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În spatele fațadelor (Carte – ‘Freud Museum’ de Ioana Scoruș)

Posted on December 12, 2019 by admin

Pe coperta culegerii de povestiri ‘Freud Museum’ a Ioanei Scoruș apărută în 2019 în colecția ‘EGO Proză’ a editurii Polirom figurează un fragment din pictura ‘Orășelul Krumlov pe Vltava’ a lui Egon Schiele. Realizată în 1912, această lucrare este un … Continue reading →

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an American history (film: The Irishman – Martin Scorsese, 2019)

Posted on December 10, 2019 by admin

With ‘The Irishman‘ Martin Scorsese makes an explicit statement that he considers his illustrious career as a director and a producer to be far from final. Besides, Scorsese is not only at the fourth feature film in this decade (plus … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Etica și genetica

Posted on December 10, 2019 by admin

Născut la 6 aprilie 1928 la Chicago, James Watson este considerat unul dintre cei patru savanți care au descoperit structura moleculei acidului dezoxiribonucleic (ADN) păstrător al codului genetic al materiei vii. În 1953, a fost coautor împreună cu Francis Crick … Continue reading →

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a song of love (film: As Vozes do Fado – Ruben Alves, Christophe Fonseca, 2017)

Posted on December 8, 2019 by admin

There are many nations whose souls are wonderfully expressed in music. But rare are the cases where a single word defines not only the genre and the musical genius of the nation, but also its character and its history. Of … Continue reading →

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a man and a woman, fifty years later (Film: Les plus belles années d’une vie – Claude Lelouch, 2019)

Posted on December 7, 2019 by admin

I confess that I have never been a big fan of Claude Lelouch. ‘A Man and a Woman‘ (‘Un homme et une femme‘) did not make a strong impression on me more than half a century ago when I first … Continue reading →

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flying to freedom (Film: Balloon – Michael Herbig, 2018)

Posted on December 4, 2019 by admin

I believe that movies like ‘Balloon‘ are very necessary. 30 years since passed the Iron Curtain and the Berlin Wall fell down and the the communist governments in Eastern Europe collapsed. A whole generation was born after this period, grew … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD – Cosmonaut, erou, artist

Posted on December 3, 2019 by admin

Dacă Uniunea Sovietică, și nu Statele Unite, ar fi câștigat cu jumătate de secol în urmă cursa pentru primii pași ai omenirii pe Lună, atunci este foarte probabil că Alexei Leonov ar fi fost primul om care să pășească pe … Continue reading →

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crazy week (film: Pusher – Nicolas Winding Refn, 1996)

Posted on December 2, 2019 by admin

When Nicolas Winding Refn‘s name appears as a director on the poster, we can be sure that this is a special film, a film that will surprise us, a film that in some respects resembles nothing from what we have … Continue reading →

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the history that repeats itself (Film: The Emigrants – Jan Troell, 1971)

Posted on December 1, 2019 by admin

‘The Emigrants‘ (‘Utvandarna‘ in Swedish) directed by Jan Troell was released in 1971 and is based on a series of novels written by Vilhelm Moberg and published between 1949 and 1959. The story takes place one hundred years earlier, sometime … Continue reading →

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heroism and survival (Film: The 12th Man – Harald Zwart, 2017)

Posted on November 30, 2019 by admin

When the titles of a movie announce that it is ‘inspired by a true story’ I automatically begin to suspect the credibility of what I am about to see. My experience as a film buff has repeatedly demonstrated that the … Continue reading →

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