Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Aptness of Google searches:instances

  1. I read https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rahul-gandhi-sambit-patra-bjp-7492836/ and googled 'cuckoo': What is cuckoo bird famous for? answers:
    This is the famous bird of Europe whose voice is imitated by cuckoo clocks (and whose call, coo-coo, gave the name to the entire cuckoo family). It is well known as a brood parasite: females lay their eggs in the nests of smaller birds, and their hapless "hosts" raise only young cuckoos.



Thursday, August 12, 2021

Mosfilm

Mosfilm's wikipedia page  details[the first paragraph summarizes well:"Mosfilm (Russian: Мосфильм, Mosfil’m pronounced [məsˈfʲilʲm]) is a film studio which is among the largest and oldest in the Russian Federation and in Europe. Its output includes most of the more widely acclaimed Soviet-era films, ranging from works by Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Eisenstein (commonly considered the greatest Soviet director), to Red Westerns to the Akira Kurosawa co-production Dersu Uzala (Дерсу Узала) and the epic War and Peace (Война и Мир).

 

The legendary output of this Russian studio,needs to be explored by one and all,particularly lovers of cinema!

The names are simply awe-inspiring:Kurosawa,Eisenstein,Tarkovsky[I revere him most of all!] and a host of others,many of whom I know nothing of! 

The dedicated Youtube subscription page,which can be accessed here:https://www.youtube.com/user/mosfilm,should have become every serious movie lover's favorite haunt ever since it came out!

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The Four Seasons: a distinctive Western classical masterpiece

 Anyone who knows me well enough will know I am a music nut(not among the popular fruits : cashew, almond, hazelnut, but implying I am moved...