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venerdì 31 ottobre 2008

Autumn just came out of my office window

As often happened in the last few years, summer is extending its warm benefits until November, until Rome and i guess the whole south of Italy.
As always occurring, there's a strange feeling about all this, too many months ahead until next hot and then rain, cold, grey...whatsoever.
Neverthless there's a sort of "wind of change" which still makes me wishing all this, warm sweaters, hot chocolates, (luckily and rarely)snow falling, the smell of "burning" chimneys, NO F. mosquitos, to feel home protected when outside is pouring and mostly those long and very relaxing Sundays at home.
Those Sundays when out of the window nothing tells you to get out and you have lot of time to spend on playing, reading, watching Movies...or simply taking your sacred time.
I spent some time in Caracas years ago, enough time to enjoy the wonderful endless warm through the whole year, enough time to think that could be the perfect weather, but still not complaining about what Europe, or better Italy, has to offer me.
Changing seasons, changing clothes, tastes, food, humour and all the colors of this world.
Cheers
E.

lunedì 25 agosto 2008

"The Band's visit"

It's been a bit silent this blog lately, and I like to be a sort of back on track with one of the things I like the most: movies.
I wouldn't say just movies, but some particular movie, one of those which normally isn't a box-office Champion and neverthless, a very interesting one !!!
It was "Everything is illuminated" a year ago, it's "The Bands visit" today.
The Alexandria (Egypt) Ceremonial Police Orchestra arrives in Israel to play at the opening of an Arab Cultural Center and from that moment on, it's a sequel of unlucky events that takes the Band to bump into different culture, different people, different places.
As always it's not a technical critic which I'm going to do here, but a sort of slow-delivery emotion which flows back to me, that strange sensation when you leave the cinema and images or feelings keep on walking with you for a while.
A bit slow in some part, it' full of sense of humour everywhere else with a bitter/sweet conclusion : loneliness has not boards and can unite people of any kinds.
Enjoy it if you have chance :-)
E.