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Irish Logic
Mar. 18th, 2020 12:09 am
Mar. 18th, 2020
Post Midnight Classical
Mar. 18th, 2020 12:20 amTime to relax and fall asleep with - or simply into reverie.
Alexander Borodin - String Quartet No.2 (Borodin Quartet)
00:00 - Allegro moderato
07:56 - Scherzo
12:39 - Notturno
20:50 - Finale
Enjpy
Alexander Borodin - String Quartet No.2 (Borodin Quartet)
00:00 - Allegro moderato
07:56 - Scherzo
12:39 - Notturno
20:50 - Finale
Enjpy
Book 24 - Arthur Schnitzler "Dream Story"
Mar. 18th, 2020 07:39 pmArthur Schnitzler "Dream Story" (Pocket Penguin)
I saw the movie “Eyes Wide Shut“ before I read the book, and I have to say that this seems to me like one of the few cases in which the movie tends to be better than the book. So I decided to read this paperback again before watching my DVD copy of the movie.
The funny thing is: The book’s content and message are brilliant, it is just that words can’t transport the dreamy feeling, or the mystery, that leaves the recipient puzzled and alienated the way the movie does.
Schnitzler’s intention was to show that you can’t draw a clear line between dream and waking reality. The problem with the novel is that you’re constantly reading about the protagonist’s thoughts, but you never really see the things he does. What you get is second-hand-information that has already been catalyzed by language. Maybe it’s just the effect of having seen the movie first, but I personally missed the revelation of dreamy images between the lines.
Watching the movie, however, you get the triple-alienation-experience:
1. You are hit with the strange impressions Tom Cruise’s character experiences
2. You ask yourself what he’s thinking and why he’s acting the way he does
3. It seems to be like the answer is there in the air, but you are never able to grasp it
So the movie leaves your intellect puzzled but your senses somewhat satisfied.
The book doesn’t give any explicit answer either but seems to turn into a rational lecture about marriage and honesty. That’s what it is, in one way, but I don’t think that it’s is the quintessence. However, this short novella is a nice companion to the movie.
I saw the movie “Eyes Wide Shut“ before I read the book, and I have to say that this seems to me like one of the few cases in which the movie tends to be better than the book. So I decided to read this paperback again before watching my DVD copy of the movie.
The funny thing is: The book’s content and message are brilliant, it is just that words can’t transport the dreamy feeling, or the mystery, that leaves the recipient puzzled and alienated the way the movie does.
Schnitzler’s intention was to show that you can’t draw a clear line between dream and waking reality. The problem with the novel is that you’re constantly reading about the protagonist’s thoughts, but you never really see the things he does. What you get is second-hand-information that has already been catalyzed by language. Maybe it’s just the effect of having seen the movie first, but I personally missed the revelation of dreamy images between the lines.
Watching the movie, however, you get the triple-alienation-experience:
1. You are hit with the strange impressions Tom Cruise’s character experiences
2. You ask yourself what he’s thinking and why he’s acting the way he does
3. It seems to be like the answer is there in the air, but you are never able to grasp it
So the movie leaves your intellect puzzled but your senses somewhat satisfied.
The book doesn’t give any explicit answer either but seems to turn into a rational lecture about marriage and honesty. That’s what it is, in one way, but I don’t think that it’s is the quintessence. However, this short novella is a nice companion to the movie.
Down With School
Mar. 18th, 2020 10:29 pmI was playing some old rock stuff including this which is perhaps slightly appropriate now -
Alice Cooper- Schools out
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two
Alice Cooper- Schools out
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall, Part Two
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