Comments on: A book for our times http://www.davosnewbies.com/2009/02/25/a-book-for-our-times/ A year-round Davos of the mind, written since 1999 by Lance Knobel Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:38:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Derrick http://www.davosnewbies.com/2009/02/25/a-book-for-our-times/comment-page-1/#comment-324538 David Derrick Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:29:06 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=2307#comment-324538 Needless to say, there is a lot on YouTube. Such as this montage of battle sequences (only), which makes Cecil B de Mille look as if he was working in Pinewood Studios ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SVC_9V8K5Y Needless to say, there is a lot on YouTube. Such as this montage of battle sequences (only), which makes Cecil B de Mille look as if he was working in Pinewood Studios …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SVC_9V8K5Y

]]> By: Lance Knobel http://www.davosnewbies.com/2009/02/25/a-book-for-our-times/comment-page-1/#comment-324002 Lance Knobel Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:59:30 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=2307#comment-324002 I saw the Russian film in the same version as you, probably around the same time. I remember two things about it. It opens with a lengthy list of credits against a swirling, cloudy sky. The list is so lengthy that my father started a slow hand clap. It didn't catch on in the arty, rapt audience. The second thing I remember is the actor who played Kutuzov. Appropriately old and fat, with a wandering, perhaps blind, eye. I saw the Russian film in the same version as you, probably around the same time. I remember two things about it.

It opens with a lengthy list of credits against a swirling, cloudy sky. The list is so lengthy that my father started a slow hand clap. It didn’t catch on in the arty, rapt audience. The second thing I remember is the actor who played Kutuzov. Appropriately old and fat, with a wandering, perhaps blind, eye.

]]> By: David Derrick http://www.davosnewbies.com/2009/02/25/a-book-for-our-times/comment-page-1/#comment-323892 David Derrick Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:21:18 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=2307#comment-323892 Have you watched the 10-hour Russian film (Bondarchuk, 1968)? Might be good as a sequel to your reading. I watched it c 1969 in something like a 5-hour version. Have you watched the 10-hour Russian film (Bondarchuk, 1968)? Might be good as a sequel to your reading. I watched it c 1969 in something like a 5-hour version.

]]> By: I got a Kindle 2 - Miley Cyrus http://www.davosnewbies.com/2009/02/25/a-book-for-our-times/comment-page-1/#comment-322364 I got a Kindle 2 - Miley Cyrus Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:51:59 +0000 http://www.davosnewbies.com/?p=2307#comment-322364 [...] Lance reviewed War And Peace, with a caveat: “It truly is annoying reading a 1,300-page book in bed. I regularly wished for a way to cut my volume up into its separate books.” The translation he recommends is available for the Kindle for $1.99, With one click I had the first chapter sent to my Kindle, downstairs, for $0.00. [...] [...] Lance reviewed War And Peace, with a caveat: “It truly is annoying reading a 1,300-page book in bed. I regularly wished for a way to cut my volume up into its separate books.” The translation he recommends is available for the Kindle for $1.99, With one click I had the first chapter sent to my Kindle, downstairs, for $0.00. [...]

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