Tag Archives: Mircea Eliade

Coppola dreams Eliade (Film: Youth Without Youth – Francis Ford Coppola, 2007)

‘Youth Without Youth‘ was a complete surprise to me. It is probably the least understood film of Francis Ford Coppola. Made in 2007 and filmed largely in Romania, it faithfully screens a late novella by Mircea Eliade, written in 1976. … Continue reading

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Film: Eu sunt Adam! (Dan Pita, 1996)

‘Eu sunt Adam!’ (‘I am Adam!’) is a 1001 nights story that takes place in the inferno. The role of Seherazada is played by a professor of music in the 1950s, the years of the worst repression under the Communist … Continue reading

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Carte: Andrei Oisteanu – Narcotice in cultura romana

In spatele titlurilor unora dintre cartile lui Andrei Oisteanu nu se afla exact ceea ce s-ar putea astepta cititorul. De exemplu Imaginea evreului in cultura romana ascunde o adevarata istorie a antisemitismului romanesc, nu numai a celui cultural, probabil cel … Continue reading

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