Monthly Archives: June 2013

Carte: Don DeLillo – Punctul Omega

Posted on June 27, 2013 by admin

Romanul de mici dimensiuni al lui Don DeLillo (aparut in 2012 la Editura POLIROM, in colectia Biblioteca Polirom, in traducerea careia nu i-am gasit vreun cusur a Veronicai D.  Niculescu) ii va lasa descumpaniti la sfarsitul lecturii pe multi dintre … Continue reading →

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out of focus (Film: Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh, 2013)

Posted on June 24, 2013 by admin

For us, folks living out of the United States there seem to be two institutions that govern strongly the lives of our American friends: the courts of law and the shrinks. While tribunals are institutions that for most people out … Continue reading →

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blood and music (Film: The Red Violin – Francois Girard, 1998)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by admin

This ambitious project realized 15 years ago and directed by Francois Girard uses a not completely new pretext for its story line retracing 300 years of history of a superb violin manufactured at the end of the 17th century, a … Continue reading →

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a French dream success story (Film: Ivo Livi dit Yves Montand, 2011)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by admin

If this story happened in the USA it would have been labelled as the American Dream story. An Italian immigrant comes to the new country with his three kids. A few years later he receives citizenship. The younger of the … Continue reading →

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Muzicianul si teroarea istoriei (Carte: Kjell Espmark – Bela Bartok contra celui de-al Treilea Reich)

Posted on June 18, 2013 by admin

Poet, prozator si istoric cunoscut in Suedia, Kjell Espmark este membru al Academiei Suedeze – acel forum care in fiecare an selecteaza castigatorul Premiului Nobel pentru Literatura. Acum Espmark se confrunta cu publicul romanesc care are ocazia sa ii cunoasca … Continue reading →

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biography and pamphlet (‘Il Divo’ – Paolo Sorrentino, 2008)

Posted on June 15, 2013 by admin

Biographical films tend to be respectful to the historical figures that they describe. Even when they describe complex and controversial  characters they try to explain and to put in context the motivation of deeds which in the perspective of history … Continue reading →

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the best Tarantino movie not made by Tarantino (Film: ‘True Romance’ – Tony Scott, 1993)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by admin

I believe that there is such a genre called ‘the Tarantino movies’. They have a story which is usually a gangster story, but not necessarily. Men in the story are teenagers or they all have teenagers minds, they are addicted … Continue reading →

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Carte: Daniel Cristea-Enache – Literatura de azi

Posted on June 12, 2013 by admin

Am avut multe motive sa citesc imediat ce am avut ocazia cartea lui Daniel Cristea-Enache ‘Literatura de azi’ cu subtitlul ‘Di@loguri pe net’ (ortografia originala, desigur, din toate punctele de vedere), aparuta acum cateva saptamani la POLIROM. In primul rand … Continue reading →

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screen and stage (Film: Le prenom – 2012)

Posted on June 9, 2013 by admin

‘Le prenom’ translated in English in the Shakespearean ‘What’s in a Name’ is even more than an adaptation, it is almost filmed theater. Excepting the introduction which is funny but has little to do with the film and the final … Continue reading →

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‘based on a true story’ does not really make a true film (Film: All Good Things – Ryan Gosling, 2010)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by admin

‘All Good Things’ is the only big screen feature film made until now by director Andrew Jarecki, who seems to have been involved previously with documentary movies, and we can feel this. Although he had for this movie at hands … Continue reading →

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