Here’s a trailer for a film adaptation of Balzac’s novella Colonel Chabert that came out in 1994. It’s a remarkable movie, though I’ve only been able to screen a damaged VHS version. Yet another reason to get a region-free DVD player.
Category Archives: Film
Cinema du Pere Goriot (303)
Here is a film adaptation of Pere Goriot with a very crude translation of the French dialog.
Picture of Dorian
This image was painted by Ivan Albright for the 1945 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Film Capsule
Siberiade (USSR 1979)
This epic is actually a saga about two families living in Siberia, spanning the years from the eve of the Russian Revolution to the 70s. Structuring the plot according to the sweep of historical events, Konchalovsky also employs elements of folk culture in a more or less magical realist manner.
Doris Day
Must be a devil
For anyone interested in the psycho-social dimensions of contemporary US politics, this interview with Gabor Maté is very illuminating.
Also, the transcript: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/05/07/gabor-mate-russiagate-interview-transcript/
Arctic (RPT230)
Looks good:
