When I reviewed Fall of Hyperion in this space, I said that I wanted to wait a substantial time before continuing on. Unfortunately I succumbed to the temptation. While I don’t really regret having read Endymion, it is yet another step down from Hyperion’s brilliance of vision and design. While Simmons world continues to amaze […]
This was praised and much discussed when it came out in the late sixties for its refreshingly novel cinematic way of storytelling – or so the Netflix cover blurb tells us. The story is that of a bunch of rich people, bored to glassy stares byu their eventless lives, vacationing among the Aeolic Islands. One […]
This is not to say that there is anything wrong with the story of Noodles, the way it’s woven together with prohibition history, and the final plot resolution. But this movie is just way too long. I don’t really recall much from seeing the original version, but even that might have been a bit on […]
(Abbildung ähnlich) Die Waschmaschine müsste jetzt, daran erinnert mich das penetrante Pfeifen des Herdes, genauer: das penetrante Pfeifen der in den Herd eingebauten Stoppuhr, die Karate-Gis ausreichend durchgewalkt und somit fürs maschinelle Anpusten im Anpuster vorbereitet haben. Ich verlasse daher die Wohnung, die Tür lasse ich keck angelehnt, steige zwo Stockwerke bergab in die kalifornsiche […]
It’s always hard to get a feeling for a foreign culture without being immersed in it, and it’s probably even more difficult when the gap is as large as it is sure to be between so called western countries and Japan. I find the insistence of most introductions to stress the quaintness and formality of […]
There is a song by Tom Lehrer called Send the Marines with the lines “We’ll send them all we’ve got//John Wayne and Randolph Scott”, which I ever only understood half. I had heard of and seen movies with the Duke, but not even the name of Scott sounded familiar. I’m happy to report that this […]
Having cute and ferocious female tigers with big boobs might not be generally considered the peak of sophisitication among science fiction afficionados, but the level of plot and design in general is higher than the screaming tiger lady would have you expect. The Japanese is simple enough to give this apprentice at Japanese occasional thrills […]
Die Musik rappelt aus den Ohrkappen, vermutlich sehe ich aus wie ein Idiot damit, aber andererseits wohl kaum mehr als ohne, und dafür aber wie ein besser unterhaltener Idiot. Deal. Zwischen dem Sportgebäude und der Tiefgarage verläuft der Weg, entlang der ich mein frischverputztes Mittagessen nach Hause führe, aber grade jetzt führt er obendrein über […]
I can’t praise this movie enough. It’s premise is utterly absurd, it’s characters subtle and lovable, the ending uncompromising, yet uplifting, and the undertones of the political and cultural history of Sweden and Norway masterfully woven in. The movie is about an old Norwegian farmer with a sick horse, who is sick himself. With promises […]
To anyone following European public discourse and politics, the anti-American bias should be obvious. It is a curious fact of human psychology that an argument based on correct facts can still be wrong, and this complication afflicts this book as well. There is no way to defend the current American administration against the criticisms leveled […]