Life And Art
While Jesus passed through Bethany one of the local worthies took to himself to guide the master around. At one place a cloaked figure suddenly bolted out of sight. “Rabbi you see that man who ran into the alley?” Jesus stopped in his tracks.
“He is Lazarus,- the man whom you brought out from [...]
Archive for May 15th, 2008
Poetry Please!-3
Posted in poetry, tagged geology, nature, river, seasons on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A River Never Runs
A river never runs
When it can lie
Close to a shallow:
Minnows fret and sigh
And think the Sun is
Overbearing,-
It digs its toes deep
Into silt to turn in
For summer sleep.
A river knows how
To find ease
When out of its depths.
Rain may tease
In million prickles
Non-stop;
But river gets away
Using the mighty torrent
To clear the way.
Old hag of [...]
Wild Strawberries-1957
Posted in Swedish films, tagged 100 Best Films, Add new tag, Max von Sydow on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bergman’s ‘Smultronstället is a masterpiece. Out of a simple story of a crotchety man who makes a journey from Stockholm to Lund to receive an honorary degree for his fifty years stint as a doctor, the Swedish master has woven a universal saga of you and me. The life of a common man is etched [...]
The African Queen-1951
Posted in entertainment, tagged 100 great films, adventure, C.S Forester, Humphrey Bogart, Huston on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 1951 John Huston classic, set in Africa during WW I was based a novel by C.S. Forester that had been making the Hollywood rounds since its 1935 publication.
German troops set fire to an African village, resulting in the death of an English missionary. His straightlaced sister Rose (Katharine Hepburn), now alone, is taken aboard [...]
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