The Departed
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Vera Farmiga
Plot outline: Frank Costello is the boss of the Irish mafia in Boston, and in order to get to him the state police uses a mole. Meanwhile, Costello has his own mole in the police force - assigned by Costello to find the leak in his ranks and by the police to find the same in their ranks.
Amazing! Wonderful! All other positive adjectives you can think of! Intriguing plot, believable characters, fantastic (!) music and a very unexpected ending. Di Caprio does his best acting since Gilbert Grape (which basically means since the beginning of his career), having matured both in looks and skill. Jack Nicholson is a perv as usual, but this time it fits his character. And the camera angles, the timing, everything's just... aaah, go see it already!
http://imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
Cast: Leonardo Di Caprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Vera Farmiga
Plot outline: Frank Costello is the boss of the Irish mafia in Boston, and in order to get to him the state police uses a mole. Meanwhile, Costello has his own mole in the police force - assigned by Costello to find the leak in his ranks and by the police to find the same in their ranks.
Amazing! Wonderful! All other positive adjectives you can think of! Intriguing plot, believable characters, fantastic (!) music and a very unexpected ending. Di Caprio does his best acting since Gilbert Grape (which basically means since the beginning of his career), having matured both in looks and skill. Jack Nicholson is a perv as usual, but this time it fits his character. And the camera angles, the timing, everything's just... aaah, go see it already!
http://imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
Doktor Glas
Author: Hjalmar Söderberg
Year of publication: 1905
Plot summary: Dr Glas falls in love with mrs Gregorius, who is married to a priest she despises and has a love affair with another man. Glas watches from the sidelines, helping mrs Gregorius in ridding herself of her husband, and reflecting on love and the moonlight.
Sort of depressing, this book left me with a feeling of part contempt and part sympathy for the lonely Dr Glas. Even though I chose this book from a list, I still consider it forced reading, and because of this I suppose I can never make a fair judgement of it, but I will say nonetheless that I don't really recommend it - unless you're a fan of Strindberg and Ibsen and so on. Then I'm sure you'll love it. Myself, I'm not a fan. Go figure if I liked it.
Year of publication: 1905
Plot summary: Dr Glas falls in love with mrs Gregorius, who is married to a priest she despises and has a love affair with another man. Glas watches from the sidelines, helping mrs Gregorius in ridding herself of her husband, and reflecting on love and the moonlight.
Sort of depressing, this book left me with a feeling of part contempt and part sympathy for the lonely Dr Glas. Even though I chose this book from a list, I still consider it forced reading, and because of this I suppose I can never make a fair judgement of it, but I will say nonetheless that I don't really recommend it - unless you're a fan of Strindberg and Ibsen and so on. Then I'm sure you'll love it. Myself, I'm not a fan. Go figure if I liked it.