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Andare avanti, sempre

Published 24/02/2019 by Luca Conti

Well, look at how much stands in the way of us being ourselves. Our circumstances—in John’s case, it was poverty. In this context, John came as close to succeeding as anybody I have ever met. He did what he wanted to do. I mean, even though he couldn’t really start writing until he was in his thirties, he damn well started. So he came as close as anyone I can imagine to becoming himself. He was willing to make whatever sacrifice and to face whatever challenge. He just kept going.

I think he wasn’t much interested in exploring himself, or maybe that’s what he did with his novels. I mean, he wasn’t interested in talking about himself at all. He was witty, and he was funny and always doing something, pickling his cucumbers. He was very active. The last thing he wanted was to have an earnest conversation.

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L’origine degli Oscar

Published 24/02/2019 by Luca Conti

Non tutti sanno come e perché sono nati gli Oscar…

I found that the best way to handle [these writers and directors] was to hang medals all over them. […] If I got them cups and awards they’d kill themselves to produce what I wanted. That’s why the Academy Award was created.

Un articolo critico, tutto da leggere.

Hating the Oscars the Right Way https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/hating-the-oscars-the-right-way… Continua a leggere

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Indie Spirit Awards Winners List, Meglio degli Oscar

Published 24/02/2019 by Luca Conti

Altro che Oscar, gli Independent Spirit Award premiano in cinema più genuino. Meno mezzi, più creatività.

The 2019 Independent Spirit Awards took place on a beach in Santa Monica, Calif., with Barry Jenkins’ “If Beale Street Could Talk” taking the top prize for best feature along with best director for Jenkins.

Ethan Hawke and Glenn Close took the prizes for best male lead and best female lead, respectively. Bo Burnham took the best first screenplay trophy for “Eighth Grade” and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty won for best screenplay.

The Spirit Awards are chosen by the Film Independent’s 6200 members after an anonymous committee votes on nominations. The eligibility rules require that movies be produced in the U.S. for less than $20 million.

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/2019-spirit-awards-winners-complete-list-1203147196/… Continua a leggere

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Il Brasile oggi, da brividi

Published 23/02/2019 by Luca Conti

In Brazil, the right-wing agenda is mostly the following: Gut regulations of all kinds, particularly environmental and labor; cut social spending; make taxation even more regressive; privatize almost every government-controlled asset; expand the privatization of education and health care; increase access to firearms; ban abortions in all circumstances; promote environmentally destructive extractive industries; build more prisons and fill them by passing tougher sentencing guidelines; greenlight more aggressive policing of poor neighborhoods; increase the military’s power and prestige; reign in the press; roll back freedom of information programs; and dismantle laws and programs that support and are supported by progressives. Sound familiar?

Mi vengono i brividi a leggere della situazione politica in Brasile.

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/22/jair-bolsonaro-presidency-brazil/… Continua a leggere

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Gli Oscar hanno bisogno di più diversità

Published 22/02/2019 by Luca Conti

Pezzo molto critico nei confronti degli Oscar, con argomenti condivisibili, a proposito di diversità.

In general, if it’s recognized that the awards aren’t merely for English-language cinema, they should open out far more to different cultures. The awards could nominate ten directors every year, across a spectrum of film. Acting categories could be merged, so that women compete against men in “Best Lead Actor” and “Best Supporting Actor” categories, to destroy once and for all the idea that there’s such a thing as male or female acting

The Oscars Need A Revolution https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-oscars-need-a-revolution… Continua a leggere

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Mondadori taglia un giornalista su quattro

Published 19/02/2019 by Luca Conti

Il CdR Esecutivo Mondadori denuncia e respinge con sdegno l’ennesimo attacco alla dignità e al futuro dei giornalisti perpetrato dall’azienda, che ha annunciato 35 esuberi su 149 lavoratori. In pratica ogni 4 giornalisti uno sarebbe di troppo.

Cosa aspettarsi, se le copie vendute scendono e i ricavi pubblicitari calano?

Il futuro è fatto di meno giornali e riviste di carta, prodotti da meno giornalisti, a meno che il valore percepito non cambi. Non abbiamo ancora toccato il fondo.

https://www.primaonline.it/2019/02/19/285175/lombarda-e-fnsi-inaccettabili-nuovi-esuberi-a-mondadori/… Continua a leggere

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Le dimensioni possono essere un problema

Published 19/02/2019 by Luca Conti

Quel che si dice una rubrica… hot!

Dear How to Do It,

My boyfriend is, uh, huge. Long and thick as my wrist. We go slow and use lots of lube, but my vagina has a tendency to get really tight when I’m close to coming (and I’ll be close for like 10 minutes before it happens) and it leaves us both quite sore—though because of endorphins, I tend not to feel the pain until the next day. And we’re currently in that new-relationship period where we just want to screw nonstop as often as possible. I see sex tips about how to make a vagina feel tighter, but what can I do to loosen things up a bit? And what can I do to soothe my junk after a long weekend bang-a-thon?

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