Accédez à une sélection d'ouvrages choisis en coup de cœur par les collaborateurs de la Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg.
Découvrez mensuellement les sélections de la Médiathèque et du fonds non luxembourgeois. Les sélections de Luxemburgensia et de la Réserve précieuse sont régulièrement mises à jour en fonction des coups de cœur de leurs collaborateurs.
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König der Spione [Film] : die Welt des John Le Carré
von Werner Köhne, André Schäfer« Der Schriftsteller John le Carré, vor allem bekannt für seine auflagenstarken Spionagethriller, wird in der Dokumentation von André Schäfer und Werner Köhne als streitbarer Zeitzeuge vorgestellt. Er hält vor allem den Menschen im Westen einen Spiegel vor, der die Entwicklungen und den Wandel einer ganzen Epoche wiedergibt. Doch auch die Würdigung des literarischen Werkes von le Carré kommt in dem Porträt nicht zu kurz. Die Welt der klassischen Spionage sollte beinahe einer ganzen Epoche, nämlich der des Kalten Krieges, ihren Namen geben. Dieser Name selbst schien einem Romantitel des britischen Schriftstellers John le Carré nachgebildet zu sein. 'Der Spion der aus der Kälte kam', 1963 erschienen, war literarisch ein höchst ambitioniertes Werk und mehr als ein Roman. Nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges hat John le Carré in mehreren Romanen der Erosion der kommunistischen Systeme ebenso Raum gegeben ('Das Russlandhaus') wie dem im Nahen Osten heraufdämmernden Terrorismus ('Die Libelle'). Und nach der politischen Wende 1989 entwickelte er sofort ein Gespür für die globalen Verwerfungen der neuen Weltordnung. Terrorismus, Waffenschmuggel und Ausbeutung der Dritten Welt sind jetzt seine bevorzugten Themen, die er auch in Tageskommentaren und Gesprächen behandelt. Eine Hommage an den streitbaren Zeitzeugen John le Carré und sein literarisches Schaffen. Radikal, bösartig, analytisch, witzig und immer intelligent führt der Schriftsteller uns in seinen Werken den Wandel einer ganzen Epoche vor Augen. »
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If god is willing and da creek don't rise [Film]
written and dir. by Spike Lee« This follow-up to director Spike Lee's documentary "When the levees broke", focuses on the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans, five years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Bookending stories of individual heartache and perseverance are two momentous events: the historic 2010 Super Bowl victory by the "New Orleans Saints" and the disastrous British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Peabody Award-winning documentary. »
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Le neveu de Rameau [Enregistrement sonore]
Denis Diderot"Sous forme d'un dialogue vif et parfois provocateur, Le Neveu de Rameau de Denis Diderot met en scène Lui, le neveu du compositeur, et Moi : deux facettes de Diderot, le philosophe qui oeuvre pour les valeurs universelles et intemporelles, et le matérialiste qui pratique le cynisme et le détournement des valeurs. Le manuscrit fut caché, et ce n'est que 15 ans après le décès de Diderot qu'il fut retrouvé en Russie puis, publié en Allemand par Goethe. Il fallut attendre 1891 pour que le texte original paraisse en France."
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Treme [Film]
created by David Simon, Eric Overmyer"After delivering arguably the best television series ever made in "The Wire ", Simon has again delivered a series unlike anything you've seen on television before. He has gone into yet another downtrodden, forgotten city - this time, New Orleans in place of Baltimore - in search of the heart that keeps it alive. Unlike "The Wire", it brims with an unrelenting optimism. "Treme" focuses on New Orleans post-Katrina, with particular emphasis on the musicians who live and play there, particularly in the musically important Faubourg Treme neighborhood. There's Dixieland and zydeco, natch, but also hip-hop and rock; there are NOLA stalwarts like Dr. John, Ernie K-Doe, Lee Dorsey, and the Meters (as well as appearances by Elvis Costello, Steve Earle, and others), but plenty of younger, lesser knowns, too. Whether we hear it in the street, in a club or a recording studio, at home, or anywhere, music is the lifeblood of the city and this series, and it's handled brilliantly. Treme has a lot of characters and their stories to keep up with. There's trombonist Antoine Batiste (Wendell Pierce), a wonderful player but kind of a dog, especially to his current baby mama and his ex-wife, LaDonna (Khandi Alexander), a bar owner who's desperately searching for her missing brother. There's Creighton Bernette (John Goodman), a writer preoccupied with telling the world what's really going on in the city, and his wife Toni (Melissa Leo), a lawyer and thorn in the side of the authorities. There's Davis McAlary (Steve Zahn), a well-meaning but annoyingly clueless radio DJ, his occasional girlfriend Janette (Kim Dickens), who's struggling to keep her restaurant open, and Albert Lambreaux (Clarke Peters), who returns from Houston, finds his house in ruins, and sets about rebuilding it. Simon and Overmyer, who has lived in New Orleans on and off for more than 20 years, have set out to make this an authentic portrayal of the cultural stew and the varied peoples of the city."
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Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXe siècle
Elikia M'Bokolo, Philippe Sainteny et Alain Ferrari100 ans de l'histoire de l'Afrique, par la voix de ses grands acteurs, tous ceux qui, de près ou de loin, ont pris part à son réveil et l'ont fait entrer dans le XXIe siècle.
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Die Akte Aluminium = Planète alu
Bert Ehgartner“ Aluminium ist ein faszinierendes Metall: leicht, rostfrei und einfach zu verarbeiten. Noch vor etwas mehr als hundert Jahren war es so exotisch, dass Aluminium auf Welt-Ausstellungen präsentiert wurde und teurer wie Gold war. Doch Aluminium wird nicht nur als Werkstoff eingesetzt. Aufgrund seiner vielfältigen chemischen Eigenschaften ist es Bestandteil von Kosmetikprodukten, Nahrungsmitteln oder Medikamenten.Der ebenso spannende wie aufwühlende Film lässt neben Fachleuten auch Patienten zu Wort kommen. Und er ist brisant, weil zu den Krankheiten, bei deren Entstehung Aluminium eine Rolle spielen könnte, auch die Alzheimerdemenz und Brustkrebs gehören. Umso wohltuender, dass Ehgartner keinen einseitigen Skandalbericht vorlegt, sondern dem Zuschauer die Fakten und verschiedene, durchaus kontroverse Meinungen zum Thema präsentiert.”
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Happiness [Film]
written and dir. by Todd Solondz«Pour Joy, Trish et Helen, la route du bonheur est parsemée d’obstacles à la fois navrants et hilarants... A travers les destins croisés de trois sœurs du New Jersey et de leurs parents, amants et voisins « Happiness » dresse un portrait humoristique et décapant de la société américaine d’aujourd’hui et des démons qui la hantent.»
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Get on the bus [Film]
dir. by Spike Lee«Get on the Bus is one of Lee's best works. Poignant, funny and introspective, it tells the tale of various black men from various walks of life ; a father and his estranged, angst-ridden son, a gay couple, an arrogant actor, an ex-Crip turned Muslim, a half white cop and Ossie Davis as the "spiritual grandfather/moderator" type. They travel from California to DC for the Million Man March, and along the way come to terms with prejudice and hatred they have felt without as well as within. Spike Lee has done a wonderful job of chronicling the many different facets of what the black male experience is in America. But at the same time he very accurately shows how despite our differences, political affiliations, generations, educational levels, economic realities, and even sexual orientation we have a common goal and collective spirit that binds us together perhaps in a way that no other group (in America) will hopefully ever have to be bound.»
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Capote [Film]
dir. by Bennett Miller«In November 1959, the shocking murder of a small town Kansas family captures the imagination of Truman Capote, famed author of « Breakfast at Tiffany’s ». Played ba Academy Award and Bafta winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote sets out to investigate with his childhood friend Harper Lee (Catherine Keener), winning over the locals despite his flamboyant appearance and style.»
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Finding Vivian Maier [Film]
dir. by John Maloof, Charlie Siskel"Now considered one of the 20th century's greatest street photographers, Vivian Maier was a mysterious nanny who secretly took over 100,000 photographs that went unseen during her lifetime. Vivian's strange and riveting life and art are revealed through never-before-seen photos, films, and interviews with dozens who thought they knew her."
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Amazônia eterna [Film] = Eternal Amazonia
de Belisario Franca« The Amazon rainforest is today a vast laboratory for sustainable experiments that are unveiling new relationships among human beings, corporations and this natural heritage that is crucial for life on the planet. This is where the guidelines are being drawn up for a new global economic model: the green economy. But how much are the services really worth, rendered to humankind by this invisible commodity? And who should profit from this? Seeking for replies, this film showcases successful initiatives, exploring possibilities with specialists and plunging into a sensorial journey through the daily lives of these rainforest dwellers. »
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Chasing ice
dir. by Jeff Orlowski«Acclaimed photographer James Balog was once a sceptic about climate change. But through his Extreme Ice Survey, he discovers undeniable evidence of our changing planet. In this documentary, Balog deploys revolutionary time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. His hauntingly beautiful videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.Travelling with a team of young adventurers across the brutal Arctic, Balog risks his career and his well-being in pursuit of the biggest story facing humanity. As the debate polarises America, and the intensity of natural disasters ramps up globally, CHASING ICE depicts a heroic photojournalist on a mission to deliver fragile hope to our carbon-powered planet.»
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Written on the wind
dir. by Douglas Sirk«Written on the Wind (1956) is generally regarded as the best of director Douglas Sirk's 1950s lush, vibrantly colorful melodramatic masterpieces. His absorbing, flamboyant films were noted for their glossy and excessive style, film noirish characteristics, and exaggerated and overheated emotions. This film provides Sirk's clear commentary and critique of the underlying hollowness and shallowness of American society in the placid 1950s, and misfit lives stunted and corrupted by mental anguish, alcoholism, frustration, and corruptible materialistic wealth. This is a perverse and wickedly funny melodrama in which you can find the seeds of “Dallas,” “Dynasty,” and all the other prime-time soaps.»
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Murder on the Orient Express
dir. by Sidney Lumet«Pendant son trajet de trois jours à travers l'Europe, le célèbre Orient Express est subitement immobilisé suite à de nombreuses chutes de neige. Le détective Hercule Poirot est réveillé par un gémissement dans la cabine voisine. Le lendemain matin, un homme est découvert mort, frappé de plusieurs coups de couteau. L'assassin est toujours à bord pris au piège par la neige. Un Oscar du meilleur second rôle à Ingrid Bergman. Ours d'Or au Festival de Berlin.» Hommage à Lauren Bacall: L'icône américaine du cinéma Lauren Bacall, surnommée « the Look » au sommet de sa carrière pendant l'âge d'or d'Hollywood, est morte le 12 août à l'âge de 89 ans.
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La guerre est finie [Film]
réal. par Alain Resnais ; scénario Jorge Semprun«Le titre s'inspire du fameux document par lequel Franco déclara le 1er avril 1939 que la guerre civile était terminée. Le scénario de Jorge Semprún est très marqué par son histoire personnelle, sa lutte comme clandestin du Parti communiste espagnol, son éviction en 1964 de la direction du parti pour de graves divergences de vues avec le secrétaire général Santiago Carrillo. Dans son livre Autobiographie de Federico Sánchez, Jorge Semprún revient sur le thème du film en précisant : "L'un des thèmes principaux du film est justement la critique du mot d'ordre de grève générale conçu comme simple expédient idéologique, davantage destiné à unifier religieusement la conscience des militants qu'à agir sur la réalité." »
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Je t'aime je t'aime [Film]
mise en scène Alain Resnais ; scénario Jacques Sternberg«Souvent teinté de surréalisme et d'onirisme, la filmographie d'Alain Resnais reste marquée par un essai de pur science-fiction, scénarisé par un spécialiste du genre, l'auteur de nouvelles Jacques Sternberg : Je t'aime je t'aime. Sorti six années après La jetée, ce film d'Alain Resnais n'est pas sans rappeler le photo-roman de son ami Chris Marker: un voyage dans le temps avec en guise de fil conducteur, le souvenir d'une femme, et une expérience scientifique dont la conclusion sera fatale pour le protagoniste principal. Mais à la différence du court-métrage de Marker, la thématique science-fictionelle de Je t'aime je t'aime se révèle plus en retrait, voire un prétexte pour le cinéaste. Le voyage temporel désordonné du protagoniste lui permet plus d'inscrire son film dans le champ d'une expérimentation formelle inédite, à partir d'un montage « aléatoire » et en adéquation avec le récit, que de placer le long métrage dans un espace fantastique normé.»
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Lawrence of Arabia [Film]
dir. by David Lean ; screenplay by Robert Bolt, Michael Wilson«David Lean's lush, Oscar-winning biopic stars Peter O'Toole as T.E. Lawrence, the Oxford-educated British army officer who aided the Arabs in their revolt against the Turks. Teaming up with Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif), Lawrence crosses a desert (considered uncrossable) in order to join two separate Arab tribes together as a single fighting force. Aiming to achieve Arab sovereignty, he wins a series of military victories but always keeps his eye on the larger picture, doing his best to prevent the subjection of the Arabs to British colonial rule. The film won seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director.»
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It might get loud [Film]
by Davis Guggenheim"Three generations of rock guitarists come together for It Might Get Loud, a 2009 documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth). These are not just your garden-variety guitar gods: Jimmy Page, in his mid-'60s at the time of the film, founded Led Zeppelin, who dominated the 1970s following the breakup of the Beatles. As a member of U2, 48-year-old David Evans, better known as the Edge, created one of the most distinctive and influential sounds of the past quarter century. And 34-year-old Jack White (of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, and the Dead Weather) was described by one music publication as "the most significant rock 'n' roll figure of the past ten years." Guggenheim, who followed the three around for the better part of a year, takes us into their individual lives, past and present. There are shots of Page as a young London session musician, with the Yardbirds and Zeppelin, at Headley Grange (the estate where much of the fourth Zep album was made), and at home with his record collection. The Edge takes us to the Dublin classroom where U2 first rehearsed, as well as to the practice room he uses now (never a virtuoso soloist, he developed a style based on texture and a mind-boggling array of effects); and White, whose insistence on authenticity is admirable but perhaps a tad self-conscious, constructs a "guitar" from a plank of wood, a piece of wire, and a Coke bottle (he also plays a recording by the primitive bluesman Son House, featuring just voice and handclaps, that White says is still his biggest inspiration). The three also converge on a Hollywood sound stage, where they chat and a do a little jamming on Zep's "In My Time of Dying" (with all three playing slide guitar) and the Band's "The Weight." It's hard to say if the film's appeal will extend beyond guitar freaks and fans of these particular bands, but at the very least, It Might Get Loud offers some interesting insight into the soul and inspiration behind some of pop's best and most popular music."
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El viaje de Carol [Film] = Carol's journey
guión de Ángel García Roldán, Imanol Uribe ; dirigida por Imanol Uribe"Twelve-year-old Carol (Clara Lago) is accompanying her mother Aurora (Maria Barranco) to Spain to visit her mother's native village as the Civil War is tearing the nation apart. Carol's life is an emotional roller coaster, as her American-born father -- with whom she is extremely close -- has been away for quite some time, serving as a pilot in the International Brigades. Furthermore, Aurora recently received a terminal diagnosis for the illness she has been battling and could die at any moment. As Carol struggles with these issues as well as the acceptance of the new environment she has been cast into, she gains perspective from her gentle grandfather Amalio (Alvaro de Luna) and the village teacher Maruja (Rosa Maria Sarda), as well as an unexpected first love with local boy Tomiche (Juan Jose Ballesta). Adapted from Angel Garcia Roldan's novel A boca de noche, Carol's Journey was an official selection to the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Berlin International Film Festival, Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, Goya Awards, Montreal World Film Festival."
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Colors [Enregistrement sonore]
Romain NosbaumContient: Sergej Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux (Nr. 1, 2, 3, 5, 8 & 9); Frédéric Chopin: 8 Nocturnes; Richard Wagner / Franz Liszt: Isoldes Liebestod; Franz Liszt: Consolation Nr. 3; Georg Friedrich Händel / Wilhelm Kempff: Menuett; Romain Nosbaum, Klavier "Luxemburg verfügt über exzellente Musiker. Einer davon ist der Pianist Romain Nosbaum, dessen neueste CD ‘Colors’ man wirklich nur empfehlen kann, weil sich die Interpretationen deutlich von üblichen Klischees distanzieren. Rachmaninov und Chopin sind zwei Komponisten, deren Werke man gerne ausschließlich in die virtuose Ecke drückt, ohne dabei die vielen Zwischenstimmen und Nuancen zu berücksichtigen, die diese Stücke ebenfalls auszeichnen. Und gerade dieses Nachspüren der vereinzelten Melodienstränge, dieses sichere Gespür für Stimmungen und Reflexionen machen Nosbaums Interpretationen hörenswert, zumal er sich dem virtuosen Charakter auch nie verschließt. Vielmehr sucht der Künstler eine ideale Balance zwischen introvertierten Momenten und kraftvollen Akzenten zu suchen. Und das gelingt ihm auf eine sehr überzeugende und erstaunlich poetische Weise. Die sechs Etudes-Tableaux von Sergej Rachmaninov erklingen demnach sehr differenziert und gewinnen durch Nosbaums intelligent eingesetzte Vielschichtigkeit an Aussagekraft. Auch die sehr dynamischen Nocturnes von Frédéric Chopin – der Pianist stellt sich hier mit einer Auswahl von 6 Stücken vor – lassen aufhorchen und weisen Nosbaum als einen sehr stilsicheren und empathischen Chopin-Interpreten aus. Diese Stücke machen durch ihren Farbenreichtum und ihre Aussagekraft so viel Freude, dass wir uns nach dem Abhören dieser CD gefragt haben, wiese sich der Pianist nicht getraut hat, eine Gesamteinspielung von Chopins Nocturnes zu produzieren. Gerade solch talentierte Interpreten wie Romain Nosbaum müsste man hier in Luxemburg bei solchen Projekten weitaus mehr unterstützen und ermutigen. Jean Müller hat es mit seiner Gesamteinspielung der Beethoven-Sonaten vorgemacht, genau wie Cathy Krier mit ihrem Janacek-Projekt. Zwischen Rachmaninov und Chopin überraschen dann noch, ungemein intensiv, ‘Isoldes Liebestod’ von Wagner in der Bearbeitung von Franz Liszt sowie dessen sehr subtil ausmusizierte ‘Consolation Nr. 3′. Den Abschluss macht ein Händel-Menuett in der Bearbeitung von Wilhelm Kempff."
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