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Carte: Laszlo Alexandru – Muzeul figurilor de ceara

Il cunosteam pe Laszlo Alexandru din referinte internetice si mai ales ca redactor al Web site-ului (numit si revista electronica, termen fata de care am o oarecare retinere) ‘E-Leonardo’ a carui aparitie din pacate s-a hotarit sa o intrerupa in … Continue reading

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Dali’s “Aliyah, The Rebirth of Israel”

For the Israel Independence Day this year I chose to present a cycle of works who have entered already the thesaurus of the Israeli and Zionist artistic mythology. Many of the visitors of the recent exhibition of the works of … Continue reading

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Love Story (Film: Amour – Michael Haneke, 2012)

Every age has it’s love films. A long time ago, during my late my teens I resonated together with the millions of young folks at my age in between the age of the hippies and the age of the yuppies … Continue reading

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Adieu, Monsieur Chabrol! (Film: Bellamy – Claude Chabrol, 2009)

Bellamy (or Inspector Bellamy) is the final film in the career that spreads over half a century of director Claude Chabrol, a career started within the cinematic revolution of the French Nouvelle Vague at the end of the 50s in which Chabrol … Continue reading

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purest trash (Film: Death Proof – Quentin Tarantino, 2007)

Death Proof may be the most typical Quentin Tarantino product since Pulp Fiction. Those who love Tarantino will love the film and love him more, those who hate him will have at least one more item to add to the … Continue reading

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sunset of the high-class (Film: Io sono l’amore – Tilda Swinton, 2009)

Io sono l’amore starts with an impressionist-like picture of a city in winter, reminding a painting by Renoir. Yet, we’ll soon realize that we are not at the end of the 19th century but rather 100 years later. The next … Continue reading

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everybody’s crazy (Film: Silver Linings Playbook – David O. Russell, 2012)

I am trying to remember at least one character in Silver Linings Playbook who is not crazy in some way. You know, what we call a normal person, who is not or was not a patient in a mental institution, … Continue reading

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breaking the frames (Film: L’homme qui voulait vivre sa vie – Eric Lartigau, 2010)

At the beginning of the story in this film the hero seems to be at the peak of his life. He has it all: a comfortable life, a wife and two kids, he lives in a villa in the province … Continue reading

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a too decent job (Film: Kirot – Danny Lerner, 2009)

Violent thrillers are yet a rather unexplored territory for the big screen Israeli cinema, and I really wonder why. The Israeli reality even if we put aside the political conflict is quite violent at least if one follows the news. … Continue reading

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Anna Karenina as never seen before (Film: Anna Karenina – Joe Wright, 2012)

What else can be said about Anna Karenina, one of the books that were read, brought to stage and screen so many times? We think that we know the action and the characters, and it takes quite an amount of … Continue reading

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