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Monday, June 9, 2014

Mari Antoinette



http://www.amazon.com/Marie-Antoinette-Portrait-Average-Woman/dp/0802139094/ref=tmm_pap_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1402373988&sr=1-1-spell

















After reading Zweig's illuminating account, should watch Dunst again in;

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_16

Books to read

Ordered lots of Stefan Zweig's at the library, and will probably read a couple of Stephen King's horror novels(yes it's summer!)

Also Frederick Brown's bio of Flaubert & Zola

Modern Library hardcover editions(which I love) of

A.S. Byatt's Possession,

Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian (on the flyleaf Harold Bloom even thought it's in some way more superior than Pynchon, so I'm hooked)

And I really, really need to resume reading Proust(Only what, read less than 100 page of Swann's Way) and Joyce's Ulysses.

Kenneth Turan's favorite movies

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-kenneth-turan-on-film-20140601-column.html#page=1

photos here.

Films I haven't seen, in italics.

In the Beginning
"Fantomas" — 1913-14

I'm not sure I've seen this, I've seen Les Vampires and enjoyed, and also have it though.

Silent comedy double feature:
"Sherlock Jr." — 1924; and "Pass the Gravy" — 1928

Purists will object strongly to him choosing so few silent movies and choosing so much from the 1980s lol. Me too for that matter, where's 'The General'  &Chaplin movies :p

The '30s
"I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" — 1932
"Bombshell" —1933

I really need to see this, by Harlow.

"The Dybbuk" — 1937

The heck? There's a TF user whose username is this...

Leo McCarey double feature:
"Make Way for Tomorrow" — 1937; and "Love Affair" — 1939

The '40s
"Pride and Prejudice" — 1940

Yes!!! Garson rules!!

"The Lady Eve" — 1941
"The Strawberry Blonde" — 1941
"Casablanca" — 1942
"Random Harvest" —1942
"Children of Paradise" — 1945
"Great Expectations" — 1946
"Bicycle Thieves" — 1948
"The Third Man" — 1949

Ernst Lubitsch double feature:
"The Shop Around the Corner" — 1940; and "To Be or Not to Be" — 1942

Yes!! Turan is now in my good grace lol.

The '50s
"All About Eve" — 1950
"The Asphalt Jungle" — 1950
"Sunset Boulevard" — 1950
"Casque d'Or" — 1952
"The Importance of Being Earnest" — 1952
"Singin' in the Rain" — 1952
"The Earrings of Madame de ..." — 1953
"Seven Samurai" — 1954
"Kiss Me Deadly" — 1955
"Seven Men From Now" — 1956
"Sweet Smell of Success" — 1957
"Vertigo" — 1958

The '60s
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" — 1962
"The Gospel According to St. Matthew" — 1964
"Point Blank" — 1967
"Le Samourai" — 1967
"Kes" — 1969

The '70s
"The Godfather" — 1972
"Chinatown" — 1974

Only 2 movies from the 70s!!! Surprising?

The '80s
"The Day After Trinity" — 1981
"First Contact" — 1982
"Distant Voices, Still Lives" — 1988

The '90s
"Howards End" — 1992
"Leolo" — 1992
"Unforgiven" — 1992

The New Century
"Spirited Away" — 2001
"The Best of Youth" — 2003
"The Five Obstructions" — 2003
"A Prophet" — 2009
"Of Gods and Men" — 2010
"Footnote" — 2011

Documentary double feature:
"Stranded" — 2007; and "Senna" — 2010

Senna is in the library, should check it out

Orson Welles double feature:
"Touch of Evil" — 1958; and "Falstaff"/"Chimes at Midnight" — 1965

Fritz Lang restropective

God I missed this, ugh.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-kenny-20140605-story.html

Sunday, June 8, 2014

LA FILM FEST

(United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey, 2014, 96 min)
 
 
(USA, 1924, 45 min)
 
(USA, 1922, 18 min)
 
 
(2014, 120 min)
 
Buster Keaton for free? Can't beat it, I'll probably just watch that one, if I am to go there at all lol.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Impairment of hearing can be healed??!!

Witham ch. 10 n.32

"Current science shows that attitudes, such as "postiive thinking," can indeed heal the brain, or that impairment of hearing, sight, or phobias can be altered by daily practice."

No shit.

How can I contact Witham..lol.

What Cambridge excels in

Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought

In depth discussion along with the text, standard for College texts.

Cambridge Companions to series(Lit, Religion, Philosopy)

Another useful tool.

Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics

Yeah expensive, but OCT is, too. And unlike OCT, does provide notes(Both don't have english translation; ideal for teaching, so this is usually selected for College courses)

Cambridge History series

More of a Reference, but pretty authoritative. Even has a Cold War series lol. And yeah, it's freaking expensive haha, haven't bought one, though I'm tempted with Byzantine one volume edition. Anyone interested in gifting me this? Lol.

The result of trimming borrowing books

I have a bad and compulsive habit of borrowing new books as many as possible lol.

So trimmed it to a minimum; can't read all those as once, anyway;

Literature

Ordered plenty of Stefan Zweig so really should finish Lawarence and Leroux in a hurry;

Lady Chatterley's lover ; A propos of "Lady Chatterley's lover" /
by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930
3900903990834405/17/201406/24/20141
The phantom of the opera /
by Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927

'Salem's Lot /
by King, Stephen, 1947-
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Yeah it's summer so..spend it with Zweig & King? Lol.  Sounds a bit morbid..haha

History



The birth of the West : Rome, Germany, France, and the creation of Europe in the tenth century /
by Collins, Paul, 1940-

It's written by a Catholic, not a professional historian, maybe that's the reason I borrowed this; wanted to see 'his' version.

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Piero's light : in search of Piero della Francesca : a Renaissance painter and the revolution in art, science, and religion / Larry Witham.  *
by Witham, Larry, 1952-
New York : Pegasus Books, 2014.

Really should finish this fast, almost done, like 40 pages left. Quite instructive too, didn't know a lot about him. Useful introduction to Renaissance as well, heartily recommend it.

The embrace of unreason : France, 1914-1940 /
by Brown, Frederick, 1934-

I know, already read about this topic, haven't finished Shirer either, but still. It's relatively short too, less than 300 pages.

Genesis : Truman, American Jews, and the origins of the Arab/Israeli conflict /
by Judis, John B.


Movies

Interesting movies just keep popping up; have to praise my library system. Watching one movie per day..

Artist and the model El artista y la modelo /
by Trueba, Fernando

Don't you love European Cinema, not as prudish as USA in portraying female nude lol.

Hannah Arendt
by Hannah Arendt (Motion picture)

How I live now
by Macdonald, Kevin, 1967-

Have been a fan of Ronan after Atonement, like many others.

Prisoners
by Johnson, Broderick

Thérèse
by Miller, Claude


Only 34 fellow bloggers like Gibbon

Was intriuged so checked it out;

Only 34 liked Edward Gibbon's magnum opus, a pity. All male, methink.

Should I buy Scorsese's 4 movie collection?

In a single disc methinks.

Selling at Best Buy for $7.99

MEAN STREETS
GOODFELLAS
AVIATOR
THE DEPARTED

The problem is, I'm not overly enthusiastic of gangster movies, and I've seen those films.

And inevitably, women are sidelined; when one of the main reasons I watch is actresses lol(well, I watch adventure and sci fi genres anyway).

Movies I've watched(bolded)

Director (57 credits)
 2011 Hugo
 2010 Public Speaking (Documentary)
 2010 Boardwalk Empire (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Boardwalk Empire (2010)
 2005-2010 American Masters (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes)
- A Letter to Elia (2010)
 2008 Shine a Light (Documentary)
 2007 The Key to Reserva (Short)
 2006 The Departed
 2004 The Aviator
 2004 Lady by the Sea: The Statue of Liberty (TV Movie documentary)
 2003 Michael Jackson: Number Ones (Video) (video "Bad")
 2003 The Blues (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
 2002 Gangs of New York  Couldn't understand what the fuck they were talking about at the theater; their diction was..and the local libraries don't have this either
 2001 The Neighborhood (Short)
 2001 The Concert for New York City (TV Special documentary) (segment "The Neighborhood")
 2001 My Voyage to Italy (Documentary)
 1997 Kundun
 1995 Casino  Watched a bit(have it)
 1995 Michael Jackson: Video Greatest Hits - HIStory (Video documentary) (video "Bad")
 1993 The King of Ads (Documentary)
 1991 Cape Fear
 1990 Made in Milan (Short documentary)
 1990 Goodfellas
 1989 New York Stories (segment "Life Lessons")
 1987 Bad (Video short)
 1986 Amazing Stories (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Mirror, Mirror (1986)
 1985 After Hours
 1980 Raging Bull
 1978 The Last Waltz (Documentary)
 1977 New York, New York  Have this, but haven't seen it yet.
 1976 Taxi Driver
 1974 Italianamerican (Documentary)
 1973 Mean Streets
 1972 Boxcar Bertha
 1970 Street Scenes (Documentary)
 1968 The Big Shave (Short)
 1966 New York City... Melting Point (Documentary)
 1959