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Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vietnam. Show all posts
27 January 2021

Recensione: Mekong Story. Lungo il cuore d'acqua del Sud-Est asiatico (2006) di Massimo Morello,

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Sinossi Giornalista e viaggiatore, Massimo Morello presenta questo diario di viaggio nel Sud-Est asiatico lungo il Mekong: dal delta, sul Ma...
28 December 2020

Recensione libro: Caduti dal Muro (2009) di Paolo Ciampi e Tito Barbini, *****

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Sinossi   C'era una volta il Muro e sembrava dovesse esarci per sempre. Poi però il Muro si sbriciolò e con esso crollò un impero che da...
25 November 2013

Film review/recensione: The lover /L'amante (1992), by Jean-Jacques Annaud, *****

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testo italiano di seguito Synopsis The Lover is director Jean-Jacques Annaud 's adaptation of Marguerite Duras ' minimalist 198...
02 March 2013

Recensione: "Il mio cuore è più stanco della mia voce" (2012 postumo) di Oriana Fallaci, ****

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Fallaci in Vietnam Sinossi Prima il Vietnam, poi Città del Messico e infine la storia d’amore con Alekos Panagulis , eroe della Resist...
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10 July 2012

Film review: Sand Pebbles (1966) by Robert Wise, ****

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Synopsis " The Sand Pebbles " tells many stories. It's the story of China, a slumbering giant that rouses itself to the cries ...
08 June 2012

Book review: The Girl in the Picture, by Denise Chong, ****

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Kim Phuc and others after napalm bombing of Trang Bang. Photo by Nick Ut, AP Kim Phuc Today it is forty years since one of the most...
30 May 2012

Film Review: M.A.S.H. (1970), by Robert Altman, *****

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Synopsis While set in the Korean War of 1950-1953, the movie clearly addresses the question of the Vietnam war, which at the time of pro...
10 March 2012

Film review: Taxi Driver (1976) by Martin Scorsese, *****

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Synopsis Paul Schrader's gritty screenplay depicts the ever-deepening alienation of Vietnam Veteran Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro in ...
09 December 2011

Map Review: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Freytag & Berndt, ****

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Description Explore Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia with this Freytag&Berndt road map. The best way to plan your trip, prepare your itinerar...
10 May 2005

Book Review: Dear Mom, a Sniper's Vietnam, by Joseph T. Ward, ***

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Synopsis The letters Joseph Ward, one of the elite Marine Scout Snipers, wrote home reveal a side of the Vietnam war seldom seen. Whether u...
08 May 2004

Book Review: "Sideshow: Nixon, Kissinger and the Destruction of Cambodia", by W. Shawcross, ****

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Synopsis Although there are many books and films dealing with the Vietnam War, Sideshow tells the truth about America's secret and ille...
22 October 2002

Book review: Voices of S-21 (1999) by David Chandler, ****

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Synopsys The horrific torture and execution of hundreds of thousands of Cambodians by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge during the 1970s is one of t...
18 July 2002

Book Review: River's Tale, A year on the Mekong (2003, by Edward A. Gargan, *****

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Synopsis From windswept plateaus to the South China Sea, the Mekong flows for three thousand miles, snaking its way through Southeast Asi...
15 July 2002

Book Review: River of Time, by Jon Swain, *****

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Synopsis Between 1970 and 1975 Jon Swain, the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film, "The Killing Fields", ...
04 June 1980

Minsk to Smolensk, Afghanistan, Bulgarian wine and the Olympics

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After a leisurely breakfast we get moving at 11:00 o'clock. We drive around downtown Minsk, and find it rather forgettable. The high poi...