Tag Archives: Jeremy Irons

three men, one woman and many guns (film: Appaloosa – Ed Harris, 2008)

Ed Harris, an actor I admire a lot, has stepped behind the camera only twice so far, to sit in the film director’s chair. His third film is now in pre-production. The second one, which I saw last night, is … Continue reading

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twilight of an epoch (film: Un amour de Swann – Volker Schlöndorff, 1984)

One of the most useless intellectual exercises, in my opinion, is to compare a book and a movie, even if the movie is inspired by the book or is an adaptation. Literature and cinema are as different arts as dance … Continue reading

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family affairs (film: The House of Gucci – Ridley Scott, 2021)

I celebrated the 84th birthday anniversary of director Ridley Scott by watching his latest production, ‘House of Gucci‘. It is the second premiere of a film of his in two months, which demonstrates the vitality and desire to make films … Continue reading

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TV Series – The Borgias (first season – 2011)

I like a lot some of the previous work of Neil Jordan. ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘The Crying Game’ were superb films, two of the best I have seen in the 80s and in the 90s. My problem with the prolific … Continue reading

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