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2046; or the road from Nostalgia

“In the old days, if someone had a secret they didn’t want to share, they went up a mountain, found a tree, carved a hole in it, and whispered the secret into the hole. Then they covered it with mud. And leave the secret there forever”. …

2046

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2046; or the road from Nostalgia
2046; or the road from Nostalgia
2046

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Dec 10, 2022

Zidane of Frankfurt

There is a thing about great stories: they contain intensely personal moments that anyone can deem their own, and form a representation of the full work; a thumbnail, if you like. A novel condensed into a monologue, the world reflected in an inverted dewdrop. …

Football

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Zidane of Frankfurt
Zidane of Frankfurt
Football

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Jan 1, 2022

An Officer and a Spy

The movie is directed by Roman Polanski, a french director who has been evading American justice for close to 50 years now, on the charge(though apparently the charge-sheet was never filed, but the arrest-warrant is still valid) of raping a minor. His movies are no longer released in the US…

Cinema

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An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy
Cinema

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Nov 18, 2020

Cat on a hot tin nuclear reactor

UnGreat Films 4: Cat on a hot tin roof(1958) A blue eyed wife asks her blue eyed husband to dress up for his dying dad’s birthday party. The crippled husband pours himself another drink. He is angry. At her? We might think, but no. At himself? Yes, but he doesn’t…

Tennessee Williams

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Cat on a hot tin nuclear reactor
Cat on a hot tin nuclear reactor
Tennessee Williams

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Aug 8, 2020

Threading a Phantom

An appreciation(not a critique) of PT Anderson’s Phantom Thread, originally written on 6th Feb 2018. Hello Hello! I went to see Phantom Thread tonight. A little deliberation, a little fright; a couple of flights, of stairs. I reached huffing puffing & hollowed. …

Daniel Day Lewis

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Threading a Phantom
Threading a Phantom
Daniel Day Lewis

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May 15, 2020

Top Gear and The Grand Tour for a travel enthusiast

I got into TG from watching YouTube videos of their stupid challenges, and that stupidity kept me hooked through to the Amazon Series TGT, which is just the same show with a bigger budget and a worse tent. One of the features of their travel is the absence of them…

Top Gear

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Top Gear and The Grand Tour for a travel enthusiast
Top Gear and The Grand Tour for a travel enthusiast
Top Gear

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Apr 28, 2020

A brief history of Russia

Europe turns into Asia not just one way, nor do all major European nations derive their identity from the Roman empire. …

Russia

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A brief history of Russia
A brief history of Russia
Russia

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Apr 27, 2020

“In a Lonely Place”`s desperation

In a Lonely Place is a 1950 American Noir film starring Humphrey Bogart(the one from Casablanca) and Gloria Graham’s eyebrows(the rest of her is in a supporting role). It’s about a murder mystery in which Bogart is a suspect, but that is the backdrop to the real story of a…

In A Lonely Place

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“In a Lonely Place”`s desperation
“In a Lonely Place”`s desperation
In A Lonely Place

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Apr 24, 2020

The Ballad of Jack and The Establishment

It’s not hard to guess that I would be a Daniel day Lewis fan. Who isn’t ? So to complete his pack, I watched The ballad of Jack and Rose. It’s the story of an ex-hippy who was the last person still living in a commune in a small island…

Film

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The Ballad of Jack and The Establishment
The Ballad of Jack and The Establishment
Film

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