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The Bicycle Thief-1947
bennythomas wrote 1 month ago: Art and literature certainly fatten on the misery of war and calamities. Supposing we were freed co … more »
La Dolce Vita-1960
bennythomas wrote 2 months ago: The quote “Don’t be like me… I’m too serious to be a dilettante and too much … more »
Nosferatu-1922
bennythomas wrote 2 months ago: Director: F.W. Murnau Genre: Costume Horror, Gothic Film, Horror Summary: The film that brought one … more »
New Italian Cinema article
mattblake wrote 5 months ago: There’s an interesting article in today’s Independent about the ‘new’ breed … more »
Ossessione (1943) Luchino Visconti
opzuid wrote 6 months ago: This movie, by then first time director Luchino Visconti, is considered to be the start-off of Ital … more »
Riso amaro (1949) Giuseppe De Santis
opzuid wrote 6 months ago: This crime story interwoven with social drama is a great example of the neo-realism wave in Italian … more »
Where Skateboarding isn't a Crime
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ramvort wrote 1 year ago: In the beginning Tom Jennings’ admonition that ’skateboarding is not a crime’ was … more »
The Braceros, Oregon's Latino Community, and Illegal Immigration
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: California, Arizona, I harvest your crops Then its North up to Oregon to gather your hops Dig the be … more »
Driving Miss Dazey
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: As the price of oil rises, and the gouging goes into uncharted territory seeing the profits of the o … more »
Duck and Cover
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: Grant Elementary was a typical late fifties school, shaped in an ‘L’ ,long and low, wit … more »
Where I was when....
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: They say that when some things happen, we never forget where we are in that moment.. The one that e … more »
Presidential Politics
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: Former Senator Mike Gravel, and Representative Dennis Kucinich are on the right track, to my mind. T … more »
Music
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: Pandora has great and growing resources for those who love music.. Richard and Mimi Farina, Dan Hick … more »
Vortex I or why there was no Vortex II
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ramvort wrote 1 year ago: Signs along the way We walked along the road, cars lining it on both sides, and stopped, filling b … more »
The Willamette
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: As a child I learned to love the river close up, my father bought a wood runabout, about 15 feet lo … more »
People in motion
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: The trip to San Francisco in the spring of 1967 was eventful, there’s no doubt about that. We … more »
The Philosophy of Concrete...
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: When I was about ten, my father drove his pink 1955 Cadillac next to some temporary barriers, and we … more »
Ramparts to Vortex. Whats that?
ramvort wrote 1 year ago: Ramparts, the Realist, the Berkeley Barb… if you hadn’t heard of these publications, o … more »
