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Film: “Samuel in the Clouds”
I hope you remember my article about Chacaltaya. If not – read it now! Or, at the very least, watch my TEDx video about it: Alternatively or additionally, you can watch the movie “Samuel in the Clouds” when it comes to … Continue reading
Film Review: “Hell or High Water”
Where The Hateful Eight failed, Hell or High Water succeeds: in reviving the Western genre. It’s not done with gory violence or with a cast of clichés, but with strong characters, well-acted and, above all that what makes a good … Continue reading
How one translator opened Romania to the world
Posted in Cinema, Cold War, History, Language, Romania
Tagged censorship, Cinema, Media, movies
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Copyright law in Bolivia
Bolivia must have negotiated the best intellectual property treaties of any country in the world (only Iran comes close, but that country is not a party to the Berne Convention). Respect to the hot-shot lawyers who did that! In Bolivia, you … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Cinema, Economics, Law, Photography, Travel
Tagged Cinema, copyright, intellectual property, La Paz, movies
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Random Thoughts (6)
If you read the comments below this article, you get a taste of what’s wrong with Peru. I have never encountered a country that is so bad at dealing with criticism. After my article on Bolivia and the sea, many people … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Cinema, Cold War, Cuba, Food, History, Law, Peru, Politics, Religion, USA
Tagged christianity, christmas, Cinema, copyright law, Donald Trump, Thirteen Days
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Film Review: Spotlight
Zur deutschen Fassung dieser Filmkritik. The best film of the year – as confirmed by my friend Oscar from Hollywood– is one without explosions, without car chases, without a love story, without superheroes, without perfectly shaped asses in tight dresses, without … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema, Law, Religion, USA
Tagged Catholic church, christianity, Cinema, journalism, Media, movies, newspapers, Spotlight
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Film Review: James Bond “SPECTRE”
This film review doesn’t require a spoiler warning because the latest James Bond film SPECTRE doesn’t have a discernible plot anyway. It is more of an unorganized sequence of badly written and halfheartedly acted scenes. Like a car-boot sale trying to get … Continue reading
Wedding Crashers
You know the movie Wedding Crashers? It’s about two guys whose pick-up strategy consists of attending weddings, even when not invited, because that’s where single women are desperate and in a romantic mood. I had to think of that when … Continue reading
Posted in Bolivia, Cinema, Photography, Travel
Tagged Cinema, Cochabamba, movies, wedding
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Trailer: “Los 8 mas odiados” (“The Hateful Eight”)
When I like a film, I may go to the theater a second or a third time to watch it again. (Yes, I pay for films because I believe in copyright law. And because I think that many films don’t work … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 