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EXITING ETERNITY’S GATE
Ed and I had just seen Julian Schnabel’s movie about Vincent Van Gogh, “At Eternity’s Gate”, and were exiting one of the more tucked away screening rooms at the Landmark 57 multiplex, which required walking down a long, narrow, … Continue reading
Posted in Arts-a-Poppin', Cinema Scope
Tagged At Eternity's Gate, cinematography, corridor, death of Van Gogh, Ed Elder, exit, German, Landmark 57, light, Loving Vincent, movie, photography, sci fi, Van Gogh
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STILLES ENTSETZEN – AWESTRUCK, AWFUL REGRET – One More Week of the Carl Orff Competition’s Public Voting
“Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes” evokes the lead-up to Orpheus’ fateful turn to glance at Eurydice, the awestruck, awful regret at that moment and its terrible aftermath. “Orpheus. Eurydike. Hermes” beginnt kurz vor den fatalen Rückblick Orpheus zur Eurydike, welches stilles … Continue reading
Posted in Chamber Works, Literary Lyricism
Tagged Carl Orff, Competition, Eigentum, English, Eurydice, Eurydike, frozen moment, German, Orpheus, property, Rilke, translation
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TONI ERDMANN Finds The Greatest Love of All
I finally saw “Toni Erdmann”, which A. O. Scott in the New York Times calls “by a wide margin the funniest almost-three-hour German comedy you will ever see”, which swept all the top awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay) at … Continue reading
HERE BE GALLOWS’ HUMOR – Retreat ye who don’t care for that sort of thing
Sunday April 3 my father’s memorial announcement was posted in the “Familienanzeige” section of the Tagesspiegel newspaper in Berlin. Actually there were two announcements, the one my family arranged, and another purchased by close Berlin friends of Dad’s. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Notes in the News
Tagged Ab, Abe, Abraham Ashkenasi, announcement, Avi, Berlin, death, English, funeral, German, Tagesspiegel, translation
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GETTIN’ WITCHY WITH IT
Above is the first video I ever posted on YouTube, and easily the most visually fun of the ones I’ve posted so far: a demo recording of three songs from the musical “Witches” enhanced with 105 illustrations of witches past … Continue reading
Posted in Beginnings, Musicabilia
Tagged art history, Berlin, Catherine Gayer, duet, English, Finnland, German, Germany, illustrations, musical, Peter Lund, trash cinema, vocal range, Witches, YouTube
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