Aka. Tokyo Monogatari, 1953 is one among the best 100 films. It is directed by Ozu. Any film of Ozu suffers considerably in retelling. He is a master of understatement which for a film maker would mean a visual narrative that somewhere hovers between make-believe and reality so [...]
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Tokyo Story-1953
Posted in Japanese films, tagged 100 Best Films, old age, Chishu Ryu, So Yamamura, loneliness, family drama, understatement, Yasujiro Ozu on February 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Magus -’The Moving Hand Writes…’
Posted in cartoons, tagged b&w, comic strips, humor, Magus series, shadow play, substance and shadow on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Diary
Posted in life, tagged happiness, journal, random thoughts, Self on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
entry#37
Just enough riches, which is beneath the notice of thieves, and envy of others; A little more than one’s actual needs for the day. Lucky is one who has such riches that hangs easy on his mind as not to rob his sleep.
#159.
No dog however faithful scratches itself merely because its master has a flea [...]
Cinderella Story retold
Posted in finance, tagged customer confidence, FDIC, Governement guarantee, raising capital, stock holders, zombie banks on February 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Zombie bank is like the heroine in the Cinderella story: of course if she did not have a prince Charming to come to her rescue she would have been living among the cinder and under the thumb of her step-mother. Zombie banks that I am speaking of, have the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for [...]
Magus-piggybank
Posted in cartoons, tagged comic strip, humor, interest, Magus series, saving is good for the soul on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Fool’s Primer-2
Posted in life, tagged aphorisms, capsule wisdom, one liners on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
*I keep two kinds of secrets: one is too heavy for me to hold, which I want some other to carry for me. I have seen it in most cases reach the intended ears. Well the other stays home absolutely.
*To be well-read nowadays means catching up with the graffiti on the sub-ways.
*Punctuality is a virtue [...]
Magus-lesson in magic
Posted in cartoons, tagged black and white, comic strips, humor, Magic, Magus series, nature, timing on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Magus Series
Posted in cartoons, tagged beauty, fashion, geography, humor, magician, match, strip cartoons on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Magus-Nature Cure
Posted in cartoons, tagged art, black and white, humor, Magic, Magus series, nature, strip cartoon on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nationalisation
Posted in current news, tagged Citi, cutting the flab, finance, investment banking, Nationalization, toxic assets on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The federal government is in talks to beef up its ownership stake in Citigroup to as much as 40 percent of the company’s common stock, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday—just days after the Obama administration said it didn’t want to nationalise America’s largest banks.
Citigroup proposed the move to regulators, the Journal reported, and a [...]
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