Posts in July 11, 2008
When in the film Love and Sex, Joe Santino (Josh Hopkins) praised De Niro, I couldn’t quite understand where he was quoting from: “Are you talking to me? Yeah? Are you talking to me?
A complete revelation for me was the film The Children’s Hour. I started watching it because […]
Actually, I'm not a huge fan of Adam Sandler. Yes, that’s right, I don’t really like Adam Sandler. In fact, I don’t really like comedians in general. Although, perhaps that’s a bit of an overstatement. I honestly don’t know what exactly Sandler did to annoy me.
At first, I thought that the film would have made an impression on me if the script had not been written by Krzysztof Kieslowski, if it had not been directed by Tom Tykwer, and if the heroine had not been played by Cate Blanchett.
A little girl with huge eyes knows how to love life; she knows how to find the point of absolute love in her heart at every moment.
Suddenly, I realized that I absolutely do not want anyone to pity me—never, under any circumstances. It's as if I suddenly understood the nature of pity and grasped its depth, realizing what it truly is. Pity is a dead end.
I was on vacation on the Black Sea coast. It was hot and boring. Perhaps the only salvation from the exhausting idleness was the small library nearby. By that time, I was already quite an educated girl and knew the names of great authors, though I hadn’t read all of them.
The movie "Chocolat." Hmm... I think this is one of those films where reading even the best review doesn't quite prepare you for what it really is.
An amazing intertwining of destinies, lives, and opinions. Unexpected turns that seem so predestined. What is the extent of our personal freedom?