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High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnemann

iulie 17, 2026

High Noon, directed by Fred Zinnemann 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/ High Noon is one of the best films of all time. Included on the New York Times and other lists of masterpieces. It won four Academy Awards, including a deserved one for - Best Actor in a Leading Role for Gary Cooper The tagline is more than accurate: - Simple. Powerful. Unforgettable. This summarizes excellently the qualities of the narrative. If the presentation of a film is generally an exaggeration, here it could be an understatement. Gary Cooper is a "real horror show" to quote A Clockwork Orange. He is fabulous as the Marsh...

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Over to Candleford by Flora Thompson is the second part in the trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford, which is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, although on The Greatest Books of All Time the algorithm placed it only at 2461, my verdict inclines for the ‘defense’, it is more likely within my own 1,000 Favorites – you have thousands of reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel

iulie 16, 2026

Over to Candleford by Flora Thompson is the second part in the trilogy Lark Rise to Candleford, which is one of The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, although on The Greatest Books of All Time the algorithm placed it only at 2461, my verdict inclines for the ‘defense’, it is more likely within my own 1,000 Favorites – you have thousands of reviews of magnum opera from the aforementioned and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel 8 out of 10 I have been exuberant when reading the first part https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/lark-rise-to-candleford-by-flora.html of Lark Rise to Candleford and enjoyed the second volume, even if it seems not to the same extent, due to circumstances, the usual setting of expectations to high and then it may have to do with…Rendell Judgment in Stone is so exhilarating that something else in its vicinity would pale, for this read...

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A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean is ranked an incredible 8920th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, which makes one doubt the algorithm, especially given that it was nominated for The Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1977, and was adapted for the big screen – the film was directed by Robert Redford and it stars Bradd Pitt in a leading role – you find notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other relevant lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, I must say, I like this book

iulie 15, 2026

A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean is ranked an incredible 8920 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, which makes one doubt the algorithm, especially given that it was nominated for The Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1977, and was adapted for the big screen – the film was directed by Robert Redford and it stars Bradd Pitt in a leading role – you find notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other relevant lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, I must say, I like this book 9 out of 10 This is my third note on this subject https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2026/03/a-river-runs-through-it-by-norman.html at least, there may be one take I have missed now; however, they had the film based on the excellent oeuvre included in the television program last night, I saw again some of it, and ergo we now have this ‘new perspective’ There is...

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Le Salaire de la Peur aka Wages of Fear written by Georges Aranud and Henri Georges Clouzot, directed by the latter was The 1953 Winner of The Grand Prize of the Festival de Cannes, The Golden Berlin Bear, The BAFTA for Best Film from any source, and it is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Of All Time – you find thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel where my macaws are exuberant

iulie 14, 2026

Le Salaire de la Peur aka Wages of Fear written by Georges Aranud and Henri Georges Clouzot, directed by the latter was The 1953 Winner of The Grand Prize of the Festival de Cannes, The Golden Berlin Bear, The BAFTA for Best Film from any source, and it is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Of All Time – you find thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel where my macaws are exuberant 10 out of 10 Martin Seligman https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/from-book-that-opened-way-for-positive.html is the co-founder of Positive Psychology, it is interesting that he came up with the idea as he was grumpy, a bit abrasive with his daughter, then he realized too much attention had been given to the negative side He has listed the character strengths and you find them on his site, one of them is cou...

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Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is included on The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, The Modern Library’ Best 100 Novels, TIME 100 Best English Language Novels lists and it is ranked 158th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, alas, it is not one of my favorites – you have thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel where my macaws are the main attraction

iulie 13, 2026

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys is included on The 1,000 Novels Everyone Must Read, The Modern Library’ Best 100 Novels, TIME 100 Best English Language Novels lists and it is ranked 158 th on The Greatest Books of All Time site, alas, it is not one of my favorites – you have thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the aforementioned web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel where my macaws are the main attraction 6 out of 10 The How of Happiness https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-how-of-happiness-by-sonja.html is a magnificent book by Sonja Lyubomirsky in which you find the rules of happiness, or activities , including ‘Happiness Activity No 8: Increasing FLOW Experiences-increasing the number of experiences at home and working which you LOSE YOURSELF, which are challenging, absorbing’ and I was thinking about that I have written in the first lines about the ...

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Some notes from Over to Candleford

iulie 13, 2026

Queen Victoria on the throne the country scene is only a little over fifty years distant from us in time, but in manners, customs, conditions of life it is centuries away…the cottages were like the dwelings of the poor had been for generations, except for some minor details this was the eighteen eighties Bycicles on roads to themselves, like railway trains …high wheel, and tiny one behind, hence ‘bycicle face’ tortured expressions – still, they were figures of fun, nobody would belive that in a few years there would be at least one bycicle in every one of their houses Humor like this servant, called girl, who is about 50, always called girls also cousin Johnny may go to Eaton but Laura thought she heard ‘eaten’…then her father said I doubt it will be good enough, they will have to build a new school for Johnny…girls said to Laura such a good talk, but they did all of it, then told stories about boyfriends, the boys unaware of this aledged connection ...

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