September 2016 - Scraps from the loft

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX – Review by Christopher Hitchens

admin 2016-10-10T19:39:55-07:00 September 30th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Movie reviews, The Baader Meinhof Complex|

Christopher Hitchens’ review of the German film The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) which portrays the terrorist group operating in West Germany known as the Red Army Faction

FEAR AND DESIRE: COUNTRY OF THE MIND

admin 2016-10-02T16:12:45-07:00 September 29th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Fear and Desire, Stanley Kubrick|

Jason Sperb analyses Fear and Desire and its relevance to Kubrick's larger body of work

L’ELIMINAZIONE DI REINHARD HEYDRICH

admin 2017-01-15T10:13:40-08:00 September 28th, 2016|Categories: HISTORY|Tags: REINHARD HEYDRICH, SECONDA GUERRA MONDIALE, WORLD WAR II, WWII|

Racconto dell'operazione militare che portò all'uccisione del generale delle SS Reinhard Heydrich durante la seconda guerra mondiale

George Orwell Review of “WE” by E. I. Zamyatin

admin 2016-09-26T19:45:16-07:00 September 26th, 2016|Categories: LITERATURE|Tags: dystopian novels, George Orwell, We, Yevgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin|

Review of “WE” by E. I. Zamyatin [Evgeny Ivanovich Zamyatin] by George Orwell Several years after hearing of its existence, I have at last got my hands on a copy of Zamyatin's We, which is one of the literary curiosities of this book-burning age. Looking it up in Gleb Struve's [...]

BRAVE NEW WORLD: FOREWORD BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

admin 2017-03-16T14:49:12-07:00 September 26th, 2016|Categories: LITERATURE|Tags: Aldous Huxley, Book Forewords, Brave New World, Christopher Hitchens|

Christopher Hitchens's introduction to the dystopian novel "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

HURRICANE LOLITA – by Christopher Hitchens

admin 2017-10-01T13:31:45-07:00 September 26th, 2016|Categories: LITERATURE|Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Lolita [Novel], The Atlantic, Vladimir Nabokov|

Christopher Hitchens talks about Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita" on the 50th anniversary of its publication.

STORIA DEI MONDIALI DI CALCIO – 1930: URUGUAY

admin 2016-10-16T10:54:29-07:00 September 25th, 2016|Categories: FOOTBALL|Tags: Mondiali di Calcio, Mondiali di Calcio 1930|

Storia dei Campionati del Mondo di Calcio del 1930, pubblicata nell'inserto del Guerin Sportivo "Calciomondo" nel 1978

THE BRUTALITY OF MILITARY INCOMPETENCE: PATHS OF GLORY AND KING AND COUNTRY

admin 2017-08-31T15:46:39-07:00 September 24th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Joseph Losey, King and Country, Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick, WWI movies|

Essay by Andrew Kelly published in "Cinema and The Great War"

THE SHINING – Review by Paul Mayersberg [Sight & Sound]

admin 2018-03-07T23:26:09-08:00 September 23rd, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Movie reviews, Paul Mayersberg, Sight and Sound magazine, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining (1980)|

Paul Mayersberg reviews Stanley Kubrick's The Shining

ORIZZONTI DI GLORIA: “FOYER” CRITICO DELLA RIVISTA BIANCO E NERO

admin 2017-02-13T14:35:46-08:00 September 23rd, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Bianco e Nero [Rivista], MICHELANGELO ANTONIONI, Movie reviews, Orizzonti di Gloria, Paths of Glory, Recensioni cinematografiche, Stanley Kubrick|

Contributi critici del regista cinematografico Michelangelo Antonioni, del critico letterario Giulio Cattaneo, dello storico del cinema Fausto Montesanti e dello sceneggiatore Giorgio Prosperi. Con una nota critica di Lino Del Fra.

ORIZZONTI DI GLORIA – Recensione di Guido Aristarco

admin 2016-09-22T19:38:03-07:00 September 22nd, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Movie reviews, Orizzonti di Gloria, Paths of Glory, Recensioni cinematografiche, Stanley Kubrick|

Recensione del film di Stanley Kubrick "Orizzonti di Gloria", scritta da Guido Aristarco per la rivista Cinema Nuovo

PATHS OF GLORY – Review by François Truffaut

admin 2018-02-24T00:21:37-08:00 September 22nd, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: François Truffaut, Movie reviews, Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick|

François Truffaut reviews Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory"

ROMA CITTÀ APERTA – SEQUENZA FINALE: L’ESECUZIONE DI DON PIETRO

admin 2018-03-28T09:22:22-07:00 September 18th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Movie screenplays, Roberto Rossellini, Roma città aperta, World War II movies|

Sceneggiatura della sequenza finale del film di Rossellini "Roma città aperta"

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: STANLEY STRANGELOVE – Review by Pauline Kael

admin 2017-05-11T20:38:17-07:00 September 18th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: A Clockwork Orange, Movie reviews, Pauline Kael, Stanley Kubrick, The New Yorker|

Review of Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" written by Pauline Kael and published in The New Yorker, January 1, 1972

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE: THE DÉCOR OF TOMORROW’S HELL

admin 2016-10-02T23:44:08-07:00 September 17th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: A Clockwork Orange, Movie reviews, Stanley Kubrick|

Robert Hughes's review on Stanley Kubrick’s "A Clockwork Orange", The Décor of Tomorrow’s Hell, "Time", 1971

THE SHINING: STANLEY KUBRICK’S HORROR SHOW – Review by Jack Kroll [Newsweek]

admin 2017-12-16T19:15:26-08:00 September 17th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Movie reviews, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining (1980)|

Review of Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining", written by Jack Kroll and published in Newsweek, June 2, 1980

IL CACCIATORE – Recensione di Ernesto G. Laura, Bianco e Nero

admin 2018-03-02T12:04:12-08:00 September 17th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Bianco & Nero, Ernesto G. Laura, Il Cacciatore, Michael Cimino, Movie reviews, Recensioni cinematografiche, The Deer Hunter|

Recensione del film di Michael Cimino "Il Cacciatore", a cura di Ernesto G. Laura, pubblicata dalla rivista "Bianco e Nero" nel 1979

KUBRICK: CRITICS TO BE DAMNED – Interview by John Hofsess

admin 2018-03-08T16:23:05-08:00 September 16th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA, INTERVIEWS|Tags: John Hofsess, Kubrick interviews, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining (1980)|

Interview with Stanley Kubrick by Canadian Film Critic John Hofsess, published in The Soho News, May 1980

LA RAGIONE EVANESCENTE: NEL LABIRINTO DI SHINING – di Francesco Cattaneo [Cineforum]

admin 2018-02-19T17:12:02-08:00 September 14th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Cineforum, Francesco Cattaneo, Stanley Kubrick, The Shining (1980)|

Saggio di Francesco Cattaneo su Shining, pubblicato dalla rivista italiana Cineforum nel 2003

PATTERNS OF SPACE, SOUND AND MOVEMENT IN PATHS OF GLORY

admin 2016-10-02T23:45:42-07:00 September 14th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Paths of Glory, Stanley Kubrick|

Essay by Eric Eaton published in "Stanley Kubrick: Essays on His Films and Legacy"

DOSSIER EYES WIDE SHUT – SegnoCinema

admin 2016-10-02T23:45:59-07:00 September 13th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Eyes Wide Shut, Movie reviews, Recensioni cinematografiche, Segnocinema, Stanley Kubrick|

Speciale Eyes Wide Shut pubblicato dalla rivista italiana SegnoCinema, Gennaio-Febbraio 2000

EYES WIDE SHUT: KUBRICK’S EYE – Speciale Cineforum

admin 2017-11-15T17:06:54-08:00 September 8th, 2016|Categories: CINEMA|Tags: Arthur Schnitzler, Cineforum, Eyes Wide Shut, Movie reviews, Recensioni cinematografiche, Stanley Kubrick|

Speciale su Stanley Kubrick pubblicato dalla rivista italiana Cineforum nel 1999 in occasione dell'uscita di Eyes Wide Shut

ONE HUNDRED PERCENT AMERICAN, by Ralph Linton

admin 2016-09-05T17:28:11-07:00 September 5th, 2016|Categories: Society|Tags: Anthropology, Ralph Linton|

Diffusion of ideas, a pattern of behavior, or an exchange of material objects is always a two-way street between societies. Americans often think it is a oneway process...