“Everybody wonders why I continue working at this stage. I keep working because there’s always new stories. … And as long as people want me to tell them, I’ll be there doing them.”
That’s great my dear old Clint, but you should try to be more careful with special fx, makeup, sound design and editing.
Lately your films look either too heavy to digest (Hereafter), too phony (Invictus), too hazardous (in J Edgar there’s a character who looks like Gianluca “Daicazzo”‘s father). And most of all they all sound in an ugly way, sad to to tell you… It’s all you and your son’s fault… You compose melodies good for Bocelli, not for my taste. Why don’t you assign the musical scores to someone else??!
Anyway, Edgardo DiCaprio deserves all the awards in the world for this performance, and you will always be my ‘Unforgiven’ hero.
I consider his lesson on the relationship between man, nature and photography as one of the most inspiring we can learn these days.
“There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.”
“I have often thought that if photography were difficult in the true sense of the term — meaning that the creation of a simple photograph would entail as much time and effort as the production of a good watercolor or etching — there would be a vast improvement in total output. The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.”
Joe Sacco is famous for his graphic novels created directly from conflict zones such as Palestine and Bosnia.
But I like also his previous, more ‘superficial’ works, about his student years and his passion for rock ‘n roll lifestyle.
His drawings are awesome: unpretentious and sophisticated at the same time.
And his way of telling stories is irreverent, genuine and original.
Highly recommended: “But I like it”
I proudly announce that “Happy Difficult Times” is on sale on iTunes. Wow.. I wonder if I will ever reverse the roles and start being payed by iTunes instead of giving it A LOT of money every year…
And I guess who’s going to be our official first buyer???
She’s cute, she has a great voice, her lyrics are deep and soulful, she collaborates with the coolest indie bands in the world (in fact she was member of the Broken Social Scene), she comes from a family of artists, she produces hew own stuff, she won a lot of prizes, she sold a lot in the US as her songs was used by Apple advertising but she never sold herself.
That’s why I always snobbed Feist. I thought she was too perfect. But I have to admit her new album is some kind of magic, of that type only real geniuses can reach.
Yesterday we went to Venice for a day visit at the Biennale Art Exhibition. A wonderful weather and the great company of our good friends Tommy and Vera have been the right starting point to experience both Giardini and Arsenale.
What we liked at the Giardini: the Italian pavillion, the Allora & Calzadilla exhibit at the American pavillion, Japanese Tabaimo’s video-installation, the Korean pavillion, and most of all Christian Boltanski’s “Chance” installation.
What we didn’t like: Sgarbi’s ugly “L’arte non è cosa nostra” exhibition at the Arsenale.. Deeply sad.
What we fell in love for: Christian Marclay’s 24 hours video “The Clock”. Unmissable.
Here‘s the link for the photogallery on my flickr account.
Let’s say it out loud… His last LP was ugly, and since then many years have passed.. I was almost losing the hope… But now he’s back, in a fabulous shape.
Great record, for all the “Endtroducing” lovers out there..
After 7 days in the peaceful, mild and mysterious Lanzarote we planned to spend 6 days in Fuerteventura.
As we didn’t want to set base in the crowded Corralejo we booked a nice rural house in the middle of the island (Casa Isaitas in Pajara) and from there moved to different spots.
What we didn’t like: the tourist traps such as Costa Calma and Corralejo (but also Playa Blanca in Lanzarote) full of huge, ugly hotels condos and expensive shitty restaurants, the streets with lots of mountains, the rawness of some areas (kms and kms of literally nothing, and then suddenly a small town of 20 houses), the brutal wind of some playas (i.e Butihondo).
What we liked: as we don’t need night movida nor day wind sports there’s only one destination for us in Fuerteventura: Morro Jable and its long, soft sandy beaches and crystalline calm sea waters.. One of the best beaches we’ve been in our entire life.
The small town of Famara is on the previously highly-feared west coast of Lanzarote, where, accordingly to my wife, we would have encountered only ferocious winds, sand in the face and apocalyptic waves. None of this happened and we had the chilliest 2 days in the entire vacation. We happened also to meet the good old Ganassi Ganassi and his girlfriend, who were touring the island as well.
La Graciosa is the island off the Northern tip of Lanzarote, it’s part of the Teguise municipality and the Archipiélago Chinijo, the natural park covering the El Risco de Famara and the islands of La Graciosa, Alegranza, Montaña Clara and Los Roques del Este and del Oeste.
La Graciosa is a very chilled island, do not expect tourist shops and facilities, there is a bakery, 3 supermarkets, a DIY shop, a choice of bars and restaurants, a sociedad and a nightclub some great beaches and just a really laid back, barefoot, sandy tracked, very relaxing island. We stayed there for two days, spending most of the time reading and sunbathing. Lovely.
