Posted on November 9th, 2012 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet PERFORMANCE RELATED PAY Performance related pay presents expensive, counter-productive practical problems. It also offers a superficial concept of reward and recognition and a profoundly misguided understanding of the personal and social value of work. It denies and rejects the extraordinary power of unity and self-motivation in a common cause so inspirationally demonstrated during […]
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Posted on December 22nd, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Robert M Pirsig – Author Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – An Inquiry into values (1974) Lila – An Inquiry in Morals (1991) An extraordinary and truly original thinker. Too little known. Persig Pensées Metaphysics is a restaurant where they give you a thirty thousand page menu, and […]
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Posted on December 16th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet A LIBERAL DECALOGUE by Bertrand Russell Not intended to replace the old one but only to supplement it Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. Do not think it worthwhile to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. Never try to discourage thinking for you […]
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Posted on January 7th, 2011 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Stars Hankies My Afternoons With Margueritte – Jean Becker Rumpelstiltskinian: Director Becker has taken a few random narrative straws and spun them into a fragment of gold. Sentimental? Yes: but touching, truthful and with that rare quality in modern movies, heart. Semi-literate Germain Chazes (a superb Depardieu) was the unwanted result of a post-prandial […]
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Posted on November 9th, 2010 by Zettel Film Reviewer
TweetThe Clock – Christian Marclay – White Cube Gallery London Not a movie but deeply cinematic. This Art installation at the White Cube Gallery, Mason’s Yard is a must for anyone interested in cinema. But be warned it is onnly on until 13th November Californian Christian Marclay has taken clips from thousands of commercial films […]
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Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
Tweet Thought Snippets God came to me in a dream I dreamed God came to me Language of commitment Language as commitment Reading the words Reading the sense Following a rule Being guided by a rule Believing you know Knowing you believe Saying what you mean Meaning what you say The pursuit of happiness Finding […]
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Posted on November 22nd, 2008 by Zettel Film Reviewer
TweetOut of mind – out of insight If you are infected with the disease of philosophy and find this stuff interesting, the book that best explores these ideas in depth is The Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy – Peter Winch ISBN 0-415-05431-1. Old – but still in print. Discussions of […]
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