Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Best After Shaving Solution

The Girl with a Pearl Earring

Today we speak (or rather I want to dwell), 5 years later, or if you want more than 3 centuries, the Dutch painter Jan Vermeer and his famous painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' (or 'Girl with a troubled' 1665). In 2003 he was made into a film that tells the story of this portrait, film taken in turn by Ministerial Order Onimo novel by Tracy Chevalier. So, for those who did not clear the process you order: real painter Jan Vermeer existed three centuries ago, the painting r Agazzi, always three centuries ago, the novel Chev Alier, 2003, three centuries of fter, the film that year. I can speak and / or criticize this film for several reasons. There 's been like this: from the fact or that Dutch painters are something absolutely stupeface nte for the mind and eyes, and Vermeer is one of my favorites of all, when I had to take the examination of language and English literature at university, and I saw the list of texts to be chosen that Roma Anzo, catching two birds with one stone I on the framework chosen. After that, since at that time to read a whole book in English was a bit 'too much for my level, I have the cunning as a weasel in Italian industry, so in order to compare the translation and understand it better, quick feedback / callback when it is released in the movie could not lose (ps.: saaaacco but that year I saw a movie that I could lose myself! ... should be). We go to the heart of my criticism. The film was nominated for an Oscar the following year with three categories: best direction, photography and customs. You know qu anti / n which and losers? Not one, no one. And here we wonder who the other candidates can and achieve enza winners. Since the list will go on too long, string saying for those who do not know the candidates for each category 5. Let's start: for best director has The Lord of fully equipped Rings won for best picture has won Master and Commander, and for best costumes ever The Lord of the Rings . ... Moment of reflection ... Here, if you've seen all three films, like me, or just the two winners, I hope you will agree with me that it was a scandal! But .... I say ... but The Lord of the Rings ??!!! But there realize? Movies that I went to see in Bologna (the first) to the Future Film Festival only because my friend possessed of the kind had two free tickets for one euro and that afternoon because I do not really far we have nothing else to do (The second the 'I saw on dvd forced from the rest the company, and the third I jumped walk even). The Lord of the Rings Best Director?? Best Costumes? And best f photographing, Master and Commander?? In my humble opinion of criticism, I'll be old but I say: The Lord of the Rings director, as director? 80% and computer and do not say that it is not true, because the costumes are all invented invented question of time and place, and finally Best Picture Master and Commander ... which photo excuse? With all that fog !!... Eh '! I say that there was a boi cottaggio as usual driven by revenue in the first case, and Russel Crow actor of the moment. The fashion of the moment was the fantasy (like Harry Potter then, that even then I could open a bracket here saying that I think we have reached the point where it allows adults to keep kids with this nasty syndrome Peter Pan and continue reading the cartoons, and children in them if they had instead pitted the most unlikely tales of 10 volumes ciascina as Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Narnia in a while ... 'read on the Establishment Speaking of Quintilian in all his 12 books if someone makes a film him then!) the fashion collections, film producing, selling the film, the film wins. But when I say that the girl dall'Orecchino Pearl least one of the best photo or costumes deserve it widely with my eyes closed, and no compromise on this! If you have ever seen, and especially if you already know p rhyme Dutch painting and V ermeer in pa rti particular, you can not agree or do not remember that Sometimes it seems like to see a particular context Dutch come alive and moving. (A n c h a simple dare as clean the windows of a fi n ight ! I challenge all the uninitiated Dutch art, and who has not seen the film, to say at first sight of the two wings qu intangible gini you see here is the qu Adro and as the scene of the movie) For me some short scenes, some small details were nothing short of amazing! Several times I remained speechless. The costumes on, and the reconstruction of the interior, the light very important, throughout the study that there was behind the need for fidelity and customs of the century, was not evaluated correctly in my opinion. And there is not computer or invention fantasy. There, it is true sources, development, verification, true style, the real hands of tailors true ... I close the parenthesis closely tied to the film open to one linked to the history attached to the book. I must say that the book is very nice, you really capture the feelings of Griet, poor and ignorant that you've in hardship greater than those of the first after the accident of his father, and finds 'safe' as waiters in about this rich new home of the Vermeer family. Only the characters that live and rotate in that house are not the nicest to species. Starting from the hierarchy of his fellow waiter, to pass from the painter's daughters, daughters that sometimes multiplied, not to mention his wife, mistress of the house, and then he, the master Vermeer, it is bursting with joy and compassion from every pore. I then related characters ... the slimy salesman art the son of the butcher that even though the end was the only one with whom one could have a dialogue, it was still a boy cut too coarsely to one that's not i could not even see the hair. I mention this thing about the uncovering of his hair because, unfortunately, is one of the special c he does very end of the translation into film of the book. Yes, because I had not even mentioned, in spite of the very performance of fotog and raffia costumes and settings etc etc the movie left me very disappointed on this front. Griet first seems just that, words Pavor said, 'scared of being in the world', his constant sighs and fears are very emotional stumps, perhaps it seemed the only way the director to express embarrassment and the rest of the feelings new there and confused that he felt at times, and that in the novel are very well described and engaging, while in the film everything ends in a 'Hh!' (They already say the third 'eh lady! He is calm) ... Then this hair thing, I said, it captures very well in the novel (and I'm not here to tell you, I'll go read because it really deserves!) Actually mean what he wanted at that time for a young girl. As the scene towards the end where she shot from above, passes the star of the winds at Mosaic in a street that ran forever, the narrative does absolutely mention what that would mean passing within her. As well as finding the tile route, the situation which gave me freedom of enterprise switching while reading it on video I think few people have really taken the pain of the ntimo Grie t . Latest but not to u ltima for disappointment, the scene of q hen receives the earrings. Maximum for this disappointment, I sorry to say. In short this is what ... I conclude by saying that when the lights are lit on my raga ZZO time, forced me to come by and see this film, says: "Well, the story is virtually nothing!" I looked at him disappointed but immediately I understand that But for those who like him had / have familiar ity with the Dutch art, or do not have read the book, I think this is the result of mass ... Not can be fascinating or you DERE a picture come to life and move if you do not know, and you can not empathize with the protagonist just because sometimes you scare ... Too bad, really.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

How Often Should Teak Be Oiled

City Gallery Act I (the most unlikely artistic way of learning!)

Last Sunday, the first of Sunday's rest after taaanto time, as usual here in Dublin doubt the weather was uncertain (Never trust in Irish weather!), So I say we do? Would you like if we go to visit that other gallery that always tells Oscar that he likes more than the National? - (The one where there is the fabulous Carvaggio for instance) - Yes by. - This is the Dublin City Hugh Lane Gallery.

Ok let's go. We arrive. Outside, in front of the entrance the first thing you require 'Sara Dancing' : one of the installations of the series of Julian Opie 'Walking on O'Connell Street' for a year to animate this part one of the biggest streets and fomose cities with this fantastic idea of \u200b\u200bcharacters who walk made of lights. I say: look! I've never seen it! Of course I had never seen because I had never gone there before, but my amazement was the fact that I assumed that those facilities were exclusively in and for O 'Connell Street, for the simple reason that walk, and in O'Connell street you walk, and not the images across the city. But then on reflection it Sara dancing not walk, and most say that dancing swaying from right to left and vice versa in perpetual motion. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk8VgGhxOVU ) However, after taking the brochure at the entrance of City Galley and be back home, I opened all a world! The ignorance but has been decreasing gradually, by dint of links, or if you want awareness at the same time it has been showing up more. All circuit unconscious knowledge and ignorance intertwined past of whom now try to explain how ironic! I go: although almost a year I see those characters in fairy lights walking on O'Connell Street, and although I asked several times of who might be, I never in-depth research to learn more ... so were there every day ... But I took that from quad flyer has expanded my mind! Before discovery: these characters, five in all, I have found to have a proper name, at least Sara, Jack and Julian, the other three are only shown no caption below. Second discovery: these characters are not the prerogative of Dublin, but someone has already been able to see them in Phoenix, Arizona, in Boston, Indianapolis and Toronto! And that already gave me a completely different view of that installation . third and final pool (which made me think of the typical and conclusive AAAAAAA sentence, you know who it is!): Going to the website and looking style of these designs with contoured blacks and eyes small immediately connects them to the cover of Best of Blur. This here. And I read that also did something similar to U2. Here ... this world is revealed to me in five minutes, and I felt more stupid that was ignorant because I have it under my nose for a year and if not was because I had nothing else to do that Sunday, I never connected all these things, with the risk that maybe back in Italy a few of my friend or worse still a professor all'univeristà I say 'Aahh Dublin! Then he must have certainly been able to admire the last installazini Julian Opie famous throughout the world which, unfortunately, we here in Italy we still can not enjoy! ' And I would have done the typical fool of him with that which he wants to give drink to those who know more of you at this small detail of the artist's world-renowned not recollect, but in reality nothing about an Irish fife what you're talking about laundry, but after that has seen them for a whole year. And then when you finally lighting vaglielo do believe that yes you've seen something for a year! ... (See the end of everything if you just Best of me could save face! Thank goodness go!;)