Empty hands

"Jo:Someone's publishing my book! Hanna! Someone's publishing my book. How did it arrive?
Hanna:A foreign gentleman brought it. Strange kind of name... "Fox" or "Bear"...
Jo:- Did you ask him to wait?
Hanna:I thought it was one of Miss Amy's European friends... I said Miss March and Mr. Laurie
are living next door. He said he had a train to catch.
Jo:Friedrich ! Thank you for my book. When I didn't hear from you I thought you hated it.
Friedrich:oh no ,no.Reading it was like opening a window to your heart . James Fields took it out of my hands and would not give it back. I said , Such news I have to give to her myself . Well, it was a silly impulse.
Jo:- No, not silly at all. It's so good to see you.
Jo:Come and meet my family!
Friedrich:Thank you, but I have to catch a train. I'm going to the West. My ship leaves from Boston tomorrow morning. The schools in the West are young. They need professors, and... ...they're not concerned about the accent.
Jo:I don't mind it, either. My aunt left me Plumfield. It isn't a fieldIt's a house.It's a rather large house. All it's good for everything such a school . And I want a good school . One that's open to anyone who wants to learn. I'll be needing someone who knows how to teach. there's nothing I might say to keep you here ?
Friedrich : I confess... I was hoping I might have a reason to stay, but... Congratulations on the celebration of your marriage.
Jo : Oh, no! That's Amy. My sister, Amy, and Laurie actually. I'm not married !Please don't go so far away.
Friedrich : Jo... Such a little name for... such a person. Will you have me?
Jo : With all of my heart.
Friedrich : But I have nothing to give you . My hands are empty.
Jo: not empty now.

Nowhere boy

"Headmaster :You'll be lucky to find a job on the docks because you're going nowhere .
Here at Quarry Bank generally... nowhere.
John : Is "nowhere" full of geniuses, sir? Because then I probably do belong there! "

Quando " Shakespeare in love" arrivò nei cinema fu largamente apprezzato da pubblico e critica , ma nel raccontare la possibile genesi di Romeo e Giulietta attraverso gli occhi un giovane e affascinante William Shakespeare aveva senza saperlo inaugurato una nuova forma di biopic : il racconto della vita dell ' illustre personaggio di turno attraverso gli eventi più significativi della sua esistenza come diretta fonte d' ispirazione delle sue grandi imprese future . L ' idea era originale , ma ormai è stata saccheggiata talmente tanto da non fare più scalpore : Moliere , Jane Austen , Beatrix Potter , John Keats , James Mattew Barrie , Andie Warhol sono passati tutti attraverso questo filtro con le loro creature , ed era solo questione di tempo prima che un regista volgesse l ' obiettivo verso qualcuno che aveva parecchio da dire su sè stesso : John Lennon .

There's no place like London. INDEED.

Fino a poco tempo fa Londra era solo una nuvola dolce e zuccherata come tante, un rifugio in un cantuccio su cui fantasticare e sognare ad occhi aperti nei momenti bui. Poi un giorno la vedi e scopri che la sua magia è reale e diventa una meravigliosa febbre dalla quale non puoi e non vuoi guarire. Certamente le fantastiche vetrine natalizie di Harrods di ques'anno a tema Peter Pan ( primo libro che ho letto seriamente in vita mia e mio mito preferito di tutti i tempi) non aiutano.

There's no place like London. INDEED.

Jane's gift

"Mme. Bigeon: My friend in Paris has read a wonderful new book called 'Raison and Sensibilite'
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility?
Mme. Bigeon: My friend says, whoever the woman is who wrote this book, she knows more about love than anyone else in the world .
Jane Austen: Like someone who can't cook writing a recipe book .
Mme. Bigeon: Passion is for the young. It fades so quickly.
Jane Austen: Not in our dreams .
Mme. Bigeon: Comfort remains, friendship remains, if you are lucky as I was.
Jane Austen: Happiness in marriage remains a matter of chance .
Mme. Bigeon: But the fuss we make about who to choose. And love still dies and money still vanishes. And, spinster, lover, wife, every woman has regrets. So we read about your heroines and feel young again. And in love. And full of hope. As if we can make that choice again.
Jane Austen: And do it right this time .
Mme. Bigeon: This is the gift which God has given you.
Mme. Bigeon: It is enough, I think . "
(from Miss Austen regrets , bbc )

Happy birthday Ms Austen!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows :part 1

"the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death"

Era il lontano dicembre del 2001 quando Harry Potter faceva il suo debutto sul grande schermo : non era certo la prima volta che una un libro per ragazzi approdava al cinema , ma essendo un percorso straordinariamente lungo e all'epoca non ancora concluso (erano stati pubblicati 4 libri su 7) , pochi avrebbero scommesso sulla sua capacità di sopravvivere al tempo e alla pressione di altri possibili concorrenti ("Narnia" , "Eragon" , "Il risveglio delle tenebre" o il recente "Percy Jackson" per citarne alcuni ) che come funghi dopo il successo iniziale cominciarono a presentarsi : ora possiamo dire con certezza che nessuna saga , NESSUNA , può condividere la stessa unica esperienza di Harry Potter .

it's a kind of magic...

Moment of Nostalgia.

...

The Social Network

"Gage: Mr. Zuckerberg, do I have your full attention?
Mark Zuckerberg: [stares out the window] No.
Gage: Do you think I deserve it?
Mark Zuckerberg: [looks at the lawyer] What?
Gage: Do you think I deserve your full attention?
Mark Zuckerberg: I had to swear an oath before we began this deposition, and I don't want to perjure myself, so I have a legal obligation to say no.
Gage: Okay - no. You don't think I deserve your attention.
Mark Zuckerberg: I think if your clients want to sit on my shoulders and call themselves tall, they have the right to give it a try - but there's no requirement that I enjoy sitting here listening to people lie. You have part of my attention - you have the minimum amount. The rest of my attention is back at the offices of Facebook, where my colleagues and I are doing things that no one in this room, including and especially your clients, are intellectually or creatively capable of doing.
[pauses]
Mark Zuckerberg: Did I adequately answer your condescending question?"

Un ragazzo viene lasciato dalla fidanzata dopo una disastrosa e estenuante discussione : la sua lingua è tagliente come un coltello , non riesce a stare zitto per 5 secondi e dice sempre tutto quello che la mente gli suggerisce senza censurare gratuite cattiverie ; lei lo abbandona , e lui esce dal pub e inizia a camminare nella notte , attraversa a passo svelto il campus di Harvard brulicante di studenti , estraneo e insofferente a quell' ambiente come un insetto in un microcosmo a lui ostile , fino al dormitorio dove invece di sfogarsi con un amico in carne e ossa preferisce affidare la sua vendetta a un blog e a un sito internet di pessimo gusto , ignorando che quell' evento cambierà per sempre la sua grigia esistenza .

Proof of love

"Nash: Alicia, does our relationship warrant long-term commitment? I need some kind of proof, some kind of verifiable, empirical data.
Alicia: I'm sorry, just give me a moment to redefine my girlish notions of romance.
Alicia: How big is the universe?
Nash: Infinite.
Alicia: How do you know?
Nash: I know because all the data indicates it's infinite.
Alicia: But it hasn't been proven yet.
Nash: No.
Alicia: You haven't seen it.
Nash: No.
Alicia: How do you know for sure?
Nash: I don't, I just believe it.
Alicia: It's the same with love I guess. "

A Beautiful Mind- the proposal and the wedding.

Oh, Mary.

Taking on water,
Sailing a restless sea
From a memory,
A fantasy.

The wind carries
Into white water,
Far from the islands.

Don't you know you're
Never going to get to France.

Mary, Queen of Chance, will they find you?
Never going to get to France.
Could a new romance ever bind you?

Walking on foreign ground,
Like a shadow,
Roaming in far off
Territory.

Over your shoulder,
Stories unfold, you're
Searching for sanctuary.

You know you're
Never going to get to France...

I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker.

Isn't it strange how
Dreams fade and shimmer?

Never going to get to France...

I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker.

Isn't it strange how
Dreams fade and shimmer?

Maggie Reilly

Mike Oldfield

To France