Catherine De Ryck

26 août 2007

The White Countess / La Comtesse Blanche (James Ivory, 2005)

"The White Countess" is a story of exiles. The first one is the exile of Sofia Belinskaya (Natasha Richardson), a beautiful Russian Countess, who comes to Shangai in 1936, after the fall of the Russian Empire. She is reduced to support her dead husband's...

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20 août 2007

Books / Littérature : Eugene Onegin (Eugène Onéguine)

Eugene Onegin is a novel in verse written by Aleksandr Pushkin. It is one of the classics of Russian literature and its hero served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes. The first complete edition was published in 1833. Eugène Onéguine...

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9 août 2007

The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

A voice calls from the shadows of the Opera House to innocent chorus girl Christine Daae. Only ballet mistress, Madame Giry, knows that the voice is that of the Phantom, a disfigured musical genius who haunts the catacombs of the theatre. When temperamental...

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20 juillet 2007

The Fountain : using shapes / The Fountain, l'utilisation des formes

Another symbolism that can be seen in "The Fountain" is the use of geometrical shapes : triangles, rectangles and circles. Each one has its own significance and helps to distinguish the three chronological narratives. Un autre type de symbolisme qui peut...

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18 juillet 2007

The Fountain : using colour / The Fountain, l'utilisation de la couleur

A few months ago, I wrote about Darren Aronofsky's last movie : "The Fountain" (article written in French only). The Fountain tells the story of a man (Tomas, Tommy, Tom Creo, portrayed by Hugh Jackman), living in three different times and places, who...

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14 juillet 2007

The Impressionists, BBC, 2006

"We saw the world afresh, but for a long time, the world didn't seem to understand us. The Impressionists, they called us. We were painters of water, of light, of colour. We were of our own time, yet beyond it." Claude Monet, The Impressionists, BBC 2006....

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6 juillet 2007

Books / Littérature : Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)

Writer and poet, considered one of the greatest lyric poets of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke created the "object poem" attempting to describe with utmost clarity physical objects, the "silence of their concentrated reality." He became famous with...

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21 juin 2007

Music / Musique : Painter Song (Norah Jones)

I just wanted to share with you a song that I really, really, like ... listen to it below ... (Je voulais simplement partager avec vous un morceau que j'apprécie énormément ... Ecoutez-la ci-dessous ...) If I were a painter I would paint my reverie If...

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13 juin 2007

Books / Littérature : North & South ... Elizabeth Gaskell

Quelques extraits de l'adaptation BBC de "North & South" éclaireront davantage mon précédent article. L'auteur, Elizabeth Gaskell, était une activiste et une humaniste, qui se consacrait à aider la population pauvre de Manchester (là où elle demeurait)....

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31 mai 2007

North & South, inspiré du roman écrit par Elizabeth Gaskell (North & South, inspired by an Elizabeth Gaskell's novel)

This is the best adaptation of a novel which was proposed to us since several years. Amazing and quite talented actors; a tangible scenario; a contemporary filming; a beautiful light (which remembers us the one of "Girl With A Pearl Earring"); choosen...

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