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Since I had very low expectations I wasn`t even dissapointed. As for a stupid teen comedy, this one is not the worst choice - it`s a bit pervert, a bit romantic and has good music in it. Some of the so called jokes are totally silly and even disturbing but one does not expect high art from a film of this category. The dance in the gay bar was cool and so was the good-behaving Stiffler. A guilty pleasure? Quite so. So what?

Action takes place in post-war Vienna where an American tries to discover everything about the death of his very best friend. Heroes are quite interesting and so is the action which isn`t really clear from the beginning. There is a love story present, of course, but it doesn`t get too sulky and sweet. I liked the film, it being one of the most classic pieces of the so called film-noir, but I didn`t fall for it. It may sound silly but the film just didn`t touch me, therefore I don`t admit that it`s one of the best pieces of cinema from the 20th century.

A CZS western? Yup, that`s it. Is it very good? No, it`s atrociuos. Quite a bit similar to `Man from Boulevard des Capucines` with the exception that this dude here at least does some fighting and not only bringing common sense to the people of the Wild west. What`s good about it? Not very much, only the fact that Mr. Joe drinks a lemonade that seems to be related to Cocacola, for it`s entitled `Kolaloka`. On the negative side - everything else, including an evil brother, inconvincing acting, a silly plot, etc., etc. Oh, wait, I forgot - the film is almost black and white - but it has some filters, therefore at different times there are different color schemes - which is among the positive elements.

The second time around Hitchcock offers me more than he did before. This film here is really a thriller unlike `Rear Window` which only had nieces pieces of dialogue, watching this one at some times I felt really scared. It`s possible that I would prefer the mystery not to be unraveled for that would leave me even more confused but the way it`s done in the film is still pretty impressive. Yes, and Kim Novak not only acts but also looks great.

Wow! I wouldn`t expect something like that to have been written at the very beginning of the previous century. Although at the middle of the story a part of the mystery was clear to me the ending was really stunning. And the story is not only about anarchy (though I like the subject). As a matter of fact, I don`t really understand the ending of it. Providing some information on the plot I can tell that Gabriel Syme, a police officer, by an accident becomes member of the supreme court of anarchists. But everything turns out to be quite opposite to what he expected it to be.

Max Frisch is one of my favourite German-writing authors, especially some of his plays and the novel `Mein Name sei Hantenbein` have found a key to my soul. And in this book here there are two of his best plays - `Tryptichon` (about dead people who talk about their lives) and `Biography: A Game` (about the direction ones life might have taken if he had made different choices). Those are really good, so is a long story entitled `Bluebeard` about a man who supposedly has killed his wife (which is told entirely in shifts between a monologue and dialogues). What I didn`t enjoy was a story about a man who cuts information from a book and attaches it to his wall - including loads of useless information. Also I didn`t particulary enjoy Frisch`s non-fiction work - a few essays and speeches which are certainly not bad but the author isn`t an idol of mine therefore I can live without reading all of it.

Kādas ir tavas domas par cilvēku - orgānu donoru - audzēšanu? Vai tāda būtu vēlama vai nē? Vai klonēt cilvēkus, kas jau kopš bērnības tiek sagatavoti donora karjerai, ir humāni vai nē?

Šajā ierakstā Nazareth apliecina, ka viņi ir kaut kas vairāk par vienkāršu smagā roka grupu, ka viņiem patīk arī eksperimentēt un ka tas reizēm viņiem arī padodas. Tipiskākais tā apliecinājums ir šī albūma ievadošā kompozīcija "Telegram", kas stāsta par problēmām rokmūziķa dzīvē un kas ne tikai ilgst gandrīz astoņas minūtes, bet kurā šim garumam ir arī savs attaisnojums - vairākas melodijas, saistīts saturs un pietiekama klausītāja intereses piesaistīšana. Man personīgi gan dziesmas ievadošā daļa ne visai patīk, taču uz beigām dziesma paliek patiešām ekselenta.

Motleja banda ir viena no tām grupām, par kuru cienīšanu cilvēkus slavēt nemēdz. Kā nekā viņi bija neinteliģenti lohi, kas spēlēja primitīvu rokenrolu astoņdesmitajos gados un kuru ierakstu galvenais mērķis bija izdrāzt (un es nebaidos šī vārda) pēc iespējas vairāk mazas meitenītes. Ne velti viņiem bungas klapēja Tomijs Lī, kas lielāko slavu guva kā Pamelas Andersones vīrs un kā dalībnieks tajā video, kur viņi uz laivas un vēl daudz kur citur... Vēl tur piedalījās Nikki Sixx - vēl viens slavens izvirtulis, kas šamiem spēlēja basu.

Svens Oge Madsens Dānijā, kā izrādās, ir viens no populārakajiem rakstniekiem. Taču šis romāns pat nav tulkots angliski. Dīvaini, kā tas sagadījies, ka man to izdevās dabūt latviešu valodā.