I enjoyed this, especially being reminded of the brilliant Wenders movie. The muttered text, by the way, is by Peter Handke, one of the most prominent poets in the German language area of the 70s and 80s, and now also graced with a literature Nobel prize. But you are right that his protest movement poetry would not appeal to many young people today. About releasing music after one's death, this reminded me of the recent Abba Voyage stunt. Okay, they are not dead yet, but one can already see Freddie Mercury's hologram slowly materialising out of the mists of the future. And not to forget the resurrected stars in Star Wars, for example. It would be interesting to think about what happens to a culture if death slowly disappears from its collective consciousness, at least as a career obstacle. Thanks!
I enjoyed this, especially being reminded of the brilliant Wenders movie. The muttered text, by the way, is by Peter Handke, one of the most prominent poets in the German language area of the 70s and 80s, and now also graced with a literature Nobel prize. But you are right that his protest movement poetry would not appeal to many young people today. About releasing music after one's death, this reminded me of the recent Abba Voyage stunt. Okay, they are not dead yet, but one can already see Freddie Mercury's hologram slowly materialising out of the mists of the future. And not to forget the resurrected stars in Star Wars, for example. It would be interesting to think about what happens to a culture if death slowly disappears from its collective consciousness, at least as a career obstacle. Thanks!