drawing room

drawing room

..where I receive and entertain my guests

    1 Jan 08 | 2 am

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  1. ..and don’t be so gloomy! After all, it’s not that awful. Remember what the fella said: In Italy for 30 years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed. But they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love. They had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock.
    - Harry Lime, Third Man, 1949

    2. 4 Jun 07 | 8 pm

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  2. smultronstället (wild strawberries)

    Last night I watched, for the second time, this Ingmar Bergman film. And I realized how much I love subtle and intelligent storytelling.

    The movie explores the disillusionment of an aging physician, Isak Borg, as he reflects on his life. Borg reminded me of judge-penitent Clamence in Albert Camus’ The Fall, as they both tell their life story - their quest for meaning; the process of their life crisis - and make you think about the coices you make in life that could render a life devoid of meaning.