In May, I published an essay that was said to be my last post on homosexuality and the Orthodox Church. I seem to have lied. This essay will be the last one. I have already published an essay on sex in general. It’s called “A Pebble in My Shoe.” It’s probably a good idea to look that one up and read it before this one.
Saturday, February 15, 2025
Recent Poetry: February 2025
Chantal Ackerman (1950-2015)
Why is your movie
“Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles,” which runs to more than three hours,
not boring?
In it we see the life of an ordinary woman.
She cooks and cleans. She teaches her son French
(He wants to go to a French-speaking school,
But knows only Flemish). And she turns tricks as a prostitute in their apartment when the son is away.
Only when her carefully observed life goes very slightly off the rails on day 3, does she murder one of her johns.
Why is your movie,
“Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles,” which runs to more than 3 hours,
Not boring?
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