Friday, November 7, 2008

Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night painting

Vincent van Gogh The Starry Night paintingFrank Dicksee La Belle Dame Sans Merci paintingSandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus painting
disordered shadow--lands there stands a wall: men in riot helmets, carrying shields. The reporter speaks gravely; petrolbombs plasticbullets policeinjuries water-- cannon looting, confining himself, of course, to facts. But the camera sees what he does not say. A camera is a thing easily broken or purloined; its fragility makes it fastidious. A camera requires law, order, the thin blue line. Seeking to preserve itself, it remains behind the shielding wall, observing the shadow-lands from afar, and of course from above: that is, it chooses sides. job. A father, a man who likes his pint. He speaks: cannot--tolerate--no--go-areas better-protection--required-for--policemen see--the--plastic--riot--shields--catching--fire. He refers to organized crime, political agitators, bomb--
-- Cut. -- Sun-guns illuminate a new face, saggy-jowled, flushed. This face is named: sub--titled words appear across his tunic. _Inspector Stephen Kinch_. The camera sees him for what he is: a good man in an impossible

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