The “Barcarolle” is a piece from Offenbach’s opera “The Tales of Hoffmann”. The text – written by Jules Barbier – describes the beauty of the night and of love, in a duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano, a female character and a juvenile male character sung and acted by a female Offenbach’s music for the… Read More Barcarolle: “Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour”
WILLPOWER In his most famous work, “The World as Will and Idea”, Arthur Schopenhauer expresses the idea that the will is a universal and omnipresent force, more important than the rational mind, though it is also the root of all suffering. Guido thinks that willpower is sufficient to create actions and manipulate his surroundings,… Read More Life is Beautiful (3) – Themes
Nella Londra degli anni ’50, il sarto Reynolds Woodcock è un famoso stilista il cui atelier, gestito con l’aiuto della sorella nubile Cyril, veste esponenti della casa reale, della nobiltà e del jet set. È un perfezionista, esigente, egoista e spesso crudele, dominato da una forte necessità di controllo, la cui esistenza è programmata… Read More 🎥 CINEFORUM: “Il filo nascosto”
Ieri sera ho visto alla TV una piacevole commedia “Cosa piove dal cielo?” (Un cuento chino), un film girato nel 2011 in Argentina e Spagna. Prologo – Cina: due innamorati sono insieme in barca, e lui è in procinto di regalare a lei un anello quando una mucca casca dal cielo e fa colare… Read More “Cosa piove dal cielo?”
… Five years later, Guido owns a bookstore, but the situation for Jews has become even more Dangerous. Their happiness is abruptly halted, when, on Giosuè’s fifth birthday, Guido, his uncle and his son are seized by the Germans, and forced onto a train to be brought to a concentration camp. Wanting to be with… Read More Life Is Beautiful (2)
“Life Is Beautiful “(“La vita è bella”) is an Italian comedy-drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni. In Italy, the film was released in 1997. An English subtitled version became a hit in English speaking territories, so Miramax reissued the film in an English dubbed version, but it was less successful than the… Read More Life Is Beautiful (1)
Smile, without a reason why Love, as if you were a child, Smile, no matter what they tell you Don’t listen to a word they say Cause life is beautiful that way. Tears, a tidal wave of tears Light, that slowly disappears Wait, before you close the curtain There is still another game to… Read More “Beautiful That Way” (Life is Beautiful)
“La forma dell’acqua” (The Shape of Water) è un film del 2017 diretto da Guillermo del Toro che si è aggiudicato il Leone d’oro a Venezia e quattro Premi Oscar In un laboratorio governativo di Baltimora dove avvengono sperimentazioni a scopi militari lavora come donna delle pulizie Elisa, diventata muta in seguito a un trauma… Read More 🎥 CINEFORUM: “La forma dell’acqua”
It started with anti-Semitism and Kristallnacht. It ended with millions of lives erased. International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27 is designated by the United Nations General Assembly as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Since 2005, the UN and its member states have been paying tribute to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust that occurred… Read More Lest We Forget
This song is about faith, desperation, soul-searching, and, above all, the human basic need to truly love and be loved: life is not worth living without sharing it with someone we love The singer feels he is getting old and needs someone by his side. He has worked really hard to be where he is,… Read More Queen – “Somebody to Love” (2)
