The movie I’m expecting the most this year – but I doubt it will be distributed in my country.
The Taking of Tiger Mountain, historical adventure by the great Tsui Hark, based on a popular Chinese novel, and a revision of classic Maoist-era films.
Here’s the teaser, and the trailers.
Enjoy!
It’s the last day of 2014.
Time for wrapping-up the year that’s going, and set down good propositions for the year to come.
But I do not believe that much in recaps and prologues… I’m taking a day at a time, doing the best I can.
At the moment, there is little else I can do. Continue reading
As a long time Ava Gardner fan I was familiar with Bhowani Junction, the 1956 movie.
A big melodrama featuring Stewart Granger as a gallant British officer in India in the last days of the Raj, the movie is a thick mix of politics, derring-do, racial issues and steamy romance. Good stuff.
What I did not know was that the movie 1 was based on a very popular novel by John Masters, published in 1954 and part of a very loose cycle of stories set in India between 19th and 20th century. Continue reading
I often remark on my lack of skill when it comes to drawing.
Apart from some personal “problems” – my hand tends to be heavy – I think any artistic proficiency I had was fully eradicated in primary school: much as I loved dabbling with pencils and paper when I was a kid, the first two years of school were totally language-oriented. Sketching or “fooling around with pencils” was actively discouraged.
As a result, I’m good at words, but I can’t draw to save my life.
And yet…
Back when I worked in a call center, to pass the long idle hours of the night shift, I got me a handbook – the ten times excellent Keys to Drawing, by Bert Dodson 1 – a drawing block and some pencils, and in a few months I went from completely helpless to not half bad at drawing still lifes and quick scenes.
Nothing worth writing home about, but from the absolute nothing that had characterized my life for twenty-odd years, it was certainly an improvement. Continue reading
A historical fantasy featuring ancient Romans, the Silk Road, John Cusack AND Jackie Chan?
Sounds like my cup of tea exactly.
As I eagerly await for this Dragon Blade movie, here’s the trailer…
Enjoy!
26th of December, this strange mid-week weekend is sapping my energies and I am doing littlemore than eating and reading.
I’ve been spending the last 24 hours (give or take a few moments for a nap once in a while) reading and enjoying very much my brother’s gift to me for Christmas – the huge Bundle of Holding for Numenéra.
And what a marvel it is.
Numenéra is an award-winning science-fantasy game by legendary designer Monte Cook – he of the Planewalker’s Handbook for Planescape.
Numenéra was founded through a Kickstarter that hit an incredible 500.000 dollars (the original target was 25.000) and it is gorgeous to behold, a delight to read and I’m very very much eager to play it. Continue reading
It’s been a while since we last had a camel picture on Karavansara.
Painting by Hejiaying Siji
Best wishes to all of you out there!
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