#arthur bremer

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorsese)

28/01/2024

Taxi Driver is a 1976 film directed by Martin Scorsese, written by Paul Schrader and starring Robert De Niro. Set after the Vietnam War in New York, it is about a vigilante with neo-noir and psychological detective elements.

The screenwriter Paul Schrader stated that he was inspired for the film's themes by European existentialism and in particular by Jean-Paul Sartre's Nausea and Albert Camus' The Stranger, as well as by the story of Arthur Bremer, who attempted in 1972 to assassinate Democratic US presidential candidate George Wallace. Particularly notable is the performance of Robert De Niro, defined by the American journalist Robert Kolker as "the last of the noir heroes in the noisiest world imaginable". The very young Jodie Foster won two BAFTAs in 1977 as Best New Actress and Best Supporting Actress (also for Bugsy Malone).

The film won the Palme d'Or at the 29th Cannes Film Festival in 1976 and was nominated for four Academy Awards, including the Best Film category in 1977. The American Film Institute placed it 52nd among the 100 best films of all time, while it ranked 17th on the list of the 500 best films in history according to the British magazine Empire. In 2012 it was placed in 31st place, ex aequo with The Godfather - Part II, in the ranking of the best films of all time drawn up by critics and published by the English magazine Sight and Sound, while in that drawn up by directors it found itself in fifth place. In 1994 it was chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress.

#taxi driver #film #1976 #martin scorsese #screenplay #paul schrader #robert de niro #vietnam war #new york city #vigilantism #neo noir #psychological thriller #existentialism #nausea #jean paul sartre #the stranger #albert camus #Arthur Bremer #george wallace #united states #jodie foster #British Academy of Film and Television Arts #1977 #bugsy malone #palme d'or #1976 Cannes Film Festival #academy awards #Academy Award for Best Picture #49th Academy Awards #American Film Institute

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Assassin cats the sequel with some added ones cause why not

#decided to redo a bunch for extra stickers #rays art #history #assassins #john wilkes booth #charles guiteau #leon czolgosz #lee harvey oswald #giuseppe zangara #lynette fromme #sara jane moore #john hinckley jr #sam byck #david herold #lewis powell #george atzerodt #james earl ray #sirhan sirhan #arthur bremer #richard lawrence #dan white #john schrank #luigi lucheni #dmitri bogrov #gavrilo princip #richard pavlick #margaret nicholson #charlotte corday #brutus #anthony babington

[pilgrim1975]

The non-capital execution of James Coburn. No, not that one.

Executing Americans for crimes other than murder was once standard practice. Robbery, armed robbery, house-breaking, burglary and rape could all earn a death sentence in a number of States. Under Federal law, bank robbery was once a capital crime even without a shot being fired. The death penalty for rape, particularly in the South, was undoubtedly used along racial lines with far more…

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#Alabama #Arthur Bremer #Arthur Lee Jones #Bill Baxley #Clarence Burford #crime and punishment #death penalty #George Wallace #Horace DeVaughn #James Coburn #John Louis Evans #Kenneth Smith #Kilby Prison #Linda Lyon Block #murder #nitrogen hypoxia #true crime #William Bowen #Yellow Mama

[insurrectionary-frybreadism]

I’m higher than an angel’s hole and listening to 70’s music and all I can think about is how did nobody ever try to kill Nixon considering the fact that he prolonged the Vietnam war and was a general piece of shit overall

A most gentle and blissful high upon you, shall the mango stone watch over you in all your high endeavors.

but to answer your question: There were assassination attempts, they just weren't super publicized.

Google Samuel Byck and Arthur Bremer

#ask #asks

[slightlyspooky]

The impact of Le Samouraï (1967) can be traced to the present day and this post by Tumblr user @cum-rade

In this essay I will outline the series of events leading the creation of the above post and the lasting effects of Le Samouraï on modern culture.

Timeline

November 1955 Vietnam War begins

1967(?) Le Samouraï begins production directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

June 1967 A time traveler* burns down the studio attempting to end production

October 1967 Release in the France

1972 dubbed release in the USA titled as The Godson to capitalize from The Godfather's Success

1972 Arthur Bremer's relationship ends, quits his job, plans to assassinate Richard Nixon or George Wallace, and ultimately shoots George Wallace while posing as a supporter and living out of his car

April 1975 Vietnam War ends

1975 Paul Schrader writes the script for Taxi Driver, inspired by assassination attempts and Le Samouraï while living out of his car

Summer 1975 Taxi Driver has begun filming

September 1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme of the Manson Cult attempts to assassinate President Gerald Ford

February 1976 Taxis Driver is released staring Robert De Niro, Cybill Shepherd, & (child) Jodie Foster and directed by Martin Scorsese

Break for Taxi Driver Rundown (spoilers)

Robert De Niro plays Travis Bickle a lonely, mentally ill, white, male Vietnam War vet who drives a taxi

Travis thinks the world is a dirty horrible place that somebody should clean up

Travis says the iconic line "We live in a society"*

Travis is infatuated with Betsy (played by Cybill Shepherd)

Travis goes on a few dates with Betsy

Betsy breaks up with Travis because he brings her to a pornographic theater

Travis deletes Facebook, hits the gym, and lawyers guns up

Travis attempts to assassinate a political candidate while posing as a supporter

Travis gets away cleanly

Travis kills a bunch of pimps to save a sex trafficking victim named Iris (played by Jodie Foster)

Travis puts a gun to his head and pulls the trigger

Travis is celebrated as a hero

Timeline Continued

John Hinckley Jr. watches Taxi Driver (1976) at least 15 times

Hinckley becomes infatuated with 14 year old Jodie Foster

1980 Hinckley moves to Connecticut to stalk Jodie Foster

Hinckley emulates The Joker Travis Bickle IRL

October 1980 Hinckley is arrested for illegal possession of a firearm while stalking President Jimmy Carter

Hinckley chooses to support Ronald Reagan

1980 American Gigolo, directed by Paul Schrader is released as the second installment of Schrader's list of movies based on Taxi Driver

January 1981 Reagan becomes president of the USA

March 1981 Hinckley shoots Reagan and several others

1992 Light Sleeper, directed by Paul Schrader is released as the third installment of Schrader's list of movies based on Taxi Driver

1997 Le Samouraï re-release in the USA

2007 The Walker, directed by Paul Schrader is released as the final installment of Schrader's list of movies based on Taxi Driver

2011 Drive inspired by Le Samouraï staring Ryan Gosling is released

That greentext where Anon pretends to be Ryan Gosling's character in Drive takes place

2016 Hinckley is released from psychiatric care

2019 Joker, (which is the same movie as Taxi Driver) is released staring Robert De Niro who's brains are blown out on screen

Joker meme culture captivates lonely males

2020 a ruling allows Hinckley to showcase his artistic work under his own name

2022 all restrictions on Hinckley are lifted

2023 Tumblr user posts about Hinckley's artwork

Le Samouraï is the basis of the Loner Male movie genre and lead to Ronald Reagan being shot. You can continue the legacy of Le Samouraï by missing the point of of the genre. Do toxic masculinity, it's very cool* and you can be just like Arthur Bremer, Travis Bickle, John Hinckley Jr., and Mr. The Joker.

*false

#ronald reagan #film #taxi driver #joker 2019 #le samourai #high effort shitpost #masculinity #suicide #sex trafficking #gun violence #slightlyspooky originalpost

[historydailyfrancischappellblack]

THE BARKER GANG ROB A FEDERAL RESERVE MAIL TRUCK AND KILL A POLICE OFFICER WHILE GETTING AWAY WITH NO MONEY.

August 22, 1933

Image: Ma Barker (Wikimedia Commons)

The infamous Barker gang holds up a Federal Reserve mail truck in Chicago, Illinois, and kills a police officer. After obtaining only a stack of worthless checks, the Barkers returned to a crime with which they had more success—kidnapping. A few months later, the Barkers kidnapped wealthy banker Edward Bremer, demanding $200,000 in ransom.

After Kate Clark married George Barker in 1892, she gave birth to four boys: Herman, Lloyd, Arthur, and Freddie. As Kate became known, Ma Barker was presumably responsible for discipline in the family, but she let her sons run wild. She defended her boys no matter what they did, saying, "If the good people of this town don't like my boys, then the good people know what they can do." All the Barker boys became involved in crime during their childhood: In 1922, Lloyd robbed a post office and received a 25-year sentence in federal prison; that same year, Arthur "Doc" Barker got a life sentence in Oklahoma for killing a night watchman, though later it would turn out that he was innocent; Freddie was next to see the insides of a holding cell after robbing a bank. While serving time in Kansas, Herman committed suicide during a heated gunfight with police after robbing a bank in Missouri.

Herman's death inspired Ma Barker to pressure authorities to release her other sons, and Doc and Freddie were subsequently set free. Although Ma Barker is seen as the gang's mastermind, historians doubt this. Whether she was behind the gang's nefarious deeds or not, the Barkers were at the center of the Midwest's growing criminal community. When they tired of bank robberies, the Barkers began kidnapping.

Their first victim, William Hamm, earned the gang $100,000 in ransom. Although the Bremer abduction in 1933 produced twice as much, it brought them a lot of heat from federal authorities. With the FBI on their trail, Doc and Freddie attempted plastic surgery. But this half-baked idea left them with disfiguring scars, and Doc was captured in early 1935.

Doc, who was later killed while attempting to escape from Alcatraz in 1939, refused to talk to authorities, but police found papers in his hideout that led them to Ma and Freddie on Lake Weir, Florida. After a ferocious shootout lasting 45 minutes, the Barkers lay dead from the firefight, machine guns still at their sides.

Twelve years later, Lloyd Barker was finally paroled. He, too, met a violent end, but not at the hands of the police—his wife shot him dead in 1949. Father George Barker, who was never part of the Barker gang, was the family's sole survivor.

#history daily #1930s #Barker Gang #Ma Barker #crime & punishment

[byneddiedingo]

Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976)

Cast: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Albert Brooks, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle. Screenplay: Paul Schrader. Cinematography: Michael Chapman. Art direction: Charles Rosen. Film editing: Tom Rolf, Melvin Shapiro. Music: Bernard Herrmann.

It's a truism that movies and dreams have much in common: We experience them in the dark; we ascribe portents and personal insights to them; they present us with a non-linear experience, in which events don't follow in logical sequence, and point of view is continually shifting. And nobody knows this better than Martin Scorsese, who gives us in Taxi Driver a story that appears to be realistic but which, the more we ponder it, proves to be dreamlike. Take the conclusion of the film, for example: After slaughtering a roomful of brothel patrons and personnel, Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) attempts suicide but fails, and in a coda we see that he has become a hero, that the 12-year-old prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster) he has tried to rescue has returned to her parents, and that Betsy (Cybill Shepherd), whom he has frightened by stalking, now regards him as a hero, too. It is the most unlikely of "happy endings" in an era that had begun to mock such conventional resolutions. So it's no surprise to find that there are those who think that the entire sequence is a dream, or a fantasy of the dying Travis. Certainly there are things in the sequence that don't entirely jibe with a realistic interpretation, and not just the fact that Scorsese himself is not inclined to anything so square as a happy ending. The news clippings on the wall of Travis's apartment don't look like actual clippings, and the photograph of Travis included with them hardly looks like De Niro. Iris has been adamant about never returning to her parents. And Betsy seems unlikely to warm up to Travis after he shocked her by taking her to a pornographic movie. Scorsese has never endorsed, nor fully repudiated, this interpretation of the ending as a fantasy, but the screenwriter, Paul Schrader, has said that the ending brings the film full-circle, meaning that Travis's murderous loner cycle will begin all over again. I think it better to regard the whole film as a nightmare about contemporary urban loneliness, filtered through what Scorsese knows best: motion pictures. From the moment the saxophone begins playing Bernard Herrmann's theme, we are cast into the mythical realm of the film noir, a genre dear to Scorsese's heart. Cinematographer Michael Chapman turns 1970s New York City into a city of dreadful night, a neon-lighted hell full of smoke and steam, and Scorsese manipulates extras into demonic gatherings. One of the more shocking sequences takes place when Scorsese himself plays a passenger in Travis's cab, making him wait outside an apartment house and watch the silhouette of the passenger's wife on a window shade as she has a meeting with her Black lover. (The passenger uses an uglier word to describe the lover.) But the scene is not shot realistically: It should be clear to even the most naïve movie-watcher that the silhouette has been crafted with special lighting, a kind of distancing device that puts the emphasis on the film as a parable and not as a docudrama. More and more, I come to think of Taxi Driver as Scorsese's greatest film because it makes us not only reflect upon and challenge what movies are doing to us but also because it gives us a sense of modern anomie unequaled in any other film. Travis Bickles are all around us, and in America, with its laxness about weaponry and its emphasis on individual liberty, they continue to appear, whether in the form of Arthur Bremer -- the man who attacked George Wallace, whose diaries De Niro studied while creating Travis Bickle -- or John Hinckley, whose Taxi Driver-colored fantasies drove him to shoot Ronald Reagan to attract Foster's attention, or the next psychopath with a grievance whom we'll learn about after the tragic fact. But Scorsese should not be blamed -- indeed, he and De Niro should be praised as highly as possible -- for bringing Travis to our attention, for taking our nightmare and reprising it for us so effectively.

#Taxi Driver #Martin Scorsese #Robert De Niro

[chiesovic]

cammel la juve DEVE vincere perché se non vince è la riprova che quello che dicevo CINQUE (5) anni fa è vero però anche nel caso vincesse c'è da fare un (1) ragionamento cammel perché non puoi spendere 300 (TRECENTO) MILIONI per dei vecchi. hanno VOLUTO vendere de ligt (15 anni) per prendere kostic 33 anni. bremer 25–30 anche lui. pogba 34 quasi 37. di maria... 43, CAMMEL. poi si infortunano e non stai PROGRAMMANDO non stai costruendo come l'inter con mkhitaryan (20 anni) e lukaku (16) stai dicendo ora VINCO poi però si infortuna anche chiesa che ti decide le partite ti trasforma la squadra però anche senza chiesa (31 anni) la squadra DEVE decidere e autotrasformarsi anto come il milan che era partito da sfavorito poi ha VINTO perché si era dato per sfavorito ma ha LAVORATO favorendosi quindi adesso in quanto campione in carica è sfavorito nel suo essere favorito. la juve cammel ha buttato TRE (3) anni con SARRI e con ALLEGRI (pirlo no adesso non c'entra niente) quindi nel suo esser sfavorita è favorita in virtù del FAVORE che nasce dallo SFAVORE anto. perché non dimentichiamoci che allegri ha a disposizione 48 (quarantotto) nazionali. ALEX SANDRO. titolare del BRASILE. ARTHUR anche lui titolare. RABIOT. sulla carta la rosa è la più forte ma sulla carta non si vince. però la juve dovrebbe vincere a giudicare dalla carta. vlahovic ha fatto 2 gol ma alla FIORENTINA ne avrebbe fatti 6 tutti su azione nella stessa partita. io non lo voglio giudicare adesso vlahovic (29 anni, pagato 250 milioni) però non è più lo stesso non è un giudizio è un'osservazione dettata dall'ONESTÀ. i gol che ha fatto la juve anto li ha fatti per demerito dell'altra squadra perché il PORTIERE ha sbagliato a non parare ma la juve la palla in rete l'ha messa per CASO cammel. poi mi dicono che sono PREVENUTO ma io vi do i FATTI i NUMERI siete voi che siete SERVI

[asterargureo]

I giornalisti che continuano a dare la Juventus per favorita per il titolo mi fanno ridere.

Rispetto all'anno scorso abbiamo eliminato la zavorra Ramsey ma abbiamo ancora Alex Sandro che nessuno vuole, Arthur, Rabiot.

In difesa abbiamo Bonucci non proprio prime che alterna buone prestazioni a difese con il didietro,Rugani che è la prima scelta se si dovesse rompere qualcuno,Bremer meno male,Gatti che non possiamo giudicare da poche prestazioni.

Terzini: Danilo che pure lui va a fasi alterne,De Sciglio e vabbè, Pellegrini dato per partente,Sandro grande sciagura.

Jolly: Cuadrado che cambia ruoli a seconda della necessità. Pure lui grande incognita,in fase calante dall'anno scorso.

Centrocampo:note dolentissime.

Abbiamo preso Pogba per risolvere la questione della zona dove siamo più carenti,ma abbiamo la stessa situazione dell'anno scorso.

Diciamo che la società ha ponderato bene il suo ritorno,voluto dai tifosi e dalla società,ma e qui c'è un ma grosso come una casa, è un giocatore injury prone e molto discontinuo.

Adesso ci troviamo con Rabiot che non dovrebbe più partire perché dovrebbe essere il sostituto di Pogba le cui condizioni sono avvolte nel mistero.

Arthur che via capiscers era un regista sublime che invece fa più danni della grandine e non riusciamo a sbolognare perché ha un costo troppo alto.

Locatelli che nonostante non sia il suo ruolo sta davanti alla difesa ed è anche sprecato perché lui può essere determinante per segnare. Ma se non arriva il regista si deve fare di necessità virtù.

McKennie desaparecido.

Zakaria: mmmhhhhhh

I giovani Fagioli,Rovella che i da juventino stanno esaltando vanno valutati per bene e non con semplici amichevoli estive. Potrebbero servirci soprattutto se il mercato si ferma qui.

Attacco: altra nota dolente.

Di Maria: forte ma non può fare tutto da solo

Kean: una partita buona e cento sbagliate. Lui sarebbe il vice Vlahovic...stiamo apposto

Vlahovic: per ora ha giocato una sola partita non al top

La rosa è corta soprattutto se non parte più nessuno. La stagione è lunga e le partite sono tante. Rispetto all'anno scorso non vedo chissà quali vantaggi. Abbiamo perso Chiellini,che è vero non le giocava tutte,ma nelle partite importanti aiutava moltissimo. Abbiamo perso il pallavolista,che qualche gol lo ha fatto oltre a fare avere rigore agli avversari.

#questo lo avevo scritto nella fase precampionato delle amichevoli estive

[kwebtv]

Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows -  ABC  -  February 25 - 26, 2001

Biography (2 episodes)

Running Time: 170 minutes

Stars:

Judy Davis as Judy Garland

Hugh Laurie as Vincente Minnelli

Victor Garber as Sid Luft

John Benjamin Hickey as Roger Edens

Sonja Smits as Kay Thompson

Alison Pill as young Lorna Luft

Aidan Devine as Frank Gumm

Marsha Mason as Ethel Gumm

Lindy Booth as Lana Turner

Al Waxman as Louis B. Mayer

Dwayne Adams as Mickey Rooney

Jayne Eastwood as Lottie

Martin Randez as Mark Herron

Hume Baugh as Mickey Deans

Daniel Kash as Arthur Freed

Stewart Bick as Artie Shaw

Rosemary Dunsmore as Ida Koverman

Cara Pifko as Jimmy Gumm (adult)

Zoe Heath as Suzy Gumm (adult)

Michael Rhoades as Busby Berkeley

Gerry Salsberg as Charles Bickford

Phillip MacKenzie as Victor Fleming

Thea Gill as Lucille Bremer

Noah Henne as The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger)

James Kall as The Tin Man (Jack Haley)

Michael B. King as The Lion (Bert Lahr)

Harrison Kane as Joey Luft (age 7-10)

Brittany Payer as Liza Minnelli (age 1-2)

Rob Smith as David Begelman

Christopher Marren as Freddie Fields

Richard M. Davidson as Jack Warner

Derek Keurvorst as George Cukor

Aron Tager as George Jessel

William Holden as Himself (archive footage)

Grace Kelly as Herself - Academy Award Recipient (archive footage)

Cynthia Gibb as Narrator (older Lorna)

Carley Alves as Judy (age 2)

Tammy Blanchard as Judy (age 12-21)

Amber Metcalfe as Lorna (age 6)

Mackenzie Weiner as Lorna (age 3)

Krista Sutton as Lorna (adult)

Josephine De Cosma as Jimmy Gumm (age 7)

Samantha Gerber as Suzy Gumm (age 9)

Alex House as Joey Luft (age 11-15)

Ellis Turner as Joey Luft (age 4) (uncredited)

Arielle Di Iulio as Liza (age 6-8)

Sarah Moussadji as Liza (age 12-15)

Marie Ward as Liza (age 23)

#Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows #TV #ABC #Miniseries #2001 #Biography #Judy Davis

[brookstonalmanac]

Events 1.26 (before 1940)

661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Mw Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. 1564 – The Council of Trent establishes an official distinction between Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. 1564 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Tsardom of Russia in the Battle of Ula during the Livonian War. 1699 – For the first time, the Ottoman Empire permanently cedes territory to the Christian powers. 1700 – The 8.7–9.2 Mw Cascadia earthquake takes place off the west coast of North America, as evidenced by Japanese records. 1788 – The British First Fleet, led by Arthur Phillip, sails into Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) to establish Sydney, the first permanent European settlement on Australia. Commemorated as Australia Day. 1808 – The Rum Rebellion is the only successful (albeit short-lived) armed takeover of the government in New South Wales. 1837 – Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. state. 1841 – James Bremer takes formal possession of Hong Kong Island at what is now Possession Point, establishing British Hong Kong. 1855 – Point No Point Treaty is signed in Washington Territory. 1856 – First Battle of Seattle: Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all-day battle with settlers. 1861 – American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union. 1863 – American Civil War: General Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command of the Army of the Potomac after the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign. He is replaced by Joseph Hooker. 1863 – American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent. 1870 – Reconstruction Era: Virginia is readmitted to the Union. 1885 – Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon. 1905 – The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan, which weighs 3,106.75 carats (0.621350 kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa. 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress. 1918 – Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war. 1926 – The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird. 1930 – The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later. 1934 – The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City. 1934 – German–Polish declaration of non-aggression is signed. 1939 – Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.

#Events

[generic-lab-assistant]

His penis made him do it

#felt like drawing him again cause tbh all the other times I never got him right #kinda like how it was with czolgosz #rays art #assassins #history #arthur bremer

[northiowatoday]

OBIT: Dennis Duane Bramsen

Dennis “Butch” Duane Bramsen, 66, of Mason City, Iowa, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, December 11, 2023. A memorial service will be held 11:00 AM Friday, December 15, 2023, at Hogan Bremer Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 3rd St. NE, Mason City, IA 50401. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. Butch was born December 18, 1956, in Mason City, son of Duane Arthur and Geraldine Carrie…

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[kunsthallebremen]

Geburtstagsgäste: Kuratorin Dorothee Hansen im Interview

Etwa zwei Jahre dauerten die Vorbereitungen zur großen Jubiläumsausstellung "Geburtstagsgäste. Monet bis van Gogh" (7. Oktober 2023 bis 18. Februar 2024). Aber schon vor 20 Jahren begann Kuratorin Dorothee Hansen mit ersten Recherchen zum Thema. Im folgenden Interview gibt sie Einblicke in den Entstehungsprozess der Ausstellung mit seinen Höhen und Tiefen.

Seit 1899 konzipierte Gustav Pauli, der erste wissenschaftliche Direktor der Kunsthalle Bremen seine progressive Ankaufspolitik, der das Museum bis heute seine berühmtesten Werke verdankt. Wurde er dafür schon immer vor allem gelobt?

Nein, ganz und gar nicht. Als Pauli sein Vorstellungsgespräch für den Posten als Direktor hatte, ermahnte ihn der Vorstand des Kunstvereins, er möge nicht „einseitig die moderne Richtung“ bevorzugen. Dabei dachten die Herrn vor allem an die Worpsweder Maler. Sie ahnten nicht, dass Pauli die deutschen und französischen Impressionisten erwerben würde.

Von Anfang an stießen Paulis Ankäufe auf Kritik. Sein schärfster Gegner war zunächst der Bremer Maler Arthur Fitger. Seine Allegorien und Historienbilder dominierten damals in ganz Bremen die öffentlichen Gebäude und privaten Villen. Für Pauli war das jedoch eine thematisch und stilistisch vollkommen überholte Kunst, und er trat Fitger in zahlreichen Vorträgen und Zeitungsartikeln vehement entgegen. Die Worpsweder waren bei diesen Bremer Künstlerstreit von 1902 auf Paulis Seite und verhöhnten Fitger auch in einer Karikatur. Neun Jahre später war es dann der Worpsweder Maler Carl Vinnen, der Pauli wegen des Ankaufs des Mohnfeldes von van Gogh attackierte – dieser Bremer Künstlerstreit von 1911 hatte dann nationale Bedeutung. Sie sehen also: Pauli war eine Kämpfernatur, und das musste er auch sein, um sein Programm umzusetzen.

Für die Ausstellung konnten Sie zahlreiche hochkarätige Leihgaben aus nationalen und internationalen Museen gewinnen. Über welches Werk freuen Sie sich am meisten?

Am meisten freue ich mich über das großformatige frühe Blumenstillleben Kalla und Treibhauspflanzen von Pierre-Auguste Renoir, dass wir aus der bedeutenden Privatsammlung von Oskar Reinhart in Winterthur als Leihgabe erhalten. Diese exklusive Sammlung hat bis vor wenigen Jahren grundsätzlich nie Werke verliehen. Das Bild gehörte ursprünglich dem Bremer Sammler Leopold Biermann, der es in enger Abstimmung mit dem Museumsdirektor Gustav Pauli 1909 erworben hat. Biermann hatte den Vorsatz, seine gesamte Sammlung dem Kunstverein zu vermachen. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg und der folgenden Inflation hat er seine Meinung leider geändert, und seine Witwe verkaufte das Bild dann an Oskar Reinhart. In der Ausstellung können wir nun Paulis und Biermanns Vision realisieren und sein Renoir-Gemälde neben die Camille von Monet und das Porträt des Zacharie Astruc von Manet hängen – drei bedeutende Frühwerke der späteren Impressionisten, die sich motivisch und stilistisch ergänzen. Sie bilden eine perfekte Museumswand.

Gibt es auch Werke, die Sie gern in der Ausstellung gezeigt hätten, die aber leider nicht kommen konnten?

Zum einen hätten wir natürlich sehr gerne die Kriegsverluste der Kunsthalle Bremen ausgestellt: Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurden drei bedeutende Ankäufe Gustav Paulis von russischen Soldaten konfisziert bzw. gestohlen: Der Park von Monet und das Bildnis Madame Chocquet am Fenster von Renoir befinden sich heute im Puschkin Museum in Moskau und in der Eremitage in Sankt Petersburg – die sind aus bekannten aktuellen Gründen für uns völlig unerreichbar. Das Stillleben mit Flasche von Gauguin ist bis heute verschollen.

Außerdem hätte ich gern zwei Werke von Paul Cézanne und eins von Toulouse-Lautrec ausgeliehen, die früher im Besitz von Bremer Sammlerinnen und Sammlern waren. Wir haben sie zwar aufspüren können, doch sie befinden sich in Sammlungen, die grundsätzlich per Dekret der verstorbenen Sammler nie ausleihen, wie beispielsweise die berühmte Barnes Collection in Philadelphia, die Annenberg-Sammlung im Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York oder das Museum Norton Simon in Pasadena. Das zeugt aber zugleich von der großen Bedeutung dieser ehemals bremischen Werke, die nun in so berühmten internationalen Häusern sind.

Manche Werke lassen sich auch überhaupt nicht aufspüren: So ist die Eisenbahnbrücke in Arles von Vincent van Gogh, die früher Alfred Walter Heymel gehörte, derzeit „im Untergrund“, also bei einem Privatsammler, der unerkannt bleiben will.

Die Ausstellung erzählt auch von den Bremer Mäzenen und Sammlern um 1900. Gibt es darunter eine Persönlichkeit, die es Ihnen besonders angetan hat?

Besonders fasziniert mich der Bremer Sammler Alfred Walter Heymel. Mit seiner Volljährigkeit fiel ihm das riesige Vermögen seines Stiefvaters, eines Bremer Kaufmanns, zu, und so konnte er es sich erlauben im großen Stil Kunst zu kaufen. Schon früh trug er eine einzigartige Sammlung mit Werken von Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec zusammen und veranstaltete bereits 1906 eine Ausstellung über diesen Künstler in der Kunsthalle Bremen. In musealen Sammlungen war Lautrec damals so gut wie gar nicht vertreten, weil seine Motive vom Pariser Amüsierbetrieb als zu anzüglich galten. Heymel besaß im Übrigen schon vor dem van Gogh-Ankauf der Kunsthalle Bremen auch vier Werke des niederländischen Malers.

Doch Heymel hatte noch viele andere Leidenschaften: Vor allem die Literatur, denn er gab u.a. die Zeitschrift Die Insel mit heraus. Dazu kam seine Leidenschaft für das Rennreiten. Auch führte er einen luxuriösen Lebensstil, hatte aber keine glückliche Hand in geschäftlichen Dingen. So verlor er durch Spekulation große Teile seines Vermögens und war schon früh gezwungen, Teile seiner Sammlung zu veräußern. Er starb bereits 1914 im Alter von nur 36 Jahren und hinterließ eine umfassende Korrespondenz mit den bedeutendsten Menschen aus Kultur und Politik in seiner Zeit. Sie zeugen von seiner Suche nach Identität, zwischen bremischem Bürgerstolz und der Sehnsucht nach Anerkennung in der adelig dominierten Gesellschaft der Kaiserzeit. Die Kunst spielte bei dieser Suche eine wichtige, Identität stiftende Rolle.

Wie lange dauerten die Vorbereitungen für diese Jubiläumsausstellung?

Seit 20 Jahren sammle ich nebenbei Material zu Bremer Sammlern und ihren Werken. Das kam den Vorbereitungen dieser Ausstellung sehr zugute. Die konkreten Vorbereitungen begannen vor ca. zwei Jahren. Neben Recherchen nach den Standorten von einzelnen Werken gehörte dazu viel Archivarbeit, zum Beispiel das Studium der Briefe von Alfred Walter Heymel im Deutschen Literaturarchiv in Marbach am Neckar, aber auch die Suche nach Informationen über andere Bremer Sammler in der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek und dem Staatsarchiv in Bremen.

War es schwierig einen Titel für die Ausstellung zu finden?

Es war nicht leicht einen Titel für diese Ausstellung zu finden, weil dabei verschiedene Aspekte eine Rolle spielen. Vor allem ist es eine Jubiläumsausstellung, und in diesem Sinne ein Fest: Wir laden die Werke der französischen Impressionisten ein, die in der Zeit von Gustav Pauli in deutsche Museen oder Bremer Privatsammlungen einzogen. Daher der Titel Geburtstagsgäste. Monet bis van Gogh. Sie zeigt herausragende Meisterwerke der Kunstgeschichte.

Zugleich erzählt die Ausstellung ein Stück Geschichte des Kunstvereins, nämlich die Ära des ersten Direktors Gustav Pauli: Trotz heftiger Kritik machte er durch seine Erwerbungen und Ausstellungen die Kunsthalle Bremen zu einer führenden modernen Galerie. Deshalb haben wir für den Katalog einen Untertitel gewählt: Gustav Pauli und der Kampf um die Moderne. Die Ausstellung zeigt internationale Spitzenkunst und verbindet sie mit der bremischen Geschichte – das ist sehr facettenreich und nicht auf eine simple Formel zu bringen. Für das 200-jährige Jubiläum des Kunstvereins in Bremen ist es aber perfekt!

Vielen Dank für das Gespräch!

Abbildungen:

1) Kuratorin Dorothee Hansen, Foto: Marcus Meyer Photography

2) Installationsansicht der Geburtstagsgäste-Ausstellung: Arthur Fitger, Europa aus dem Zyklus der Erdteile, 1876/79, Haus Seefahrt Bremen, Dauerleihgabe Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum

3) Installationsansicht der Geburtstagsgäste-Ausstellung: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Kalla und Treibhauspflanzen, 1864, Öl auf Leinwand, Sammlung Oskar Reinhart „Am Römerholz“, Winterthur

4) Installationsansicht der Geburtstagsgäste-Ausstellung

5) Installationsansicht der Geburtstagsgäste-Ausstellung mit Skulpturen von Auguste Rodin

#Ausstellungen #DorotheeHansen #Interviews

[aranazo]

The Judas Hour by E. Howard Hunt. Hunt was a former Watergate conspirator, but also rumoured to be JFK Assassin and also the real author of the diary of Arthur Bremer, who was convicted of attempting to assasinate George Wallace. That diary was an inspiration for Paul Schrader when writing his script for Taxi Driver.

#books #vintage books #covers #E. Howard Hunt #The Judas Hour #jfk assassination

[alyosiuscreightonward]

Dear Diary.

Today has been an awful day. I am so sure that since I’ve been a “swinging Richard” I totally deserve a visit from Karma.

I’ve been such a turd in a punch bowl that I deserve to diminished, minimized and discounted. I had lashed out on another blog and I ridiculed another person for who I worship and adore. I know I’m a douche canoe and I said that, “Karma is going to visit” and I thought it was going to be him. Wrong. I was sadly mistaken and now I’m fucked.

First it was the Hobosexual. Then the infestation. Then the landlord. Next it was job. Add in the fact I’m looking for a therapist who may possibly suggest to me that I just might need medication. After nearly 30 years of being clean, I’m frightened. My other friend is having her issues and I can’t even help her because I can’t seem to get out of my own way. I’m frustrated with two dentists and now I’m the bad guy because I didn’t reach out to them and I know I did. They’re just trying to get through school and I feel like cellophane.

One of the dentists wrote the following: “The patient reported that it is progressively getting better, so we decided to monitor that, and his doctor doesn’t believe it is Bell’s Palsy. Had a conversation with the patient and we decided to monitor when the patient was here last. I informed the situation to my little to resolve the problem. We are trying to bring the patient this Friday but if not, will try to bring the patient as soon as possible to replace the temporary crown. The patient is referred to PG Endo to address the sensitivity and proceed with root canal treatment. This was discussed with the patient and the consultation is scheduled at PG Endo. The treatment plan was discussed with the patient. I will inform regarding the treatment plan again with the patient. In terms of paralysis, I discussed with the patient to monitor the problem and will communicate with the assigned practice coordinators to address the situation if the problem does not resolve/does not get any better after a few days/weeks.” (I digress)

So right now, I’m just so inside my head. I did talk to one of my dentists today while I was driving and it was really very tense because I was crying doing 70mph. I had said I felt diminished because I had to go to the patient advocate person. I did not know what else to do about this situation because in my mind I don’t feel like those guys are talking to each other anymore or about me. The one I spoke to, he was clearly upset with me for being a jerk and a Wannabe Karen. No. He didn’t say that. I did. When I get inside my head, I go to where the darkest shadows cower. Then the ideations begin. I have a difficult time with myself. I know that I am supposed to reach out to someone who could possibly help me but I apparently deflect and ignore the fact that I am clearly in the wrong about everything. I mean I was like eleven years old when I gave the gun to Arthur Bremer to shoot/assassinate George Wallace. That took place in Maryland and I was somewhere else. It’s shit like that that sends me down to the bottom of the ocean. Like Shelley Winters, I swam as best as I possibly could and like Leonardo, Kate will push me off. Sadly no Saline Dijon sanging.

This is why I hate my life sometimes. I don’t want you to think for yourself, I’ll do it for you and worry myself into anemia. It’s just what I do. I can give you my best impression of Miranda Priestly and you will absolutely believe it. Meanwhile, like any good recovering Catholic, the joy of self flagellation and guilt does encourage more fucked up thoughts. Before I got on my way I had to take a moment with the committee and verbally speak the words. Not just let them marinate but to listen explore acknowledge and respond to the words coming out of my mouth. In an attempt to make sense of what is going on around me. Not shamed by talking to myself when I’m alone. Sometimes hearing my thoughts, invariably it feels good to hear them coming out. But sometimes it doesn’t make me feel any better about myself either. This is why I keep trying to pound it through your thick skull NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE!!!

I don’t have an off switch but it’s always on. When I smoke a blunt, it slows it down just enough for me to go to sleep and stay asleep. I rarely do it but meditation helps with the noise of anxiety and I will eventually fall asleep. I very rarely know if I dream or not because some people have clarity and will remember their dreams. Not those. 🤦‍♀️

I am not looking forward to hashing this out with either dentist today but I know that I am going to tell them both that, “You know what. You just may need to explain to me that the hypotenuse of an object such as an isosceles triangle is not the same as the actual sum of the square root of the two sides it to me like I’m a five year old. Yet how does one prepare for a fifteen minute lecture on how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. (I did it and it took me a week to get it done but I did it)

I know I am going to cry again and I just hate that about myself. No tears. No crying. Just start chewing around the ankle area and then you’ll be free of the trap. Shoulders back. Stomach in. Eyes forward. Stiff upper lip. MACH SCHNELL!!! Left Right Left. Just as I did that one time in the snow. I walked to the train station, just about a mile plus, from an Ex-Friend’s house. The snow was nearly blinding me, what had fallen previously was now up to my knees and I kept on chanting MARCH MARCH MARCH. Eventually I got on the train and went home. I’m a whiny little bitch. Fuck fuck fuck fuck!!!!

#dear diary #i wrote this for me #lgbtq #bipolar depression #inside my mind #my words #my writing #no your not the only one #pity party #ramblings