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Carte: Adrian G. Romila – Zeppelin

Ilustrația de pe coperta cărții ‘Zeppelin’ semnată de Adrian G. Romila (apărută în 2017 în colecția ‘EGO proză’ a Editurii Polirom) mi s-a părut familiară din momentul în care am luat cartea în mâna pentru prima oară. Curios fiind, am … Continue reading

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worst is good (Film: The Disaster Artist – James Franco, 2017)

Hollywood loves more than anything else to make films about Hollywood. There may be some trivial economic reasons for this, films about films taking place mostly in film studios are easy to make in film studios. There is a more … Continue reading

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halucinating and dystopian view (Film: Abluka – Emin Alper, 2015)

Some of the best film achievements have come and will come from places which are under social and political pressure and are being created by film directors who are deeply involved in the life of their countries and have both … Continue reading

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Godard – father of inventions (Film: Vivre sa vie – Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)

I usually try to form my opinion about films based on how entertaining or interesting or enriching or none of these I felt that they were during the time spent watching them. Only afterwards I try to understand why I … Continue reading

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classic and timeless (film: Gloria – John Cassavetes, 1980)

Good movies are timeless. Or they feel so. Sometimes this is because their subject is universal and it does not really matter what epoch the action is set in. In some other cases the quality of the story and of … Continue reading

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an immersing visual experience (Animated Film: Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, 2017)

The art of animated films does not cease to amaze. Certainly, much of the progress in the last quarter of century came from computer graphics and its derivatives, as the resolution and flexibility of the digital tools push the edge … Continue reading

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CHANGE.WORLD: Optimiști, pesimiști și realiști

Sunt optimist din fire. Nu știu dacă ar trebui să acord meritul sau responsabilitatea acestei trăsături de caracter perioadei în care m-am născut și am fost educat. Era vorba atunci (școala am început-o în anul 1960) despre un optimism ideologic, … Continue reading

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life and anger in deep America (film: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh, 2017)

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri‘ is positioning itself as the main favorite of the Academy Awards season, and if it will win some of the statuettes in the major categories it will be by merit. It is quite interesting that … Continue reading

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broken city, messy movie (Film: Broken City – Mark Wahlberg, 2013)

Sometimes telling the idea or describing the synopsis of the film is much clearer than the feeling that we had while viewing it. This is exactly my feeling about Broken City, a political thriller taking place in the days between … Continue reading

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some of the best private eyes are women (TV Series: Landing on Their Feet – Mili Avital, Shani Cohen, 2017)

Women can do everything men can do and do most of these better. I am a sincere believer in the (almost) absolute truth of this saying. Applying it to the TV series ‘Landing on Their Feet ‘ (‘Noflot al haRaglayim’) … Continue reading

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