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It's about life. It's about death. It's about love.
It's about being young. It's about being old. It's about growing up.
It's about joy and it's about sadness.
It's about us.

It's about life.

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Easy listening by Luc Besson. Nice anyway.
Fast and energetic.

is my hero. One of them at least. One of only two in the media. The only one in television.

If his Daily Show weren't reason enough to be a drooling fan-boy, then his appearance on Crossfire should be. If you haven't seen crossfire (it's on a crappy news network, so maybe you haven't), it's basically an excuse for a couple of dancing monkeys to get on the screen and pretend that there is actually something akin to political discourse available on corporate media.

Oops. Did I say dancing monkeys? I should probably apologize now to any primates I may have insulted. Please don't take it personally.

Anyway, he basically went on their show to take them to task for not doing their job as journalists. He did a very good job. He was biting, earnest and entertaining all at once.

It was almost enough to make me reconsider my misanthropic tendencies...
(DaddyD, fm4.orf.at)

Jon Stewart on Crossfire: "Stop, stop, stop, stop hurting America."
Election 2004: The Jon Stewart Interview
Star-Spangled Laughs
Jon Stewart @ imdb

check him out. really.

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Manchmal sind die planlosen Tage die Besten. Manchmal sind sie ganz furchtbar, weil man nicht aus dem Bett kommt. Nach einem schnellen Frühstück noch einmal unter der Decke verschwindet und dann damisch um 2 Uhr nachmittags aufwacht. Ohne jedwede Idee wie man diesen wunderschönen Sonntag verbringen soll.
Nicht so heute. Um vermutlich 10 oder auch etwas früher klopft Phillip an meiner Tür. Ich bitte um ein paar Sekunden um mich aus dem Bett zu erheben und die Existenz meiner Nackheit zu beenden worauf er mich an Gesprächsinhalte von gestern erinnert. Und ja. Es leuchtet mir langsam ein. Wir haben davon geredet der Stadt einen erneuten Besuch abzustatten. Ich war ja dieser Idee nicht wirklich abgeneigt, aber zur Zuneigung fehlte mindestens ein größeres Stück Motivation. Vom jetzigen Standpunkt aus betrachtet war es jedenfalls gut, dass ich mir einen kleinen Ruck gegeben habe um darauf hin eilends das Früchstück zu mir zu nehmen. Eine kleine Gruppe wartete nämlich schon auf uns. Respektive auf mich.
Wir spazierten dann gemächlich Richtung Uxbridge, kauften daytraveltickets und begaben uns per Metropolitan Line ins Zentrum. Ich habe mittlerweile schon begonnen diese zärtlichen 1 1/2 Stunden(ca.) Fahrzeit ins Zentrum zu lieben und bin der festen Überzeugung, dass sich aus dieser jungen Liebe etwas wirklich Großes entwickeln wird. Wir werden ja sehen.
Jubilee Line. South Wark. Ein kleiner Spaziergang durch zunehmend windigere Straßen und man steht vor einer vorerst etwas unatraktiven großen Industriehalle. Interessanterweise haben wir diese Halle nicht gleich durch den vorderen Eingang betreten sondern sind links daran vorbei zum Seiteneingang. Warum genau das so passiert ist. Man frage mich bitte nicht. Gruppendynamik. Jedenfalls kam es so, dass ich zuerst "Think,think,think,..." hörte. Und nicht "Thank you. Thank you..." so wie von Bruce Nauman geplant. Vielleicht war das aber auch garnicht unbedingt schlecht. Ich bin jedenfalls gleich in diesen Strudel von Think's eingetaucht und habe mich für 3 Stunden, oder vielleicht auch etwas mehr, völlig der Installation hingeben und sie genossen. Notizen gemacht. Der Besuch dieser Ausstellung ist Teil meines 1st Assignment und für sämtliche Erdbewohner schwerstens zu empfehlen. Um ca. 4 Uhr schafften wir es dann uns wiederzufinden und schlenderten über die Millenium-Bridge Richtung St. Paul's Cathedral. Durch Wind und Wetter waren wir schon beinahe dabei uns heimwärts zu begeben. Der zweite wichtige Ruck an diesem Tag brachte mir(die anderen schienen nicht dermaßen begeistert) dann ein sogenanntes Recital(Admission free, eine gute brittische Erfindung, danke). Orgel und Klavier. Sitzen durfte man dabei in einer dieser wunderhübschen alten Bankreihen beleuchtet von kleinen Lampen. Sie spendeten sehr warmes, oranges Licht. Sie erinnern sehr an die grünen Buchleuchten in der Universitätsbibliothek Wien, die ich auch sehr angenehm finde. Über dem Platz den ich eingenommen hatte stand: "MAPESBURY. memento domine david." Ein wundervoller Abschluss dieses Tages. Ich danke.

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Here's looking at you, kid.

Seeing the film over and over again, year after year, I find it never grows over-familiar. It plays like a favorite musical album; the more I know it, the more I like it. The black-and-white cinematography has not aged as color would. The dialogue is so spare and cynical it has not grown old-fashioned. Much of the emotional effect of ``Casablanca'' is achieved by indirection; as we leave the theater, we are absolutely convinced that the only thing keeping the world from going crazy is that the problems of three little people do after all amount to more than a hill of beans.
(Roger Ebert)

Humphrey Bogart

Distantly related to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, through her American relations.

German dubbers translated his famous quote "Here's looking at you, kid" as "Ich schau' dir in die Augen, Kleines." which means "I look into your eyes, little one"

His coffin contains a small, gold whistle, put there by his wife, Lauren Bacall.

Off the set, he and Bergman hardly spoke during the filming of Casablanca. She said later, "I kissed him but I never knew him." Years later, after Ingrid Bergman had taken up with Italian director Roberto Rossellini, and borne him a child, he bawled her out for it. "You used to be a great star," he said. "What are you now?" "A happy woman," she replied.

personal quotes

"The trouble with the world is that it's always one drink behind."

[attributed last words] "I should never have switched from scotch to martinis."

Ingrid Bergman

Many of her shorter male co-stars, such as Humphrey Bogart and Claude Rains, had to wear lifts to avoid looking small next to this 5' 10" beauty.

At her funeral service held at Saint Martin's-in-the-fields Church, there was nothing that was as touching as the moment when, a violin played the strains of 'As Time Goes By'.

Her famous love affair with the war photographer, Robert Capa was the basis for Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window.

During the making of Casablanca (1942) Humphrey Bogart's wife Mayo Methot continually accused him of having an affair with Bergman, often confronting him in his dressing room before a shot. Bogart would come onto the set in a rage.

One day at the studio she hooked bumpers with another car. A studio policeman found her tugging and heaving with all her might. The policeman said, "Darndest thing I ever saw. First film star I ever knew that didn't mind getting her hands dirty".

personal quotes:

"If a face like Ingrid Bergman's looks at you as though you're adorable, everybody does. You don't have to act very much." - Humphrey Bogart

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous."

"I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart."

"If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing."

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