Case Histories y Kate Atkinson -

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Case Histories is a detective series set in contemporary Edinburgh, adapted from Kate Atkinson's best-selling novels and devised for television by Ashley Pharoah (creator of Life on Mars).

Private investigator Jackson Brodie is played by Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter, The Patriot). A former soldier and policeman, Jackson's tough-guy exterior belies a deeply empathetic heart. He's unable to resist coming to the rescue and is a magnet for the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional.

Intriguing, moving and funny, the character driven stories conjure up a richly imagined world in which Jackson Brodie attempts to bring resolution to the victims of unexplained mysteries and comfort to the survivors of personal tragedies.

He is the ultimate survivor himself - a bruised optimist, compelled to help others.

The Books

Jackson Brodie has appeared in four of Kate Atkinson's novels. Each can be read in isolation, but are best enjoyed in order of publication: Case Histories, One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News?, Started Early, Took My Dog.

The first three novels were adapted for the first series of the BBC television drama 'Case Histories' starring Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie and have been re-published with tie-in cover artwork. Started Early, Took My Dog was also adapted for the first episode of a second series of Case Histories, whilst two brand new stories were written around the character for a further two episodes.

Los libros de Kate Atkinson y la serie de BBC

La BBC emite esta adaptación de las novelas de Kate Atkinson.

Jackson Brodie, ex militar y expolicia, es el protagonista en un Edimburgo lleno de belleza y violencia.

La historia de un hombre complejo, anclado en las pérdidas de la infancia y que va perdiendo sucesivamente su trabajo, a su esposa y a su hija sin por eso dejar de intentar hacer todo lo posible por solucionar los problemas de los clientes que acuden a él como investigador privado poco convencional y con tendencia a actuar en los márgenes de la ley pero dentro de una personal ética donde las personas objeto de violencia tienen siempre la prioridad.



Una crítica del New York Times (Women in trouble) sobre los personajes femeninos de Kate Atkinson.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/books/review/case-histories-women-in-trouble.html?_r=0

El viaje del héroe como guión de película . Joseph Campbell y los mitos

Boots and Gloves en una clase de guión de cine en menos de seis minutos.

Aquí aparecen todos los personajes del Monomito de Joseph Campbell, idea que inspiró a muchos guionistas de películas míticas en los últimos años.

1. el héroe (Luke Skywalker, Frodo..)
2. el mentor
3. el heraldo
4. los guardianes del umbral
5. el bufón
6. el camaleón
7. la sombra

Seguro que ahora los encuentras en los cuentos, en las grandes historias clásicas, en  libros de aventuras, en tus películas favoritas...

Jung, que inspiró tantas de las teorías de Campbell, puede estar satisfecho de que sus ideas llenen tantas imágenes animadas en el siglo XXI que él no pudo ver.

Second hand lions - la infancia que cada niño merece

  |  Roger Ebert

"Secondhand Lions" is about the uncles every boy should have, and the summer every boy should spend. No uncles or summers like this ever existed, but isn't it nice to think that Uncle Garth and Uncle Hub are waiting there on their Texas ranch, shooting at fish and salesmen, and waiting for their 12-year-old nephew to be dumped on them.

They are two completely inexplicable and unlikely characters, and we doubt we can believe anything we learn about them, but in the hands of those sainted actors Robert Duvall andMichael Caine, they glow with a kind of inner conviction even while their stories challenge even the kid's credulity. Maybe Hub really was a foreign legionnaire and led thousands of men into battle and won and lost a dozen fortunes, and maybe he really was in love with a desert princess named Jasmine, and then again maybe he's just been sitting there on the porch with Garth making up tall tales for gullible nephews.

The nephew's name is Walter, and he is played by Haley Joel Osment, the child actor from "The Sixth Sense" and "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence," now on the edge of adolescence but still with that clear-eyed directness that cuts right to the heart of a scene. Some actors have trouble standing up to that kind of unadorned presence, but Caine and Duvall are not ordinary, and they look the kid straight in the eye and tell him exactly what he needs to know.

Walter is dumped with the uncles after his mother Mae (Kyra Sedgwick) decides to attend court reporting school and ends up engaged to a guy in Vegas. Things like that are always happening to her. Walter's first impression of Garth and Hub is a fearful one; they seem carved from a block of American Gothic, and sit in their high-backed chairs on the porch like men who are prepared to wait for death no matter how long it takes. The summer will however not be boring, Walter understands, when the uncles start firing shotguns at unwanted visitors.

They have a lot of traffic on the farm because word has it they've got millions stashed away somewhere. Maybe they used to work with Al Capone (one local rumor) or maybe they kept one of those dozen fortunes Hub won, or maybe there aren't any millions at all. Hub and Garth go through life like a double act, feeding each other straight lines as they plant a garden that is unexpectedly heavy on corn, or order a used circus lion to be delivered to the farm. (A giraffe also shows up, but the movie loses track of him.).

The plot, such as it is, is hardly necessary. Yes, Mae turns up with the fiance from Vegas, and yes, he wants to get his hands on the money, but of course Hub can handle him. Even on the day he collapses and then checks himself out of the hospital, we see him punch out four louts in a local saloon, and then give them the special speech he always gives to young men. It has to do with being able to believe in something even if it's not true, because the believing part is what's important

http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/secondhand-lions-2003
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Un solitario adolescente es abandonado por su madre en casa de unos desconocidos tíos que viven en una granja aislada. Ninguno de los tres empieza la convivencia con gusto pero el chico pronto descubre que aunque no hay televisión en casa ni nada que hacer la vida allí no va a ser nunca aburrida. Una película para todas las edades.

Breathe. By Leo Babauta - Respira

Breathe.

If you feel overwhelmed, breathe. It will calm you and release the tensions.

If you are worried about something coming up, or caught up in something that already happened, breathe. It will bring you back to the present.

If you are moving too fast, breathe. It will remind you to slow down, and enjoy life more.

Breathe, and enjoy each moment of this life. They’re too fleeting and few to waste.

Si te sientes abrumado, respira. Te calma y liberarás tensión. 

Si estás preocupado por algo que está sucediendo o en medio de algo que ya ha sucedido, respira. Te llevará de nuevo al presente.

Si te estás moviendo demasiado rápido, respira. Te recordará ir más despacio y disfrutar más de la vida.

Respira y disfruta cada momento de esta vida. Son demasiado pasajeros y escasos para echarlos a perder. 

Leo Babauta
es el autor del blog Zen habits y de varios libros sobre minimalismo, vida saludable, etc.

http://zenhabits.net/more/

Sinfonía de la mañana - Los relatos de Martín

Desde las ocho de la mañana, de lunes a viernes, una emisora de la radio pública española, Radio Clásica (que cumple 50 años ahora), emite un programa que acompaña a miles de personas de todas las edades que se disponen a salir hacia su trabajo (o su colegio los más pequeños).

Un programa que acerca la música clásica a los que no hemos tenido la suerte de conocerla en la escuela.

Y que tiene un enfoque realmente original y fresco. Es lo que va mejor con cualquier cosa que desayunes cada mañana...

Lo primero y una de los momentos más sorprendentes y mágicos de los muchos que tiene el maravilloso programa "Sinfonía de la Mañana" es que el presentador, el periodista Martín Llade,  lee un relato creado por él  sobre la vida de algún músico.

Un relato que nos hace reir a veces, otras nos emociona, otras nos hace sentir alegría... Aunque el relato de hace unos días no era alegre.

Y Martín avisó a los padres de sus muchos admiradores infantiles que esos primeros minutos era mejor que los niños no estuvieran por ahí todavía.

El programa del pasado  16 de noviembre pasado era un homenaje a las víctimas de los atentados en París.
 Hablaba de los hugonotes franceses, momentos del pasado también de violencia y miedo en las calles parisinas.
En la página de RTVe a la carta pueden descargarse los podcast de los últimos programas.

http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/audios/sinfonia-de-la-manana/sinfonia-manana-16-11-15/3364540/#aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ydHZlLmVzL2FsYWNhcnRhL2ludGVybm8vY29udGVudHRhYmxlLnNodG1sP3BicT0yJm9yZGVyQ3JpdGVyaWE9REVTQyZtb2RsPVRPQyZsb2NhbGU9ZXMmcGFnZVNpemU9MTUmY3R4PTgxNTUwJmFkdlNlYXJjaE9wZW49ZmFsc2U=