A Complete Unknown by Elijah Wald – a few hundred motion pictures are reviewed on my blog, and I am plugging the best gig https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html
A Complete Unknown
by Elijah Wald – a few hundred motion pictures are reviewed on my blog, and I
am plugging the best gig https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html
7 out of 10
Let me say
from the first line that I am not a fan of Bob Dylan, although being open
minded enough, I can see why he has been celebrated, not including the zenith
represented by the Nobel Prize for Literature
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Controversial
as that can be, seeing that they have to read hundreds of books from multiple
countries
Now, having
said that I felt Bob Dylan got more than his due with such a prestigious trophy,
the film about him, or part of his life, was not so enticing, it could have benefited
thought from the ‘lowered expectations routine
Or, seeing
that it had been nominated for no fewer than eight Oscars, including Best
Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing, Timothée Chalamet
was a Nominee Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role and Monica
Barbaro a Nominee for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Admittedly, the
lineup for the last ceremony was not all that impressive, not for this cinephile
anyway, I mean, Anora was alright, but not phenomenal, Conclave https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/conclave-by-richard-harris-author-of.html yes, but not overwhelming
Indeed.
Anora won Best Motion Picture, but what about those Russian ghouls, they have
to provide the humorous element, but they could not be that clumsy in real
life, and then at that sex scene, in the car, really?
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I
use the services of sexual workers and they would not do that
The
Substance has merits, Demi Moore had been in fact the favorite wot win, not
Mickey Madison, and the idea that Hollywood and the world is celebrating appearance
over substance is clearly a worthy scene, the acting is impressive
However, the
gruesome transformations are not my game – there is the classic of psychology
Games People Play https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/games-people-play-by-eric-berne.html - and I was not thrilled
Conclave has
this theme of the dead pope and the fight to select a successor, not a literal
clash, but a spiritual one, and we have had Habemus Papam https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/04/habemus-papam-by-nanni-moretti-8-out-of.html where the pope goes missing, and
they have to play volleyball in the Vatican
And then in
the past few years, we have had yet another papal script, The Two Popes, using
fiction to give audiences the chance to peak at the transfer of power between
the old, retiring Benedict and the new, Francis
So with all
this insight https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-two-popes-written-by-anthony.html having another claustrophobic
meeting of old men, siting around to elect another old pontiff…
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Seems
like too much
Besides, we
have an Orange Woland, the antichrist (if I were religious, I would be sure
this is Satan) who is dominating, he just crashed the world economy and then
went to…play golf
Now for my
standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a
good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/02/is-this-unique-could-it-make-money.html
– as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the
Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have
the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it,
other than the exercise per se
There is also the small matter of working for
AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and
Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo
meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my
mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of
$250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement
ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help
get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me
know
As for my
role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/realini-in-newsweek-participant-in.html
Some
favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works
‘Fiction is
infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or
Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the
careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more
moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating,
noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment,
twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can
experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books
are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of
sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who
provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful
mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that
wise epic by an often foolish author…’
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