New Experiences

Juliette at Rio Design Leblon Never More

We saw a beautifully decorated new restaurant and decided to celebrate our niece's medical diploma there. The waiter did not introduce himself, splashed sangria all over while serving it, was never around when needed, did not explain the hors d'ouevre. I ordered a fancy written plate on the menu and received rice with ham. My husband and my nephew's steak tartare was recently taken off the freezer and water oozed from it. Our niece's pasta looked (and, according to her, tasted) appalling. Since the sangria savour was like wash water, guess what I did when I arrived home?

Prenúncio?

Diana Queirós chega a Remanso tarde da noite, após horas de uma viagem cruel pela Rodovia Dutra. Pegou um trânsito pesado de São Paulo até a cidade do interior no Rio de Janeiro e teve dificuldade em achar o sítio da sogra Otávia. Exausta, parou o carro e dormiu ali mesmo, encostada no barranco da estrada de terra. Acordou amassada, dolorida, mordida por mosquitos, bem em frente ao portão da casa. Otávia riu quando soube que a luz do alpendre estava queimada. Assim é o relacionamento entre essas duas mulheres no romance Vale das Luas da autora brasileira Nancy de Lustoza Barros e Hirsch. Encomende o seu, seja pela Livraria Asabeça ou pela Prosa & Verso Livraria para se divertir muito!

Desagradável/Obnoxious

Enfuriante, machista, egoísta, inacreditável, exasperante. Misógino... ou não?  Em "Two and a Half Man", Charlie Harper, vivido na tela por Charlie Sheen, quase o espelho um do outro. Ele é nojento, mas você vai rir muuuuuuito!

"É uma pena que antibióticos não curam burrice."

Kate and Harvey

 

Everyday Kate wakes up to her job at Heathrow, to her lonely mother who suspects about the neighbours, to her fellow workers trying to match her with unwanted dates. Kate is not young anymore, but she has a good sense of humour and loves reading. She accepts to accompany Harvey on his stint in London, just for the fun of it. "Last Chance Harvey" is worth watching!

Rule of the Day

 

Harvey in London

 "Last Chance Harvey" brings to the silverscreen two monster actors: Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson. A fortuitous encounter at a bar in Heathrow airport will lead us to walk with them through a clean, clear, dry (though both caracthers use macintoshes) of rain, blue skyed London - not your everyday experience, right? The dialogs are beautifully crafted!

Kate and Harvey promised to meet at Somerset House the next day by noon. Will they really?

Sobre "Carrossel"

Sobre o romance Carrossel da autora brasileira Nancy de Lustoza Barros e Hirsch:

Roni Assunção encontra Cléo Prado na estação de trem da fictícia cidade de Vila do Dique depois de muitos anos e ele continua apaixonadinho. "Disse que estaria na fazenda Alta Vista de meu avô, que era perto, que aguardaria ligação dela. Consegui mais um beijo e fiquei ali na calçada, atrapalhando o trânsito das pessoas até que elas se afastassem"

foto: culturamix

Last Chance Harvey/Tinha que ser você

It is not his day, it is not his week, not his month, and maybe it has not been his year. He flies from the States for his stranged daughter's marriage in London, but his job is hanging on a line and Harvey Shine does not have much time. He will have to fly back as soon as possible. Kate Walker works at a Heathrow booth and asks him if he would mind answering a questionnaire. He is very rude. Later Harvey will try to apologize.

It is a bittersweet drama, that could only be carried out by two stupendous artists as Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman.

Harvey Shine: I'm gonna dance your socks off.

Kate Walker: I'm not gonna do it, because it'll hurt! Sometime or other there'll be, you know "It's not working." or "I need my space." or whatever it is and it will end and it will hurt, and I won't do it.

=^..^=

O filme Last Chance Harvey com Emma Thompson e Dustin Hoffman é muito bonito. Um drama/romance extremamente fino, pleno de emoção, que apenas dois estupendos atores como esses têm a capacidade de carregar: não seria preciso muito em termos de locações, embora Londres apareça linda, limpa, remoçada, sem chuva ou nuvens sombrias. Bastariam os rostos de Harvey e Kate para passar a mensagem.