1979. Germany. Directed by Werner Herzog. With Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes, Wolfgang Reichmann. At what point do we regard the conditions of an individual’s existence, rather than the individual himself, as responsible for his actions, regardless of how heinous these may become? Werner Herzog – the enigmatic filmmaker central to New German Cinema – addresses this question in his 1979 filmic adaptation…
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In her book Power on Pointe, Natalie Rouland argues that during the late imperial period, ballet as the embodiment of power and literature as the voice of protest transformed the reputation of Russian art and culture in the twentieth century. In the space of the heated debate over the future of Russian identity, the imperial ballet, its fanatics, and its critics…