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A very humble selection of movies I really enjoyed - in no particular order

► Movies that have left a deep impact on me. A humble selection. Unedited. This is time consuming.

Just a little foreword:
Directors and actors can help us into understanding the oppressive society we live in. Their genius often inspired by great writers is of essential value. They look at art, history, the contemporary for us and in very subtle ways show us the strategies employed.They as all artist help us in making a better world. Here are a couple that I have selected for you. The ones that have inspired me.

All Kubrick movies. Especially:
Paths of Glory
Dr Strangelove
2001: A Space Odyssey
A Clockwork Orange

Except his last one. I didn't get nothing out of it. So vague.

Many of his movies are inspired by great writers which I also have read. Well most of them. Never say all of them.

His main body of work has helped us understand the American military establishment, how it works, its goals, its mastery at psychological warfare and how military institutions work in general. In other words(i.e.), its cunningness as well as its genius. He analyzed as nobody else could. His themes were always related with society, oppression and its strategies to that last goal. His movies are basics to understanding society in general.

Rowan Atkinson's Black Adder. Especially:
Season 4
Undoubtly the best critic and Genius ever to have walk on this planet.

All Alfred Hitchcock movies. Especially:
Rope
Psycho
Frenzy

Also the short series in Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Some are even better than his movies. Mind boggling understanding of the human mind on a personal level.

All Akira Kurosawa movies. Especially:
Ran
The Hidden Fortress which is the inspiration for R2D2 and C3PO about two idiots wandering about. Also the princess:-)
The Idiot: A Dostoevsky interpretation.
Seven Samurai gives us a great insight into Japanese feudalism. Not the best of films but a good starter if you want to understand Japanese culture.

Kurosawa was one of the greatest idealists of the last century, with all its shortcomings as well.

All that I have seen of Satyajit Ray movies. Many. Especially:
Pather Panchali
Aparajito
Apu Sansar. These three movies are referred to as the Apu Trilogy. His most famous work in the West.

The Music Room is also great.

Ray gives us a unique understanding to Indian culture, its poetic beauty and culture.

I haven't seen them all yet. Some of them are even harder to get than Indian relics.

George's Lucas Star Wars. Especially:
The Empire Strikes Back before it's re-editing.

Some Spielberg movies.

All Tarantino movies.

Some Wim Wenders movies.

Jim Jarmusch is by far my most favorite director.

Etc. Etc..

Man-woman relationship movies.
A Bout De Souffle
Basic Instinct 2

I've also enjoyed so much M.A.S.H. with Alan Alda which is according to my humble scholarship a great existentialist even better than Woody Allen. See Alda's movies. They are superb. Of course with all the setbacks of existentialism. I've just laid a mine for you if you didn't notice!

My most favourite French Director is of course Jean-Luc Besson et Jean-Luc Goddard.

I am not well acquainted with French cinema. I tend to drop off in the middle of the movie. Often too intellectual for me. My favorite French actor is of course Jean Gabin, Jean Reno, Jean-Paul Belmondo et Gerard Depardieu. You have guessed who my preferred actrice is, which I have had the honor to meet and speak to. I won't tell you what she told me when I touched her:-) That's top-secret. She's a Genius. If you can guess you will get 100 Euro from me. It's not what you think.

Favorite Documentaries:
Bowling For Columbine

A Very heartfelt documentary from Michael Moore. All his stuff is good.

All Wiseman documentaries. Especially:
Central Park
Missile
Panama
One that I can't find about selling the Bible.

Very Kubrick-like into understanding the American establishment. The best documentary maker I have come across. Also Zola'esque documentary making. A master at displaying.

A Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing documentary called Jesus Camp. It's a unique documentary about christian fundamentalism in the

U.S.

Dark Star. A master piece of cinematography. It's Theatrical!
The Bad Seed. A must see! Which gives us a good understanding of the female gender at its worst.
Outlander. Supreme science-fiction. The best attempt at science-fiction yet. It’s a complete logical sci-fi. It's TW onscreen.
Evil Dead. I am not into the horror genre. This one though has changed my life for ever!
Two-Lane Blacktop. Stylistic cinematography at its best.
Bagdad Café. Some directors have an undaunting faith in the human kind. Heartbreaking and spiritual, proof that everything is possible.
Hamburger Hill.
The Man Who Would Be King . Great movie and great book by Kipling. Sean Connery is such a great actor.
How To Get Ahead In Advertising. Wow, this one a must see! I just love advertising.
Full Metal Jacket which is the third best Vietnam movie ever also from Kubrick. I am the drill sergeant! Hamburger Hill is number one according to my humble scholarship and Jacob's Ladder number two. The Deer Hunter is also quite good. A little exaggerated though. Don't forget First Blood. A great script and Stallone a genius. He wouldn't hurt a fly and First Blood it was! The rest of the series well is let's say not so good to be polite.

The next one comes from a Chinese exiled to Taiwan and Hong-Kong based director. It is one of the most superb stylistic movies ever made if not the best. Western cinema owes so much to Japanese, Korean and Hong-Kong movies. Very often the directors don't mention their sources. I am a big lover of Asian cinema as well as Japanese cinema which is not Asian dear readers.

A Touch Of Zen by King Hu. Unbelievable stuff really. I've of course seen all his movies, which from now on be referred to as Of course…

Ben Kingsley is such an actor when it comes to embodiment of his subject. He played so well Gandhi. Nobody on this earth could do a better job than he did. Death And The Maiden is also great as many others. Maybe the best actor of this world. He's so irritating though some times; when he gets sentimental.

Let's continue:

They are so many I can't remember.

Planes Trains And Automobiles. John Candy is so great. Steve though is quite a scary character. It's the meeting of extremes!

And of course just to be irritating I like Steven Seagal too. Is he not the inspiration for Chewbaca? One of his Ecology movies was quite good. Forgot the title.

Duck You Sucker Leone's best film by far.

Down By Law with the very sexy and young Ellen Barkin. MY favorite actrice. She only marries multi-millionaires though. A pity. Jim Jarmusch is so great. His movies are indescribable. Poetry in motion. Of course... You must see them. Get onboard!

Jacob's Ladder with Tim Robbins a long time ago. I was disappointed with his last movie. JL is about agent orange!

I of course love Vampire movies and you have guessed I love Béla Lugosi. He's such a junky! The one and only.

Let’s read on!

Last Days by director Gus Van Sant. A bizarre film director. Still Last Days will remain engraved for ever in my memory! Of course...

I can't start naming all the Japanese and Hong-Kong movies I have seen. I just forgot the titles. Most of them I saw in olm. They often have many names. Besides it would be off the point. I am just naming a couple that changed my life. Always look in olm whence you can.

Patton is my most favorite general and right he was although not always the brightest. He has a couple of unnecessary casualties on his karma. Don't get shell-shock on me! He's a Genius. You dumbf*cks don't deserve better anyway.

Marilyn Monroe last movie is also great. The Misfits is very good cinematography! Great theme about relinquishers. Why aren't all woman like her? The perfect maid.

The Godfather Trilogy. Not just your average gangster movie! Part 3 is my favorite.

If ever you have time don't forget to look at some of the masterpieces of the 40's and 50's in the genre noire as well. One of them is:

Beautiful movie with American intellectual Dustin Hoffman in his early days: Midnight Cowboy. Dustin is great although he misses the point very often. A good heart is not enough in this world!

Let's get prime!

Last Train To Freo. That's what you call a Masterpiece. The best homage yet to Becket. An Australian avant-garde cinematographical achievement of unequivocal achievement. See! a good movie brings a good sentence!

Bill Murray is such a stand up! Have you seen Lost In Translation? Coppola is quite a good director. Yes! which brings me to the lovely Scarlett Johanson which has played in some very good movies of the last ten years. I hope she's well coached and tutored? Some great movies recently are:
A Love Song For Bobby Long with Travolta a great actor and dancer!
Scoop with Woody Allen a sometimes great director. Still that guy got some problems!

Did you know that Ghostbusters 3 is due for 2012? I am actually looking forward to that!

Solaris form the good old soviet days! It's maybe the best what communism had to offer to us. At least they made one good movie.

Underground by master cinematographer Emir Kusturica
A very emotional display of repression and its strategies in former

Yugoslavia

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Fellini I just can't watch. It's too intellectual! Maybe I get to it one day. Yes I did see the occasional movie from him. Don't remember about a marriage on the Italian country side:-)

Let's get black!

Samuel L. Jackson a great actor and philanthropist!? I've enjoyed so much his movies. He's such a hard working man. You can fit him anywhere. He'll get your moving going. That's what you call black!

Morgan Freeman a heartfelt sublime movie star. All his films are great. That's what you call African American! Lately thought he has become quite negative. It's a a pity. He wasn't always like that.

Bahamian born Sydney Poitier is a daunty one. He's played in some great classics in very difficult times for example in The Defiant Ones and another one I can't find when he gets arrested in a county jail, being a policeman. My favorite. Can't find it on Wikipedia either. Damn my memory! Almost a relic of the past.

Let's get rolling again!

Burnt By The Sun

Sirocco the best Bogart movie. It's far ahead of its time. It's about gun dealing! There is always one Bogart movie that you haven't seen yet!

Hotel Rwanda an unforgettable movie. Not for the faint-hearted here. Its genocide all the way! Some people actually still bother to bring out some of the problems in Africa. A must see! The result of poverty and oppression.

The best Fidel movie yet. Superb and honest bio-doc-movie-making. It’s a unique movie into understanding Fidel Castro.

You're into China? Raise The Red Lantern will get you off your chair. It's about concubines:-) Beautiful cinematography.

The Human Condition of Japanese make gives us a good understanding into Chinese communism, Japanese Second World War oppression and it's done for you in the most artistic possible way. Highly idealistic though and such a long movie! Great stuff. Basics to understanding China and very philosophical! Which also reminds me of a great book
called Wild Swans by Jung Chang. It's a feminist and historical piece of Art! And such narration, reads like a rollercoaster. It's a gem of information!

Let’s continue!

When you are about to retire don't forget to see The World's Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins. He is so entertaining and an amazing actor. He can get your spirit into the right spirit!

Michael Caine too can inspire. Death Trap is very good. One of his better movies. I just love Helga. It's an Ira Levin adaptation. I've read all his books. The Boys From Brazil is my favorite.

Have you seen Cromwell? the best movie on the great statesman Oliver Cromwell. It's a masterpiece of English cinema. And such drama!

Mrs. Miniver a must see! Did Hitler really loose the war in Russia? Great insight into British culture and Churchill. He's not in it though.

Sometimes directors attempt at alternative history. What would have happened if Hitler had won the war? Can't remember that movie from a great documentary maker, that I just can't remember. The result is just off the planet. Its proof that he never could have won the war.

Hiroshima Mon Amour is a beautiful portrayal of post war Japan.

A Touch Of Evil from Orson Welles a great movie. Gives us yet again a good understanding of the American establishment. That guy's weird! This movie though I will remember.

Let's get prime!

Fishing With John is quite entertaining and very educational. Is Dennis Hopper just an actor? Let's get scary. His best movie is Out Of The Blue.

Trainspotting gives us a good insight into Scotland nowadays with all its problems. They are improving though maybe thanks to that movie!

John Ford is such a good director. Fort Apache gives us a great understand into the U.S. cavalry and Indian relations, beautiful, truthful. You'll just have to see between the lines.

Death Race 2000. A great futuristic-society-critic-movie with David Carradine, deceased not so long ago.

Let’s end on a cheerful note for the time being!

Clockwise with John Cleese. Unbelievable stuff!

Or a philosophical note!

The Whole Shootin' Match by Eagle Pennell is great cinema!

Still forgetting the best ones though.
Also got to get my best books out, and favorite music.

To be continued...

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

at 12:36

Goodmorning everybody. Today probably not much. Maybe an entry just before midnight. I am not really in a writing mood. I am also very busy with secretarial stuff. Uhhh? Goddamn I need a secretary!

My weather forecast turned out very skeptical. It's a beautiful day with a clear blue sky and some nice winds. Visibility around 17km. I you happen to own a sailing boat. This is your day!

This has been darth ghost wishing you a very prosperous Wednesday the 19 of May 2010. Thank you for coming onboard Ulysses V. The Ultimate gateway to the Stars. Don't forget to read Old junk new junk also known as The Fifth Dimension. You can read it on this blog. Also don't forget to read last night's entry fresh out of my very own qwerty keyboard. See ya around.

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► Poets, writers, musicians, singers, artists, painters, thinkers, philosophers, etcetera.

Outer links of artists featured on Ulysses V—the Gateway to the Staaaaaaars!

Paige Runningbrooke (The most beautiful model on Earth. She is a wonderful human being full of vision and talent.)

Shad Blair (Unique songwriting and singing in the best tradition of descent. The best singer-songwriter of the World.)

Kathy Paysen (The best poetess on this Planet. She also paints wonderful paintings and is a philosopher and philanthropist.)

Maria Celeste Garcia (Unique art for all walks of Life. She also plays some very Divine music. Here's the link.)

Many more are featured here. Use the tags a little lower on the webpage.

► This website is not anonymous (and never was). Its author’s legal name is ‘Benoît Arnaud Duval’ residing at this moment in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. You can mail him via the profile link on the left of your screen or just phone him on this number +31207542573 and leave a message. I will phone back. Else just join him on Facebook. My dear spiritual name is ‘Venu’. It was given to me by a Spiritual teacher called ‘Osho’ in the 70’s. His main approach is meditation. You can listen to him via this link: http://radio.osho.com/ for free. His discourses are often poetry in motion. Never ever buy any merchandise. In his lifetime, he didn’t have any copyright. He made many mistakes in his life and thought that women could hold positions. This eventually destroyed his commune in Oregon. In dire straits? All you need is meditation. It’s free!

See, hear, feel whatever your local artists offer. Buy their merchandise. Don’t let real art die.

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► My writer’s name is my legal name. My Artist name when I paint is ‘Benoît’. That’s how I feel it. My alter ego is ‘darth ghost’, my Spiritual name is ‘Venu’. It means Flute in Sanskrit. Other names I use are: mobile Shakespeare, Benoit4u, machinem, the Rumi of the 21st Century, the Rumi of Grammar, the Ali of Poetry, darth, ghost, the Mason of Art, the Evil Kanival of Prose, your Apache Chief—the Emperor of Texas—sole survivor of Old times.

I am known as the Emperor of Texas and am approximately 4000 years old.

A Day Has Passed... Shakespearean sonnet 1995-1

A day has passed as Birds sing a song.
Has thou worshipped like them and theirs Anthem?
Has thou let guide thouself , just as them?
And waken up thy Highness, ‘t glorious Sun.

With thy Morning Walk the river along,
That before day has broken follows the Stream,
That thou has chosen for God’s Realm;
With thy Stepping-Song the river along.

Or be it, thou has slept the Morning Come,
And light that thou has not lit seek,
An be it Nighted in a soul asleep.
Thy Torch must be timely to the Sun

And then will she be lit, on Day’s Break
And be it Day, in a soul awake.

Poetry is like a 100 meter dash

I am your Chagall in words. I paint in text as chisels carve a statue to new heights to wuthering heights. Poetry is short. It is like a 100m dash! When I write I have to be really inspired. The moment has to be right. It has to be a dash of truth. It has to be an eloquent tribute to the human mind as we know it. Poetry is very tiring to write down. Prose is not the same. Poetry stays somehow hanging on the ceiling as an achievement, as a new milestone of words, as a new sharing of thoughts that is made possible through the script and the caller, the reader. YOU.

We share our minds and hearts and elevate ourselves through it.

The Dark Typewriter Template (DTT)

► I tweaked the template Minima Black which was originally called Dark Minima designed by Douglas Bowman. It’s such a great design he did!

Blogger changed its interface slightly with new templates. So, now was the time for a new adaptation. I changed it significantly. Also in design. My new name for it is the Dark Typewriter Template.

The most important new feature, besides it being three ways, is that you can use it with Blogger’s template designer introduced in 2010 using the advanced tab. With it you can fully customize the fonts, sizes, colors, hyperlinks from within the template designer WHEREVER YOU WANT + many more changes. I added many more variables that can be customized. More than thirty in total.

To change the screen layout you will still have to edit the template itself. As you see it is 200px + 470px + 260px for a 1024 * 768 layout. Margin is 12px. Just basic scripting skills are needed here. I didn't manage doing that. I compared the new templates and extracted what I could understand. The new screen layout is not really compatible.

Basically it’s meant to look Oldskool and still be able to comply with the sharing networks and Blogger's new adjustments. It’s meant to last a little while. It’s meant to look ASCII kind of style, not flashy or anything like that. It’s meant to look like an old text editor!

You can download the XML template via this link. You can read my article on it called 'The Dark Typewriter Template II' or my original article called 'The Dark Typewriter Template!'.

My XML template, as of 27.12.2012, was downloaded 441 times.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

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