Post by account_disabled on Jan 1, 2024 11:02:20 GMT 5
one of those movies you had to see. It's also true that at that time there wasn't the hodgepodge of channels and programs on television that there is now, but even if there had been, The Color Purple would still have been a film worth seeing. I have always been attracted to stories about injustice and since I was a kid, seeing certain films, I imagined how they would unfold in my own way, that is, a “seven-killer” and “lone executioner” style of unfolding. The Color Purple speaks of racism, sexism and violence in the United States of the 1930s and was the subject of numerous censorships, even entering the list of the 100 most contested books by the American Library Association in the decade 2000-2009. One more reason to read it. The Color Purple by Alice Walker Sperling & Kupfer 2008 313 pages 2 – Once Upon a Time in America (by Harry Grey) – Historical/Autobiographical Once upon a time in AmericaThe title speaks for itself.
Sergio Leone's masterpiece with Robert De Niro among the protagonists, Once Upon a Time in America is one of those films that you watch again and never get tired of. The setting is one of my favorites: the American prohibition era. The novel (The Hoods) was written by Harry Grey: but who was this author? It was actually Herschel Goldberg, a Jewish gangster who tells his Special Data story in the first person. Partly written while he was a prisoner at Sing Sing, it is one of the few autobiographies of a gangster. Once Upon a Time in America by Harry Grey Mattioli 1885 December 17, 2015 405 pages 3 – Awakenings by (Oliver Sacks) – Medical essay AwakeningsAnother film with De Niro as the protagonist, together with Robin Williams. Awakenings is a collection of clinical cases by the neurologist Sacks. He talks about the so-called sleeping sickness or encephalitis lethargica.
I bought it for two reasons: by Sacks I read and loved The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , which pushed me to buy his other books I really liked the film, needless to say, and I wanted to know those real stories The book also contains black and white photographic inserts, images of patients taken in waking moments that show up close the drama and loneliness they experienced. Awakenings by Oliver Sacks Adelphi June 2013 560 pages 4 – Donnie Brasco (by Joseph Pistone) – Crime/Autobiographical Donnie BrascoSituation somewhat reversed compared to The Hoods . Donnie Brasco was the cover name of Joseph Dominick Pistone, a former FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno mafia gang in 1976. In his book (My Undercover Life in Mafia), when it was first published in 1988, he was unable to include all the details of the operation (which lasted until 1981), due to ongoing trials. Even today for Pistone there are no-go areas in the United States.
Sergio Leone's masterpiece with Robert De Niro among the protagonists, Once Upon a Time in America is one of those films that you watch again and never get tired of. The setting is one of my favorites: the American prohibition era. The novel (The Hoods) was written by Harry Grey: but who was this author? It was actually Herschel Goldberg, a Jewish gangster who tells his Special Data story in the first person. Partly written while he was a prisoner at Sing Sing, it is one of the few autobiographies of a gangster. Once Upon a Time in America by Harry Grey Mattioli 1885 December 17, 2015 405 pages 3 – Awakenings by (Oliver Sacks) – Medical essay AwakeningsAnother film with De Niro as the protagonist, together with Robin Williams. Awakenings is a collection of clinical cases by the neurologist Sacks. He talks about the so-called sleeping sickness or encephalitis lethargica.
I bought it for two reasons: by Sacks I read and loved The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat , which pushed me to buy his other books I really liked the film, needless to say, and I wanted to know those real stories The book also contains black and white photographic inserts, images of patients taken in waking moments that show up close the drama and loneliness they experienced. Awakenings by Oliver Sacks Adelphi June 2013 560 pages 4 – Donnie Brasco (by Joseph Pistone) – Crime/Autobiographical Donnie BrascoSituation somewhat reversed compared to The Hoods . Donnie Brasco was the cover name of Joseph Dominick Pistone, a former FBI agent who infiltrated the Bonanno mafia gang in 1976. In his book (My Undercover Life in Mafia), when it was first published in 1988, he was unable to include all the details of the operation (which lasted until 1981), due to ongoing trials. Even today for Pistone there are no-go areas in the United States.