"The modernist does not commit himself. He considers, and is critical."
--Douwe Fokkema and Elrud Ibsch (3)
"Critics who vehemently attack modernism for being ahistorical, on grounds of its preoccupation with formal order, often open the floodgates of history through their very characterization of modernism."
--Astra ur Eysteinsson (14)
When I teach Quebec cinema, I often find myself joking that Pierre Falardeau is like the evil twin of Michel Brault. I am of course ...