Life Through a Lens

Holiday Anouncement

2008-08-08T21:29:00.004+01:00

This blog will be

for vacation from August 9th to August 27th 2008 :D :D :D

Movies I wanna see

2008-08-08T20:40:00.005+01:00

First of all, welcome back... to me! I have been kept busy by (bleah) job issues, but now I'm back and ready to explore the movie world once again. Before I dedicate myself to the masterpiece of 2008 so far (YES, I AM talking about Dark Knight), let me show you a few "lighter" movies ready to be served on our dishes and to quench our thirst for cinematic sheer fun (for US readers: I live in Italy, and some of the following movies are not out yet here, but they may have well been already showed in theaters around the US).

Kung-Fu Panda

Madagascar - Escape 2 Africa

Wall-E

but most of all...

Ice Age 3

Goodbye Deborah

2007-10-18T20:11:00.000+01:00

Here is to you, graceful lady. Thank you for the emotions you gave us, and for your great performances. We will miss you.

Goodbye Deborah, and thanks!

War from the Inside

2007-05-01T13:18:00.000+01:00

Quotes from one of the most beautiful war movies produced in recent years.

Black Hawk Down (Ridley Scott, USA, 2001)

A few lines from Eric Bana as Norm "Hoot" Gibosn

Steele: Sergeant, what's the meaning of this?

"Hoot" [Thinking he's talking about the unauthorized pig picking]: Just a little aerial target practice, sir. Didn't want to leave 'em behind.

Steele: I'm talking about your weapon, soldier. Now Delta or no-Delta, that's still a hot weapon. Your safety should be on at all times.

"Hoot": This is my safety, sir. [He holds up his index finger and bends motions as if squeezing a trigger and then walks off]
Sanderson: Let it alone, sir. He hasn't eaten in a few days.

"Hoot" [On seeing wild boars running below the Black Hawk] : Who's hungry?

"Hoot": See you're thinking. Don't. Cuz' Sergeant, you can't control who gets hit or who doesn't or who falls out of a chopper or why. It ain't up to you. It's just war.

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CineAdvise of the week

2007-04-30T11:30:00.000+01:00

Mon petit doigt m'a dit...

(Pascal Thomas, Francia, 2005)

Grazioso adattamento di un romanzo di Agatha Christie (By the Pricking of My Thumbs), tradotto in italiano come Due per un delitto. L'interpretazione di Catherine Frot merita una citazione particolare.
Un gustoso appetizer per gli amanti della Christie e del genere.

Further referece: http://imdb.com/title/tt0445570/

Offenders' POV - 1

2007-04-21T14:49:00.000+01:00

The Untouchables (Brian De Palma, USA, 1987)

Robert De Niro as Al Capone

"You are just talk and a badge".

(to Elliott Ness /Kevin Costner)

"You can get further with a kind word and a gun than you can with just a kind word".

Dirty Talk

2007-04-01T19:37:00.000+01:00

The Dead Pool (Buddy Van Horn , USA, 1988)
Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan

"Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one"

"He'll probably come down to your little postoffice here and cancel your ass like a stamp! So you better ensure prompt courteous delivery, and pray that nothing happens to me"

"Oh you can set yourself into a bonfire, we'll break out the marshmallows and the weenies, but you ain't gonna be on 'News at Eleven' "

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Spartan Bravery

2007-04-01T18:19:00.000+01:00

300 (Zack Snyder, USA, 2007)

"This is where we fight. This is where they die"

[King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), 300]

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Hard Boiled Men

2007-02-21T22:25:00.000+01:00

The Maltese Falcon (John Huston, USA, 1941)

Bogie as Sam Spade

"I don't mind a reasonable amount of trouble."

"My guess might be excellent or it might be crummy, but Mrs. Spade didn't raise any children dippy enough to make guesses in front of a district attorney, and an assistant district attorney, and a stenographer."

"If you kill me, how are you gonna get the bird? And if I know you can't afford to kill me, how are you gonna scare me into giving it to you?"

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Apriamo le danze...

2007-02-21T15:26:00.000+01:00

E le apriamo alla grande con uno dei Grandi della storia del cinema:

Casabalanca (Michael Curtiz, USA, 1942)

(Captain Renault) "Rick, there are many exit visas sold in this café, but we know that you've never sold one. That is the reason we permit you to remain open."

(Rick) "Oh? I thought it was because I let you win at roulette."

(Captain Renault) "That is another reason."

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(Rick) "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine."