yesterday i watched tv while the cleaned floor was drying (cleaning-up is always a good way to distract myself). two stations showed "saving private ryan" and "platoon". was this just by chance or was it by moral purpose, to deter the retiliation fanatics from war with so-called anti-war movies? another channel broadcast the not less gory voodoo thriller angel heart and i switched through many action movies with a lot of shooting and high "bodycount" (as the lethal poets say). could be that this was and is just the normal tv programme, i am no tv junkie at all (but don't take my word for it). however, to me it appeared as incredible contrast to the grief marathon of the last six days.

peter stettner: "anmerkungen zu dem problem eines antikriegsfilms".