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Duela 15 hilabete hasi nuen Tumblr hau, nire kontsumo kulturalaren kontua eroateko. Eta, bueno, amaitzea erabaki dut. Jarraituko dut aipatzen ze film, telesail edo ikuskizun ikusten dudan, eta baita ze irakurtzen dudan, baina Ingelesen Hilerria nire blogean egingo dut, euskaraz, gaztelaniaz edo ingelesez, tokatzen dena.

Euskarazkoari jarraitzeko hau da Ingelesen Hilerriaren RSS jarioa eta, aukera berri bat jende arraroarentzat: e-postazko buletin baterako harpidetza.

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This Tumblr ends now after 15 months of activity. I'll keep tracking my cultural consumption, but it will be in the English Cemetery (the english bits, Basque and Spanish items also in the other versions of my blog), where you can subscribe via RSS or email.

Este Tumblr se calla ahora, tras 15 meses de actividad. Seguiré documentando mi consumo cultural, pero será en el blog El Cementerio de los Ingleses (para lo que sea en español, habrá más en euskera e inglés en las respectivas versiones idiomáticas del blog) donde pueden Vds. suscribirse por RSS o por boletín email.

Galaxy Quest.

This is really a well scripted movie. It makes fun of Trekkie fandom, but in a truly nerd way, with self-deprecating humour and admiration for creativity and imagination. By Grabthar's hammer, by the suns of Warvan, I swear that this is one of my favourite movies.>

Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion, by Janet Reitman.

A fascinating subject. The weirdness of Scientology's believe system is summarized quite briefly, but that's not the main thing; I have learned more interesting facts reading the book. The atmosphere of control described, the newspeak they use ("religious technology", "ethics"), and the personalities of the two leaders this cult has known: Hubbard the founder, and current leader David Miscavige, who succeeded astonishingly to gain control of the organisation being barely a 20-year old man.

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Marina Abramovic, The Artist is Present

Filma ikusi nuen, baina ikusitako arte erakusketen katalogo pertsonalean gordeko dut nire baitako artxibo ikusezinuean. Ez nintzen izan, ez, New York-eko 2010eko The Artist is Present erakusketan, baina 2012rako apailatutako film dokumental honek oso ondo erakusten digu Marina Abramovic artistaren ibilbidea eta, bereziki, erakusketa horretako pieza nagusia: bera, han, eserita, hiru hilabetez, txandaka aurrean esertzen zaizkion ikusleen aurrean. Arte modernoa oso interesgarria iruditzen zait, idatzi izan dut lehenago. Abamovitxik zuzenean ez dut ikusi, baina film honek gogoa eman dit :-)

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The book is well rehearsed and exhaustive, but a little bit boring. It's a bit like, Chapter A), in Hungary A1, in East Germany A2, and in Poland A3. Then Chapter B... with scant mentions of other countries. It's probably also that one senses that the post-1956 must be interesting too. Good insight in some of the reasons of the failure of the communist experiment: the boredom, the dullness, the false positivity infused in everything that makes any joke or critique so politically dangerous.

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Willow.

Tiene cierto encanto kitsch pero la historia no vale tanto, más allá de procurarnos cierta nostalgia a algunos. Lo que de verdad flipas es cómo consiguieron el casting de enanos.

The Challenger.

This TV movie works better as an informative documentary than as a cinematic experience (William Hurt looks so old, and not just because the script asks for it). I really didn't know that Richard Feynman the physicist was so involved in the Challenger Shuttle space disaster investigation. It's good to have the BBC to know learn more and watch good TV.

The Killing S01

He visto la versión americana de una serie danesa de fama, Forbrydelsen. Tiene intriga y engancha, pero hay muchas trampas en el guión; pistas falsas excesivamente descaradas que se prolongan varios capítulos, o la inverosímil relación familiar de la mujer policía. No creo que siga con las temporadas subsiguientes.

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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012).

You wonder if it will be a "loss acceptance" psychological movie, or if it really does have an intrigue. At the end, the intrigue element is also important, but that element not exploited at its maximum, which is a dissappointment. I must confess that I also shed a tear or two with this Sandra Bullock movie.

A series of articles and some notes that the brilliant Christopher Hitchens wrote while he was dying of cancer. The preface says that they are among Hitchens best pieces, but, although I haven't read so much Hitchens, I would dare to disagree. One piece shines outstanding: the one about religion, the "effects" of prayers, reflections on being loved or hated by believers when he was so critically ill...

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Brave.

Norbaiti irakurri nion, Pixar/Disney fusioarekin, Pixar produktuak gero eta disneyeskoagoak bihurtuko zirela, eta alderantziz. Lehenaren froga izan daiteke Brave hau. Maisutasun teknikoan ez dute parekorik (protagonistaren ilea marrazten, adibidez), baina istorioak ez dira lehen zirena azken Pixar produkzioetan, esango nuke. Euskarazko azpidatziak daude.

Sense and Sensibility.

Very similar to Pride and Prejudice, but, perhaps, with less interesting male characters in this one than in that other Austen. Somehow, these old love & marriage thrillers still capture our attention. I guess part of that merit, in this case, we owe to the director, Ang Lee.

Back to the Future.

Ze ona den film hau. Ez da sekula zaharkituko. Berriz ikusi dut umeekin, oraingoan euskarazko azpitituluekin. Geek kultura modernoaren errebelazio fundatzaileetako bat. Izan zituen bi jarraipenak ez ziren hain onak izan, nik uste. 2.a, 2015 urtean kokatzen da, laster ditugu gurean skate eta auto hegalariak!

Tokyo!.

Tres directores extranjeros que ruedan tres historias con toque fantástico sobre Tokyo. Las de Carax y Bong no me han hecho tilín, y tampoco he captado qué relación guardan con Tokyo (aparte del escenario), la mayor ciudad del planeta al inicio del s. 21. El cuento de Michel Gondry, mejor. Por cierto que he sabido que Gondry es un apreciable director de clips musicales.

BBCko dokumentalak: Penguins, Wonders of Life, etab.

Etxe konfigurazio multimediatikoa ez dago nire esku guztiz, telebista auzo-komunitateak moldatzen du adibidez. Aurten, sorpresa izan da BBC One eta BBC Two agertu izan direla kanalen artean. A ze suertea. Bereziki, dokumentalen kalitatea flipatzekoa da. Hiru hilabete hauetan ikusi ditut Penguins zoragarria (Peruko kostaldeko basamortuan, fokak, pinguinoak eta banpiroak elkarrekin borrokan ikustea, flipantea) eta Wonders of Life. Azken honen aurkezlea, Brian Cox fisikari guapoa, Richard Attenborough berri baten gisara ari dira "garatzen" BBCkoak, esango nuke.

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Tartean, Attenborough beraren (Africa sailaren azken bi atalak) eta Cox-en agerpen gehiago ere ikusi ditut. Eta beste dokumental bat, izugarri konpletoa, Errusiako meteoritoaz hura jausi eta hiru astera. Eta gainera albistegi bikainak, eta uste dut Snookerreko mundu txapelketako finala ere emango dutela...

Blog.

Otra de Found Footage, rodada en este caso con una verosimilitud extrema; mérito, estimo, de la naturalidad absoluta y convincente del puñado de actrices adolescentes que protagoniza la peli. Sin embargo, el crescendo fílmico no es redondo del todo. Realmente, la anécdota central a la que conduce el desenlace está un poco desinflada dramáticamente.

To Live 活着.

Almost 20 years since I saw it first, and, as then, it has touched and moved me immensely. Absolutely melodramatic and a deliberate tear-inducer, but, at the same time, so truthful. One of my favorite movies. And Gong Li, no doubt, one of the most beautiful actresses of my lifetime.

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