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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Something Anything

by Joseph A. Hazani April 25, 2015

Peggy wanted a child. Or so she thought. It was part of her pre-packaged life, cookie-cut out of the raw dough that led her to being confronted genuinely with the fact that reality does not care very much about one’s plans. It is curious to contemplate how many individuals in this world are self-motivated to move themselves out of a position of comfort toward a position of searching, versus the....

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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....