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The Red Circle

I didn't read the original book for this story and the previous one I have posted, I am sure wikipedia has a very detailed explanation of the differences, but I am too lazy to read them and I would prefer to find out by myself though reading it.

I wanted to buy the whole set of the book of Sherlock Holmes as I only have part of it. I didn't know I was not reading the complete stories of Sherlock Holmes until 5 years after I finishing what I have (._.) It's quite sad because I used to spend more time on reading books when I was still not a friend with computer.

Anyway, love the directing of this episode as well. :) probablyI love the scene at theater the best.


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The Golden Pince-Nez

Though I am not a fan of detectives, I am definitely a fan of Sherlock Holmes. However it's only recently that  I started to watch the 1984 - 1994 TV version of Sherlock Holmes.
I really love the directing of this series. I notice that the directing of this series is not from the same person, but I just post the screen shots from The Golden Pince-Nez episode below as it's the latest I have been watched.

I barely know about directing, but I really like to talk about the directing of this drama series. I love how the camera focus on the characters through various media: drinking glass, mirror, broken window,etc. There are many reflection are being used. For example the 7th pics down from the right side , although you can't see Sherlock Holmes, his reflection on the portrait on the wall is obvious.



The composition of scenes at different places are beautifully constructed as well.

Last but not least, Sherlock Holmes(by Jeremy Brett) No wonder it's said that his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes is the most memorable one.

P.S. I tried not to screen shot too many pics, but it's really hard to pick.

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Πολιτεία － The Republic

终于，今天读完了柏拉图的《理想国》。
通常我都是需要读2，3遍才能算是读完一本书，所以只读了一遍《理想国》后，感觉我只读懂了30％。所以今天打算在网上了解一下他人的见解。最先想到的地方自然就是Wikipedia 和百度百科。结果果然越是难懂的书，去这些地方也不会有太大的帮助。于是，我在网坛上找到了些别人论坛的帖子。http://book.douban.com/subject/1004821/
看了译者的导言和很多人的讨论后总算明朗了些。感谢我所读的版本的译者，特别是看了在百度百科的那段翻译后。>_< 虽然我能明白是古书，可是翻译成古语，只能让很多人敬而远之吧？

p.s. 最后一章有描写到画家与诗人；我总是觉得艺术是很有益的事物，所以在最后读到“画家只不过是模仿者，不是创造者”时感觉被讽刺了一下。-_- （不过想到这本书的重点，也就能释然了。）

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Year of Wonders

啊，停止你的肆虐吧，
当带着斑点的死神手持无法躲闪的毒标，
全副武装地穿过每一条街，
人们或迅速即逃跑，或勇敢面对。

生者寥寥，葬丧频仍，
在这遭弃的地方炫示你的愤怒；
对那些仅有的几个重返故居者，
你搜寻出他们所居之处，施以判决。

——约翰 · 德莱顿《1666，惊天动地之年》

在我熟悉的书店无意间看到了一本叫《奇迹之年》的书，读完简介后更对着本书感兴趣，于是买了下来。奇迹之年是由一位澳大利亚的记者，Geraldine Brooks 根据历史事件而写的；讲述了在1666年“黑死病”传到了英国一个村庄，人们是在恐怖的瘟疫下挣扎求存的故事。
作者把那个时代的人物和场景描述的很细致，而故事的本身也是引人入胜。因为故事是以真实事件改编，所以带来的震撼也更大。人的脆弱与丑恶在灾难里不堪一击，灵魂遭到摧残，人性的瓦解，无知更让人们陷入深渊；而在这其中难能可贵的勇敢与为他人牺牲的精神也通过灾难放大，闪烁着光芒。

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The Last Polar Bear



最近所借的书：THE LAST POLAR BEAR by Steven Kazlowski
上次拍过类似的照片后觉得很有趣，想着以后经常拍，但没想到第二次拍却是这么久以后．

prev: http://teaflower.blogspot.com/2008/03/blog-post_25.html

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勇气；


希望能够像Lucy & Edmund 一样，最终能够面对自己的软弱。 昨天和zu看了The Chronicles of Narnia, 又让我想起中学的那段时光; 真是怀念以前常常钻进图书馆的日子。可是后来在去同样的地方，却再也没有那时的心境了，以前常读的侦探小说也变得很闷。 后来想想，总是觉得那时应该是上帝的引领下才读到The Chronicles of Narnia的吧。

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