Kazhes pierakstu burtnīca

(valoda: anglju) Godiigi sakot, es pat atmineeties nevaru, kad peedeejo reizi lasiiju kaut ko liidziigu "Eenu graamatai", noteikti peedeejaa laikaa tas nav bijis. Turklaat es jau no saakta gala zinaaju, kaadas kategorijas literatuura taa buus, bet tomeer izlasiiiju. Kaapeec taa? Pirmkaart, taapeec ka man pieejamo graamatu klaasts Duka-maajaa ir diezgan pieticiigs. Otrkaart, un galvenokaart tieshi taadeelj, ka man vienkaarshi shobriid nav iekshaa vakaros lasiit kaut ko kaut nedaudz smadzenes piepuuloshu, bet "Book of Shadows" smadzeneem nerada lielaaku slodzi kaa stulba tiinju komeedija vai pornofilma.

Lai gan tikai shodien rakstu faktoiidaa par sho filmu, patiesiibaa es to noskatiijos jau labu laicinju ieprieksh, tikai kaut kaa nekaadi nesanaaca par to uzrakstiit. Filma staasta par diezgan netipisku teemu - par sirdii labu Stasi - Staatssicherheit (austrumvaacijas ekvivalents krievu KGB) darbinieku, kursh buudams kaada dramaturga un vinja draudzenes aktrises cieniitaajs, nespeej saveejiem atklaat, ka vecis ir sadumpojies un uzrakstiijis rakstu rietumvaacu laikrakstam par Austrumvaacijas probleemaam kaada sava pashnaaviibu izdariijusha nezheelastiibaa kritusha drauga deelj. Filmaa mees varam noveerot, kaa dziivo rakstnieks ar savu draudzeni un varam noveerot, kaa vinji tiek noveeroti. Ja neskaita interesanto paveersienu ar labo KGBshnjiku, kas patieshaam ir retums kino pasaulee, manupraat, diezgan parasta vaacu filma - diezgan smagneeja un ne paaraak aizraujosha. Bet kaut kaada iemesla deelj tagad Oskarota. Iespeejams, aiz politkorektuma pret bijushajiem valsts iestaazhu darbiniekiem, citaadi nezinu, kas tajaa tik grandiozs. Protams, es neesmu dziivojis Austrumvaaciijaa pirms gadiem 20-25. Bet no otras puses, ASV kinoakadeemijas paarstaavji droshi vien arii nav.

I`m not so sure you`ve heard about this, but there once was this rock`n`roll band that beared the name "The Beatles". It was hugely popular in the strange decade of 1960s and some claimed that the band was more popular than Jesus in his prime years (I mean before he switched to Christian Rock). And some 20-25 years after the Beatles ceased to be this film was made. "Anthology" is it`s name, and here comes the first part. It has the early days of the Beatles on it. From the day when John Lennon was born until "Please Please Me" topped the charts and the "Fab Four" became fab. We see and here audio and video footage of very bad quality with the Beatles playing at the cavern, playing in Hamburg, playing some demo sessions. We see how they had this really good looking guy in the band, I guess his name was Martin, who couldn`t play the base, but at least he was cool. From the point of music this film isn`t that great - c`mon, back in 1959, for example, The Beatles weren`t the Beatles millions learned to love. But still this is an interesting historic document, clearly showing the way the band made its way to the top, despite everything that went in its way. I stiil hope that the second part of the documentary will be better than this, for it surely will feature better music on it.

It`s the first album of the giants in some eight years. I can`t really say that I was eagerly awaiting it all this time but it surely was interesting to learn what they could come up with after all these years. Jagger and co aren`t getting younger, of course, and they don`t find it particulary easy coming up with great melodies and superb lyrics, the way they did in the sixties/seventies. But they still try to be loud and proud, and some of the songs aren`t bad. Yet there ain`t a single signal of greatness - it`s just your average album by an aging rock band that still wants to keep its reputation. Had it not had the brand of "Rolling Stones" to boost the record it would remain unnoticed for sure. But as it is it will probably be sold pretty well but I doubt that many people will really love this record. I don`t certainly, it just leaves me cold.

"Peedeejais Skotijas karalis" bija viena no oskariem nomineetajaam filmaam, kuru es nebuut nebiju iipashi entuziastisks noskatiities. Iespeejams, taadeelj, ka es zinaaju, ka taa nemaz nav filma par peedeejo Skotijas karali. Ja taa buutu shaada filma, tur noteikti nepiedaliitos Forest Vaitekers (neesmu rasists, bet peedeejais Skotijas karalis diez vai bija melnaadains). Toties Dzheimss Makavojs tur vareetu piedaliities, jo vinsh arii ir vieniigais iistais skots shajaa filmaa. Patiesiibaa lielaa meeraa shii filma ir pavisam savaadaaka filma par Aafriku, nekaa es biju gaidiijis (jaa - peedeejais Skotijas karalis bija Ugandas diktators Idi Amins, kas bija liels visa skotiskaa cieniitaajs). Nikolass Gerigans ir jauns skotu aarsts, kas griezhot globusu izlemj, ka vinja prakses vieta buus Uganda, kur vinjam sanaak diezgan negaidiiti, pateicoties savam skotiskumam, sadraudzeeties ar aareeji ljoti jauko un draudziigo diktatoru, par kura personiigo aarstu Nikolass aatri kljuust. Tikai ar laiku vinsh saprot, ka Aminaa sadziivo divi cilveeki - vinja jautrais, jokus miiloshais draugs, un brutaals, paranojas paarnjemts sadists, kas gatavs nogalinaat simtiem tuukstoshu savas valsts iedziivotaaju, lai tikai vareetu saglabaat savu varu, bet Nikolass ir tikai vinja mazais baltais meerkakjiitis, par kuru visi var pasmieties un kuru neviens taa iisti par pilnu nenjem. Klaat pie citaam likstaam no Nikolasa staavoklii paliek viena no prezidenta sievaam, kas nebuut nav laba situaacija, un vienaa briidii Nikolass ir tik izmisis, ka vinsh piekriit anglju piedaavaajumam noindeet prezidentu, bet tiek aatri vien atmaskots un gandriiz nogalinaats (shiis filmas vienaa no nedaudzajaam nezheeliigi asinjainajaam sceenaam - patiesiibaa filma ne tuvu nebija tik brutaala kaa daudzas citas aizvadiitaa gada filmas, bet shii konkreetaa aina ar Nikolasu, kas tika pakaarts aiz diem miesaa iedurtiem aakjiem, nebija iisti jauka. Beigaas vinjam tomeer izdodas no Ugandas aizbeegt un paveestiit pasaulei, cik jauks cilveeks ir Ibi Amins savaa patiesajaa izpausmee. Attieciibaa uz Vaitekeru jaatziist, ka vinsh patieshaam lieliski atveido sho daljeeji biograafisko un patieshaam ljoti neviendabiigo cilveeku taa, ka vienu briidi tu kaa skatiitaajs vinju uzskati par ljoti simpaatisku, bet citu briidi - par totaalu briesmoni. Filma laba, nav ko zheeloties. Un es droshi vien buutu par to arii ieprieksh bijis optimistiskaak noskanjots, ja buutu piefikseejis, ka taa nav tikusi kaldinaata Holivudaa.

Nupat es neko vairs nesaprotu - kā tas nākas, ka esmu aizmirsis "Mis Saulesstariņu" vispār aprakstīt šitajā faktoīdā. Secinājums prasās viens - man vajadzētu rūpīgāk sekot tam, ko ierakstu un vai ieraksti parādās. Varētu vismaz slinkajā režīmā uzreiz pēc kaut kā "nobaudīšanas" izveidot tam saitā sagatavi, lai vēlāk nebūtu jābrīnās, kāpēc šis vai tas ieraksts šeit nav atrodams.

Although it ain`t the first album by D.B. it`s usually considered as his first, for before it David Jones wasn`t particulary known even in UK. But everything changed with the title track of this album (he at least became a one hit wonder for some years). "Space Oddity", the weird ode about Major Tom, a guy in space, is without a doubt the best track on this album and the only one you can`t live without. Lyrically it`s nice but one thing is wrong with this record - there aren`t too many beautiful memories on this disc - after having listened to it some three-four times over the period of 30 hours I have only managed to remember "God knows I`m good" and "Memory of a festival". The longest track on the album is "Cygnet Commitee", it goes for 9,5 minutes, by the way I don`t know what Cygnet is. Containing several parts almost as a prog-rock piece it starts off quite impressively but towards the end there`s quite an unlistenable coda. There are several Bowie albums that I would prefer to this one for sure.

Tagad es zinu droši, kāpēc par spīti neapšaubāmi gandrīz izcilajām viņas kā rakstnieces dotībām Airisa Mērdoka tā arī nav kļuvusi par vienu no maniem top 3 - top 5 literātiem. Vaina ir gluži prozaiska - viņas darbos ir pārāk daudz ziepenes elementu.

Atšķīrība no "Pasaules vēstures 10 1/2 nodaļās", kuru lasot par Bārnsu nezināju neko un līdz ar to no viņa neko negaidīju, no "Mīlestības utt." es šo to gaidīju gan. Un šo to sagaidīju, lai gan varbūt ne gluži to, ko biju gaidījis.

After some thirty minutes I was already fast asleep, and I had no clue why this is considered to be a good movie. The plot was nowhere close to interesting, characters - uninspired, etc, etc. But then suddenly everything changed. No, I don`t mean to tell you that I found any interest in the storyline. It was the music, performances by celebrities of R&B that made the difference. And the Blues Brothers band also rocked quite hard. Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, John Lee Hooker - now that`s what I call musical entertainment. Once again it`s the soundtrack that saves the day.