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Grant Lee Buffalo Fuzzy

4 jun 12

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One of the few albums that saved me from the '90s (I admit, it's a decade I never really liked much).

Mark Gormley Little Wings

30 may 12

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For the record, Mark Gormley's CD is self-titled (as I had mentioned during the writing of the review), while "Little Wings" is just a track.

Franco Battiato Sulle corde di Aries

29 may 12

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There are works that come very close to a true fusion of classical music and pop. I think of "Hosianna Mantra" by Popol Vuh, and certainly this beautiful piece by Battiato. Just a note: what did poor Rosella Conz do to deserve a testosterone treatment that turned her into a tenor?

AA.VV. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Original Soundtrack)

17 may 12

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Ligeti sued Kubrick because he didn't ask for permission to include "Adventure" in the soundtrack. Considering that 90% of the general public know Ligeti precisely for this soundtrack, if I were him, I would have sent the director a thank-you note.

Minnie Riperton Perfect Angel

10 may 12

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A page that makes me very, very happy. Please: now we need a review for "Come to my Garden" as well.

Patty Pravo Tanto

9 may 12

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A very well-contextualized review. At that time, she was simply magical, magnetic, and courageous (I can't even imagine what she's like today). This album has always seemed to me, at times, rather flimsy, with Vangelis's arrangements supporting somewhat weak tracks. Of course, I do gladly save the title track, the beautiful "La Mia Stagione in Più," the intensely moving interpretation of "Per amarti d'amore," and "Le cicale," which has always reminded me of "La Strega" by Vasco Rossi. However, I can't forgive her and Vangelis for having "killed" "Io ti venderei" by Battisti. By the way: it seems to me that Vangelis didn't join Yes not so much because he wouldn't accept, but due to Steve Howe's opposition, who just couldn't see it.

Jane Campion Ritratto Di Signora

2 may 12

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The top students can be of two types: those who are so due to innate genius and those who are so because they study and apply themselves to an unbelievable extent. In this film, Jane Campion (and to a certain extent also Kidman) seems to belong more to the second type, which is something I used to think about "The Piano" and which, on the other hand, doesn't happen with "An Angel at My Table."

Pier Paolo Pasolini I Racconti Di Canterbury

30 apr 12

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Perhaps a bit too boisterous, that's what I like least about the trilogy (it makes me want to rewatch "The Flower of One Thousand and One Nights"), which I believe lacks some of the delicacy and magic I find in the other two episodes. Nonetheless, it is still a great sight.

Peter Berg Battleship

30 apr 12

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The mafia massacre in Piazza Giulio Cesare? Well, nothing ever happens to those upper-middle-class folks on Viale dei Giardini. Seriously, I’m not distressed about having seen it just because it was Monday and I only paid 5 euros. In the theater: me, the three friends who dragged me there (but we had a good laugh), three twelve/thirteen-year-olds, and tucked away in a corner, a shady character whom we (suspect) we interrupted his plans (meaning, he would have preferred to stay in the theater with the aforementioned kids). Just a curiosity: the face of the alien, with the scruffy beard, sparked a memory that I'm struggling to pinpoint. I’m sure I’ve seen something like this in another film. Can anyone help me out?