El palacio de Knossos en Creta

Una mañana, con las primeras luces, caminar por las salas desiertas a primera hora, sin guías, sin visitantes todavía. Pronto llega un grupo de jóvenes soldados que caminan curiosos por todo el recinto, atentos y alegres. La primavera de Creta nos hace sonreír a todos cuando salimos de ese lugar visto en los libros escolares hace tantos años ya...

Damages

 

^{Una adicitiva serie de televisión que muestra la actividad de un bufete de abogados en torno a casos inspirados por escandalos corporativos de los últimos años: Enron, Madoff, la crisis energética en el estado de California, problemas medioambientales...} 

From Wikipedia

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler
The series revolves around the brilliant, ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and her protégée Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne). For the first few seasons the series centers around the law firm Hewes & Associates . Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Patty and begins to concentrate on her independent career.
Known for its depiction of season-long cases from the point of view of both the law firm and the target, the series is noted for its plot twists, nonlinear narrative, technical merit, season-long storylines, and the acting ability of its cast. The series has attracted many stars to play characters on the side against Hewes, including; Ted Danson, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Martin Short, Lily Tomlin, John Goodman, Dylan Baker, and Ryan Phillippe.

Conception

Creators devised the series as the relationship between a mentor and a protégée: two women in powerful positions. Although the initial story idea did not have the series set in the legal arena, the creators chose it because they felt the legal world included women who commanded power and influence. The concept was inspired by the creators' interaction with their superiors along with their experiences in the entertainment industry. The series steers away from usual legal dramas, where storyline is set inside the courtroom and instead describes the characters' lives and interactions outside the courtroom and the behind-the-scenes power maneuvering and manipulation. About the characters of the show Zelman notes, "We don't look at any of the characters as good or bad or anything like that. What really motivated us to write about this world, first and foremost, was our interest in power dynamics, the dynamics of power in society."

The series was designed with the main character, Patty Hewes, tackling one case per season.^[6] The first season of the series focuses on a class-action lawsuit against the fraudulent multi-billionaire CEO of a defunct company. The plot was inspired by various corporate scandals and characters involved in them,^[7] most notably from the 2001 scandal surrounding Enron.^[8] The second season deals with the energy industry and related environmental issues. The story is influenced by recent and ongoing environmental cases in the United States in the mining industry and also by the events of the 2001 California energy crisis.^[9] The writers were guided by environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who shared his experience in the field with various corporations and CEOs.^[10] The third season is largely based on the 2009 epic Bernie Madoff scandal, with veiled references and similarities to the case of the collapse of the Stanford Financial Group of companies and their use of Antigua's opaque banking laws.

Trailer Argo de Ben Affleck

Basada en hechos reales ocurridos  durante el mandato del presidente Carter y , desclasificados por Bill Clinton hace unos años.. Es la tercera película que dirige Ben Affleck que también la protagoniza y está inspirada por el libro que escribió Tony Méndez, el agente que ideó el extravagante plan para sacar de la embajada canadiense a seis norteamericanos que fueron acogidos allí en secreto trás la crisis diplomática EEUU_Irán trás la huida del Sha. . La" tapadera" era la realización de una película y la localización de exteriores en distintos países entre ellos Irán.
Ha recibido un Oscar como mejor guión adaptado en 2013..

La trilogía de la crísis: Liquidación final de Petros Markaris

Una divertidísima y socarrona forma de hablar de lo que pasa, de lo que nos pasa, sin resignación, sin conformarse.
 Petros Markaris habla de Atenas, las manifestaciones, las concentraciones de los indignados, los suicidios de jóvenes y mayores, los recortes pero también de la muerte de Sócrates, de los filósofos y artistas de esa Grecia desaparecida. Y todo suena muy, muy cercano.

Mientras los griegos ricos se las ingenian para no pagar impuestos, los griegos empobrecidos por la crisis sólo pueden indignarse ante el escandaloso fraude fiscal o desesperarse ante el empeoramiento de la situación. Sin embargo, un hombre ha decidido pasar a la acción y tomarse la justicia por su mano. Con cartas de amenaza y armas anticuadas, se dispone a ajustar cuentas. Entretanto, en la Atenas al borde de la quiebra, todo está patas arriba, excepto el Departamento de Homicidios. No hay crímenes, sólo rutina y burocracia. Cuando encuentran el cadáver de la primera víuctima que se cobra ese peculiar justiciero, el comisario Kostas Jaritos casi siente alivio. Su jefe le ha hablado de un posible ascenso, pero de momento le han recortado el sueldo y su hija Katerina piensa en emigrar porque no en cuentra trabajo. Y él tiene que atrapar a un asesino que realiza una obra "providencial" aplaudida por muchos ciudadanos.

Nuestra única similitud con los griegos antiguos son los hombres de negro de la Troika que nos imponen medidas espartanas... El Estado griego es la única mafia del mundo que ha ido a la quiebra. Todas las demás evolucionan y prosperan.

I will survive Andrés Calamaro

Estaba buscando alguna versión en español de I will survive y me he encontrado esta "rareza" y no me he podido resistir aunque no se parece en  nada a lo que buscaba, que era una canción rabiosa y peleona que le he escuchado a un músico el otro día en un vagón de metro y que me impresionó por su energía y porque la letra no tenía nada que ver con la historia sentimental de la versión original. Otro día será.

Concierto en Londres con una orquesta de músicos extranjeros que tocan en el metro londinense

London Underground strangers orchestra concert takes place

 

A concert performed by an orchestra made up entirely of strangers recruited on the London Underground has taken place.

Shaun Buswell, 36, from Swindon, recruited the musicians for the gig to raise money for charity.
Up to 70 people played at the Shepherd's Bush Empire after he set himself the challenge of putting the orchestra together by 12 December 2012.
The money will go to the Daytrippers charity which works with ill children.
Mr Buswell said he approached more than 300 people on the Tube.
'Humbling experience' He said: "Amazingly I found everyone I wanted apart from someone who played the English horn.
"And the last musician I found, who plays the euphonium, works Transport for London.
"It's been an incredibly humbling experience."

Shaun Buswell said he could not find an English horn player

The project is called the 12.12.12 Underground Orchestra Challenge.
Shaun imposed a number of rules when recruiting the musicians, including not knowing them personally.
They also had to be carrying their instrument when he met them and the initial meeting must have taken place inside the Tube network.
Some of the musicians are well established, with one trumpet player having recorded with Ray Charles. Others have recorded with bands and the orchestra includes students from the Royal Academy of Music
He also recruited twins who he approached independently, two months apart in the same location, Tower Hill Tube station. One plays the violin, the other the viola.

Shaun Buswell  ha conseguido reunir una orquesta formada por  70 músicos extranjeros que tocan en los pasillos del metro de Londres. Para ello tuvo que hablar con más de 300 músicos a los que propuso una actuación con fines benéficos.

Wes Anderson: Moonrise Kingdom

 

Una película con una banda sonora donde podemos encontrar  a Benjamin Britten, a Francois Hardy, a Hank Williams o a Saint Saens... como fondo de una historia interpretada por actores como Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray  o Tilda Swinton que nos llevan tras los pasos de dos niños de 12 años que viven su  primer amor escapandose juntos por una pequeña isla de Nueva Inglaterra y llevandose consigo sus pequeños tesoros: un gato, un tocadiscos, pilas, libros, una linterna, unos prismáticos. Mientras los adultos se movilizan para buscarlos se anuncia un huracán. La ambientación, en los años 60 está muy cuidada. En resumen, un espectáculo que apetece repetir para descubrir todos sus tesoros ocultos.

Peter Travers

May 24, 2012

In the immaculately designed, emotionally charged bubble filmmaker Wes Anderson builds around the 1965 New England summer, first love blooms. Sam (Jared Gilman) is an orphan at the mercy of foster parents and his Scout troop. Suzy (Kara Hayward) lives in a lighthouse with three younger brothers, two lawyer parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) and an urge to bust free. Sam, she decides, is her man. No one understands their attraction. Hell, they're both 12. He's a string bean in thick glasses, and she's cool enough to wear eyeliner. But Anderson, who wrote the resonant script with Roman Coppola, knows their secret hearts. So when the kids run away to an island they call Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson is right there with them. And thanks to this enchanted ride of a movie, so are we.
Anderson is also expert at using humor as a gateway to deeper feelings.
Adults soon intrude on their paradise. There's a hurricane coming, announces the film's narrator (a delightful Bob Bala­ban). The scoutmaster (an engagingly wacked-out Edward Norton) organizes a search party with the help of his chief (Harvey Keitel) and cousin Ben, a scam artist in scout's clothing played by a stellar Jason Schwartzman, evoking his iconic role as Max Fischer in Rushmore. The police captain (a becomingly non-macho Bruce Willis) is also on the case, pressured by Suzy's mom, with whom he's having an affair.
The top-tier cast, including Tilda Swinton as a character called Social Services, may be star overload, but each actor performs small miracles. Murray and McDormand excel at showing a faltering marriage in microcosm. "Stop feeling sorry for yourself," she tells her husband, each in a separate bed. "Why?" says he, instilling one word with a lifetime of meaning. On children, they're agreed: "We're all they have, and it's not enough."
As the hurricane whips up a perhaps too busy climax, Anderson links the everyday and the extraordinary with virtuoso artistry. Shot with a poet's eye by Robert Yeoman and lifted by an Alexandre Desplat score that samples Mozart, Hank Williams and Benjamin Britten, the hilarious and heartfelt Moonrise Kingdom is a consistent pleasure. By evoking the joys and terrors of childhood, it reminds us how to be alive.

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