Monthly Archives: June 2011

‘Woyzeck’ at the Cameri Theater

Posted on June 19, 2011 by admin

I remember too little from the performance I must have seen more than 40 years ago with Buchner‘s ‘Woyczeck’ at the Bulandra Theater in Bucharest, by the time when Liviu Ciulei and Lucian Pintilie dominated the Romanian theater in a … Continue reading →

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Film: Hanyo (The Housemaid) – Sang-soo Im, 2010

Posted on June 18, 2011 by admin

‘The Housemaid’ is based on a Korean classic movie from the 60s which I have not seen, but which is referred to by many critics and viewers knowledgeable in Korean cinema. With no term of comparison I have the (maybe) … Continue reading →

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Theater Evenings in Paris

Posted on June 17, 2011 by admin

We spent five out of the eight evenings of our Parisian vacation at the theater. Paris is of course a city of great tradition on this respect, with tens of options every evening and the problem for the occasional visitor … Continue reading →

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David Reinhardt at ‘Sunset’ in Paris

Posted on June 15, 2011 by admin

The heroes in Woody Allen’s film Midnight in Paris about which I wrote about a few days ago dream to a ‘golden age’ of their own in the past which they idealize and would like to live in rather then … Continue reading →

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Film: Le Chat du Rabbin (Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfarr – 2011)

Posted on June 14, 2011 by admin

Joann Sfar is the director of Gainsbourg, Une Vie Heroique, a film that I loved immensely, one of the best I have seen lately. I was not astonished to learn that his Jewish origins are doubled by some Belgian identity, … Continue reading →

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Film: Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen, 2011)

Posted on June 12, 2011 by admin

There is no better way to start a series of blog entries about the vacation in Paris than writing about this wonderful film by Woody Allen. There is no better way to see this wonderful film of Woody Allen than … Continue reading →

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