Monthly Archives: December 2009

Documentary: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted on December 31, 2009 by admin

When I visited Hiroshima less than two months ago I thought that I knew quite a lot about the the events at the end of the second world war in the Pacific including the atomic bombs that were dropped upon … Continue reading →

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Johnnny Cash at Folsom Prison

Posted on December 30, 2009 by admin

Johnny Cash era unul dintre cantaretii de folk preferatiai lui Cornel Chiriac in zilele de joi (daca imi amintesc bine) in care Metronomul era dedicat genurilor folk si country & western. Poate alaturi de Arlo Guthrie era cantaretul de country … Continue reading →

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Egill Saebjornsson

Posted on December 30, 2009 by admin

I got to know Egill Saebjornssonl via the Arte et Maniere program of ARTE TV. He is a young artist born in 1973 Iceland and living in Berlin. He started as an animator, then continued by combining techniques from different … Continue reading →

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Le violon de Rothtschild

Posted on December 29, 2009 by admin

The life of composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his relationship with the soviet regime and with dictator Stalin was already the subject of ‘Testimony’ where Ben Kingsley played the lead role. As a human being he was intimidated and oppressed, often … Continue reading →

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Martial Solal si Didier Lockwood

Posted on December 28, 2009 by admin

Postul de televiziune Mezzo m-a ajutat sa descopar doi extraordinari muzicieni de jazz francezi – Martial Solal si Didier Lockwood inregistrati la un concert la festivalul de la Antibes in 1990. Pianistul Martial Solal este nascut la Alger in 1927. … Continue reading →

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a moore-esque film about a serious issue

Posted on December 27, 2009 by admin

‘Hashmatsa’ (‘Defamation’) by Israeli director Yoav Shamir broadcast last night by Channel 2 of the Israeli TV dares to attack one of the sacred cows of Israel and of the Jewish people – how it reacts to antisemitism around the … Continue reading →

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Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests

Posted on December 27, 2009 by admin

Brian Coll sends in one of the last issues of TIME Magazine a Postcard from Belfast dealing with the lowering number of priests being ordinate in Ireland –  http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1942665,00.html . It is interesting to see how different religions in the … Continue reading →

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Norton’s Illusionist

Posted on December 26, 2009 by admin

The Illusionist’ is a film that was often compared with Christopher Nolan‘s ‘The Prestige’ which had a similar theme inspired from the life of the turn of the 20th century magicians and was released about the same time. It fails … Continue reading →

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Anish Kapoor

Posted on December 26, 2009 by admin

I think that I have first met a work of Anish Kapoor in Chicago two years ago – the huge ‘Bean’ is part of the Chicago landscape in a public park that was not far from our hotel. The BBC … Continue reading →

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dimineata de Shabat in Neve Tzedek

Posted on December 26, 2009 by admin

Shabatul cu vreme frumoasa, primul dupa cateva saptamani ne-a scos si pe noi din casa. Am mers in Neve Tzedek, cartierul de sud al Tel Avivului vechi, in care casele construite in primele decenii ale secolului trecut au fost in … Continue reading →

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