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The Artful Blogger: Cinematically Inclined: “The Great Gatsby”
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Saturday, May 11, 2013. Cinematically Inclined: “The Great Gatsby”. Who knew an old high school English class chestnut would be one of the main cultural events of the summer movie season? It’s been over a decade since Baz Luhrmann made his signature film and masterpiece, 2001’s experimental, infuriating, over-the-top Moulin Rouge! And then posit Gatsby. Is also opening this year’s Cannes Film Festival.) It turns out that Jay and Daisy were onc...Nothing...
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The Artful Blogger: Guilty Pleasure: “Zuiikin English”
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Guilty Pleasure: “Zuiikin English”. I don’t know who exercises to those morning TV shows anymore. In the 80s they had those Jane Fonda videos. Local stations still put on those programs where you do simple things like do 45-minute runs to warm up, then a bunch of exercises. Fair enough. But who would have had the gumption to combine exercise with other forms of daily exercises, as in language exercises? 8221; Think of it this...
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The Artful Blogger: Cinematically Inclined: “Anna Karenina”
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Sunday, December 2, 2012. Cinematically Inclined: “Anna Karenina”. 8220;I thank God that the curse of love has been lifted from me.”. I first studied Leo Tolstoy’s mammoth Anna Karenina. Heard my plea, and presented me with his accomplished new version of Anna Karenina. How prescient that Tom Stoppard wrote this film’s screenplay. Stoppard’s seminal work Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Nsert Bertolt Brecht reference here. Opened in the United Kin...
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The Artful Blogger: Modern Film Classics: “2046”
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Tuesday, July 1, 2014. Modern Film Classics: “2046”. All memories are traces of tears. If you were to dance to the end of love, what would it look like? Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046. Is the sequel to his celebrated 2000 masterpiece In the Mood for Love. Tak falls in love with a female android, but which does not leave with him. Why? Chow inhabits the film, occupying psychic and physical space, never registering emotionally to those around him. In the afterma...
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The Artful Blogger: April 2012
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Friday, April 13, 2012. On the Telly: “The Office”. It hurt me today to find out that my beloved The Office. Has received a record lowrating. This was the lowest for the American version of the series since its premiere in the spring of 2005. The history of NBC’s The Office. New boss: Catherine Tate. Let’s liken it to what happened with Diana Ross when she left the Supremes. Without their biggest star, the one who defined the group, the effect...It̵...
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The Artful Blogger: February 2012
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Friday, February 24, 2012. Oscar 2012: A Personal Ballot. I’ve been writing all about who I think will take home Academy Awards this year. While some of my own choices overlap, let’s face it, the Academy doesn’t give a fat flying turd what I think should win. And quite frankly, writing letters to the likes of Gavin MacLeod, Jaclyn Smith and Erik Estrada (yes, they’re all Academy members! Isn’t going to change that. Or a game-changer like Inception.
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The Artful Blogger: May 2012
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Monday, May 28, 2012. Master Class: Demy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”. 8221; repeatedly as his train takes him away. While Guy’s away, a wealthy jeweler has his eye on Catherine, and the separation and other circumstances conspire to keep the young lovers away for good. I haven’t even mentioned that the whole has nary a line of spoken dialogue, as everything is sung beginning to end, and it finishes in a lightning-fast 90 minutes. It’s not, and ...
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The Artful Blogger: March 2012
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Sunday, March 25, 2012. Cinematically Inclined: “Nine”. Sometimes, you hear about a film project and it’s an absolute dream. You line up a prestigious director, decorated cast consisting of award-winning actors, throw it a big budget and slot it for a prestigious holiday release, in anticipation of big box office and critical hosannas translating into a slew of show-business awards. And then sometimes it goes terribly wrong. But also Moulin Rouge! To ro...
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The Artful Blogger: November 2012
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From the mind of a pop culture-obsessed grammarian. Monday, November 5, 2012. Open Letter: Why Eduard Khil’s “Trololo” Should Be the Christmas #1. Every so often, a wondrous Internet meme of a non-lexical, nonsense song becomes earworm. A prime example is Adriano Celentano’s “Prisencolinensinainciusol”. Initially titled “Я очень рад, ведь я, наконец, возвращаюсь домой. Note that the song has, at the time of this writing, fifteen million views to date. It is in fact the only song by Khil available for pur...
