I'd be interested to see what his actual reviews are like, because just superficially judging from the quotes here he seems to be backward-looking, which isn't surprising if his background is in the classics, but I suspect there's much more to it than just Klassizismus - the mention of Mel Brooks points to that.
As I watched Volver for the first time last night - it was on television - I'll start with that. I managed to find the essay (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19911) online!
Good luck with the marking - here it's all over and I'll go and see my students to say congratulate them and to say goodbye to them.
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I'd be interested to see what his actual reviews are like, because just superficially judging from the quotes here he seems to be backward-looking, which isn't surprising if his background is in the classics, but I suspect there's much more to it than just Klassizismus - the mention of Mel Brooks points to that.
As I watched Volver for the first time last night - it was on television - I'll start with that. I managed to find the essay (http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19911) online!
Good luck with the marking - here it's all over and I'll go and see my students to say congratulate them and to say goodbye to them.