Ataraxia

  Combray by Marcel Proust is part of the monumental A La Recherche du Temps Perdu, which is not just part of the Best 100 Books of All Time, as seen by Le Monde, Bokklubben World Library, and other serious lists, but it is at the top, on The Greatest Books of All Time site is ranked third, and in my book, this is nec plus ultra – a few hundred other works from these compilations are reviewed on my blog, where the best take is https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html       10 out of 10   A La Recherche du Temps Perdu is a sublime, inspirational, divine chef d’oeuvre – indeed, now I realize that this is a powerful, perhaps absolute argument in favor of…   -           God   It reminds me of the argument of the watch – if you find a watch in the desert, you know it did not come together by chance, and then the notion of perfection, I think it was Ans...

  Taxi Driver screenplay by Paul Schrader – one of the TIME 100 Best Films, Martin Scorsese has another two on that list, Goodfellas and Raging Bull – most of those best 100 movies, others and hundreds of books are reviewed on my blog, where the best piece might be https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html     9 out of 10   This is perhaps the epitome of ‘iconic, legendary’, nec plus ultra, although, I remember seeing art of it on the Bucharest airport, of all places, and I was not thrilled, indeed, even now, it is quite dark for this cinephile, nevertheless, I can see this is a magnum opera and watch parts of it when they have re-runs, like last night   Paul Schrader is not just a marvelous writer, he has an excellent sense of humor and fine sense of defining, making an accurate analysis in just a few words, his take on Killers of The Flower Moon was fabulous https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2024/01/kil...