Ataraxia

  Belle de Jour, directed by Luis Bunuel, with Catherine Deneuve 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/ Luis Bunuel has an unusual, at times surrealist take on making movies. Notwithstanding its eccentricity, Belle de Jour is more "rational" than say The Exterminating Angel. The film has been included on the New York Times' Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made List: -            http://www.listchallenges.com/new-york-times-best-1000-movies-ever-made/checklist/3 The phenomenal director has created other masterpieces: -            The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Diary of a Chambermaid, That Obscure Object of Desire and others T...

  94 out of 100 for Coup de Foudre aka Entre Nous | realini

  The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen Wonderful   This is an excellent play that seems to fit the paradigm described by Somerset Maugham, in one of his books. In his fabulous autobiography- The Summing Up, Maugham is a bit harsh with Ibsen, GB Shaw and a few others. The plays of Ibsen, in Maugham’s view, follow a simplistic pattern: -            Somebody comes in the middle of the play and opens the windows, letting air in Maugham wrote that both Ibsen and Shaw have benefited from a fashion and some issues that were the main topic of the day. Women’s rights are debated in Ibsen’s plays and people were interested in this hot subject right when the plays were opening. Of course, this would not explain their success in the present, when women rights might be a topic for Saudi Arabia –if a debate would be allowed in a Sharia governed land. Ibsen is the most produced playwright after Shakespeare. Coming back to the play in question, ...

  Page Eight by David Hare Nine out of 10 It may seem that the premise of Page Eight is rather superfluous, especially in the age of the ‘stable genius, with an unmatched great wisdom, the greatest president ever’, who is embracing enemies like Putin, over his own intelligence services, abandons the Kurds and any other ally he fancies, extorts the Ukraine, keeping vital military aid blocked, until they investigate his potential political rival. After all, what is knowing about the existence of some hidden jails – at least one of which the rumor is that it was placed in our own land, perhaps nearby – where some awful – or maybe innocent – jihadists would be detained, water boarded and otherwise tortured, compared with all of the above and other abhorrent acts and statements that the idiot in the White house commits or utters on a daily basis – 14,000 lies have been documented so far, from the beginning of a shameful presidency – from ludicrous, preposterous modifications of weather ...

  Note on The American Friend, directed by Wim Wenders, with Dennis Hopper... | realini

  Pope Francis: A Man of His Word, written and directed by Wim Wenders 8 out of 10 This documentary comes at an awkward time. Pope Francis has been under attack recently and it is sometimes hard to decide: Is his Holiness more like a saint or a flawed human being? As the title of this documentary makes clear, this feature is proposing the view that this pope is a wonderful human being, godly and honest. I am tempted to take this view too. As an atheist, for I am neither Catholic nor anything else. Pope Francis does have an exceptional modesty, a humility that is so fabulous, especially when contrasted with the lavish, luxurious life style of cardinals and other popes. In this film, we have some moments wherein children ask with candor questions and the pontiff responds. Pope Francis is humble, friendly, rather humorous, genuine and explains with simplicity his positions... Why did you give up the big car - la grande machina- when you could use it and all the richness - la richezza....