The late Austrian British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein spent the
last years of his life partly in Ireland. >chronicle >article
“In most films Empress Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph I are portrayed as a dream couple. If we look a little more closely, however, we find that they were only too human, with their flaws, addictions, compulsions and often capricious preferences.” Text on Habsburg films, books and an exhibition
(c) wieninternational.at 2012
PS. I am not sure if this is really the “dark side of the Habsburgs” (in this context, also see the “Schwarzbuch der Habsburger“, ed. by Leidinger et al., Vienna: Deuticke 2003). However, the “Sisi Myth” about the “Lady Die” of the Austro-Hungarian Empire has at least been shattered and proven to be for sissies; it took a long time…
Austrian and German movie makers are successfully taking up with the boom of film adaptations of literature – and so in the coming weeks moviegoers can also expect some exciting glimpses into the world of Austrian literature: they will be able to see Die Wand by Marlen Haushofer or Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann in a cinema version. >Text & photo (c) wieninternational.at 2012
The nouveau-riche Austro-Canadian FRANK STRONACH buys himself into Austrian politics almost the same way he did with car manufacturing some decades ago. Will the banana republic in the Alps thus see the rise of a new Berlusconi? Or is it just another melodramatic act in the Austrian state farce?
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“Born in Austria in 1947, as a young man he got into bodybuilding and became the best in the world. He moved to Los Angeles at the age of 21. Within 10 years, he was a millionaire businessman. After 20 years, he was the world’s biggest movie star. In 2003, after just over 30 years in America, “Arnie” was governor of California and a household name around the globe.” A review of A. SCHWARZENEGGER’s memoirs Total Recall (c) independent.ie 2012; photo (c) Rolf Hayo, 1967
The Werkbund Estate in Vienna
“’Light, air and sun’ and ‘modern living with a maximum of happiness’ were promised by the Werkbund Estate in Vienna in 1932. Eighty years after its opening, the Wien Museum is staging an exhibition devoted to this architectural monument.” Text (c) wieninternational.at 2012
“The British Marxist historian (with Central European roots) reclaimed and popularised the value of popular culture – something so integral to our lives
today it seems bizarre it was ever denigrated.” >Arts Blog entry
>Obituary Hobsbawm
>Panel: the Hobsbwam legacy
(with Niall Ferguson, David Priestland, Catherine Merridale & Roy Foster)
All texts (c) THE GUARDIAN 2012
Austrian French director MICHAEL HANEKE won the Special Award at the Cannes Film festival with his new movie Amour: see the review (c) NYT, 2012
“In a collection of his letters newly-translated and edited by [our dear young colleague] Michael Hofmann, Joseph Roth is given a new stage for his linguistic genius and vigilant criticism, as well as his inability to use that critical vision to save himself from himself.” Review (c) THE VIENNA REVIEW, 2012
delirium clemens 