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<p><span style="color: #ffff99">Comme à mon habitude, j&#39;ai souhaité ici mêler mon amour de l&#39;art, de la peinture en particulier avec celui de la littérature et des mots. Vous trouverez en cliquant sur chacune des peintures qui agrémentent cette note, des informations sur leurs auteurs.</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Marguerite Duras</strong></span> <span style="color: #ffff99">est né à Saigon en 1914, une ville qui faisait alors partie de l&#39;Indochine française. Mes romans préférés de Duras sont ceux qui nous plongent dans cette Asie à la fois tragique, mystérieuse et sublime. Les tableaux de ses artistes asiatiques et la littérature de Marguerite Duras peuvent à mon sens s&#39;accorder merveilleusement, afin de nous transmettre une certaine idée de l&#39;amour, de la poésie, de la douleur aussi...J&#39;ai découvert les livres de Marguerite Duras au lycée en série
littéraire. Ma professeur de français faisait partie de ces quelques
enseignants, qui au cours de votre vie, laissent une trace. Elle avait
ce don exceptionnel de transmettre l&#39;amour des livres, la passion des
mots. Il est évident que je connaissais le nom de Duras bien avant ma
première littéraire, mais j&#39;étais jusque là davantage attiré par les
romans de science fiction ou encore d&#39;aventure, Patrick O&#39; Brian par
exemple, voguant sur les océans du globe en compagnie de Jack Aubrey et
de Stephen Maturin. Marguerite Duras était au programme du baccalauréat</span>
<span style="color: #ffff99">de français et c&#39;est ainsi que je suis entré dans son univers, qui</span>
    
    
    
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<p> <span style="color: #ffff99">ne
m&#39;a plus jamais vraiment quitté depuis. Mon premier livre de Duras fût </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><strong><em>&quot;Un barrage contre le Pacifique&quot;</em></strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">,
un</span> <span style="color: #ffff99">roman paru en</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>1950</strong></span> <span style="color: #ffff99">et qui nous plongent dans l&#39;Indochine coloniale
française des années 1920. Marguerite Duras y raconte l&#39;histoire d&#39;une
veuve et de ses deux enfants qui sont ruinés suite à l&#39;achat d&#39;une
maison isolée dans la plaine marécageuse de Kam, sans cesse inondée par
les marées du Pacifique. Le récit d&#39;une lutte sans espoir contre les
éléments naturels, la folie et le désespoir d&#39;une femme qui sait
qu&#39;elle vient là de gâcher non seulement son existence mais également
celle de ses enfants. Suivent alors </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><em><strong>&quot;Moderato cantabile&quot;</strong>&#160; </em><strong>(1958)</strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">,</span> <strong><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Hiroshima mon amour&quot;</em></span> </strong><span style="color: #ffff99">(publié en</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>1960</strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">),</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong><em>&quot;L&#39;amant de la Chine du Nord&quot;</em></strong>
<strong>(1991)</strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">, etc. Marguerite Duras a marqué mon adolescence, dans le sens où
ses mots m&#39;ont fait du bien... Le style de son écriture, ses dialogues,
ses descriptions, m&#39;ont profondément touché. C&#39;est aussi la période de
mon adolescence où je lis <em>Steinbeck</em>, <em>Hemingway</em>, <em>Kafka</em>, <em>Pasternak</em>,
<em>Camus</em>, <em>Drieu La Rochelle</em>, <em>Céline</em>, <em>Queneau</em>, <em>Hugo, Calvino, Conrad </em>et tant d&#39;autres, une
véritable boulimie de livres et de mots me saisis...en plus de ma
passion pour l&#39;histoire présente depuis mon plus jeune âge...&#160;</span></p><p>
    
    
    





        




    


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<p><span style="color: #ff9933"><strong><em>&quot;L&#39;amant de la Chine du Nord&quot;</em></strong></span>
<span style="color: #ffff99">part d&#39;une volonté de Duras de réécrire son roman au succès mondial,
sorti en 1984, de se le ré-approprier parce qu&#39;elle s&#39;est sentie
dépossédée de son œuvre lorsque Jean-Jacques Annaud à&#160; choisi de
l&#39;adapter au cinéma&#160; (un très beau film pourtant...). C&#39;est donc une
version&#160; beaucoup moins épurée de <em>l&#39;Amant</em> auxquelles nous avons
le droit. Il fait partie de ces quelques livres que je relis avec
plaisir chaque année, il m&#39;accompagne... Voici quelques citations de ce
roman sur l&#39;amour, la passion, la perte de l&#39;innocence, la douleur des
adieux, une réflexion sur l&#39;oubli aussi...</span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;C&#39;est un livre, c&#39;est un film, c&#39;est la nuit.&quot;</em></span> <br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffff99">Lorsque Duras parle de sa mère, dépressive, ne pleurant jamais, elle a cette expression formidable</span><em> &quot;<span style="color: #ff9933">morte de vivre.&quot;</span></em> <br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Hélène
a peur tout à coup, une peur terrible entre toutes, de se cacher la
vérité sur la nature de cette passion qu&#39;elles ont l&#39;une pour l&#39;autre
et qui de plus en plus les fait si seules ensembles, partout où elles
se trouvent.&quot;</em></span> <span style="color: #ffff99">...<em>si seules ensembles</em>... j&#39;aime beaucoup cette idée.</span><em> <br /></em></p><p><em><span style="color: #ff9933">&quot;Elle a dit qu&#39;elle désire les hommes quand ils aiment une femme et
qu&#39;ils ne sont pas aimés par cette femme. Elle a dit que son premier
désir c&#39;était un homme comme ça, malheureux, affaibli par un désespoir
d&#39;amour.&quot; </span><br /></em></p><p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;C&#39;est drôle le bonheur ça vient d&#39;un seul coup comme la
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<p><em> </em><br /><span style="color: #ffff99">(L&#39;enfant) </span><em><span style="color: #ff9933">&quot;J&#39;aurais aimé qu&#39;on se marie. Qu&#39;on soit des amants mariés.&quot;</span><br /></em><span style="color: #ffff99">(Lui)</span><em> <span style="color: #ff9933">&quot;Pour se faire souffrir.&quot; Elle ne sourit plus. Elle pleure. Et en même temps elle dit ce qu&#39;aurait été le bonheur :</span><br /></em><span style="color: #ffff99">(L&#39;enfant) </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;oui pour ça, pour se faire souffrir le plus possible. Et revenir après.&quot; </em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffff99">L&#39;enfant parlant du Chinois :</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Le premier jour j&#39;ai cru que tu
étais (...) un homme riche (...) qui faisaient beaucoup l&#39;amour et qui
avait peur. De quoi je ne savais pas (...) peur à la fois de la
mort...et peur de vivre aussi, peur de vivre une vie qui va mourir un
jour, de le savoir tout le temps (...) peur aussi de ne pas aimer
peut-être.&quot;</em></span></p>
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<p><em><span style="color: #ff9933">&quot;Il est seul dans la ville, dans la vie aussi bien. Avec</span> <span style="color: #ff9933">,au cœur, l&#39;amour de cet enfant qui va partir, s&#39;éloigner à jamais de lui,
de son corps. Un deuil terrible habite le Chinois. Et l&#39;enfant blanche
le sait. (...) Elle découvre que la solitude a toujours été là, entre
elle et lui (...) elle était le lieu de leurs corps et de leur amour.
Déjà l&#39;enfant pressentait que cette histoire était peut-être celle d&#39;un
amour.&quot;</span><br /></em></p><p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Il l&#39;avait aimée comme un fou à en perdre la vie. (...)
maintenant il n&#39;aimait que le savoir stérile de cet amour, celui qui
faisait souffrir.&quot; </em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ffff99">(L&#39;enfant) </span><em><span style="color: #ff9933">&quot;Et un jour on mourra. Oui. L&#39;amour sera dans le cercueil avec les corps.</span><span style="color: #ffff99"> (</span></em><span style="color: #ffff99">Lui)&#160;</span><em><span style="color: #ff9933">Oui. Il y aura les livres au dehors du cercueil.</span> </em><span style="color: #ffff99">(L&#39;enfant)</span> <em><span style="color: #ff9933">Peut-être on ne peut pas encore savoir.</span> </em><span style="color: #ffff99">(Lui)</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><em>Si, on sait. Qu&#39;il y aura des livres, on sait. Ce n&#39;est pas possibles autrement.&quot; </em></span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffff99">(Lui) </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Dans toute ma vie c&#39;est toi que j&#39;aurai aimée.&quot;</em>&#160; <em>&quot;Ni vivre. Ni mourir...&quot;</em></span></p>
    
    
    





        




    


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<p><span style="color: #ffff99"><strong><em>&quot;Hiroshima mon Amour&quot; </em></strong>est
un film d&#39;<strong>Alain Resnais</strong></span>&#160;<span style="color: #ffff99">sorti en 1959
dont&#160;Marguerite Duras a écrit les dialogues et le scénario. Il paraîtra
en livre l&#39;année&#160;suivante.&#160;On peut déjà voir dans ce récit les prémices
de <em>l&#39;Amant</em>. Une femme se rend au Japon pour y tourner un film
sur Hiroshima et la bombe atomique. Elle y rencontre un homme, un
Japonais qui va devenir son amant. Mais elle doit quitter ce pays dès
le lendemain puisque le tournage est terminé. Et pourtant quelque chose
l&#39;a pousse à se confier à lui, à cet inconnu...Nevers, l&#39;été 1944, le
drame d&#39;un amour impossible entre une jeune fille et un soldat
allemand. Un livre bouleversant, le film l&#39;est tout autant, il y avait
déjà du &quot;Lost in translation&quot; de Sofia Coppola ou du Wong Kar Wai dans
ce film de Resnais, dans ce livre de Duras dont j&#39;ai choisi ici
quelques passages qui me plaise tout particulièrement.... </span><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffff99">Cette
réflexion sur la mémoire, l&#39;oubli, toujours très présente chez elle :&#160;
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<p> </p><p><span style="color: #ff9933">&quot; <em>(...) de même que dans l&#39;amour cette illusion existe, cette illusion de pouvoir ne jamais oublier (...)&quot;</em><br /></span> </p><p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Tu&#160;me tues, tu me fais du bien.&quot; &quot;(...) de bien regarder je crois que ça s&#39;apprend.&quot;&#160;</em></span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffff99">(Lui)</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Qu&#39;est ce que c&#39;était pour toi Hiroshima en France ?&quot; </em></span><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffff99">(Elle) </span><em><span style="color: #ff9933">&quot;La
fin de la guerre (...) la stupeur à l&#39;idée qu&#39;on est osé...la stupeur à
l&#39;idée qu&#39;on ait réussi. Et puis aussi, pour nous le commencement d&#39;une
peur inconnue. Et puis, l&#39;indifférence, la peur de l&#39;indifférence
aussi.&quot; </span><br /></em></p><p><em><br /></em></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>
    
    
    
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<p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Morte d&#39;amour à Nevers</em>.&quot; </span><span style="color: #ffff99">Elle se regarde dans la glace.
Seule dans sa chambre d&#39;hôtel. C&#39;est le moment&#160;du départ. Elle doit
quitter le Japon...Elle parle alors de lui, de son amour pour ce
soldat&#160;allemand... </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Tu n&#39;étais pas tout à fait mort. J&#39;ai raconté
notre histoire. Je t&#39;ai trompé ce soir avec cet inconnu.&#160;J&#39;ai raconté
notre&#160;histoire. Elle était, vois-tu racontable. Quatorze ans que je
n&#39;avais pas retrouvé....le goût d&#39;un amour impossible. Depuis Nevers.
Regarde comme je t&#39;oublie...Regarde comme je t&#39;ai oublié. Regarde moi.&quot;</em></span></p>
<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ffff99">(Elle)</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;J&#39;avais faim. Faim d&#39;infidélités, d&#39;adultères, de
mensonges et de mourir. Depuis toujours. (...) Nous allons</em></span>
    
    
    
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<p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em> rester seuls
mon amour. La nuit ne va&#160;pas finir. Le jour ne se lèvera plus sur
personne. Jamais. Jamais plus. Enfin. (...) Nous n&#39;aurons plus rien
d&#39;autre à faire, plus rien que pleurer le jour défunt.&#160;Du temps
passera. Du temps seulement. Et du temps va venir. Du temps viendra. Où
nous ne saurons plus du tout nommer ce qui nous unira. Le nom s&#39;en
effacera peu à peu de notre mémoire. Puis il disparaîtra tout à fait.&quot;&#160;</em></span></p>
<strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>&quot;Ils se regardent sans se voir pour toujours.&quot;</em></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></strong>
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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<p></p><p><span style="color: #ff9933"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff9933"><em>♥♥♥ Merci à toutes et à tous !&#160;1 an déjà, moi qui pensai ne rester que quelques jours, mais vox m&#39;a pris ....merci pour vos commentaires, ces débats, délires, découvertes et partages...vox c&#39;est plus qu&#39;un état d&#39;esprit c&#39;est une communauté, ou l&#39;inverse...:)) je vous embrasse et on va continuer en beauté ♥♥♥&#160;&#160;The Dude.</em></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #ffff99">3 ans après l&#39;immense succès du <em>&quot;Lion, la sorcière blanche et l&#39;armoire magique&quot;</em> et ses 745 millions de dollars de recette dans le monde, c&#39;est avec un plaisir immense que j&#39;ai retrouvé hier après-midi le monde de Narnia cher à </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>C.S. Lewis</strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">, l&#39;auteur de ce classique de la <em>fantasy</em> vendu à plus de 100 millions d&#39;exemplaires à travers le monde. </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><strong><em>&quot;Le Prince Caspian&quot;</em></strong></span> <span style="color: #ffff99">sort donc sur nos écrans en ce joli mois de juin avec toujours aux manettes l&#39;excellent </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Andrew Adamson</strong></span> <span style="color: #ffff99">(auteur entre autres des <em>Shrek I </em>et <em>II </em>et du premier volet de <em>Narnia</em>), on ne change pas une équipe qui gagne me direz vous. Et bien c&#39;est cette dernière phrase qui résume parfaitement mon sentiment sur ce Narnia II. <em>&quot;Le Prince Caspian&quot;</em> est dans la version livre, le quatrième tome du Monde de Narnia alors qu&#39;il fût le second roman à être écris par Lewis (en 1951). Les producteurs ont donc eu l&#39;astucieuse idée d&#39;adapter les films dans l&#39;ordre d&#39;écriture de l&#39;auteur. La magie opère toujours, et l&#39;on peut dire sans mentir que les 2h23mn du film passe sans que l&#39;on ne s&#39;ennuie une seule seconde. Narnia c&#39;est un peu le croisement idéal entre un Harry potter, pas assez féérique à mon sens, et un Seigneur des anneaux davantage destiné aux adultes. Le succès de Narnia et des livres de Lewis repose sur ce bestiaire incroyable regroupant toutes les créatures fantastiques</span> <span style="color: #ffff99">de nos mythes et légendes (centaures, nains, griffons, souris qui parlent, etc..), des personnages attachants et charismatiques (les quatre acteurs sont toujours aussi bons) le lion</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Aslan</strong></span> <span style="color: #ffff99">magnifiquement mis en image, une histoire à rebondissements, et en plus cerise sur le gâteau, une oeuvre imprégnée de christianisme ( Aslan est ainsi celui qui doit délivrer les Narniens des Calormens). </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Peter</strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">,</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Susan</strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">,</span> <strong><span style="color: #ff9933">Edmund</span> </strong><span style="color: #ffff99">et</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Lucie Penvensie</strong></span> <span style="color: #ffff99">sont de retour à Narnia. 1300 ans se sont écoulés (mais le temps narnien ne correspond pas au nôtre) et les quatre enfants doivent voler au secours de Caspian, prince héritier de Narnia, menacé par les armées de son oncle </span><span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Miraz</strong></span>....<span style="color: #ffff99">La mise en scène, les effets spéciaux (ah ! ce monstre formé d&#39;eau...), les batailles épiques (beaucoup plus de batailles que dans le premier épisode), le plaisir de retrouver nos petits héros, tous ces éléments réunis font <em>&quot;Du Prince Caspian&quot;</em> un très grand film de fantasy. Si je ne devais trouver qu&#39;un seul bémol ce serait sans aucun doute le manque de charisme du prince caspian, qui m&#39;a fait penser tout au long du film au héros du petit déjeuner, un autre prince de la famille de....Lu...Heureusement sa présence est somme toute limitée dans le film, qui laisse la part belle à nos quatre Penvensie préférés ! Bien que plus sombre et plus violent que le premier épisode, ce spectacle conviendra à toute la famille, petits et grands y trouveront leur compte, alors avec la fête du cinéma du 29 juin au 1er juillet, profitez en ! Et puis pour terminer, je ne puis que vous inviter à lire et relire les sept tomes qui composent <em>&quot;Le monde de Narnia&quot; </em>de C.S. Lewis, chef d&#39;oeuvre de l&#39;imagination, tant sur le fond que sur la forme (et oui à cette époque on ne prenait pas encore les enfants pour des imbéciles...).</span><br /><span style="color: #33cc33">Ma note :****1/2 /5.</span></span></p><p>
    
    
    
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<p><span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #ffff99">Précédé d&#39;une critique plus élogieuse qu&#39;à l&#39;accoutumé, c&#39;est avec une certaine 
curiosité que je me suis rendu mardi dans mon cinéma préféré pour voir</span><strong><span style="color: #ffff99"> </span><span style="color: #ff9933">
&quot;JCVD&quot;</span></strong><span style="color: #ffff99"> le nouveau film&#160;avec notre héro belge préféré</span> <span style="color: #ff9933"><strong>Jean 
Claude Van Damme</strong></span><span style="color: #ffff99">.</span> <strong><span style="color: #ff9933">Mabrouk el Mechri</span> </strong><span style="color: #ffff99">est l&#39;auteur de ce 
pari un peu fou, celui de redonner au&#160;héros des années 1990 des films made in 
DVD un peu de son aura d&#39;antant, ou tout du moins rétablir quelque peu la vérité 
sur un acteur moqué de tous mais au fond terriblement attachant. Jean Claude Van 
Damme c&#39;est&#160;le rêve américain, celui d&#39;un gamin qui part aux &quot;States&quot; (comme il 
aime à le dire) et parce qu&#39;il était &quot;aware&quot; arrive contre vents et marées à 
devenir une &quot;movie star&quot;, mais Van Damme, c&#39;est aussi la déchéance, les 
divorces, l&#39;alcool, la drogue, les délires sur les plateaux télé où le belge est 
humilié, ramené au rang de bête de foire...Le talent d&#39;El Mechri c&#39;est d&#39;avoir 
cru&#160;en Van Damme, d&#39;avoir perçu tout le potentiel que l&#39;on pourrait tirer de 
cette histoire. Parce que &quot;JCVD&quot; c&#39;est avant tout une très belle surprise, je 
m&#39;attendais un à film &quot;sympa&quot;, une honnête série B, j&#39;y suis allé par curiosité 
pour voir&#160;si ce que l&#39;on disait de ce &quot;come back&quot; était vrai.&#160;Dès les premières 
minutes on marche, le pastiche des films d&#39;actions où Van damme dégomme tout sur 
son passage est à mourir de rire, la suite enfin lorsque la &quot;movie star&quot; tente 
d&#39;expliquer que la scène est nulle et qu&#39;il faut la retourner, et là le 
réalisateur qui lui dit &quot;on s&#39;en fout&quot;... JCVD c&#39;est un peu l&#39;histoire de Van 
Damme, il y a de l&#39;autobiographique dans ce film c&#39;est évident.&#160;Tout le talent 
du réalisateur a été de ne pas chercher à jouer sur les seuls dérapages de la 
star, nous ne sommes pas là pour nous moquer de Van&#160;Damme mais&#160;au contraire, 
nous sommes là pour le comprendre... La vrai surprise c&#39;est que pour la première 
fois Van Damme tourne un &quot;vrai&quot; film. JCVD n&#39;est pas&#160;un grand film au sens 
propre du terme, mais on passe un excellent moment, j&#39;ai rarement autant ri au 
cinéma&#160;depuis longtemps, tout cela parce que Van Damme profite d&#39;un casting haut 
en couleur emmené&#160;par&#160;François Damiens (Dikkeneck) et surtout l&#39;énorme Zinedine 
Soualem à la coiffure hallucinante, tordant en méchant de service. Les 
dialogues&#160;font mouche, l&#39;histoire celle d&#39;un braquage où Van Damme se retrouve 
malgré lui mêlé est juste énorme, on ri beaucoup, on ne s&#39;ennuie pas et on 
assiste même à un moment mémorable lorsque pendant 10 minutes Van Damme face 
caméra se met à expliquer, avec une sincérité hors du commun dans&#160;ce milieu, sa 
chute, les faux amis, la drogue, les films pourris qu&#39;ont tournent au fin fond 
de la Bulgarie, la rédemption enfin... Ce qui touche au delà de la qualité 
propre du film c&#39;est vraiment ce côté &quot;vrai&quot; de Van Damme qui nous expliquent 
que plus que l&#39;argent ou la gloire, son rêve c&#39;était avant tout de tourner dans 
un vrai film. Son rêve se réalise aujourd&#39;hui, et l&#39;on peut se demander quels 
acteurs français &quot;has been&quot; seraient capable de jouer avec autant d&#39;honnêteté 
leurs vies, leurs désillusions. Un grand bravo au réalisateur, au second rôle 
(décidément ce cinéma belge doit nous servir d&#39;exemple..) et surtout à Jean 
Claude Van Damme. Ne nous leurrons pas ce film&#160;ne marchera pas en salle, la 
faute à une image qui colle à la peau, les étiquettes on aiment cela en 
France...100000&#160;entrées en première semaine, mes ami(e)s&#160;pour ceux qui auront la 
chance d&#39;avoir ce film à l&#39;affiche encore en deuxième semaine allez-y, vous 
verrez ce que j&#39;appelle communément un ovni cinématographique, un film qui j&#39;en 
suis sûr fera un carton dans les locations DVD dans six mois, d&#39;ici là bon film 
:)) </span><span style="color: #33cc33">Ma note:**** /5. </span><br /></span></span></p>
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        <title>Cinéma du Dude Novembre-Décembre07 : &quot;A la croisée des mondes&quot; - &quot;La nuit nous appartient&quot;</title>
    
    
    
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<p><span style="color: #ffff99">Ce mois de novembre&#160;sera très certainement considéré&#160;comme l&#39;un des meilleurs cru&#160;de l&#39;année 2007. En effet les&#160;postulants au titre de meilleur film de l&#39;année se sont semble t&#39;il donnés rendez vous ce mois-ci. 15 jours après </span><em><span style="color: #ff9933">&quot;American Gangster&quot;, </span></em><span style="color: #ffff99">deux </span><span style="color: #ffff99">jours seulement après le très bon &quot;My blueberry nights&quot; de Wong Kar Wai, c&#39;est avec une impatience fébrile que j&#39;attendai le nouveau </span><em><span style="color: #ff9933">James Gray</span></em><span style="color: #ffff99">. Précédé</span><span style="color: #ffff99"> </span><span style="color: #ffff99">de critiques tous plus élogieuses les unes que les autres, doté d&#39;un casting d&#39;enfer </span><em><span style="color: #ff9933">Joaquin Phoenix, </span><span style="color: #ff9933">Robert Duvall </span></em><span style="color: #ffff99">et</span> <em><span style="color: #ff9933">Eva Mendes</span></em> <span style="color: #ffff99">en tête, ce film avait tout <span style="color: #ffff99">d&#39;une bombe. L&#39;affiche elle-même était classe. L&#39;histoire du film vous la connaissez tous, ce qui s&#39;impose tout de suite en regardant ce film, c&#39;est son grand classicisme, une sorte d&#39;hommage au meilleur du polar noir américain. Tout y est, l&#39;ambiance du New York de la fin des années 80 est parfaitement rendue, les acteurs sont incroyables, Joaquin Phoenix en tête (la scène ou il pleure au dessus du lit de son frère blessé, on voit juste une larme coulé, c&#39;est vraiment un grand moment de cinéma, quel talent ce mec vraiment il a la classe). On ne s&#39;ennuie pas une seule seconde et les 1h54mn du film passent finalement très vite, le suspens de l&#39;histoire nous tient rivé sur notre siège jusqu&#39;au dénouement final, la mise en scène transcende littéralement ce polar d&#39;excellent facture. Et puis Eva Mendes obtient l&#39;un de ces premiers rôles convaincant, elle est sublime dans le film, bref que du bonheur. Alors pour tous les amateurs de polars noirs, des films de Gray, de Joaquin Phoenix&#160;et de la très belle Eva mendes,&#160;un seul conseil : courrez voir &quot;La nuit nous appartient&quot; qui est d&#39;hors et déjà un classique du genre.&#160;</span>&#160;</span>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<em><span style="color: #33cc33">Note:*****/5.</span></em></p>
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<p><span style="COLOR: #ffff99">Quelle déception ! j&#39;attendai beaucoup de cette adaptation du premier volet du chef d&#39;oeuvre de </span><span style="COLOR: #ff9933">Pullman, </span></p>

    
    
    
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<p><span style="COLOR: #ffff99"><span style="COLOR: #ffff99">malheureusement le film ne retranscrit aucunement la magie qui nous habite à la lecture du livre.</span> </span><span style="COLOR: #ffff99">Résumer l&#39;intrigue des Royaumes du Nord en moins de 2 heures est impossible.</span> <span style="COLOR: #ffff99">Les scènes se succèdent sans que l&#39;on comprenne forcément les tenant et les aboutissants, l&#39;intrigue si prenante dans le livre est haché menue, sacrifier sur l&#39;autel du profit à tout prix.</span> <span style="COLOR: #ffff99">Et l&#39;on se demande à la vision du film, comment New line a pu massacrer le livre à ce point ? Réponse : les producteurs tenaient à attirer le maximum de monde (donc on coupe ce qui peut faire polémique dans le livre, on saccage l&#39;intrigue), avec le maximum de séance (durée 1h54mn). Combien de gens vont ressortir du cinéma en se disant : &quot;c&#39;est ça la boussole d&#39;or ! bof bof...&quot;. </span><span style="COLOR: #ffff99">Les 100 premières pages du livre sont balancés (il n&#39;y a pas d&#39;autre mot !) en 10-15mn, mais ce n&#39;est pas tout, des éléments de l&#39;histoire qui normalement n&#39;apparaissent qu&#39;à la fin du livre, sont jetés en pâture au spectateur, sans aucune explication. Les acteurs font se qu&#39;ils peuvent mais le rythme du film ne nous permet malheureusement pas de nous attacher aux personnages qui sont à peine étoffés.</span> <span style="COLOR: #ffff99">La voix française du daemon de Lyra est agaçante et ne correspond pas à l&#39;esprit du livre. Et c&#39;est là que le bas blesse, car non content de sacrifier des pans entiers du livre, New line a réussit à modifier l&#39;histoire de Pullman, c&#39;est à se demander comment ce dernier a pu accepter un tel montage : l&#39;enfant retrouver sans son daemon ne meurt pas dans le film alors que c&#39;est justement l&#39;un des moments les plus émouvants du livre ; Lyra semble découvrir en deux minutes les pouvoirs de l&#39;aléthiomètre, même chose pour Mme Coulter qui en 2 mn passe du statut de &quot;mère parfaite&quot; à celle de &quot;mère indigne&quot;.</span> <span style="COLOR: #ffff99">Je ne vous cache pas que j&#39;étais à la limite de l&#39;agaçement devant tant de légereté. Alors maintenant il reste tout de même à donner quelques bons points : les effets spéciaux (vous me direz pour 200 millions de dollars !!), quelques moments dans le film (les ours sont particulièrement réussit). Il n&#39;en reste pas moins que cette adaptation du chef d&#39;oeuvre de Pullman est une cruelle déception, jamais la magie n&#39;opère et l&#39;on reste insensible au sort des personnages.</span> <span style="COLOR: #ffff99">Un dernier exemple des modifications scénaristiques perpétrées par New Line : à Bolvangar Lyra se cache dans une conduite d&#39;aération pour espionner une réunion secrète; dans le film elle se cache sous la table, si si....et bien sûr une toute petite table avec cinq ou six personnes autour,</span> <span style="COLOR: #ffff99">bref...</span><span style="COLOR: #ffff99">L&#39;intrigue autour de la &quot;poussière&quot;, les sorcières, le secret autour de Lyra tout cela est envoyé en moins de deux heures. Alors un seul conseil : Liser les livres, la trilogie que je critique dans une note plus bas est géniale, mais pour le film, passé votre chemin.&#160;&#160; </span><span style="COLOR: #33cc33"><em>Note:** &#160; /5.</em></span></p>
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        <title>(Saturday and) Sunday cinema</title>
    
    
    
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            <p>Been playing catch up with my film-watching, having been away quite a bit, so last weekend I saw two very different films.

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 contrasts with beautiful landscapes and cinematography interspersed with some of the bloodiest fight scenes I&#39;ve seen in a long while (and just in case you missed it, some of the blood spurts are slowed down just for a second or two).
<br />Through the historic tale is woven threads of the legend that surround this powerful historical figure which add just enough mythical sparkle without pushing it into the realms of pure fantasy.<br />And I can&#39;t comment on it without mentioning the actress who plays Ghengis&#39;s wife, Khulan Chuluun, who is just painfully beautiful and I couldn&#39;t take my eyes off her when she was on screen.
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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Second film and what was my actual Sunday cinema was Edge of Love with Sienna Miller, Keira Knightley, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys. <br />Now I&#39;m not a massive Knightley fan as I think she is overrated as an actress and as to Miller, she&#39;s always been just a pretty face but I was actually pleasantly surprised.<br />Set in London and South Wales during the second world war, Knightley and Miller play the former lover and wife respectively of poet Dylan Thomas. The film tells of the relationship between the three and then later four, when Vera (Knightley) marries. Thomas is played with craft by Rhys as a moody, self-centred, bon vivant and cad whose ability with words enraptures and ensnares the two women almost to the point of tragedy.<br />The rapport between the two female leads comes across with such warmth and naturalness it makes a very convincing and engaging friendship on screen. There is much to admire in the performances with both&#160; having a convincing stab at the welsh accent and Knightley singing remarkably well.<br />A refreshingly sophisticated and intelligent chick-flick is probably the best way to describe it.<br /> </p>
        
    
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            <p>My girls loved the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117008/">Matilda</a> so much, they watched it two days in a row on the Roku box. Next, I&#39;ll grab the Roald Dahl book it is based on. I asked them to write up their impressions of it, so here&#39;s their capsule reviews:</p><p>R (almost 9):</p><blockquote><p>I liked the movie &#39;Matilda&#39; because Matilda had a nice teacher and in the end they became a family because Matilda&#39;s family let Miss. Honey adopt Matilda. I also liked the movie because Matilda and Ms. Honey got out of Ms. Trunchbul&#39;s house before she found them. I didn&#39;t like the movie because Matilda&#39;s parents and Ms. Trunchbul were very mean. That is what I liked and didn&#39;t like about the movie.</p></blockquote><p>A (almost 8):</p><blockquote><p><span style="color: #c050c9">I</span> <span style="color: #339933">liked</span> <span style="color: #ff9933">the</span> <span style="color: #8f42ad">movie</span> <span style="color: #f8c189">M</span><span style="color: #ff9933">a</span><span style="color: #33cc33">t</span><span style="color: #3075fb">i</span><span style="color: #c050c9">l</span><span style="color: #f8c189">d</span><span style="color: #df8504">a</span>. <span style="color: #80cde6"><span style="color: #144692">I liked it because it was funny and scary at the same time</span>.</span> <span style="color: #df8504">The school did not look so great and it had a mean principal</span>. <span style="color: #ff9933">Matilda had parents that did not care about her.</span> <span style="color: undefined"><span style="color: #339933">She liked to read but her parents insisted to watch T.V</span>.</span> <span style="color: #80cde6">She</span> <span style="color: #c050c9">finally</span> <span style="color: #33cc33">became</span> <span style="color: #80cde6">a</span> <span style="color: #990000">daughter</span> <span style="color: #3366ff">to</span> <span style="color: #33cc33">her</span> <span style="color: #df8504">very</span> <span style="color: #999999">nice</span> <span style="color: #eee845">teacher.</span></p><p>THE END</p></blockquote><p>I fixed a few easy typos but otherwise these are their words. A also did hers in color, which I replicated for her. So if you have kids, this sounds like an excellent movie to watch.</p> 
        
    
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            <p>June 27 is remarkable because of several reasons. Firstly, my big
sis is getting married and I’m hosting the wedding, but it’s personal.</p><p>
    
    
    
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<p>Secondly, <em>Wanted </em>and <em>Wall-E</em> premiere this day. It’s gonna be a great Friday.</p>

<p>No use to talk about <a href="http://www.glamourvanity.com/movies/jolie-sexy-and-wanted/"><em>Wanted</em></a> as I’ve already said much about it. Let’s check <em>Wall-E</em>. It’s created by <em>Finding Nemo</em>
creators and tells us a story about the last robot on earth in year
2700. The robot is tasked with cleaning up the planet after humanity
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            <blockquote><p>What&#39;s your favorite soundtrack? </p></blockquote><p>
Based on my last.fm accounts (yes, I have two, so that I could listen to my own radio stations) I have two soundtrack albums that are nearly identical in play totals.</p>
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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 <div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To be honest, though, the second is mostly because of my thesis. That&#39;s not to say I don&#39;t like it; I wouldn&#39;t have written about it if I didn&#39;t. But I doubt I&#39;d have as many plays as Amelie if it weren&#39;t for my research.<br /></div><div><br /></div>
        
    
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            <p><br />THAT would Be My Dream Job! I Just realized that Today. I Love to Sing and I Love to tell stories and I Love to perform! When I tell the boys the classic stories (Cinderella, Little Red Robin Hood) I always end up incorporating a song from Sonheim&#39;s <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Woods">Into The Woods</a>. (Yes, I am a dorky parent) They Love It! And I do Too!!!</p>
<p>I think it would be a Blast!</p>
<p><br />hmmm.....wonder how&#39;d I get started.......???</p>
        
    
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</div><div>WOO! I can&#39;t wait to watch it tonight with commentary. Wait ... why wait until tonight. I&#39;m doing this RIGHT NOW.<br /><br />Well, after I post this.<br /><br />
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
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This is the Parallelograms Scarf (no, really?) from Knitting New Scarves. The whole thing, 70 inches worth, only took two days to knit. What a lovely and quick project. I checked the book out from my local library and may-or-may-not-have copied a few patterns out of it ... but I caved in and ordered a copy fro Knit Picks. I mean, they&#39;re having a 40% off sale. Why wouldn&#39;t I? I also picked up the Harmony Guides: Cables &amp; Arans book. I have a few scarf design ideas. I really really want to start designing my own patterns.<br /><br />Next up is a hat or two for a commission. The story goes like this. Ever since I finished my thesis, I&#39;ve been at a loss of what to do at my computer lab job. I mean, before, I could write and research. But now I just sit there for seven hours. So. I started hard-core knitting while on the job (hence so many FOs lately). A woman saw me knitting, and asked if I&#39;d knit for her. Pssh, why not? Easy money! And motivation to use up my stash of yarn. So my first project is the Twirly Top Toque from One-Skein Wonders.<br /><br />Now I&#39;m off to watch some tentacle-filled-sci-fi-cartoon-action-adventure goodness!<br />s<br /></div></p>
        
    
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            <p>I have recently viewed a couple of movies that could not have been more different!</p><p>First up was the documentary <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847817/">Helvetica</a> on the Netflix Roku box and yes, it&#39;s all about the font. Actually, it was about the ubiquitous typeface and a whole lot more, including design, marketing and the psychology f typography. They interviewed a bunch of passionate folks, both pro Helvetica and the virulent anti-establishment designers who wouldn&#39;t use Helvetica if their life depended on it. I loved the passion these folks bring to both typeface design, as well as the graphic artists who both use and despise Helvetica.</p><p>The film also shows just how prevalent Helvetica has become, as it shows logo, signs and magazine covers just rotten with it, for better or for worse. It also tells the story of Helvetica, how it was invented in the 1950s as well as how it became so popular. Did you know there are directors of marketing for typeface companies? Exactly how do you sell a font anyway?</p><p>But the passion the interviewees bring to the table is very evident. I especially liked the anti crowd, like Stefan Sagmeister and David Carson, famous in the graphic design field for their wild, boundary straining covers. Carson even went so far as to use the Dingbats font for an article in his magazine that he wasn&#39;t all that happy with! Very interesting documentary.</p><p>On the opposite side of the film world came <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/">I Am Legend</a>, viewed in its BluRay incarnation in all its 1080p, Dolby Digital glory. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/">Will Smith</a> stars as the last man standing in an apocalyptic world after some unnamed virus (related to rabies?), used as a cure for cancer, goes rogue and kills nearly everyone while turning a select few into raving, rabid lunatics afraid of the dark. Robert Neville, alone out of everyone in the world (somehow he knows this) is immune and searches for a cure, while prowling the abandoned streets of New York City with his dog.</p><p>All I can say is, why bother having it titled after a book if you aren&#39;t going to use it at all? While the novella by Richard Matheson had its problems, this movie had about as much to do with it as a Sean Connery James Bond had to do with the Ian Fleming book it shared a title with. Matheson&#39;s Neville is an ordinary guy caught up in extraordinary circumstances, a vigilante during the day and a whiner and drunkard at night, as he holes up in his fortified home. Smith&#39;s Neville is a heroic survivor trying desperately to find a cure. Heck, he doesn&#39;t even kill any of the mutants!</p><p>Some folks complained that the ending was too optimistic as compared to the book but given the entire disregard for the source material rampant in the movie, it seems like a hollow complaint. Maybe the movie would be better for you if you don&#39;t read the book first, but my parents who watched it didn&#39;t know the book and I don&#39;t think they were all that impressed by it either.</p><p>It sure looked nice though. Some scenes of Smith walking through overgrown fields in New York City came through crisp and clear. The soundtrack didn&#39;t really stress the speakers too much though. All in all, a very average adventure flick that goes to disappointing if you read the book. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/">28 Days Later</a> did viral, apocalyptic horror much better.<br />
    
    
    





        






    
    
    





        





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