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Israel Meets India and Nepal (in TV series)

Posted on August 25, 2012 by admin

I saw this week the last episode of Kathmandu. It’s the second TV series launched this year dealing with a phenomenon well-known to Israelis – the trips to the Indian subcontinent, which many Israeli youths take, usually after finishing the … Continue reading →

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The Ruins of Baile Herculane

Posted on August 24, 2012 by admin

It’s one of the saddest and most painful blog entries I have written. My trip to Romania took me to a place which could be one of the touristic centers of Europe, rivaling or even pushing into shadows famous spa … Continue reading →

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Carte: Boris Akunin – Azazel

Posted on August 23, 2012 by admin

Boris Akunin este unul dintre cei mai cunoscuti si mai publicati scriitori ai Rusiei de astazi si un oponent al regimului lui Vladimir Putin. Eseist si traducator, expert in cultura japoneza a editat o antologie in 20 de volume a … Continue reading →

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What Color the Danube?

Posted on August 22, 2012 by admin

I am restarting a cycle which I began (and never finished) two years ago and I named it then ‘Tourist in Romania’. There was a little bit of irony in the name, as Romania is my country of birth and … Continue reading →

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Carte: Arkadi & Boris Strugatki – Melcul pe povarnis

Posted on August 21, 2012 by admin

Va mai amintiti (cei care ati apuca perioada cea poleita) despre versul ‘spre comunism in zbor’ care manjea candva  melodia ‘Tricolorului’ compusa de Ciprian Porumbescu? Voia sa fie un simbol al avantului neincetat si netarmurit cu care omenirea inainteaza spre … Continue reading →

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From Comics to Comic Action (Film: Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec – Luc Besson, 2010)

Posted on July 13, 2012 by admin

My unusual relationship with films inspired by comics continues to develop, as for various reasons I have seen a lot of these in the last few weeks. I picked Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec this week at the end of … Continue reading →

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Scorsese’s Hitchcock (Film: Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese, 2010)

Posted on July 12, 2012 by admin

Islands are terrific settings for thrillers. We know it from our own cinematographic experience, and we know we are in claustrophobic territory from the very first scene of this film, with the Shutter Island somewhere out of Boston in the … Continue reading →

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End of the Millennium (Film: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, 2009)

Posted on July 9, 2012 by admin

I did not see yet the American remake version of the first series in the ‘Millennium’ adaptation.  I am hearing good things about it, but frankly speaking I enjoyed so much the Swedish version that I am a little bit … Continue reading →

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just a wild ride (Film: Kick-Ass – Nicholas Cage, 2010)

Posted on July 8, 2012 by admin

The heroes in ‘Kick-Ass’ are not made of special forms of matter and are not un-breakable. They try however to live to the ambitions of the super-heroes myth in a world which seems to believe in myths, and take the … Continue reading →

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A British Institution (TV Series – BBC’s ‘Sherlock’)

Posted on July 7, 2012 by admin

The Brits have their institutions that they carry on with for centuries – the monarchy, the Parliament, Shakespeare, fish&chips, etc. Some say that their adherence to tradition is what keeps those alive, I say yes, it is tradition, but combined … Continue reading →

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