A beautiful afternoon at “De Tuin” at the Kralingseplas in Rotterdam. Having a drink with my mum, best friend Edward and my mum’s friend Bert (rtl) in the sun, only doable if you are not sitting in the wind, which was still very cold.
Last one for today: Indian kids smeared with colors look on as they celebrate Holi in Calcutta, India on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Sucheta Das)
Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, a young actor from the film “Slumdog Millionaire”, peers from behind a curtain during a dancing session at a charity event in Hong Kong on Sunday, June 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
This is Fleura in Warsaw, Poland, one of the stores in the chain of 56 wholesale Cash & Carry stores throughout Europe.
It’s situated in a new wholesale center together with other cut-flower, plants and hardware wholesalers.
When the photo they needed wasn’t in stock… well, they will create it from one that’s close enough… scary
Since it keeps snowing over here, I’de better catch up on my tracking-skills…
The Daily What to the rescue
Me and my mum’s dog “Megan”, a Welsch Terrier like we also had when I was young. She’s a real cuddle.
Statistical significance between Global Warming and Pirates
By word of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, there is more then enough proof that there is a inverse relationship between global warming and the number of pirates…. who knew…. ROFL
Lourdes
By Jessica Hausner
This is a personal view, but I feel sorry for the people that expect miracles to take place at Lourdes, when they have no trust in themselves or others. 2 out of 5 for this poor story.
Alamar
By Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio
A jaw dropping beautiful movie (documentary) about a little boy and his father at the coral reefs of Mexico that show us the love for nature and how we all should honour it. 5 out of 5
Atletu
By Davey Frankel, Rasselas Lakew
An Ethiopian athlete is a national hero struggling to make up for his last failures and discovers that recieving is as important as giving. 3 out of 5
Running Turtle
By Lee Yeon-Woo
South Korea’s most visited movie. It’s a comedy from start to end. Never thought I would ever be laughing with a Korean movie. 4 out of 5.
Blood and Bones
By Sai Yoichi
One of the many films, featured at the Iffr 2010, of Sai Yoichi. The film took over 2 and a half hours to tell the story about a man and his family which he oppressed with furious anger. Impressive film that is in no way too long. 5 out of 5!
Surprise film:
Gainsbourg: Je T’aime, Moi Non Plus / Vie héroïque
by Joann Sfar
The last feature on Friday night was a surprise film and nobody knew what it was going to be. When we stuffed the theater full with 760 people, the movie could begin and to everybody’s surprise it was the biopic on Serge Gainsbourg (Lucien Ginsburg) , the writer of the most famous erotic-tinted song ever written: “Je T’aime, moi non plus” who died in 1992 at the age of 62.
Lucy Gordon, who plays the part as Gainsbourg’s muse Jane Birkin, has killed herself weeks after filming and finishing this movie. Thus the movie is dedicated to her.
Jane Birkin was the girlfriend of Gainsbourg in ‘69 that presented “Je T’aime” to the world after Brigitte Bardot backed out of it, although Bardot was the one who had originally recorded it and for whom the song was written.
The movie contains the best and most beautiful music of Serge Gainsbourg.
Here’s a clip on the recordings of those songs for the film.
