tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post803906214808510054..comments2024-03-19T04:32:17.289-07:00Comments on Through gradually tightening avenues I felt the ecstasy of something nameless: Birthdays for January 27thTzadikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-25458751983382596692016-02-04T10:59:26.118-08:002016-02-04T10:59:26.118-08:00Hi Bruce, it's nice to hear from you. "Am...Hi Bruce, it's nice to hear from you. "Amadeus" is one of my favorite films (and as far as other classical in the "movies" goes, I enjoy several documentaries about Shostakovich, a couple on Prokofiev( although a definitive and thorough doc. is yet to be made), a great RVW doc, one on Stravinsky (last two mentioned are by Tony Palmer, who has done many composer documentaries..) a highly interesting doc called "Beethoven's Hair" and so on.. There are some decent 'proper' films of course, although most of all I go to Eisenstein's "Alexander Nevsky"...epic cinema, and could the score be any better? ;) "Hilary and Jackie" is pretty well done, as is the not-for-everyone "32 short films about Glenn Gould". I should post a whole list of films actually!<br /><br />One I was disappointed with was "Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky", although many would surely disagree with me. It's full of inaccuracies...then again, it's entertainment. <br /><br />Ha, good point about the German sense of humor; and some of them truly *LOVE* a good arschloch :-o<br /><br />Oh I used to watch Bergman's Magic Flute all the time too! Bergman is my fav director, his is absolute art, it doesn't get any closer to perfection. One of my absolute favorites is "Hour of the Wolf", which has a haunting scene where Max von Sydow is visiting the run-down estate nearby belonging to a rather crazy family (his "demons", if you have seen it..) and there is a brief puppet show, an excerpt from The Magic Flute. Max's character also mentions that the most horrid "monster" that keeps appearing to him (hallucinations, or something else??) reminds him of Papageno...<br /> <br /><br />TZTzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-63203573025974949312016-02-04T10:33:12.208-08:002016-02-04T10:33:12.208-08:00Hello Wolfgang, interesting observation! I have to...Hello Wolfgang, interesting observation! I have to admit I never thought of it. And initially Mozart was "Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart" which I now remember - thanks to wikipedia ;)<br /><br />Kind Regards,<br /><br />TZ<br /><br />Tzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-10594821393509957972016-02-04T10:29:21.823-08:002016-02-04T10:29:21.823-08:00Hello Anon, sorry for the late reply (and the trou...Hello Anon, sorry for the late reply (and the troublesome red font..). I hadn't considered that clearly, but as you will see I have changed it back to the regular white on black. I think perhaps a soft blue might be better, a long list in white is not too comfortable either, not to me anyhow.<br /><br />TZTzadikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08157741254551349834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-38320043086070899622016-01-29T01:07:34.488-08:002016-01-29T01:07:34.488-08:00That's my view of the movie too, Tzadik: exagg...That's my view of the movie too, Tzadik: exaggeration for dramatic effect. And it was good to get away from previous notions of Mozart's supposed aloof divinity, so they take it to the other extreme and the truth of his character is in between. A wonderful movie. <br /><br />It is observed that Germans have a scatological sense of humour. I've experienced how they laugh when I say, 'arschloch!'. I've always loved Mozart. I used to watch Ingmar Bergman's film of The Magic Flute over and over. brucenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-27512147785039357842016-01-28T03:13:44.753-08:002016-01-28T03:13:44.753-08:00@Anonymous:
while you wait for a solution, press ...@Anonymous: <br />while you wait for a solution, press Ctrl+A for a more relaxing white-on-blueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-69471347723915467672016-01-27T20:06:48.527-08:002016-01-27T20:06:48.527-08:00Look at this coincidence: both Mozart and Arriaga ...Look at this coincidence: both Mozart and Arriaga had been named Johannes Chrisostomos, and Arriaga was born exactly 50 years after Mozart.Wolfganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14806223195432656376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1568534182252984517.post-83719450966444236122016-01-27T12:07:59.101-08:002016-01-27T12:07:59.101-08:00Tzadik,
Could I ask for a favor? For those of us ...Tzadik,<br />Could I ask for a favor? For those of us with contrast sensitivity loss, or presbyopia, or both, dark red lettering on a dark grey field is miserably difficult to read (the white on grey is fine). Could one of the two be tweaked, perhaps?<br />Thanks for an enjoyable blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com