Ria Bacon: editor & writer

Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
From the heather of the Veluwe to the dust of Dakar ...

Currently resident in the Land of Sea with a small tribe of kids and Mr B.

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...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.

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Photos in motion

Here are a couple of examples of a very neat little program called Sqirlz, which makes water-related animations out of photos. In the first example, of Villa Sonsbeek in Arnhem, I tried to capture the slow swell of a breeze-blown lake. I’d give it 5/10.

In the second example, more appropriate for this time of year, I

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Joggin’ in de sand in a Babylon land

At the recent Commonwealth Games, Jamaica chalked up a remarkable score by winning every single sprint event!

It was all the more impressive given the small size of the population (2.7 million). So how come there are so many fast runners?

Well, if you also look at Jamaica’s ranking in the murder per capita table, you might get

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Dr Z

I imagine many people have a mental list of books they would like to read but never get around to doing so. Top of my list was Pasternak’s Dr Zhivago. Somehow, each time I entered a book store or started browsing on Amazon, my mind would go blank and I would quickly be distracted by any

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  • Ah, a wonderful post, a great way to start my day.

    It is always a delight (and also a tiny let-down, in a way) when, having read the book, you find bits and pieces added in the cinematic version or some of the book’s ‘loose ends’ brought together.

  • Oooh, nice little script you got running there!

  • What a super post – analytical but redolent of your love both for the book and for the film. And a superb montage, too. Thank you.

    Doctor Zhivago is one of very few works that exists in two forms, each of which may be considered in its own right to be of the highest order. The Unbearable Lightness Of Being is perhaps another. But more often than not, it is the mediocre books that make better films, perhaps because directors dare play with them more and perhaps because our expectations are lower in the first place.

  • Interesting analysis. My Dad took me to it when I was fairly young and as A result, the movie bored me to tears. I have never been back to watch it again. Oh well… nice tribute… I wanna learn how to do that!

  • rollo

    Clear prose, well done – there was a moment when I had to wonder whether I was reading a professional review of some kind. Thanks.
    I saw the movie when I was pretty young. I remember being most impressed by the poet they threw off the train. And an image of Guinness standing by a dam I could never reconcile with the story as remembered.
    Here’s some Russian trains

  • Tim

    “Carefully lighted”?
    Was she dismounting a horse?

  • Tim

    ‘Carefully lighted’ just seems a bit odd. Are you sure that shouldn’t be ‘Carefully lit’?

    Then again, it’s probably me.

  • Ria

    Probably. ;-)

    Both are acceptable as past participles of “light”, but there are nuances in their use depending on the context. I guess I used “lighted” because I was thinking of lighting (not litting).

    Now looking at “carefully lit”, I immediately picture Julie Christie sitting too close to the candle!

  • it’s pleasure me to say i agree charles!!!!!

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Quiet night of quiet stars

Dusk.

The tilers have flung their final obscenity down at the labourers below, carried the tools back to their boss and climbed into the back of the dusty pickup. The labourers in turn insult each other’s manhood, dust themselves off and head down the hill to the less leafy suburbs of Kingston. Some have cannibalized mountain bikes;

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Bruno Bozzetto – Champion animator

This is Bozzetto’s hilarious take on how the Italians differ from the rest of Europe. I particularly like the cafe scene where you hear how many ways you can order your coffee. They know no shame in being fussy – on the contrary, it’s a sign of fine culture and good taste.

Un cappucco scuro senza schuima,

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