Tag: film

  • I can inspire hope

    I can inspire hope
  • “I once calculated that I did about one thousand hours of work in the three years I was at Oxford-an average of an hour a day. I am not proud of this lack of work. I’m just describing my attitude at the time, shared by most of my fellow students”.

    “I once calculated that I did about one thousand hours of work in the three years I was at Oxford-an average of an hour a day. I am not proud of this lack of work. I’m just describing my attitude at the time, shared by most of my fellow students”.

    Stephen Hawking – A brief history of time by Errol Morris (film 1991)

  • Fiddler on the roof

    Fiddler on the roof

    Wikipedia: – Fiddler on the Roof (musical): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof – Fiddler on the Roof (film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddler_on_the_Roof_(film) The Fiddler by Marc Chagall, from which the musical takes its name.

  • Work

    Work

    Work (1915) – Charlie Chaplin : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006313 —Moving Picture World synopsis Charles Chaplin, assistant to a paperhanger, is called with his boss to decorate a beautiful home. The boss makes him haul the wagon with all the paraphernalia upon the top of which he rides. Chaplin, dragging the wagon with difficulty, blocks traffic, bumps into a…

  • La Terre vue de près

    La Terre vue de près

    (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghkQoJoipbM) La Terre vue de près – UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/?pg=33&s=films_details&id=1570 Entretien avec Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Ambassadeur de bonne volonté du Programme des Nations Unies pour l’environnement: http://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/newsmakersF.asp?NewsID=21#.WkN1dbaZPNA

  • The Help

    The Help

    The NYT on The Help: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/movies/the-help-spans-two-worlds-white-and-black-review.html?pagewanted=all https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000000992277/maid-in-the-usa.html?smid=tw-share Wikipedia on The Help: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Help Johnny Cash & June Carter – Jackson “The 2016 election was a result of anxiety about dominant groups’ future status rather than a result of being overlooked in the past.” “Those who felt that the hierarchy was being upended (…) were most likely to support…

  • Gold

    Gold

    Gold (2016): http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800302

  • Wall Street (1987) 

    Wall Street (1987) 

    Wall Street (1987) – IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/

  • OSS 117 et la dictature

    OSS 117 et la dictature

    Dolorès : Vous savez Hubert, la vie n’est pas toujours facile pour les gens ici. (Temps.) C’est d’ailleurs le propre des dictatures. Oss 117 : Une dictature, comme vous y allez ! Vous êtes bien sympathique, Dolorès, mais épargnez-moi vos analyses politiques… (Temps.) Savez-vous seulement ce que c’est qu’une dictature ? (Temps.) Une dictature c’est…

  • Jiro’s art of working

    Jiro’s art of working

    Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2011) – IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1772925 ILO Director-General on the future of work – BBC interview: https://youtu.be/G4vlZ7N5Is8 ILO Director-General participates in future of work debate in Italy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LExpLqGugac The future of work we want – International Labour Office: http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/future-of-work/lang–en/index.htm