Ataraxia

  Note on Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, written and directed by Rainer Werner F... | realini

  The Seinfeld Scripts by Jerry Seinfeld – this was one of the best comedy series ever, I am listening to Is This Anything these days and I get to hear many of the jokes from the show again – now for the plug: you can read or hear more than six thousand notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists, together with 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 maybe you have an opinion, you could even subscribe       9 out of 10   Jerry Seinfeld must be terribly good to make even those who are not so sure about him enjoy the show, jokes, irony – he seemed arrogant, precious, superior – maybe he still does to me, and then a voice could explain – he has reason to be, multi-millionaire – maybe he has made a billion in the meantime – acclaimed…   He has had...

  Die, My Love aka La Debil Mental by Ariana Harwicz – at least I think La Debil Mental is the original name of this book, adapted for the big screen - it is about the film version that I may have a few words to say, although what usually happens is I fix the target, but then go off into the woods, in some ways, just like the leader pf the (former) free world, the orange mobster who calls his ranting the weave – ergo, you could leave the page, before I invite you to visit my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html where you find more than six thousand notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other lists, plus reviews of magnum opera from The Greatest Books of All Time and other web pages – maybe you even have something to say     8 out of 10   Jennifer Lawrence https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/american-hustle-screenplay-by-eric.html is one of my favorite t...

  Stand Up by Jerry Seinfeld Acclaimed, appreciated, with multiple awards and a great wealth, Jerry Seinfeld is still well known, even if his show has been aired for the first time decades ago. I had the chance to listen to a CD with highlights and enjoy most of the jokes. Some are not hilarious. I do not appreciate the B.O. Joke that opened the line up, maybe because I was a sort of an alien in the US, paid miserly wages by AT&T and then I identify with the cab drivers, even if not with the BO. But then the other takes on various male habits, Chinese rejection of forks and much more are excellent. The Doctor's waiting room is a perceptive moment. People who wait there are indeed more concerned with the others sharing the space, than reading the magazines: "- I wonder what he's got" Then there is another room, after the waiting room and Seifeld is accurate and funny in describing what happens there... -            Take your pant...

  The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse Compelling and touching…notwithstanding that, the tragedy and torture did not exhilarate me This is acclaimed as one of the most passionate and admirable love stories I was impressed as would be expected. But there is a naughtiness, cynicism and outré habit of questioning aspects, characters that are universally applauded It is commendable that Abelard confesses in his first letters that he had lived a life of sin, if not debauchery before meeting Heloise. So there’s one, the first against him. Once he saw her, he is enraptured, enthralled. But, with that doubtful perspective, I am wondering –and indeed, Abelard himself makes hints in this direction- how much was pure admiration and what was the role of lust. Somehow- looking for faults in a near perfect relationship-I felt like Abelard should have kept the distance. Platonic love would have been better…this is what crossed my mind when hearing about the evolution of the affair. Abelard becomes ...

  Le Colonel Chabert by  Honoré de Balzac A good story of a colonel who comes back to life...briefly   My gold and blue macaw is named Balzac. This is because I loved Le  Père  Goriot and a few other works of the great author and I was trying to create a minset, whereby the parrot would turn out to have an extensive vocabulary and talk as much as Balzac wrote, and as exquisite. The other macaw that I have, Puccini is much more talkative though- he says hello, Hannah, papa and a few other things I am still trying to decipher. Le Colonel Chabert is presumed dead and left on the battlefield. He recovers, only to face other shocks, in what sounds familiar from a few Hollywood productions. The hero suffers a trauma, in war, accident or an attack and cannot remeber, until we start unfolding an extraordinary plot, wherein there are secret organizations, the CIA, KGB and others involved trying to get hold of nuclear devices, rockets, etc. A recent film on Universal Chan...