In Reply to: Re: The first one didn't go down too well posted by Victor Khomenko on August 5, 2000 at 14:23:51:
I'll take orthogonal over obtuse any time.
Why wouldn't you call Tarkovsky's and Bergman's films intellectual?Ask your friend if he read anything by Carlo Ginzburg, Natalie Zemon Davis and/or Norman Cohn. Judging by your praise of him, he must've.
"Pursuit of the Millenium" is a seminal book. "The Cheese and the worms" and Night Battles" are great too. Can't wait to read the "Europe's Inner Demons:The Demonization of Christians in Medieval Christendom" when it gets reprinted this Fall. Unfortunately these books go out-of-print faster than you can say Devil.:)
Might I also suggest "Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals" by Niall Ferguson? Fascinating read and fun. You'll like it for sure.
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