Nice....

Next stop....Djurgården

Bastugatan....

Vaults....

..of Amsterdam

Windows of Eze....

Nordiska....

Djurgårdsbrunn....

Stockholm....

..late afternoon

Intentioner....

"Det har sagts av en kritiker, att interiören är ett konstverk men att den icke har karaktären av en domstolsbyggnad utan av en sydländsk badortshall (?). Här, säger han, där människor går väntande på dom, tyngda av bekymmer, borde karaktären vara allvarligare, tyngre, mera sluten. Avsikten har medvetet varit det motsatta: just därför, att människor här gå fyllda av oro och ängslan, har ett vänligt, soligt ljus släppts in. Det har varit arkitektens uppfattning, att öppenheten, solen, blommorna, över huvud taget det mänskliga, lättare än det stängda, stela och officiella i karaktären kan föra en över från tvedräkt och ängslan till försoning eller åtminstone resignation."

Gunnar Asplund

Une nouvelle amie....

With Romain Duris in great shape....and our conceptions are changing. Maybe sometimes for the better ?

A film by François Ozon

Ladri di biciclette....

Lamberto Maggiorani and Enzo Staiola

If I ever need to choose a film, this is the one....and it will always be. The masterpiece from 1948 by Vittorio De Sica.

Ellen Sundberg....

Only 20 and something....but this girl is a natural talent.

Simple Minds at Lisebergshallen....

Göteborg, Mars, 16

By listening to the excellent double album "Live in the city of light" from 1987, one can get an idea about the kind of performances this band was able to put on in the past. Amazingly, the best songs came from their last album (Big Music), and when the band performed "Midnight Walking"....Simple Minds was back for a short while. Credit to Charlie Burchill and his totally relaxed, sparkling guitar. Mel Gaynor works hard as  "rhythm master", yet he looked a bit like a tired lorry driver in the beginning of the show. By the way, Jim Kerr - you need some exercise ! It may enhance your voice as well....

From the old songs, "Love Song" was the best. 

Andy Gillespie - keyboards
Ged Grimes - bass
Sarah Brown - vocals
Catherine Anne Davies - gitarr / keyboards / vocals

Let the balconies....

..stay balconies

Casa O`Gorman....

Mexico City, 1929, by Juan O`Gorman

Palazzina San Maurizio....

Roma, 1963, by Luigi Moretti

Casa del giornalista....

Milano, 1935, by Luigi Figini

Architecture with a huge A....

(click to enlarge)

Cantina da Universidade de Lisboa, 1961, by Manuel Norberto Correia and Rafael Miranda

Restaurante Narciso....

Praia de Carcavelos, winter sun in February, listening to the sound of the waves....

Edificio Kepler....

Anzures, 1957, by Ramón Torres and Héctor Velázquez

Estádio 28 de Maio....

Braga, 1950, by Travassos Valdez

The broken circle breakdown....

Johan Heldenbergh and Veerle Baetens

Enjoy while it lasts. Life can change direction without a choice, and one day we have to face the rear of the train while it disappears in the horizon....to never come back. Great performances from the two above, and that last scene is heartbreaking....and unforgettable.

A film by Felix van Groeningen, IMDB

Centro Comercial do Restelo....

Lisboa, 1956, by Raúl Chorão Ramalho

The Beachcomber House....

Carlingford, 1961, by Nino Sydney

Majorna....2014

..by Sjögren Arkitekter

Colosseo....

Buon San Valentino....M.

Clouds of Sils Maria....

Madame Binoche acts like a chameleon and gets the right color everywhere - anytime. Her performance overshadows the story....but that is a price worth paying. Kristen Stewart does a great supporting role, and it was ages ago I saw Angela Winkler on the screen. Aging is a tough task, the sense of loss is a constant companion....but what are the alternatives ?

A film by Olivier Assayas, IMDB

Roma, Roma....

Via dei Fori Imperiale

.. the most beautiful city

The National - Trouble will find me....

This album is a pearl from the beginning to the end. There is an aura of sadness, a dark cloud suspended in the sound - mixed with a clear string of hope in Matt Berninger's voice. Sometimes I can hear the influences of Joy Division, and that is another exquisite attribute of this CD.

"A morte de Carlos Gardel"....

Carlos Malvarez and Celia Williams

A very good film by Solveig Nordlund, about a devastating reality that harvested so many young lives in four decades, here

After a book by António Lobo Antunes, who I presume once lived in this house in Benfica where a few scenes were recorded.