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(e)Book – Love and friendship

  (e) Book –  Love and friendship Full title :  Love and friendship and other early works Author : Jane Austen Score : /10 Year : 1790 (original) ; 2012 (this edition) Publisher : Duke Classics   ISBN  978-1-62012-155-9  // 9781620121559  (ebook)  Pages :  Language: English Jane Austen is best known for her 6 novels, which all have been adapted into tv movies - but after having read Virginia Woolf's short fiction in chronological order, I decided to apply the same for Austen's publications, to better appreciate her growth and evolution in narrative style. So, before reading her novels which were released from 1811 to 1817, in the following order :  Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma,  Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, I decided to go back to her teenage years, reading Love and Friendships, and other early works.
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Movie - Dreams (Kurosawa)


Movie: Dreams
Director: Akira Kurosawa (and un-credited Ishirô Honda) 
Score : 10/10
Year: 1990 
Country : Japan
Language : Japanese (very little speech, though)
Duration : 1h59

 Almost 2 hours divided in 8 segments in varying duration, each representing a dream the director Akira Kurasawa had... They provoke thought on themes such as beauty of the earth/ ecology, dangers of nuclear power, solitude, war... and a small trip into Vincent Willem van Gogh's art...



My favorite segments are the second, with the peach trees, and the last one which I'll let you discover, and least favorite was one about a snow storm, a bit too slow in its first half, and more interesting in the second part.
All in all, a good movie, with Kurasawa's technical knowledge, his visions are most personal and profound in their meaning.
I like the minimalist dialogue (I watched it in its original Japanese), costumes and thoughts each segment leaves.
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