Stanlio

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Eagles: Desperado
Nastro Audio I have it ★★★★★
Eagles: Desperado
9 sep 17
It's a concept album centered around the life of outlaws in the old West and the figures of the Doolin-Dalton criminal gang.

In summary, the authors attempted a parallel between the lives of the outlaws of the old West and that of a modern country-rock band constantly 'on the road' amidst excesses, failures, and successes.
  • Stanlio
    9 sep 17
    On the front cover, they were photographed by Henry Diltz (from left to right):
    Don Henley
    Glenn Frey
    Randy Meisner
    Bernie Leadon

    while in the back photo, they are seen lying on the ground, killed and bound as though they were actual "desperados" (from left to right):
    Jackson Browne
    Bernie Leadon
    Glenn Frey
    Randy Meisner
    Don Henley
    J.D. Souther

    The "Lawmen" who captured them are (from left to right):
    Gary Burden (photographer partner of Henry Diltz)
    Larry Penny (crew)
    Richard Fernandez (crew)
    Boyd Elder (Texas cover artist)
    Tommy Nixon (crew)
    John Hartmann (manager)
    Glyn Johns (producer)
Eagles: Hotel California
Nastro Audio I have it ★★★★★
Eagles: Hotel California
9 sep 17
An urban legend suggests that on the back cover one can catch a glimpse, leaning over a balcony in the hotel lobby, of Anton LaVey, founder and grand master of the Church of Satan.
Edmondo De Amicis: Cuore
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Edmondo de Amicis: Cuore
12 oct 17
More than a century has passed since Cuore was first published in 1886, making De Amicis the most widely read author in Italy. And yet, even today, this book strikes us with its literary merits: for the writing, for the wisdom of a complete screenplay, for the ability to conclude an episode with a single masterful sentence. The same pedagogical intent and civic commitment that permeate it demonstrate a moral tension capable of rendering it both exciting and moving, even for contemporary readers. (einaudi.it)

The monthly tales:
October: Il piccolo patriota padovano
November: La piccola vedetta lombarda
December: Il piccolo scrivano fiorentino
January: Il tamburino sardo
February: L'infermiere di Tata
March: Sangue romagnolo
April: Valor civile
May: Dagli Appennini alle Ande
June: Naufragio
  • adrmb
    29 oct 17
    Make a note if you haven't already of Comencini's miniseries.
  • Stanlio
    29 oct 17
    If you're talking about the one where Nino Manfredi played Mastro Geppetto and Franco Franchi & Ciccio Ingrassia were the Cat & the Fox, I saw it when it first aired on RAI (very beautiful!).
  • Stanlio
    29 oct 17
    Forget what I just said, I got a bit confused for a moment, I thought we were talking about Pinocchio and that's it, sorry.
  • adrmb
    29 oct 17
    No, darling, but the director is still Comencini :) He is very delicate (nothing to do with that mess with Scarpati and Valle).
Edward Bunker: Educazione di una canaglia
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Edward Bunker: Educazione di una canaglia
2 oct 17
- The book in which the author tells the true story of his life: from his first entrance to San Quentin prison at seventeen to present-day Los Angeles.
- The experiences in the worst prisons of California, on the streets of Los Angeles, and in the underbelly of Hollywood have credentialed him to write some of the most disturbing and powerful modern novels about prison.
- Whether he's smoking a joint while sitting in the gas chamber chair, or picking up a knife used by a serial killer, or swimming among the marbles of the opulent Neptune pool in San Simeon, California, Bunker simply lays out his goods, bare and raw. The result is chilling, yet not devoid of a proud morality, because it is pure truth. (cit. Einaudi)
Emily Brontë: Cime tempestose
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Emily Brontë: Cime tempestose
2 oct 17
In the lonely and wild moors of Yorkshire, a tumultuous and destructive love affair unfolds. All the tormented contrasts that ignite between the inhabitants of a comfortable dwelling in the valley and those of a farm on a windy hill converge in the figure of the foundling Heathcliff. The contradictory and poisonous human passions intertwine love with suffering and cruel revenge. The exploration of conflicting affections and extreme emotions does not undermine the adaptable precision of a style that "shatters all parameters of knowledge of human beings, only to breathe such a life into those unrecognizable transparencies as to make them transcend reality" Virginia Woolf.
Equipe 84: Tutta mia la città
Vinile I have it ★★★★★
Equipe 84: Tutta mia la città
8 sep 17
On the drums, there was none other than Franz Di Cioccio...
Eraldo Baldini: Bambini, ragni e altri predatori
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Eraldo Baldini: Bambini, ragni e altri predatori
27 sep 17
- To find malevolent creatures or bloodthirsty monsters, it is enough to move into the Po Valley. Among swamps full of secrets, winter mists, threatening woods, or renowned beaches lurks a dark demon...

- Combining fantasy and unease at will, Baldini's tales are a magnet that captivates and does not let go until the last page. (Einaudi)
Eraldo Baldini: Mal'aria
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Eraldo Baldini: Mal'aria
27 sep 17
In October 1925, Carlo Rambelli, an inspector from the Ministry of Health, is sent from Rome to an area in the province of Ravenna on the border with the Valli di Comacchio to investigate a suspected malaria outbreak. As soon as he arrives in the village of Spinaro, he finds the dead body of Dr. Bonini, the local physician who could have provided him with useful information about the health situation, probably from suicide. In Spinaro, Oreste Bellenghi, a former squadrist and personal friend of Farinacci, calls the shots, and despite polite phrases, he appears to be uncooperative with Rambelli, as is most of the population; among the few exceptions is Elsa Corzani, the young maid of the deceased doctor. (from Wikipedia)
Erich Fromm: L'arte di amare
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Erich Fromm: L'arte di amare
19 oct 17
In this essay, published in 1957, the German philosopher intends to show how love is a true art form and, as such, requires discipline, concentration, patience, supreme interest, and humility. It is not a "manual" as the author himself specifies in the prologue, but a demonstration of how every attempt to love is doomed to failure without an active development of one's personality, and there can be no love without the ability to love one's neighbor with faith, humility, and courage. Throughout the work, the sociologist analyzes "authentic" love, frequently referencing Greek mythology and the Old Testament; he also describes its various deviations and substitutes such as sadism and masochism. The work includes several critiques of Sigmund Freud and his patriarchal conception of sex. (wikipedia)
Erich Fromm: Avere o essere?
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Erich Fromm: Avere o essere?
19 oct 17
Man, Fromm observes, is like a vessel that expands as it is filled, so that it will never be full (p.93). Our ego is at the foundation of our sense of identity and encompasses both actual qualities (body, possessions, cognition) and fictitious ones (images of ourselves, p.100). The character structure of an individual constitutes their true being, while their behavior can only be a mask, an appearance (p.130). Having and being are potentials of human nature: at the existential basis of having lies a biological factor, the drive for survival (p.134), while at the existential basis of being there is the need to overcome one's isolation, which is a specific condition of human existence. The deciding factor regarding which mode will prevail for the majority is the social structure with its norms and values (p.141).
Ernest Hemingway: Addio alle Armi
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Ernest Hemingway: Addio alle Armi
3 nov 17
Partially based on personal experiences of EH (who, in the last months of the Great War, served as an ambulance driver in the American Red Cross, was wounded, and had an emotional relationship with an American nurse...
Ernest Hemingway: Di Là dal Fiume e tra gli Alberi
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Ernest Hemingway: Di Là dal Fiume e tra gli Alberi
3 nov 17
In more than 150 publications, this book did not receive an enthusiastic reception from critics; in fact, it has been described as a novel that is overly emotional, with a static plot and convoluted prose compared to EH's previous works, an unsuitable autobiography of the author...

A twilight novel, almost an act of love towards Italy; the lagoon landscapes described in this book are a tribute to the lagoon of Caorle, where EH stayed as a guest of a Venetian baron who had several holdings in that Veneto town. (wiki)
Ernest Hemingway: Il vecchio e il mare
CD Dati I have it ★★★★★
Ernest Hemingway: Il Vecchio E Il Mare
3 nov 17
Thanks to this book, EH received the Pulitzer Prize in 1953 and the Nobel Prize in 1954.

If you have time, go check out my comment here: Il Vecchio E Il Mare - Ernest Hemingway - Recensione di ligdjs
Erskine P. Caldwell: La via del tabacco
Cartaceo I have it ★★★★★
Erskine P. Caldwell: La via del tabacco
2 oct 17
Erskine P. Caldwell is one of those American writers who became a legend and then was forgotten: the extreme harshness with which he depicts the impoverished life of the rural South, which clashes with the easy representations of the American Dream, has not always been appreciated by the moralizing critics (his books were censored several times). (citation Einaudi)
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