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CHANGE.WORLD: De la Esculap la doctor Apple

Toate premiile Nobel în disciplinele științifice decernate în anul 2018 au fost legate sub o formă sau alta de cercetări teoretice sau descoperiri din domeniul diagnosticelor și tratamentelor medicale. Medicina cu diferitele sale ramuri se află astăzi în avangarda cercetării … Continue reading →

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the first talkie by Hitchcock is a pleasant surprise (Film: Blackmail – Alfred Hitchcock, 1929)

‘Blackmail‘, Alfred Hitchcock‘s first ‘talkie’ is a pleasant surprise, a movie that is worth watching and can be seen with the eyes of 2019 viewers, and not just for documentary and historical research purposes. It’s a crime and blackmail story … Continue reading →

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synonyms or false friends? (Film: Synonyms – Nadav Lapid, 2019)

Nadav Lapid‘s talent as a director and scriptwriter is visible in the excellent scenes that open and conclude his movie ‘Synonyms‘ (‘Milim Nirdafot‘ in Hebrew) Which received the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Yoav, the film’s hero, … Continue reading →

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the proof of fire (film: Sauver ou périr – Pierre Niney, 2018)

Pierre Niney is one of my favorite French actors at the moment. At age 21 he became the youngest resident actor ever at the Comedie Francaise. In the last few years he has captured the attention of cinema lovers and … Continue reading →

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men in water (Film: Le grand bain – Gilles Lellouche, 2018)

The very fact of making a movie about men in these years when women’s films are the focus of attention is a proof of originality from the director and co-scriptwriter Gilles Lellouche, better known as an actor and only at … Continue reading →

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portraits and letters (Film: Cézanne, Portraits of a Life – Phil Grabsky, 2018)

Paul Cezanne’s life can be divided into two very different periods. Born in 1839 in a prosperous family, with a banker father, he chose a life and artistic career very different from the expectations of the bourgeois environment. All his … Continue reading →

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a Hitchcock before Hitchcock (Film: East of Shanghai – Alfred Hitchcock, 1931)

In the perspective of the almost nine decades elapsed since its filming and launching, ‘Rich and Strange‘ (the English title) a.k.a. ‘East of Shanghai‘ (the American title) is an atypical film in Alfred Hitchcock‘s career. It is one of his … Continue reading →

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better than ‘Green Book’ (film: Roma – Alfonso Cuarón, 2018)

As I belong to a specie in danger of extinction – those who have not yet subscribed to Netflix -, I had to wait for a rare public screening of Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón‘s film ‘Roma‘, which almost won the … Continue reading →

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an early Hitchcock set in the world of theater (Film: Murder! – Alfred Hitchcock, 1930)

Watching Alfred Hitchcock‘s early films is a special experience for any movie lover and fan of the master of suspense. The first period of Hitchcock’s career took place in England. Hitchcock made his debut in the silent films, and his … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: Despre măsura lucrurilor

Metrul, kilogramul, secunda. Ni se pare că am cunoaște aceste măsuri ale distanței, masei, timpului, dintotdeauna, că ne-am născut cu ele. Și totuși, ele sunt doar convenții, înțelese și acceptate doar cu câteva generații în urmă. Corpul omenesc a fost … Continue reading →

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