I love Jordi Savali as conductor and by what he does to the of music. I am Lucky because he comes to Lisbon frequently. A catalan ( from where else?) he is breathes strength and plays the baroque... more
I love Jordi Savali as conductor and by what he does to the of music. I am Lucky because he comes to Lisbon frequently. A catalan ( from where else?) he is breathes strength and plays the baroque with great quality and sensitivy which makes up for a very interesting combination.
when I read The Night it was like a punch in my stomach. Elie is among the few survivors who are able to write fiction based in his first-hand experience of the shoah. it is like is voice, so sad, so... more
when I read The Night it was like a punch in my stomach. Elie is among the few survivors who are able to write fiction based in his first-hand experience of the shoah. it is like is voice, so sad, so moving, one of the very few ways that enable to get a glimpse of the horrors of the camps.
I almost pass through this post because I did not recognized the title. Stupid- Not seeing the most philosophical, metaphysical film I saw. There are dialogues I knew by heart (in english, of course)... more
I almost pass through this post because I did not recognized the title. Stupid- Not seeing the most philosophical, metaphysical film I saw. There are dialogues I knew by heart (in english, of course) and I still keep swinging between the speculations of the noble and his servant.
I do have to rejoice of seeing Simone de Beauvoir here - the heroine of my youth and of my generation. Women of new generations may ignore how much they owe to her. And her philosophy is not a... more
I do have to rejoice of seeing Simone de Beauvoir here - the heroine of my youth and of my generation. Women of new generations may ignore how much they owe to her. And her philosophy is not a subsidiary of Sartre's philosophy. She could think by herself, thank you and she had a 'joie de vivre' that can be detected in her diaries. She was free and bold and sometimes even a little cruel but I imagine that if she do not live to the fullest, it is because she had to conquer her place in a sexist group, existentialists or not.
we need histories of slavery, to understand how this categry of oppression was constructed and even justified by the Church, while not forgetting that slavery continues to exist.
When I first saw this film, I was devastated. The film point of view is, in fact, a voice of a present/absent soldier we never see in his present condition and I think this is very powerful. The end... more
When I first saw this film, I was devastated. The film point of view is, in fact, a voice of a present/absent soldier we never see in his present condition and I think this is very powerful. The end is almost unbearable
Popper is no doubt a great philosopher and had enough understanding of the sciences to say substantive things about the context of justification and proof of scientific theories. Unfortunately, in... more
Popper is no doubt a great philosopher and had enough understanding of the sciences to say substantive things about the context of justification and proof of scientific theories. Unfortunately, in Portugal he began to be a fad used and misused in very different contexts. This was not Popper's fault but when you stay at the level of words like controversy,refutation, without knowing where they come from, science teachers to be carried away and entail chaotic views in their teaching. I am all for the presence of epistemology in the training of science teachers but let's do it in a proper way.
Gould is the best of the best playing Bach. He is so into the music and has a way of making it his own. So, even if don't prefer his interpretations, you got to agree he is/was inhabited by it
It is a good documentary sbout a very controversial artist. I am not sure if the documentary expresses the various facets of Basquiat and the reasons that transformed him in a cul figure. But, hey... more
It is a good documentary sbout a very controversial artist. I am not sure if the documentary expresses the various facets of Basquiat and the reasons that transformed him in a cul figure. But, hey, documentaries do not have to be neutral.
