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Italian Style

May 12, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

Italian Style   Italian film directors produce diverse and wonderful films. Paolo Sorrentino is one of my favourite directors. Sometimes I watch the exuberant party scene from La Grande Bellezza (The Great Beauty) when I’m feeling a bit sad and need to recalibrate. Fellini’s,  La Dolce Vita is a magnificent film. Released in 1960, set in … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, Australia, films, movies, Observations Tagged: Anita Ekberg, Cinquecento, Dolce Vita, Fiat 500, Fiat 500C, Fiat Bambino, Fiat Sports car, Frederico Fellini, Italian style, La dolce vita, Marcello Mastroianni, Paolo Sorrentino, The Great Beauty

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

January 27, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes   ‘I overheard Dorothy tell Major Falcon that she liked to become intoxicated once in a dirty while.’ Lorelei Lee from Anita Loos novella, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.   One of my favourite books is a hardcover 1926, tenth edition of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. So popular was Anita Loos’ novella that … [Read more…]

Posted in: art/theatre event, artists, Film, Historical, Mavericks & Renegades, movies, writers & creatives Tagged: America, American, Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Hollywood, Hollywood Movies, Howard Hawks, Jane Russell, Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe, Monroe, movies

The Heart and Soul of Paris

January 26, 2022 by Lesley Truffle

  The Heart and Soul of Paris   Notre-Dame Cathedral is widely perceived to be the heart and soul of Paris. The first time I visited Notre-Dame on the Île de la Cité, it was wasn’t just the cathedral’s sublime beauty that captivated me. It was the fabulous French Gothic architecture, accentuated by the most … [Read more…]

Posted in: City of Light, Historical, movies, Mythology, Social Comment, Travel Tagged: Adolf Hitler, Chanel, City of Light, Coco Chanel, France, Gabrielle Chanel, gargoyle, gargoyles, Hitler, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Notre Dame Cathedral, Notre-Dame, Our Lady of Paris, Paris, World War Two, WWII

Bond. James Bond.

November 25, 2021 by Lesley Truffle
James Bond 007 and gun

  Bond. James Bond.   The first 007 movie was released nearly sixty years ago. There have been six James Bond British secret agents: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan & Daniel Craig. Much has been made of Daniel Craig’s fifth and final Bond movie, No Time To Die. I won’t … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, Film, films, movies, Social Comment Tagged: 007, Bond, Casino Royale, Daniel Craig, Diamonds are forever, Dr No, From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, James Bond, No Time To Die, Skyfall, spy, Thunderball

On being Cary Grant

September 19, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

  On being Cary Grant   ‘Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.’                                           quote from Cary Grant who began life as Archie Leach.   I’ve been watching To Catch a Thief  again. It’s my favourite Cary Grant film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock.  The European locations are to die … [Read more…]

Posted in: actors, art/theatre event, movies Tagged: Alfred Hitchcock, America, American movies, Archibald Alexander Leach, Archie Leach, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Hitchcock, To Catch a Thief, USA

The Perils of Netflix

August 21, 2021 by Lesley Truffle

The Perils of Netflix   ‘If we humans disappeared overnight, the world would probably be better off.’  Sir David Attenborough – the British Naturalist, after observing beasts of every species for nearly a century.   I no longer own a television. It was an elegant piece of equipment with superb clarity and great sound but … [Read more…]

Posted in: Historical, movies, Observations, Psychology, Social Comment Tagged: binge television, David Attenborough, Farenheit 451, Lesley Truffle, Lesley Truffle Writer, Netflix, Norman Doige, Ray Bradbury, reality television, Television, TV

Flash Gordon

November 23, 2020 by Lesley Truffle

    FLASH GORDON   ‘Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!’                                                                                                      Flash Gordon (1980)   Ming the Merciless from the planet Mongo, has a delightfully wicked line in evil patter – ‘Pathetic Earthlings … Who can save you now? ’ Played by Max von Sydow, … [Read more…]

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