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It 's a century that I do not write.
In this period many things have happened to me.
Well, first I went back singles.
Then I spent a decent examination of history.
I spent a Friday night really really nice. And today
tremedamente Scazzi.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Friday, June 9, 2006
Body Temperature Sensor
Film of the week # 8
1950 Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder
with William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
"Sunset Boulevard", he contends, along with "Citizen Kane" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" The first place for best film in the history of cinema. Like most educated literature, cinema also has its classics, and this is certainly one of them.
screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden), escaping to the creditors, and arrives at a gloomy old mansion. In this place lives the no longer young and fallen silent film actress Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson). Norma Joe proposes to revise the script that she wrote dreaming the comeback ...
"Sunset Boulevard" is a film dark, cynical but also biting. Those who know Billy Wilder is sure that his scripts are always very original, very critical of certain aspects of society. One need only recall the hilarious "One, two, three!" where, in a still divided in two by the Berlin Wall, Wilder skillfully takes around American capitalism and Soviet communism. In this case the object of criticism is Hollywood, with its ephemeral success, its rigid production systems and the inexorable law of the image, one that gives precedence who is younger and more beautiful about who is actually good. The scene that best represents this worldview the show is when Norma went to visit his old friend the director, but none of the crew to recognize. Is recognized and applauded only when an operator error, the point on a reflector. The Desmond is a character deeply well-characterized, unique and probably unrepeatable, even if sometimes it expires in caricaturist. On the other hand Wilder is one who loves to play with stereotypes and then twist, for example, you can see how these gender roles in "Some Like It Hot." The Desmond lives in a house-shaped tomb perfectly on its image and about the old days of silent cinema. Why why not work more than was in fact the coming of sound, making it obsolete as actress. Meaningful (and memorable) is the standard joke that the first preliminary meeting with Joe, "I am large, are the films that have become small." She is trapped in the role as an actress, says all the time, but does so in the manner of silent films: wide eyes and gestures very pronounced. The life of Gloria Swanson partially coincides with that of Desmond, as the character he plays is one of the greatest actresses in silent films. It is no accident that in "Sunset Boulevard" there is a scene from "Queen Kelly", one of the last silent films that turned Swanson and that led to his downfall. Nor is it a coincidence that the part of Norma's butler in "Sunset Boulevard" is entrusted Erich von Stroheim, director of "Queen Kelly", which will have a decisive role in the plot.
The film is also studded with small guest stars, Buster Keaton in the first place in the small role of a friend of Norma, and Cecil B. DeMille, the director's role in the long-time friend of the actress (and famous film director also in reality).
What makes this film a masterpiece, among other things, the particular use that Wilder did the voiceover. The film begins with the protagonist's dead body floating in a swimming pool (made possible by a magnificent scene of the wise use of mirrors), and his voice-over telling the story. This type of narration was taken with great effectiveness in such films as "American Beauty" or TV series like "Desperate Housewives."
1950 Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder
with William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim
"Sunset Boulevard", he contends, along with "Citizen Kane" and "2001: A Space Odyssey" The first place for best film in the history of cinema. Like most educated literature, cinema also has its classics, and this is certainly one of them.
screenwriter Joe Gillis (William Holden), escaping to the creditors, and arrives at a gloomy old mansion. In this place lives the no longer young and fallen silent film actress Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson). Norma Joe proposes to revise the script that she wrote dreaming the comeback ...
"Sunset Boulevard" is a film dark, cynical but also biting. Those who know Billy Wilder is sure that his scripts are always very original, very critical of certain aspects of society. One need only recall the hilarious "One, two, three!" where, in a still divided in two by the Berlin Wall, Wilder skillfully takes around American capitalism and Soviet communism. In this case the object of criticism is Hollywood, with its ephemeral success, its rigid production systems and the inexorable law of the image, one that gives precedence who is younger and more beautiful about who is actually good. The scene that best represents this worldview the show is when Norma went to visit his old friend the director, but none of the crew to recognize. Is recognized and applauded only when an operator error, the point on a reflector. The Desmond is a character deeply well-characterized, unique and probably unrepeatable, even if sometimes it expires in caricaturist. On the other hand Wilder is one who loves to play with stereotypes and then twist, for example, you can see how these gender roles in "Some Like It Hot." The Desmond lives in a house-shaped tomb perfectly on its image and about the old days of silent cinema. Why why not work more than was in fact the coming of sound, making it obsolete as actress. Meaningful (and memorable) is the standard joke that the first preliminary meeting with Joe, "I am large, are the films that have become small." She is trapped in the role as an actress, says all the time, but does so in the manner of silent films: wide eyes and gestures very pronounced. The life of Gloria Swanson partially coincides with that of Desmond, as the character he plays is one of the greatest actresses in silent films. It is no accident that in "Sunset Boulevard" there is a scene from "Queen Kelly", one of the last silent films that turned Swanson and that led to his downfall. Nor is it a coincidence that the part of Norma's butler in "Sunset Boulevard" is entrusted Erich von Stroheim, director of "Queen Kelly", which will have a decisive role in the plot.
The film is also studded with small guest stars, Buster Keaton in the first place in the small role of a friend of Norma, and Cecil B. DeMille, the director's role in the long-time friend of the actress (and famous film director also in reality).
What makes this film a masterpiece, among other things, the particular use that Wilder did the voiceover. The film begins with the protagonist's dead body floating in a swimming pool (made possible by a magnificent scene of the wise use of mirrors), and his voice-over telling the story. This type of narration was taken with great effectiveness in such films as "American Beauty" or TV series like "Desperate Housewives."
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Brazilian Wax In Delhi
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Today I found my cat Sheena sitting inside the flat where he eats.
So I realized that I forgot to feed her.
Today I found my cat Sheena sitting inside the flat where he eats.
So I realized that I forgot to feed her.
Friday, June 2, 2006
The Meaning Of Colors Of Faith
Film of the week # 7
2006 Volver, Pedro Almodovar
with Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura
I state at once that Almodovar is a genius. It 's a popular genius, as it could be Billy Wilder. This has greatly influenced Almodovar, especially at the script level.
's the story of four women, between Madrid and La Mancha. From the past of these returns the ghost of the mother / grandmother dead, which seems to reveal something important to their daughters.
"Volver" is without doubt the best films of Almodovar. It 'was a difficult choice' bubble 'as' better', because I think he's one of the few directors to have the 'touch', namely that whatever he does, if not a masterpiece it is very close. In this case it is a masterpiece, I do not know how in the future will make a better film than this (even if you said this already with "All About My Mother").
"Volver," which in Italian means "Return" is a three-fold return. First, the return to origin, the mother and the birth, where everything begins and everything, whether we like it or not, comes around. Then the return, to Almodovar, film-themed after two female strongly male film such as "Talk to Her" and "Bad Education." Finally, you return to a kind of cinema that was in the mid-eighties, such as can be, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?". The similarities between the two films are essentially in proximity to the traditions and customs of the people. If in "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" The story revolves around a housewife and monstrous housing in Madrid, "Volver" in the most popular story goes as such. Some English-speaking countries have the belief that people, once dead, remain close to the living, who has read anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Isabel Allende knows what I'm talking about. But does not dwell only on this point, the important part we have the climate, wind and earth. This film has a lot of picaresque English tradition: the wind that makes people crazy, windmills, fire, absurdity.
worth noting the splendid acting of Penelope Cruz in this film better than ever, with a new physicality and built. Almodovar was in fact inspired the character of Raimunda, the Italian majority of the Sixties, like Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and especially Magnani, lauded at the end of the film with a piece of "Beautiful" by Visconti. Therefore, the Cruz boasts a heavy makeup, which gives her very strangely, and a padded seat, with busty breasts (real), gives the classic form of 'hourglass'. I think it's a character so well built and well played to stay immortal, with his beautiful, intense eyes and espressivissimi blacks. A small
and ultimate return is to Carmen Maura, who starred with Almodovar in 1988, with "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." In this film has aged, but the actress has always been an exceptional time. Almodovar said that she is like Toto, he never made a drama school but it's a great actress.
level directorial Almodovar indulges in every movie, this one uses the usual bright colors, a beautiful photograph and the virtuoso shots from above, that are now his trademark. Despite
as type of film is closer to his first film, not to be seen as a setback. E ', however, surprising a couple and evolution of one of the greatest artists of this century (and the past). It is a 'almodramma', a term coined for his films, where you mix love and comedy in perfect amalgam and fun. This film is beautifully written, thought out as a small bomb, full of suspense, hilarity and numerous plot twists and overwhelming. For this would be unnecessary and detrimental to reveal other details of the plot. All this and much more, makes "Volver" a perfect film, intense and riusciutissimo.
2006 Volver, Pedro Almodovar
with Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura
I state at once that Almodovar is a genius. It 's a popular genius, as it could be Billy Wilder. This has greatly influenced Almodovar, especially at the script level.
's the story of four women, between Madrid and La Mancha. From the past of these returns the ghost of the mother / grandmother dead, which seems to reveal something important to their daughters.
"Volver" is without doubt the best films of Almodovar. It 'was a difficult choice' bubble 'as' better', because I think he's one of the few directors to have the 'touch', namely that whatever he does, if not a masterpiece it is very close. In this case it is a masterpiece, I do not know how in the future will make a better film than this (even if you said this already with "All About My Mother").
"Volver," which in Italian means "Return" is a three-fold return. First, the return to origin, the mother and the birth, where everything begins and everything, whether we like it or not, comes around. Then the return, to Almodovar, film-themed after two female strongly male film such as "Talk to Her" and "Bad Education." Finally, you return to a kind of cinema that was in the mid-eighties, such as can be, "What Have I Done to Deserve This?". The similarities between the two films are essentially in proximity to the traditions and customs of the people. If in "What Have I Done to Deserve This?" The story revolves around a housewife and monstrous housing in Madrid, "Volver" in the most popular story goes as such. Some English-speaking countries have the belief that people, once dead, remain close to the living, who has read anything by Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Isabel Allende knows what I'm talking about. But does not dwell only on this point, the important part we have the climate, wind and earth. This film has a lot of picaresque English tradition: the wind that makes people crazy, windmills, fire, absurdity.
worth noting the splendid acting of Penelope Cruz in this film better than ever, with a new physicality and built. Almodovar was in fact inspired the character of Raimunda, the Italian majority of the Sixties, like Loren, Gina Lollobrigida and especially Magnani, lauded at the end of the film with a piece of "Beautiful" by Visconti. Therefore, the Cruz boasts a heavy makeup, which gives her very strangely, and a padded seat, with busty breasts (real), gives the classic form of 'hourglass'. I think it's a character so well built and well played to stay immortal, with his beautiful, intense eyes and espressivissimi blacks. A small
and ultimate return is to Carmen Maura, who starred with Almodovar in 1988, with "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." In this film has aged, but the actress has always been an exceptional time. Almodovar said that she is like Toto, he never made a drama school but it's a great actress.
level directorial Almodovar indulges in every movie, this one uses the usual bright colors, a beautiful photograph and the virtuoso shots from above, that are now his trademark. Despite
as type of film is closer to his first film, not to be seen as a setback. E ', however, surprising a couple and evolution of one of the greatest artists of this century (and the past). It is a 'almodramma', a term coined for his films, where you mix love and comedy in perfect amalgam and fun. This film is beautifully written, thought out as a small bomb, full of suspense, hilarity and numerous plot twists and overwhelming. For this would be unnecessary and detrimental to reveal other details of the plot. All this and much more, makes "Volver" a perfect film, intense and riusciutissimo.
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