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Biography
Filmmaker, writer, artist and retired commercial film producer, Bob Boldt was raised in a traditional nuclear family, he was strongly influenced by his mother’s love of books and his father’s iconoclastic creativity. Reaching his majority during the Eisenhower years, he responded to the materialism and the booming post-war prosperity with a growing consciousness of its shallowness and a simultaneous sense of the inherent dissonance between appearance and reality. In the late fifties he pursued undergraduate studies with a degree in psychology at Wabash College. In spite of his love for the liberal arts’ educational tradition, he also arrived at the beginnings of a deep-seated, life-long aversion to academia. This led to studies at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, finally deciding on a career in filmmaking. For Bob, the advent of the social and political turbulence of the 60’s was a long anticipated, watershed moment. As a news cameraman, he covered both the Chicago campaign of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention. Having lived through some of the most interesting events of contemporary history, having met many fascinating characters along the way and after a long life of embracing some of the most exciting intellectual and aesthetic movements of the past half-century, Mr. Boldt has become uniquely qualified to comment on our past, our present and our future. He presently lives in Jefferson City, Missouri where he pursues diverse activities such as poetry, publication, and still and video production. He is active in The Center for Buddhist Development, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Lincoln University, Jefferson City Writers, the Missouri River Regional Library and The White Rose. Filmmaker, writer, artist and retired commercial film producer, Bob Boldt was raised in a traditional nuclear family, he was strongly influenced by his mother’s love of books and his father’s iconoclastic creativity. Reaching his majority during the Eisenhower years, he responded to the materialism and the booming post-war prosperity with a growing consciousness of its shallowness and a simultaneous sense of the inherent dissonance between appearance and reality. In the late fifties he pursued undergraduate studies with a degree in psychology at Wabash College. In spite of his love for the liberal arts’ educational tradition, he also arrived at the beginnings of a deep-seated, life-long aversion to academia. This led to studies at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, finally deciding on a career in filmmaking. For Bob, the advent of the social and political turbulence of the 60’s was a long anticipated, watershed moment. As a news reporter/cameraman, he covered both the Chicago campaign of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention. Having lived through some of the most interesting events of contemporary history, having met many fascinating characters along the way and after a long life of embracing some of the most exciting intellectual and aesthetic movements of the past half-century, Mr. Boldt has become uniquely qualified to comment on our past, our present and our future. He presently lives in Jefferson City, Missouri where he pursues diverse activities such as poetry, publication, and still and video production. He is active in The Center for Buddhist Development, the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Lincoln University, Jefferson City Writers, the Missouri River Regional Library and The White Rose. |
Editorial
Date | Title |
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01/17/2013 10:53:04 | Emmanuel Goldstein is Dead. Long Live Emmanuel Goldstein! |
05/30/2012 10:07:18 | Sex, Lies and Jesus |
06/13/2011 13:08:59 | Everyone wants a bite of Weiner |
02/08/2011 10:13:54 | Egypt and The Future of Imperialism |
06/11/2010 20:50:31 | An Unlikely Lesson from the Oil Spill |
Analysis
Date | Title |
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07/12/2013 14:17:10 | The Liberal defection from independent thought, courage and reason |
12/29/2012 16:49:50 | Is There Hope in Hopelessness? |
10/12/2012 08:44:31 | Why Obama Now |
06/07/2012 09:53:32 | Bye Bye Ray |
06/03/2012 07:41:08 | On the Cultivation and Care of White Roses |
03/29/2012 08:58:13 | Let us now praise famous... |
01/11/2012 14:19:24 | The Papers of George F. Kennan |
09/08/2011 10:59:31 | Ten Years Ago |
08/04/2011 08:45:23 | Leo Szilard - A Modern Prometheus |
06/09/2011 09:49:13 | Our Frogs are Cooked |
05/06/2011 09:32:49 | Demons in America |
05/02/2011 08:30:41 | Osama Is Dead; Long Live His Myth... |
02/04/2011 14:03:05 | The Masks Change; The Face Remains The Same |
09/10/2010 10:54:30 | Can a thousand architects be wrong? |
09/06/2010 10:11:31 | Is a controlled demolition of the 9/11 Truth movement possible? |
01/22/2010 08:53:42 | Avatar—an unpatriotic review |
Politics
Contact Info
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Bob Boldt |
Additional Information
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Filmmaker, Poet, Seeker | |
Photography, Writing and Things that quicken the heart | |
Jefferson City | |
MO | |
USA | |
PO Box 173 | |
573-291-1133 |
Blog
Date | Title |
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02/25/2013 09:14:18 | Oscar Blinked? |
01/16/2012 11:18:37 | The King of Love is dead |
12/08/2011 15:34:40 | Moral Conservative Zizek? |
11/06/2011 18:10:27 | Tom Selleck in Zuccotti Park? |
07/03/2011 08:03:45 | Let's not forget the reason for this holiday |
05/12/2011 12:45:14 | Response to a letter from Michael Moore |
05/04/2011 22:42:49 | 'That's not who we are' |
04/21/2011 11:37:09 | That Damned Bitch Hope… |
03/31/2011 15:27:05 | The Biggest April Fool of Them All |
02/11/2011 12:58:42 | The Despot is gone. Long live the despot |
06/16/2010 11:56:17 | In Anticipation... |
04/04/2010 11:16:28 | An Easter Message |