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    Streuselkuchen

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    A story about coolness. « The phone rings. It is Jim Jarmusch, and he asks if I want to come over to his place. »

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    Corrupted, yet intact

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    On the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Europe of European integration.

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    Schwarzeneggerology

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    On Arnold, action cinema & Übermenschlichkeit. « Arnold Schwarzenegger was action cinema’s Adamic man, alternately entering and exiting normal human time. »

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  • On location

    On location

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    Mission: Impossible and Eurocentric stunts, from Hollywood to Hong Kong. What does an action movie want to be?

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