For Mishra, elements in modernity that seem violently opposed, Zionism and Islamism, Hindu nationalism and Theosophical soppiness — not to mention Nazi militarism — share a common wellspring.
This is a column about similarities and dissimilarities, about how things that once seemed violently opposed can come to appear almost identical, and about how time's process of reconciliation can affect present-day polemics.
The Boston Globe's Wesley Morris wrote, "[Koreyoshi] Kurahara takes the movie to extremes of behavior and style, merging the two until the form seems as violently unstable as the characters.
When years ago I first saw photographs of Running Table and Three Dandy Scuttlers I was smitten by this artist's sensibilities, for trees had always seemed almost violently alive to me, straining to give messages, and these wonderful pieces, racing like goats through the wood, proved it.
In general the players' energy, sometimes dispensed almost violently, seemed appropriate to these mercurial works.
He turned right for no reason, and on that block, as he walked, some invisible industrial fan seemed to whir violently, sending up trash.
VICE headed down to Newtown to talk about lockout laws, intolerance, and how the two seem to be violently converging.
There's a long and colorful screen history of Gotham bad guys who all seem to die violently or end up imprisoned (if only briefly) in the bleak towers of Arkham Asylum.
He rises; he falls; he rises and falls again and again, flinging his arms and legs so violently that he seems to be trying to cast them off his body.
The phalanx of brass seems to split apart and collide violently.
