David Brin is an American author of science fiction who was born on 6 October 1950. He has also been both a NASA consultant and a physics professor. He is the author of “The Postman”, a post-apocalyptic dystopian novel on which a film of the same title was based, in 1997. It was produced and… Read More David Brin
➡️First part➡️Second part➡️Third part➡️ Fourth part➡️ Fifth part In the early 1940s, when Walt Disney’s daughters fell in love with the book “Mary Poppins”, their father promised them he would adapt the enchanting story into an enchanting movie.Disney spent the next 20 years trying to keep the promise made to his daughters and purchase the… Read More P.L. Travers & Walt Disney (final part)
In one of the comments to yesterday’s post, containing the quote from Nelson Mandela, our friend Alessandro Gianesini who blogs at Parola di Scrib recalled the poem “Invictus”, Nelson Mandela’s companion during his long imprisonment.Mandela used to read it throughout his 27-year imprisonment during the apartheid period, because of its message of self-masteryThis poem has… Read More Invictus
Colleen McCullough born on 1 June 1937 was an internationally acclaimed Australian author of Maori ancestry, best known for her novel “The Thorn Birds” published in 1977.In1983 the novel was also adapted into the eponymous television series, starring Richard Chamberlain, which became the United States’ second-highest-rated miniseries of all time, behind “Roots”. The story spans… Read More The Thorn in the Breast
Anna Sewell (born on 30 March 1820, in Norfolk, England) is a famous English novelist renowned for her best-selling novel ‘Black Beauty’ , considered as a children’s classic. Her concern with horses began early in life. At fourteen, she slipped in the rain on her way home from school and broke both her ankles. Unfortunately,… Read More Anna Sewell & Black Beauty
Come ho detto nel post di ieri, Guido Anselmi, il protagonista del film 8½ di Fellini è un regista che sta vivendo una profonda crisi esistenziale: ha difficoltà coniugali e si trova nel bel mezzo un blocco creativo. Allora tenta di riprendersi dalle sue ansie recandosi in una lussuosa spa, dove decide di aprirsi anche… Read More Fellini: “8½” (2)
Oggi ricorre l’anniversario della nascita, avvenuta a Rimini il 20 gennaio 1920, del nostro grande regista Federico Fellini, cui film in genere combinano memoria, sogni e fantasia.Tra i più famosi ci sono La Strada, La Dolce Vita, 8½ e Amarcord. “L’artista si deve porre di fronte alla realtà con quell’atteggiamento tra l’attrazione e il distacco… Read More Federico Fellini: l’artista e i sogni (1)
“Conscious faith is freedom.Emotional faith is slavery.Mechanical faith is foolishness.” George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was born on 13 January but the exact year remains unknown , since he burned all his private papers and documents before going to America in 1930. Some historians put his date of birth in 1866 and others in 1877, the year… Read More Faith and Sacred Dances
Natalie Merchant provided the song Ophelia (see here) with a ”companion film” directed by Mark Seliger and Fred Woodward . It is a conceptual short film, a journey through the different characters she brings to life. She plays the various Ophelias portrayed in the song, those women who had the courage to question the patriarchal… Read More Natalie Merchant – Ophelia (Characters) 🎥
Oggi, 4 ottobre, si festeggia San Francesco d’Assisi, Patrono d’Italia, uno dei santi più amati al mondo, che si spogliò di tutto per sposare “Madonna povertà” e vivere a imitazione di Cristo. “Francesco” è un film di Liliana Cavani del 1989 sulla sua evoluzione da giovane ricco a religioso umanitario e infine a santo. Il… Read More San Francesco d’Assisi
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