Samuél Lopez-Barrantes

Triangle of Sadness is one of the best allegories of the 21st century. I also *highly* recommend Ostlund's other films too, especially Force Majeure, which does to gendered & wealth/power-based relationships what Triangle does for how power infects humanity.

I do think this question of power is important, because we've chosen to associate power with financial wealth in this capitalist era, but it need not be so. The question for me is, knowing what we know about our innate desire for power (yes, we all struggle with it it; yes, even giving money away is a form of wielding power), how do we define power in such a way that it can be more virtuous than it currently is now?

What a legend. Him and Paris book collecting extraordinaire John Baxter would have a fascinating conversation or two over a bottle of wine.

What’s the one book you’d have if you could be granted one rare book wish? I think I’d have to go with The Lion Witch & The Wardrobe for nostalgia sake

Yes yes yes. Looking forward to our upcoming chat. But some beautiful and hopeful books that don’t shy away from the existentialist quandary:

-Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins
-The Overstory by Richard Powers
-Farewell Cowboy by Olja Savicevic
-Everything Kurt Vonnegut ever wrote
-The White Album by Joan Didion