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CHANGE.WORLD: Adio, cer înstelat?

Cititorii fideli ai rubricii CHANGE.WORLD știu deja că, o dată la câteva săptămâni, le solicit atenția în legătură cu evenimente care se petrec în afara planetei noastre și a atmosferei sale, în spațiul extraterestru. Tradiția aceasta este legată de faptul … Continue reading →

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gang of foolish (film: Flickering Lights – Anders Thomas Jensen, 2000)

‘Blinkende lygter‘ (the English title is ‘Flickering Lights‘) is the first feature film by Danish filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen, who, by the time the movie was made in the year 2000, had already started a prolific screenwriting career. He continued … Continue reading →

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a reverence to printed journalism (film: The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson, 2021)

Wes Anderson planned to launch ‘The French Dispatch‘, his latest extravagant fantasy, at Cannes, with the red carpet deployed for his stars, and when Corona canceled the 2020 film festival, the director along with the film’s producers decided to postpone … Continue reading →

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this apple is not from Paradise (film: Adam’s Apples – Anders Thomas Jensen, 2005)

‘Adam’s Apples‘, a 2005 film by Danish director Anders Thomas Jensen, abounds in religious symbols. The main characters are named Adam and Ivan (resonating close to Eve), the story takes place in and around a church, Ivan is a priest, … Continue reading →

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Dictatorul și epoca sa (carte: Lavinia Betea – Ceaușescu și epoca sa)

Nicolae Ceaușescu rămâne un personaj controversat în posteritate, iar controversele, departe de a se atenua, par să se amplifice. Sondaje dintre acelea care se fac și se publică la aniversările rotunde ale evenimentelor din decembrie 1989 indică faptul că Ceaușescu … Continue reading →

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24 hours (film: Oslo, August 31st – Joachim Trier, 2011)

‘Oslo, August 31‘ (2011), the second film by Norwegian director Joachim Trier, is inspired by a French novel written in 1931, which was also brought to screen by Louis Malle during the Nouvelle Vague period of his career. Trier, a … Continue reading →

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CHANGE.WORLD: COP 26 – succes sau eșec?

Am adăugat în ultima lună încă un articol în dicționarul nostru de acronime: COP. Semnificația este Conference Of Parties (conferința părților interesate), fiind vorba despre unul dintre mecanismele de control periodic ale organizației United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change … Continue reading →

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Norwegian Nouvelle Vague (film: Reprise – Joachim Trier, 2006)

‘Reprise‘, the 2006 debut film by Norwegian director Joachim Trier, is a tribute to the directors of the French New Wave and their films. In many ways it looks like a New Wave movie made in Norway in the 2000’s. … Continue reading →

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Animal Farm (film: Men & Chicken – Anders Thomas Jensen, 2015)

A film appears from time to time, defying any attempt at categorization, a film so strange, absurd, disturbing but also comic and human, that a special genre must be created for it and the film declared as the head of … Continue reading →

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father and daughter (film: Tout feu tout flamme – Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 1982)

‘Tout feu tout flamme‘ (1982) is one of only eight films directed in his career by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, an interesting but not very prolific French film director. This is one of his least appreciated films today, although at the time … Continue reading →

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