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The Rat Pack
Published September 16, 2011
We salute the Rat Pack, a group of actors and musicians originally centered on Humphrey Bogart. In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a later group of entertainers after Bogart's death. They called themselves several different names and centered around Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. They often appeared together on stage and in films in the early-1960s, including the movie Ocean's 11. Sinatra, Martin and Davis were regarded as the group's lead members.Continue reading
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Leave a commentRestrepo – Documenting a Modern Empire on the March
Published February 6, 2011
If you want a shockingly honest look at how an empire works then you will want to see the movie Restrepo. It is billed as "Chronicling the hard work, fear and brotherhood that come with repelling a deadly enemy." In my opinion that statement is almost correct. Like most propaganda made for the masses the word "repelling" changes the whole dynamic so the statement.Continue reading
Star-Crossed Lovers
Published January 17, 2011
Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
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Forbidden Love
Published October 17, 2010
According to Greek mythology the love affair between Helen and Paris was the cause of the Trojan War. Helen was the daughter of Zeus and Leda and the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. Paris (also known as Alexander), was the son of Priam, king of Troy and appears in a number of Greek myths. In Homer's Iliad Paris kidnaps Helen, however in the epic movie Troy, they conspire together to smuggle her out of Sparta. I think that reflects the values of the times. 28 Centuries ago women were not asked they were just taken as property. Today we like to at least pretend that we ask.Continue reading
Posted in Film, Literature | Achilles, Agamémnon, greek, Hector, Helen, mythology, Odysseus, Paris, Priam, Trojan Horse, Trojan War, Troy | Leave a commentLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Published August 22, 2010
Les Misérables, translated from the French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims , is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.
Posted in Film, Literature | justice, love, novel, Paris, philosophy, politics, religon, romance, Victor Hugo | Leave a commentCasablanca
Published August 12, 2010
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
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