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CHANGE.WORLD: 2001 – O odisee cinematografică

Alegerea subiectelor pentru rubrica CHANGE.WORLD nu reprezintă întotdeauna pentru mine o decizie ușoară. Cam în fiecare săptămână există numeroase evenimente și schimbări în lumea științei și tehnologiilor avansate sau a artelor și a fenomenelor sociale și economice influențate de acestea, … Continue reading

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on the tracks of The Godfather (film: 22 Bullets – Richard Berry, 2010)

22 bullets were fired in a parking lot in Marseille in the body of Charly Mattei, a retired gangster. And yet, he survived. Revenge seems inevitable. This is the starting point of the film ‘22 Bullets‘ (the original French title … Continue reading

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mirror games (film: Enemy – Denis Villeneuve, 2013)

I like Denis Villeneuve‘s movies. He is one of the directors who manages to combine quality and audience success. I had not seen before ‘Enemy‘ (filmed in 2013) and now, after watching it, I got a favourite among the Canadian … Continue reading

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top of the wave (film: A bout de souffle – Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)

MyBelmondo cure this week concludes with ‘A bout de souffle‘, Godard‘s 1960 film, a film I love so much that I unhesitatingly gave it a very rare 10/10 on IMDB. Why do I really like this movie? In my opinion, … Continue reading

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love, fraud, death, and … love (Film: La sirene du Mississipi – Francois Truffaut, 1969)

In 1969, when François Truffaut directed ‘La sirene du Mississipi‘ (the spelling mistake appears in the original French title, the English title is ‘Mississippi Mermaid‘) he already had ten years of cinematic experience as a feature film director. Some of … Continue reading

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Belmondo and Friends (film: Flic ou voyou – Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1979)

‘Flic ou voyou‘ (English title is ‘Cop or Hood‘) made in 1979 by Georges Lautner is first and foremost a Belmondo movie. The screenplay (adaptation of a novel, with dialogues written by Michel Audiard) is written with the goal to … Continue reading

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not only for Isabelle Huppert (film: Eva – Benoit Jacquot, 2018)

I decided to see ‘Eva‘ made in 2017 by Benoît Jacquot for two reasons. The first and foremost is of course the presence of Isabelle Huppert in the cast. The second reason is that every time I decided to watch … Continue reading

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another piece in the mosaic (film: Minari – Lee Isaac Chung, 2020)

‘Minari‘, the autobiographical film written and directed in 2020 by the American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, a son of Korean immigrants, has some beautiful moments and quite a lot of cinematic qualities. It is an immigrants story, one of the … Continue reading

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Marguerite Duras would have liked it (film: Un barrage contre le Pacifique’ – Rithy Panh, 2008)

‘The Sea Wall‘ directed in 2008 by Cambodian director Rithy Panh is the second screen adaptation of Marguerite Duras‘s novel ‘Un barrage contre le Pacifique’ after the one made in 1957 by René Clément, a few years after the novel … Continue reading

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deadly games (film: Nerve – Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, 2016)

In 2016, when they made ‘Nerve‘,  Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman already had in their joint filmography the series 3 and 4 of the horror cycle ‘Paranormal Activity‘ as well as ‘Catfish‘, a successful documentary that deals with romantic relationships … Continue reading

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