29 giugno 2007 06:00
da: The New York Times The moral of \”Ratatouille\” is delivered by a critic: a gaunt, unsmiling fellow named Anton Ego who composes his acidic notices in a coffin-shaped room and who speaks in the parched baritone of Peter O\’Toole. \”Not everyone can be a great artist,\” Ego muses. \”But a great artist can come [...]
[ Leggi tutto → ]27 giugno 2007 06:00
da: The New York Times Homegrown blockbusters were supposed to be China\’s answer to Hollywood. And, to some extent, the extravagant budgets and eye-popping special effects of \”Curse of the Golden Flower,\” \”The Promise\” and \”The Banquet\” did their job. For the past two years Chinese films have shattered box-office records here, while outperforming Hollywood [...]
[ Leggi tutto → ]12 giugno 2007 12:00
da: The New York Times First came the breast-feeding fatwa. It declared that the Islamic restriction on unmarried men and women being together could be lifted at work if the woman breast-fed her male colleagues five times, to establish family ties. Then came the urine fatwa. It said that drinking the urine of the Prophet [...]
[ Leggi tutto → ]4 giugno 2007 06:00
da: Corriere della Sera «Noi esigiamo l\’ assoluto divieto dell\’ arma atomica, arma di intimidazione e di sterminio in massa delle popolazioni». Così cominciava il famoso appello pacifista di Stoccolma del marzo 1950 contro gli ordigni nucleari: parole nobili, apparentemente improntate a un vigoroso spirito umanitario Leggi l’articolo originale
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