I just finished rewatching “Il Gattopardo” (The Leopard) by Luchino Visconti. What an amazing movie. The famous sentence “If we want everything to stay as it is, everything will have to change” feels particularly relevant in 2020.
Tag: cinema
Notes on 2001: A Space Odyssey
Pushed by the recent flurry of articles on Apollo and the history of space flight, I went and watched for the millionth time 2001: A Space Odyssey. Every time I go back to Kubrick’s masterpiece, there’s always something new to find and notice. This is what caught my eyes this time. Earth seen from space …
Just Call Apeldoorn
The small city of Apeldoorn is home to one of the most successful Dutch insurance companies: Centraal Beheer. The company built a reputation creating tv advertisements that prove in 30 to 60-second the importance of being insured. In each ad, some kind of disaster looms (but is rarely shown) and the historical slogan reminds viewers …