Hoagy Carmichael

Hoagy Carmichael The Las Vegas story (1952) ___________________________________________ THE LAS VEGAS STORY (1952) - Music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Harold Adamson My Resistance Is Low was written in 1951 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Harold Adamson (lyrics) and was featured in the movie The Las Vegas Story. The song was largely ignored in the US but became a big hit in the ...[Read More]

The Soloist

The Soloist [dailymotion x6q7js] _____________ L'histoire du musicien Nathaniel Ayers (Jamie Foxx). Atteint de schyzophrénie puis sans abris, il joue du violon sur les trottoirs de Los Angeles. Un journaliste du Los Angeles Time, Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr), le prends sous son aile. __________________

Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919)

Vera Kholodnaya (1893-1919) "Your fingers smell incense" ________________________________________________ Alexander Vertinski From Alexander Vertinski to Vera Kholodnaya Your fingers smell incense Sorrow sleeps in your eyes You need nothing in life. And feel sorry for nothing. Les débuts “Shadow theater” was the third determinant passion of Vera Kholodnaya. When the film with the first cinema actress Asta Nilsen ((Asta Nielsen, bombe du muet Libération)) appeared in Russia, the great Scandinavian became Vera’s ...[Read More]

Kim Ki-Duk : Bi Mong / Dream

Kim Ki-Duk : Bi Mong / Dream __________________ Alors qu'il rêve d'un accident de voiture, un homme se retrouve témoin d'un réel accident. Bi-mong pourrait marquer un nouveau tournant dans la filmographie du cinéaste coréen Kim Ki-Duk dont c'est le quinzième long-métrage. __________________ Synopsis "Jin (Joe Odagiri), artiste de son état, se réveille d'un cauchemar dans lequel il a eu un accident de voiture en allant chez son ex-fiancée. Un rêve ...[Read More]

Brideshead Revisited

Brideshead Revisited Et in Arcadia ego An inevitable taste for "Basic english", forcefully promoted by I. A. Richards, and an ever enduring fascination for Nicolas Poussin, premier peintre ordinaire du roi, whose painting rendered the latin expression "Et in Arcadia ego" famous, provide the farfetched ingredients for a perfect and timely summer reading. Brideshead Revisited (2008) directed by Julian Jarrold Published in ...[Read More]