Janez Janša – Biography

janezjansa 19:07 04.05.2012 in Janez Janša: beyond the movie - 2 Comments

Since last post was signed by Marcel Štefančič jr., who is also the author of the book Janez Janša – Biography, I think it would be nice for you to hear few words about his work directly by his lips…

Somebody consider this book a great example of conceptual literature, somebody else just a prank. In fact it is the biography of the three artists Janez Janša but only a single name is written in the title. Yes, it is true, Janez Janša is a trinitarian name, but at the same time a “symbolic name” with its most known bearer, the Prime Minister of Slovenia. This is misleading for the buyer…

Don’t judge a book just by the cover
Unless you cover just another
And blind acceptance is a sign
Of stupid fools who stand in line
– Sex Pistols

Janez Janša – Biography, is also one of the rewards of our crowdfunding campaign.

MORE about Janez Janša – Biography HERE

They don’t give names to pigs

janezjansa 07:06 04.05.2012 in Guest Blogs - 2 Comments

Our first guest blogger is Marcel Štefančič jr, Slovenian film critic, television presenter, journalist and the author of Janez Janša – Biography

Is it good for a man to have a name? Absolutely. Why? Because it protects him. From what? From slaughter. Take for example pets: people, their owners, give them names. Why? So that they don’t kill them. They don’t give names to pigs. Why? So that it’s easier to kill them. You can’t slaughter and eat a pig that you have given a name to. You give it a name in order not to kill it. When you give it a name you protect it from yourself. Ergo: we give each other names so that we don’t kill each other. In Last Tango in Paris Paul (Marlon Brando), an American in Paris, a former actor, boxer and journalist, gets involved in anonymous sex with 19-year old Jeanne (Maria Schneider), a revolutionary, who collects old, dusty, antiquarian things, but he sets a clear rule: >You don’t have a name. Neither do I. No names.< So, no names. Why? >Because we don’t need names here.< Later, when Jeanne suggests that she should come up with a name for him, he sighs: >A name? Oh Jesus Christ! Oh God – I’ve been called by a million names all my life. I don’t
want a name. I’m – I’m better off with a grunt or a groan for a name. Do you
want to know my name?< And then he tells her his name, more precisely – instead, he lets out an animal cry. Logical. Even more logical: in the end Jeanne kills him. Why? Because he doesn’t have a name. Because she hadn’t given him a name.

Marcel Štefančič jr.

DO WE ALWAYS NEED NAMES?

janezjansa 08:57 03.05.2012 in All about names - 3 Comments

Last Tango in Paris, an affair between a young French women and an American male. No personal information. No names involved. Their entire relationship is based solely on sex.

What happend to Paul (Marlon Brando) when he declares his love to Jeanne (Maria Schneider) and she finally tells her name?