Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film, starring Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. The film is set during the early stages of WW2: the Nazis have invaded much of Europe and are going to invade the rest. Therefore many Europeans try to get to America, but first they have to go Casablanca, which has… Read More “Casablanca”
In the film “Allied” there are many references to the film “Casablanca” : World War II, spies, Vichy France, Nazis, “La Marseillaise,” a piano, romance, an airport scene. And Casablanca itself, celebrated at the intersection of love and war. World War II was still far from its conclusion and Morocco was under the control of… Read More From “Allied” to “Casablanca”
Allied is a 2016 romantic thriller film directed by Robert Zemeckis, starring Brad Pitt as Max Vatan ,a Canadian intelligence officer and Marion Cotillard as Marianne Beausejour, a French Resistance fighter and collaborator, who fall in love during a deadly mission behind enemy lines in North Africa in 1942. PLOT Royal Canadian Air Force intelligence… Read More (U3A) A film: “ALLIED”
“Mutiny on the Bounty” – the 1962 American historical drama film starring Marlon Brando – and “The Bounty” – the 1984 British film starring Mel Gibson and Anthony Hopkins – are two films dealing with the story of a sailing ship crew that is fed up with their captain’s harsh discipline and decides to take… Read More HMS Bounty
Set at sea from the perspective of a sailor, this is a song that Procol Harum’s lyricist Keith Reid considers one of his favourites It has an apparently nautical theme, as indicated by its cover (a pastiche of the famous Player’s Navy Cut cigarette pack), and its title, which refers to a… Read More “A Salty Dog” – commentary
A SALTY DOG ‘All hands on deck, we’ve run afloat!’ I heard the captain cry ‘Explore the ship, replace the cook: let no one leave alive!’ Across the straits, around the Horn: how far can sailors fly? A twisted path, our tortured course, and no one left alive We sailed for parts unknown to man,… Read More A song: “A Salty Dog”
“L’amore non muore mai di morte naturale. Muore perché noi non sappiamo come rifornire la sua sorgente. Muore di cecità e di errori e tradimenti. Muore di malattia e di ferite, muore di stanchezza, per logorio o per opacità.” “Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don’t know how… Read More Anaïs Nin (21 February 1903 – 1977)
IL NUOVO SONETTO A ELENA (Pablo Neruda) Quando tu sarai vecchia, bimba (Ronsard già te lo disse), ricorderai quei versi che io recitavo. Avrai i seni tristi d’aver cresciuto i figli, gli ultimi germogli della tua vita vuota… Io sarò così lungi che le tue mani di cera areranno il ricordo delle… Read More “Quando tu sarai vecchia, bimba … “
Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle, Assise auprès du feu, dévidant et filant, Direz, chantant mes vers, en vous émerveillant: “Ronsard me célebrait du temps que j’étais belle” Lors, vous n’aurez servante oyant telle nouvelle, Déjà sous le labeur à demi sommeillant, Qui au bruit de Ronsard ne s’aille… Read More “Quand vous serez bien vieille, au soir, à la chandelle”
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