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CHANGE.WORLD: Cer de octombrie, cer de mai

Posted on May 26, 2020 by admin

Povestea relatată în filmul american ‘October Sky’ regizat de Joe Johnston începe în noaptea de 4 octombrie 1957. A fost o noapte senină pentru o bună parte din America, inclusiv pentru localitatea Coalwood din statul West Virginia, unde trăia familia … Continue reading →

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Capitolele lipsă (carte: Miriam Wax-Yahil – Capitolul lipsă)

Posted on May 25, 2020 by admin

‘… această carte nu este doar o biografie. Este un roman-document care se bazează pe viaţa reală a familiei mele şi pe vremurile cu adevărat turbulente în care aceasta a trăit şi care au fost, pe nedrept, alungate în uitare. … Continue reading →

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memory games (film: Trance – Danny Boyle, 2013)

Posted on May 23, 2020 by admin

Amnesia and hypnosis – these are two phenomena that have been the starting point for many thrillers, some of them classic successes of this film genre. ‘Trance‘ made in 2013 by Danny Boyle combines them in a sophisticated story, with … Continue reading →

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marriage story (film: Gone Girl – David Fincher, 2014)

Posted on May 21, 2020 by admin

‘Gone Girl‘, made in 2014 by David Fincher on a screenplay written by Gillian Flynn who adapted her own bestseller, is a winning combination: it is a very well written thriller with enough upheavals and perspective changes so that the … Continue reading →

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a minuet on the seashore (film: Lola – Jacques Demy, 1961)

Posted on May 19, 2020 by admin

There are afew love stories in the movie ‘Lola‘ made in 1961 by Jacques Demy, but also around this movie. Made in 1961, it was the director’s first feature film, which a few years later would direct ‘Les parapluies de … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Westworld 3 – o distopie în vremea Coronei

Posted on May 18, 2020 by admin

Viața bate filmul, viața bate literatura. În ultimele luni suntem cu toții confruntați cu limitele imaginației, fie că este vorba despre imaginația personală, fie că este vorba despre imaginația creatorilor de fantezii sau a experților în prevederea viitorului, a creatorilor … Continue reading →

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obligația de a rezista (film documentar : Gestures of Resistance – Olga Ștefan, 2019)

Posted on May 16, 2020 by admin

Documentarul realizat în 2019 de Olga Ștefan, ‘Gesturi de rezistență’ (‘Gestures of Resistance’) începe cu un citat din Simon Wiesenthal: ‘Obligația de a rezistă începe atunci când oamenii încep să sufere deoarece le sunt încălcate drepturile. Dacă rezistența este activă … Continue reading →

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love at first frame (film: Right Now, Wrong Then – Sang-soo Hong, 2015)

Posted on May 16, 2020 by admin

How many times have you fallen in love with the creation of a hitherto unknown director from the first frame of the first film of his you watch? I confess that it happens to me quite rarely. This is what … Continue reading →

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heists in style (film: Le Voleur – Louis Malle, 1967)

Posted on May 14, 2020 by admin

Recovered and digitized versions of old movies are often a joy for movies fans. We have the opportunity to see films made 40, 50, 60 years ago in conditions similar to those at the premiere and sometimes even in better … Continue reading →

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on the two shores of the lake (Film: Moka – Emmanuelle Devos, 2016)

Posted on May 13, 2020 by admin

Lake Lehman and the surrounding mountains are an extremely suitable landscape for the genre of psychological thrillers. The calm and glacial beauty of the places always seems to hide a threatening subtext, just as the impeccable politeness of the locals … Continue reading →

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