Milano calibro 9
I watched this film as requested by a friend of mine so let me add a few notes here while you can read real reviews on IMDB: the lap dance scene performed by Barbara Bouchet is still sexy forty years later: in 1972 it should have blasted the audience… there are even two very interesting [...]
On Yeti Tracks
A summer ruled by blue mood is not the right thing to turn me into a hungry reader so “On Yeti Tracks” is the only short novel I can write a few lines about. What I liked most of this pleasant typical Chatwin story, with his unique mix of searching and telling, was the beginning: [...]
Time Lapse Across America
Counting out a well known 3D science fiction movie, though it’s 9 minutes in length, Time Lapse Across America is the most interesting film I’ve seen in the just ended first half of 2010: it’s a coast to coast trip made with pictures taken every 15 seconds. It might recall your last trip in the [...]
Drown
My doubts are gone and it’s clear to me that I’ve got a problem with violence and, more generally, with strong emotions: I’m not sure if the recent birth of my son is connected to it, still it’s a few months that I haven’t been able to watch movies anymore (how could I find a [...]
Alice and Gutenberg
I’ve just read Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland: I downloaded it from Project Gutenberg and printed it on a few sheets: perhaps it’s the cheapest way to get such a classic of the English literature, plenty of puns of all sorts, indeed! Give Project Gutenberg a try.
97 Things Every Programmer Should Know
This is my 15th year in ICT business: still, I have many, perhaps too many, things to learn. 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know is a book that collects words of wisdom from experts of our field and reading their experiences brings to my mind quite a number of past working events. Complexity, hard work [...]
Blind Poet
I’ve never read Ferlinghetti‘s recent poems before: my knowledge of his work was limited to a few writings collected in a well known anthology edited by Fernanda Pivano during the 60′s. His understanding of growth surprised me even more than his mastery as a poet; then, having read “Blind Poet” (translated with English text on [...]
The sweet suggestions of the pink moon
I’ve finally found the time to write down a few notes on this book (and the CD that is shipped with it). Luca Ferrari wrote this book many years ago: there is no doubt that he is a very good fellow but nowadays I’d suggest buying his book only if you already have a deep [...]
The World Without Us
The World Without Us describes how Earth could react to our as hypothetical as istantaneous disappearance. It is clearly a pretext to write about some fundamental properties of this planet and, indirectly, about the temporary nature of our human adventure. How could I have refrained myself from reading a book so close to the concept [...]
Darker Than the Deepest Sea
The average reader of Darker Than the Deepest Sea is not someone who bought it choosing at random in a bookshop, knowing nothing about the life and the work of Nick Drake: their involvement ranges from mild fanatism to strong obsession… even though reading a book requires that the readers are able to move eyes [...]
