tagged w/ Franz Kafka
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Before his death in 1924, Franz Kafka left his papers to Max Brod who rushed them out of Czechoslovakia ahead of the advancing Nazis. Now, the daughter of Brod's late secretary wants to sell them to a German Institute. But the legal battle in Israel has become Kafka-esque.
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“The Waking Artist” is a darkly poetic short film by Jacob Mendel. The film is a modern adaptation of Franz Kafka’s “The Hunger Artist” and follows the journey of a cinematic artist who refuses to sleep. Mendel’s short film tells a story of the isolation and alienation of the modern artist, a condition explored earlier by Kafka in his 1922 short story. Similar to Kafka’s work, “The Waking Artist” shows the irony of an artist’s asceticism and dreams for transcendence through artistic excellence, coming instead to symbolize a desolate, joy-deprived man who is incapable of feeling or showing any sense of exuberance.
This piece includes a number of great sepia-toned photographs, as well as the captivating short film, “The Waking Artist.”“The Waking Artist” is a darkly poetic short film by Jacob Mendel. The... more
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Experts are to examine previously unseen documents belonging to the writer Franz Kafka, which were locked away in a Tel Aviv flat for 40 years.
The papers have been gathering dust in the home of the former secretary of Kafka's literary executor, Max Brod.
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