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« Reply #45 on: February 18, 2008, 08:02:57 PM » |
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"Animal Farm " by George Orwal.
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« Reply #46 on: February 18, 2008, 11:51:32 PM » |
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Thats oldie....but still a goodie.
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« Reply #47 on: February 19, 2008, 12:34:05 AM » |
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Thats oldie....but still a goodie.
True, its an accurate portrayal why communism never works in practice. Because everyone is unique and not the same. You get hard working people and lazy people. Its just human nature. Each animal is based on a figure in the russian revolution and communist russia. I learnt them all in school but can't remember now. |
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The greatest tragedy is for a person to die with the music still within them.
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« Reply #48 on: March 08, 2008, 02:10:01 PM » |
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One of my favourites is "The consolation of philosophy" by Boethius. I noticed this book reading another great one which is "The confederacy of dunces" by J.K. Toole. The main character of Toole's book is Ignatius who is a huge fan of Boethius's book. So, first impressed by Ignatius I went to buy "The consolation of philosophy" and I didn't get wrong.
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An eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, Boethius (c. 475-525 AD) was also an exceptional Greek scholar. It was to the Greek philosophers that he turned when he fell from favor and was imprisoned in Pavia. Written in the period leading up to his brutal execution, it is a dialogue that alternates from prose to verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' Philosophy, whose instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenment. The clarity of Boethius's thought and his breadth of vision made "The Consolation of Philosophy" hugely popular throughout medieval Europe and his ideas suffused the thought of Chaucer and Dante.
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« Reply #49 on: March 15, 2008, 04:03:48 PM » |
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"Decameron", by Bocaccio. Horrible era, after the plague but a masterpiece, beautifully written, evocative of the age and the stories related by the 10 young people in the book are pretty amusing. Also "The Earth" by Emile Zola, but it is earthy and possibly a little too earthy to be classy IMO ...not really enjoying it  |
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« Reply #50 on: March 31, 2008, 01:13:56 AM » |
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"Decameron", by Bocaccio. Horrible era, after the plague but a masterpiece, beautifully written, evocative of the age and the stories related by the 10 young people in the book are pretty amusing. Also "The Earth" by Emile Zola, but it is earthy and possibly a little too earthy to be classy IMO ...not really enjoying it Did you see the movie made on the Bocaccio's book by Pier Paolo Pasolini? |
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« Reply #51 on: March 31, 2008, 04:00:17 AM » |
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"Decameron", by Bocaccio. Horrible era, after the plague but a masterpiece, beautifully written, evocative of the age and the stories related by the 10 young people in the book are pretty amusing. Also "The Earth" by Emile Zola, but it is earthy and possibly a little too earthy to be classy IMO ...not really enjoying it Did you see the movie made on the Bocaccio's book by Pier Paolo Pasolini? No, I haven't seen it. Do you recommend it, Diego? Which language is it filmed in? |
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« Reply #52 on: March 31, 2008, 10:45:58 PM » |
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I've got a Spanish version, don't know if there's an English version ... I didn't read the book but as I've read over the internet it's a little bit different from the movie ( http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/arts/wheel/pasolini.shtml) The movie in my opinion it's little bit bizarre but quite interesting. Maybe the best word is provocative. The movie is included in the "Trilogy of life" by Pasolini and that is why I started with it rather than book. I've found the idea interesting and I hope to see the other movies soon. |
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« Reply #53 on: April 01, 2008, 08:36:00 AM » |
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I've got a Spanish version, don't know if there's an English version ... I didn't read the book but as I've read over the internet it's a little bit different from the movie ( http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/arts/wheel/pasolini.shtml) The movie in my opinion it's little bit bizarre but quite interesting. Maybe the best word is provocative. The movie is included in the "Trilogy of life" by Pasolini and that is why I started with it rather than book. I've found the idea interesting and I hope to see the other movies soon. Uh...I started reading over the review in your linked page, but it is giving away parts of the story I haven't read yet...  I will try to locate the movie. En Espanol esta bien para mi, porque lo hablo bastante bien y tengo que practicarme... |
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« Reply #54 on: April 01, 2008, 01:09:32 PM » |
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I've got a Spanish version, don't know if there's an English version ... I didn't read the book but as I've read over the internet it's a little bit different from the movie ( http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/arts/wheel/pasolini.shtml) The movie in my opinion it's little bit bizarre but quite interesting. Maybe the best word is provocative. The movie is included in the "Trilogy of life" by Pasolini and that is why I started with it rather than book. I've found the idea interesting and I hope to see the other movies soon. Uh...I started reading over the review in your linked page, but it is giving away parts of the story I haven't read yet... I will try to locate the movie. En Espanol esta bien para mi, porque lo hablo bastante bien y tengo que practicarme... Sorry about that. I thought that you've reached the end of the book. Veo que te defiendes bien en español. ¡No dejes de practicarlo!. Un saludo |
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« Reply #55 on: April 16, 2008, 01:18:26 PM » |
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Clockwork Orange
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« Reply #56 on: May 12, 2008, 10:07:13 AM » |
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The Sun Field-Heywood Broun
Manhattan Transfer-John Dos Passos
Babbitt-Sinclair Lewis
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