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Mythology: Galatea und Polyphemus. Famous painting by Raphael in the Villa Farnesina in Rome. Story here, also told in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses'.
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CD: Beth Gibbons: Out of Season (2003). Solo album of the voice of Portishead. Sad and quiet.
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CD: Alice Ripley: Everything's Fine (2001). Pop. Voice okay. Some country touch.
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Web: KartOO: Visual Meta Search Engine. Search engine that presents the results in form of a 'mind map'.
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DVD: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). 142 min. w/ Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, after the novel by J.K. Rowling. Harry's third year at Hogwarts, discovering more of his own personal history. The teenagers start to become serious actors. Plot contains an interesting sequence of time travel. Overall rating 6 out of 10.
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Sg: 'Breaking a habit' by Linkin Park from the CD 'Meteora'
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Video: Paris, Texas (1984). 145 min. Directed by Wim Wenders. w/ Harry Dean Stanton (Travis), Nastassja Kinski (Jane), Dean Stockwell (Walt), Hunter Carson (Hunter). Long thought dead man shows up in a desert in Texas, and is picked up by his brother. After getting some rest, and accompanied by his son, he makes his way to Texas to find his wife. Pretty slow plot. Only the last 30 min are really worth watching, the rest is a sleeper. Overall rating: 5 out of 10. HDS played Lyle Straight, Alvin's Brother, in The Straight Story.
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Video: Julius Caesar (2002, TV mini series). 176 min. Epic about life and death of the great Roman leader. w/ Jeremy Sisto (Julius Caesar), Richard Harris (Lucius Sulla), Christopher Walken (Marcus Cato), Chris Noth (Pompey). Directed by Uli Edel (Last Exit to Brooklyn). Epic about life and death of the great Roman leader. Don't know how historically accurate it is, but it's entertaining. Overall rating: 7 out of 10.
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