speak to us. It will speak to us as long as Doomsday Machine in the form of the nuclear arsenal possessed by the major world powers…
Vigour of Film Lines 