Nightcrawlers

by Joseph A. Hazani June 13, 2015

Nightcrawlers is a more dramatic rendition of Anchorman 2. The latter’s unanticipated profound brilliance in satirizing the remediation of news, a product that is presented to convey truth about the world the audience viewer inhabits, is nothing more than another occupation in mindful distractions away from that same world, which is never always hospitable to the subject which inhabits it.....

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Blue Velvet

by Joseph A. Hazani May 25, 2015

  David Lynch was actually a bit disappointing here with Blue Velvet. Not to say the film lacks quality, it simply lacks his signature psychosis. Yes, there exists that quasi-Tarantino under world – though admittedly this film existed before Reservoir Dogs was a twinkle in Quentin’s eye. At best we have a very simple-minded plot of a curious college kid and a beautiful young high....

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They Came Together

by Joseph A. Hazani May 2, 2015

  They Came Together is a nice spoof on the romantic comedy. Its humor does not border on the agitated unfunny, where its visible efforts of trying to hard still come across as comical. I liken it to Airplane! or the Naked Gun series but without the dorkiness.   It’s interesting how comedy really another style of critique. But has it always been? That is to ask, what....

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My Written Works

On the Struggling Artist: An Essay

A philosophical....

On the Christian Business Ethic: An Essay

Analysis of the role that Christian morality has played in the development of commerce and....

On the Necessity of Color in the Fine Arts: An essay

A philosophical exploration of color and its use in Renaissance, abstract and modern fine....

Towards an Understanding of Jesus Christ: An Essay

Nietzsche had incredible disdain for Christianity being "Judaized Rome", of the slave morality of Judaism creeping up and....