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Fast Times at Ridgemont High, written by Cameron Crowe

  Fast Times at Ridgemont High, written by Cameron Crowe This will be an attempt to look at Fast Times at Ridgemont High using a Positive Psychology lens… Therefore, it should be a take… Through a Glass…Brightly Cameron Crowe has awed me with his Almost Famous, a motion picture for which he wrote the script and directed He wrote the screenplay for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Jerry Maguire and the less astounding…We Bought a Zoo The stars of Fast Times contribute as well to the success of this comedy that has been included on some Best Humor lists… Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Ray Walston and the rest of the cast are very good in this film Sean Penn is the main character, although he does not have much more screen time than the others do. Jeff Spicoli is smoking marijuana or some other drug for most of the narrative and this makes him rather slow. Humor is very important in Positive Psychology and in fact, it is a Character Strength, figured in...
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Twelve Monkeys by Chris Marker, David and Janet Peoples 8.7 out of 10

  Twelve Monkeys by Chris Marker, David and Janet Peoples 8.7 out of 10 Twelve Monkeys has had rave reviews and enjoys an average score of 74 out of 100. It has also been nominated for two Academy Awards, including for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Brad Pitt, who has won the Golden Globe in this category. This cinephile is not a fan of Terry Gilliam and is therefore biased in judging this and other films directed by him. Although I see Monty Python as the best comedy ensemble in history and The Life of Brian as maybe the best comedy ever, it is not because of Gilliam but somehow in spite of him. Nonetheless, Twelve Monkeys is impressive. Hard to follow at times, complicated, convoluted, but a dazzling spectacle in any case. Brad Pitt is outstanding as the apparently crazy,  but maybe just psychotic Jeffrey Goines. Madeline Stowe is formidable as the psychiatric Doctor who treats Jeffrey and is kidnapped by James Cole. The latter is the hero and is played by Bruce Willis....
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Selected Letters of Marcel Proust – A La Recherche du Temps Perdu is ranked second on The Greatest Books of All Time site, it is also second in the Le Monde Top 100 Books selection, and it is also part of The Guardian Best 100 Books of All Time and other prestigious lists, including mine – you have more than five thousand notes on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other GOAT pages, together with another five thousand notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html

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  Selected Letters of Marcel Proust – A La Recherche du Temps Perdu is ranked second on The Greatest Books of All Time site, it is also second in the Le Monde Top 100 Books selection, and it is also part of The Guardian Best 100 Books of All Time and other prestigious lists, including mine – you have more than five thousand notes on magnum opera from the aforementioned and other GOAT pages, together with another five thousand notes on films from The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made and other sites on my blog and YouTube channel https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html     10 out of 10   A La Recherche du Temps Perdu https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/albertine-disparue-by-marcel-proust.html is the best chef d’oeuvre in my Top 100, although Kingsley Amis, at times Somerset Maugham have masterpieces that are close to the same level, and the letters of Marcel Proust prove the immense talent of this genius ...
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Sodome et Gomorrhe by Marcel Proust

  Sodome et Gomorrhe by Marcel Proust   As mentioned in my previous notes, “reviews” on A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, Proust is my Favorite, Number One of All Time writer. When I discovered him, some thirty years ago, homosexuality was an alien thing. It still is, in the sense that I am not attracted to men, but in the meantime I have learned more about this minority and, more important here, about Proust. At the time when I had my first encounter with Sodome et Gomorrhe, I did not know Proust was gay. It seemed rather strange that he knows so much about men who recognize each other in the blink of an eye, but now I can see why Proust is so knowledgeable. As he says, we change; we are in fact two different people at two stages in life. My perspective on Sodome et Gomorrhe changed dramatically; in fact, I have a different view on Proust. I remembered now that I was not keen on the subject of this novel and happy that the book is so complex and treats so many subjects in such a...
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being

  The Unbearable Lightness of Being 9 put of 10 This is an excellent novel, that has almost all the important themes analyzed, or at least touched on. Having said that, I must say that passages dealing with the communist regime did not thrill me in particular. But this is just because I have lived under a regime that was worse than the somewhat liberal Czech communist system. Tomas is the hero of this masterpiece that has so many philosophical interludes, meditations on and references to religion. The interesting comments on raising the penis on command, the idea that if man is created in the image of God, then the latter should also have intestines... -            And what about shit? Speaking of which, we have the story of the son of Stalin. He was captured and shared a camp with British officers. These were appalled by the filth left in the toilet by the son of the dictator who is called in the book the most powerful man on earth...
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The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man

  The Pussycat and the Expert Plumber Who Was a Man Political Animals and an extraordinary situation for a play!!   Let me start with something extraordinary regarding this play- This could be a funny or absurd note on The Pussycat and The Plumber. It feels weird and funny not knowing if I write about the right play! No! Wait! I am not going crazy- or if I am, it is not because I no longer know what I am writing about here. Listen to this: There is an audio production, for Romanian National Radio called “Cum A Ajuns Primarul Tom Primar” which would translate as How Tom the Cat has Become Mayor. There is no play with that name by Miller, or indeed any other author. Looking among Miller’s works, we find The Pussycat and The Expert Plumber” as the only title that comes close. But there is a problem- when you Google the title you find Nothing significant about it and you have no way of telling what this is all about!! In the version that I listened to, there is a pussycat and a pl...
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Poseidon And Company and Bright Red Apples by Raymond Carver

  Poseidon And Company and Bright Red Apples by Raymond Carver Another version of this note and thoughts on other books are available at: -               https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVa4_CsRStSBBDo4uJWT8BSWtTTn0N1E Poseidon and Company This is an account that I did not understand. Although very short, almost if not really a flash story, the meaning of it escapes me. It could be about ancient history, seeing as Achilles is mentioned. And then there is a temple of Solomon. But I better stick to the first pronouncement and admit that: -            It beats me Bright Red Apples This second narrative is longer. And albeit with an eerie atmosphere, I can relate more to it. After all, we have the familiar domestic disturbance that was present in a majority of the short stories that I have read lately. But I am relieved to say that I looked up on the internet ...
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