Monthly Archives: July 2010

dr. Gica Manescu – Reparatorul

Posted on July 30, 2010 by admin

Aduc cu placere si cu multumiri o noua contributie a prietenului meu din Bat-Yam, doctorul Gica Manescu. Pentru cei care intreaba, ma aflu intr-o calatorie profesionala la Maastricht si Geneva si din aceasta cauza nu am avut timp sa scriu … Continue reading →

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Otto Dix (again) and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Posted on July 23, 2010 by admin

Browsing on YouTube after I have seen a documentary on the two faced paintings of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner I discovered this film that catches the war lithographs and more works of Otto Dix inspired by his trauma during and after … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 17 – Mdina and Rabat

Posted on July 22, 2010 by admin

The last episode of the Maltese travel notes is dedicated to the former capital of Malta – Mdina and the adjoining village of Rabat. We visited them in our last full day on the island. Mdina was populated as early … Continue reading →

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dr. Gica Manescu – Semn de Carte

Posted on July 21, 2010 by admin

O noua contributie a doctorului Gica Manescu ne aduce de aceasta data o emotionanta marturie personala si o ocazie de a-l cunoaste mai bine pe acest minunat prieten si coleg de liste internetice, tanar in spirit si totdeauna dornic de … Continue reading →

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Film: The Chess Players (Satyajit Ray, 1977)

Posted on July 20, 2010 by admin

It is my friend Pierre who introduced me to the work of Satyajit Ray. Charulata (The Loney Wife) was the first film of him that I saw, at Pierre’s recommendation. Then I fell recently on an article written in one … Continue reading →

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Film: La Verite (Clouzot, 1960)

Posted on July 19, 2010 by admin

In Bernard Tavernier’s film Laissez Passer which I wrote about a few days ago Henri-Georges Clouzot gets indirectly a harsh treatment. He is one of these directors who continued to work under the German occupation during WWII, and was attacked … Continue reading →

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Documentary: How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin (2009)

Posted on July 18, 2010 by admin

Veteran documentary director Leslie Woodhead filmed on the British pop scene since the 60s. He starts ‘How the Beatles Rocked the Kremlin’ by telling how he filmed the four boys in Liverpool in 1962. He did not stop here, catching … Continue reading →

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Exhibition: Vaclav Cigler at the Litvak Gallery in Tel Aviv

Posted on July 17, 2010 by admin

The second exhibition of the Litvak Gallery in Tel Aviv establishes the place as one of the solid landmarks of the art scene in the city, and a house of the art glass bringing artists of international reputation. After the … Continue reading →

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The Maltese Week / 16 – The Island of Gozo

Posted on July 16, 2010 by admin

I have heard for the first time about Gozo when I bought on Amazon one of the tour guides in preparation for the trip. The title was ‘Malta and Gozo’. What in the world is Gozo, I asked myself. The … Continue reading →

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dr. Gica Manescu – Intamplari si Amintiri: Cizmarul

Posted on July 15, 2010 by admin

Prietenul meu din Bat Yam, dr. Gica Manescu mi-a dat permisiunea sa preiau pe blog inca un episod din amintirile sale. Ii multumesc din nou pentru osteneala de a-si asterne pe hartie amintirile si intamplarile prin care a trecut si … Continue reading →

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