tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200001341422162219.post5907276996338830521..comments2023-12-16T11:33:46.131+00:00Comments on Shabogan Graffiti: We are the Borgias. You will be Excommunicated. Renaissance is Futile.Jack Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12577724856056106531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200001341422162219.post-56775138513081644342012-09-07T16:57:11.070+01:002012-09-07T16:57:11.070+01:00It was a bit like The Tudors meet Dexter then? Bit...It was a bit like The Tudors meet Dexter then? Bit disappointed to see Neil Jordan's and David Leland's...and John Maybury's names on this (Jon Amiel's just makes me do a little sad face)<br /><br />If you'd told me, 20 years ago, this is what these firebrand directors would end up doing....I'd actually probably have gone "Borgias-cool!" More innocent times<br /><br />At least it looks good and isn't about lawyers/detectives. Maybe it will give them the clout to make their own....who am I kidding. At least they're not starving. I'll put off watching Mona Lisa for a whileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200001341422162219.post-61041482203990792172012-09-07T16:51:51.734+01:002012-09-07T16:51:51.734+01:00A fascinating observation by Gramsci: the French R...A fascinating observation by Gramsci: the French Revolution was the Reformation + the Renaissance. It is worth speculating (so long as we accept there is no definitive conclusion) whether a popular movement could have been harnessed to a superior worldview in medieval Italy or Germany. It wasn't, and the class struggle set both countries (and the rest of Europe) back for centuries. We're quite possibly paying a similar price for Stalinism today.Adam Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18155314207452345741noreply@blogger.com