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When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs 10 out of 10

When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs 10 out of 10 At the time of the worldwide calamity – well, except for China, which pretends to have it under control, a statement that may mean that they lie about the numbers and whatever happens is just buried, literally and figuratively, by the official propaganda of a tyranny that cares most about holding to power, the image of competent, if eternal leadership, horrified at the idea that this was called the Chinese virus, which it really is, originating from exotic animals markets, where these beings are horribly abused, markets which have now opened so that they bless the planet with another Corona, perhaps that time strong enough to wipe us all out – you could do no better that read the resplendent When the Wind Blows…but be careful to read the fantastic – also both literally and in terms of value – work of Raymond Briggs. At only forty eight (48!) pages, this is surely the shortest book, never mind a memorable, unique work, I have read since...
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White Heat with James Cagney

  White Heat with James Cagney A different version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at: -               https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E   and    http://realini.blogspot.ro/ This is considered one of the best films ever made. It is listed by TIME Magazine on its list of the greatest movies made since 1923; the All-TIME Movies list is available here: -            http://entertainment.time.com/2005/02/12/all-time-100-movies/slide/all/ James Cagney is also noted separately, on the same All-Time list, for his exceptional performance, along with: -            Bill Murray for his extraordinary performance in Groundhog Day, Marlon Brando for On The Waterfront and a few others Indeed, James Cagney is wonderful in the role of a leader of ...
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Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here written by Harry Lawton and Abraham Polonsky, directed by the latter is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, it was also the 1971 Winner of The BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor for Robert Redford - shared with: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Downhill Racer, and The BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress for Katharine Ross – you have a few thousand notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other lists, plus another few thousand reviews of magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on this blog and YouTube channel you may wish to visit https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html 8 out of 10 Arguably, Robert Redford https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/02/all-presidents-men-by-carl-bernstein.html has the leading role of sheriff Cooper in this drama, which is also a western, although Robert Blake is Willie Boy, given the name of the motion picture, you would expect him to be the main character - Both Willie Boy and sheriff Cooper are leading here I have read some interesting stories about Robert Redford, one of the greatest thespians of all time, the one who has created The Sundance Film Festival, who was nevertheless a more complicated figure in his youth, when he could be more than difficult, according to one of the best books on cinema, written by William Goldman Adventures in The Screen Trade https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/04/adventures-in-screen-trade-by-william.html is a must read, if you are a cinephile: the segment on Redford is quite enticing, William Goldman and Redford had worked on the Oscar Winning Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, the writer has one of two Academy Awards for this one After this film, Redford wanted Goldman to work on a project, which he would abandon, for a flimsy reason, then he had William Goldman work on the script for All The President’ s Men – the link to my note on this one is above – but he always used the secretary as an intermediary, making things more difficult than they already were Eventually, after many months of hard work, the writer is invited to this place in New York, only to be told that Carl Bernstein would do the screenplay, and that was the worst, or one of the worst days in the life of William Goldman, that is what you find in that glorious book…I have to take it up again, I just saw now… Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here is about racism first of all: the narrative takes place at the start of the last century – based on a real story – when Native Americans were discriminated against- Willie is a Paiute and he tells the story of his arrest, how they had treated him like a dog, and we see quite a lot of that in the movie In one scene, he is in this bar where they shoot pool, and this white fellow insults Willie, telling him to get out and other things, but the Paiute kicks the moron, who complains to the sheriff, who explains that if Willie had wanted to kill him, the racist guy would be dead, indeed, the young man is intrepid, an excellent shot He is in love with Lola, but as he is intimate with her in the woods, her father wants to shoot him and Willie is quicker, and I would say he kills the parent in self-defense, nevertheless, a posy follows him, he can deal with a lot of the white fellows, shooting their horses, but he sees there may be no way out, I mean he could escape, but he could have enough and abandon the fight Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – I am on Goodreads as Realini Ionescu, at least for the moment, if I keep on expressing my views on Orange Woland aka TACO, it may be a short-lived presence Also, maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the benefits from it, other than the exercise per se There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works ‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

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  Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here written by Harry Lawton and Abraham Polonsky, directed by the latter is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, it was also the 1971 Winner of The BAFTA Film Award for Best Actor for Robert Redford - shared with: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · Downhill Racer, and The BAFTA Film Award for Best Actress for Katharine Ross – you have a few thousand notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other lists, plus another few thousand reviews of magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on this blog and YouTube channel you may wish to visit https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html     8 out of 10 Arguably, Robert Redford https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/02/all-presidents-men-by-carl-bernstein.html has the leading role of sheriff Cooper in this drama, which is also a western, although Robert Blake is Willie Boy, given the name of the motion picture, you would exp...
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Note on True Grit

  Note on True Grit, with John Wayne, Kim Darby, Robert Duvall, Dennis Hopper | realini
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The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams Excellent

The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams Excellent   What a great play! And there is also a movie based on the work of Tennessee Williams. All the characters are fascinating, except perhaps for the “pool boys”, who are torturing the iguana, albeit on orders from their boss. Shannon is at the center of it all. He is the rugged man, with plenty of vices and failures- perhaps we could even call him “loser” in some ways. And yet he is the coveted prize that three women want, all the major female personages, including a supporting role. Reverend Lawrence Shannon has been defrocked and ever since he had spoken out in a sermon that had offended people and got him out of the church, he works in the travel business. At the beginning of the play, we meet Shannon as he is taking a group of women to the hotel run by his friend Maxine Faulk. As a tour guide, he has managed to upset the leader, who is concerned by the relationship between Shannon and young Charlotte Goodall. The fact is tha...
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Winter Light written and directed by Ingmar Bergman – Ingmar Bergman was one of the greatest film makers of all time, nominated for nine Oscars, for directing, best film and writing, just as he was in competition at Cannes thirteen times, if I have not miscounted, winner of many awards, you can see in Winter Light this astounding talent – there are notes on his films, also on those from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other pages, along with reviews on magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html maybe you wish to visit and leave a message

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  Winter Light written and directed by Ingmar Bergman – Ingmar Bergman was one of the greatest film makers of all time, nominated for nine Oscars, for directing, best film and writing, just as he was in competition at Cannes thirteen times, if I have not miscounted, winner of many awards, you can see in Winter Light this astounding talent – there are notes on his films, also on those from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other pages, along with reviews on magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html maybe you wish to visit and leave a message     9 out of 10 Ingmar Bergman https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/01/wild-strawberries-by-ingmar-bergman-is.html was one of the greatest film makers of all time, I would say he has more than ten movies that would make the Top 200, from Wild Strawberries to virgin Spring, indee...
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Les Dimanches de Ville d’Avray aka Sundays and Cybele written by Bernard Eschasseriaux and Serge Bourguignon, directed by the latter is the 1963 Winner of The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, it was also nominated for another two, including for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, furthermore, it is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you have thousands of notes on films from that NYT and other pages, plus other thousands of reviews on magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html this is more of an inside joke, only four subscribed

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  Les Dimanches de Ville d’Avray aka Sundays and Cybele written by Bernard Eschasseriaux and Serge Bourguignon, directed by the latter is the 1963 Winner of The Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, it was also nominated for another two, including for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, furthermore, it is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you have thousands of notes on films from that NYT and other pages, plus other thousands of reviews on magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html this is more of an inside joke, only four subscribed     8 out of 10   Sundays and Cybele has reminded me of…Lolita https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/04/lolita-by-vladimir-nabokov-well-known.html a chef d’oeuvre that sits at number six, or was it four, on The Modern Library Top 100 Best Novels of...
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