I'm back

Ever since I got back from the Netherlands, I stopped writting on this blog. It wasn't on purpose, it was just simple and utter sloth. I couldn't find the time or the energy or both to writte something new here.
Now that I got back from my holidays, I feel a new energy to write here. So let's see if reasons to write here also emerge, namely good books, good movies, good artists and good wines. I can say this already: I gave a chance to that Twilight saga in the holidays. I read the first three books and saw the two first movies and I'm definitely not impressed. It's pretty basic adolescent stuff. Depressed girl meets vampire, vampire falls in love for depressed girl, vampire struggles not to suck the life out of depressed and ridiculously clumsy girl. Then some werewolves appear, yada yada yada, Dakota Fanning is like Darth Vader and that's all the effort I'm giving to Twilight.
In terms of music, I've been hearing to Marvin Gaye a lot. "I heard it through the grapevine" and "Got to give it up" are two really good motown songs. Check it out if you don't know those classics yet.

The future of economy

Why can't there be love?

Great songs make great commercials. I feel like a whore, but the fact is I feel like buying some adidas after watching this commercial.

A beatiful song/discovery

Strolling through a new blog, I've stumbled upon a reference to a Joni Mitchell's song: Both sides now. I've heard about Joni Mitchell many times before, and I even tried to listen to it once but I remember that the couple of songs I heard did not captivate me. But I decided to give it another try and looked up this music on youtube and I felt peaceful. I hope you enjoy it too.

The 70's in Movie History

Last time I mentioned a movie here was to talk about Chinatown and I mentioned how great the 70’s were for movie history.
A great part of my favourite movies were made in the 70’s. Here’s just a few:

A Clockwork Orange; Jaws; Star Wars; The Godfather (Part I and II); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; Chinatown; Apocalypse Now; Alien; Sleeper (one of Woody Allen’s most hilarious movies); Taxi Driver… and much more….

Movie # 14 - Chinatown

Another movie entry. I saw Chinatown yesterday. It’s another movie from that wonderful decade (the amazing 70s). It was the last movie from Roman Polansky to be shot in the US (so, before he escaped the American justice for committing statutory rape in Jack Nicholson’s place). The film stars Jack Nicholson and Faye Dunaway. Jack Nicholson is a pleasure to watch. He is the true slick “Know it all”, incapable of asking innocent questions, always thinking ahead but who can still captivate you when he shows us that he has principles and a good moral fibre deep down inside. The screenplay is great (awarded with an Oscar). It’s the typical noir movie, even though it appeared 30 years later than the first ones. The recreation of the period (the 30s) is very well done.
Another great aspect in the movie is the appearance by John Huston. Though familiar to his movies (the best movie from the noir genre belongs to him: The Maltese Falcon), I had never seen him and so, when I saw him in the movie I loved the character even though I had no idea who he was.
Just for the acting and the wonderful script alone, the movie is worth it.

If you've seen one, you've seen them all