Hiroshima mon amour

The movie begins with a hug.

15 years after World War II, She meets He at Hiroshima. Two strangers without names but with painful memories.

"Tu n'as rien vu a Hiroshima. Rien". His tragedy can't be expressed in words, images, movies. We know nothing.

She shares hers.

Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
directed by Alain Resnais
cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada
awards: Palme d'Or nominee (1959)

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Pomul de Craciun

In tur am obtinut un 2-2 pe teren propriu.In retur se va schimba varful bradului. Pippo ii va lua locul lui Gila.

...si chiar nu ar trebui sa jucam sub forma de brad de Craciun.

adaugare: In retur am obtinut o victorie cu 2-0 la nemti. ce urmeaza?
Noi andiamo a Manchester.

(foto din 2003)

Viata si moartea lui Peter Sellers

In The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Geoffrey Rush il interpreteaza pe Peter Sellers... Cum raspunde el la intrebarea "Peter, cum ai reusit sa-ti insusesti personajele atat de repede?" si ce mai spune el in film urmeaza:

"Pai, vezi tu, eu nu am o personalitate proprie. Inainte era un "eu" sub masca dar l-am extras chirurgical. Nu stiu. Daca n-as fi avut personaje asa cum e Clouseau, nu stiu ce as fi facut. Poate ca as fi tu. Dar daca eu as fi tu, tu ce-ai mai fi?"

"N-ai nici cea mai vaga idee cum e sa fii eu. Controlul absolut este un lucru necesar. Elimina elementul personal... si poti sa faci mult mai multe. Cu aceasta realizare Peter Sellers n-a trebuit sa aiba de-a face... pentru ca nu exista elementul personal. Era un vas in care personajele alergau ca fantomele. Totusi si un vas gol se umple."

"Am gasit ceea ce vreau sa fac. Personajul principal este un om fara personalitate. Fara o personalitate deslusita. M-am gandit destul de mult la acest om. Despre cat de trist este? Nu, despre cat de minunata trebuie sa-i fie viata. Nu are trecut, nu are viitor, nu are responsabilitati. E simplu, plictisitor, vidul absolut. Lumea nu asteapta nimic de la el si il iubesc cat primesc ce vor. Acesta va fi urmatorul meu film."

Urmatorul lui film a fost Being There pentru care Peter Sellers a obtinut nominalizare la oscar...

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
directed by Stephen Hopkins
cast: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson
awards: Palme d'Or nominee (2004)

Story from Cinema Paradisio

A story that Alfredo the projectionist tells Salvatore:

" Once...a king gave a feast for the loveliest princesses in the realm. Now, a soldier who was standing guard saw the king's daughter go by. She was the most beautiful of all... and he instantly fell in love. But what is a simple soldier next to the daughter of a king?

Well, at last he succeeded in meeting her... and he told her he could no longer live without her. The princess was so taken by the depth of his feeling that she said to the soldier: ''lf you can wait for 100 days and 100 nights under my balcony at the end of it, l shall be yours.''

With that, the soldier went and waited one day... two days, then ten, then twenty. Each evening the princess looked out and he never moved! ln rain, in wind, in snow, he was always there. Birds shat on his head, bees stung him... but he didn't budge. At the end of 90 days he had become all dry, all white. Tears streamed from his eyes. He couldn't hold them back. He didn't even have the strength to sleep. And all that time, the princess watched him.

At long last, it was the 99th night and the soldier stood up, took his chair and left."

Toto: "What? At the end?"

Alfredo: "At the very end. And don't ask what it means. l don't know. If you understand it, you tell me."

Well... this was the story. The movie is a greater story than that. A story of growing up. Growing up with the movies... But, to quote Alfredo again, he makes it not to sound like a cliche: "Life isn't like in the movies. Life... is much harder".

Cinema Paradisio (1988) (aka Nuovo Cinema Paradisio)
directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
awards: Cannes Festival Grand Prize of the Jury (1989)
awards: Oscar for best foreign language film (1990)

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