Ataraxia

  Wings of Desire written and directed by Wim Wenders is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you find thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and my YouTube channel, where my macaws are the stars   8 out of 10   I am not sure if I did not like Paris, Texas https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/paris-texas-written-by-sam-shepard-and.html directed by the same acclaimed Wim Wenders more than Wings of Desire, which seems somewhat depressing, albeit it is clearly a case where the world is upside down, and it affects everything   Spoiler alert: I will digress, more than that, I may not even touch on Wings of Desire except in passing because my mind is on other (calamitous) things, so here we have it, a success with the critics, I can see it has a lot to say, but I was not really in the mood for a black and white – with some co...

  The Marriage of Maria Braun by Pea Frohlich, Peter Märthesheimer and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, directed by the latter, Die Ehe der Maria Braun in the original is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you have thousands of notes on films from the NYT 1,000 and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where you find my macaws   9 out of 10   I have enjoyed Ali – Fear Eats The Soul https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/note-on-ali-fear-eats-soul.html directed by the same, outstanding Rainer Werner Fassbinder – we had a president named Klaus Werner Johannis, and I liked him – ergo I was expecting quite a lot from The Marriage of Maria Braun   It is one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made for good reason, it also makes it on my own Top 1,000 Favorites, if I compile a list, it may even make it among the first 500, maybe 200…and let me tell yo...

  La Resurrection de Mozart by Nina Berberova   I have read this tiny book in about 30 minutes, this morning, in the…sauna. Almost every week day, I spend about one hour at about 70 degrees Celsius. I take breaks, but while in the sauna, I take a book with me Since this book is only 64 small pages long, it tempted me to use it in the blistering heat. The idea is interesting: a few people talk about resurrecting the dead…each has a suggestion: one wants to see Napoleon alive again, another is keen on Tolstoy- who had said that there would be no more wars-well, two world wars contradict that. Maria wants to see, or perhaps better said hear Mozart alive again. And in the French countryside, affected by war in 1949, a man comes to visit her.   He is a strange apparition, and the title (if little else) suggests that this is Mozart. It kept me going, albeit for a short time, but under unusual circumstances…   It made me want to read other books by Nina Berberova .   F...

  Cop Land written and directed by James Mangold is not one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made, yet it is good enough, notwithstanding the presence of Silver Stallone in a leading role, indeed, it is the only performance of his that I agree with – you have thousands of notes on films from The NYT 1,000 and other sites on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html   8 out of 10   Harvey Keitel has a prominent role in Cop Land, he is one of my favorite thespians, let us just mention Reservoir Dogs https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/05/reservoir-dogs-written-and-directed-by.html in which he not only acts, but he was crucial in making the movie the way it is, he helped finance it, and this is why we have it in color   Now, let me just say that I liked Cop Land, last night it was aired on one of the film channels, and saw most of it again, having mentioned this, a spoiler alert will be needed, not b...

  The Bourne Identity by Tony Gilroy, William Blake Herron and Robert Ludlum, based on the book of the latter, which is ranked 1470 on The Greatest Books of All Time site – you find thousands of reviews on magnum opera from the GOAT and other web pages on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where you see my macaws   9 out of 10   Matt Damon is formidable in the leading role of Bourne, I am looking forward to see him as Ulysses, in the feverishly expected the Odyssey adapted by Christopher Nolan, which could be as overwhelming as Oppenheimer https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/oppenheimer-is-fabulous-glasperlenspiel.html   The leading character is on board a ship in the opening scenes, where he has trouble remembering who he is, he suffers from amnesia, the captain helps him get to Switzerland, where he goes to this bank, where he has an account, they have a safe box for him, and ...

  The Story of G.I. Joe by Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore and Philip Stevenson was nominated for four Academy Awards in 1946, including for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Robert Mitchum, and also for Best Writing, Screenplay; it is also one of The New York Times’ Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made – you have thousands of notes on films from the NYT 1,000 and other lists on my blog https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/09/do-you-have-any-feedback.html and YouTube channel, where my macaws have their own say   8 out of 10   This made me think of All Quiet on The Western Front https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/12/all-quiet-on-western-front-by-erich.html maybe the best book on war, adapted for the big screen, the early version became one of The GOAT, and the more recent version is outstanding as well, it was nominated for the Oscars a few years ago   The Story of G.I. Joe is about the valor, determination, resilience, patriotism, bravery of those who foug...