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Post 4 - Dreams

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I have a favorite director, who is Wes Anderson. But my favorite movie is not by him. Is The Red Shoes, directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, a 1948 movie, with Moira Shearer, Marius Goring and Anton Walbrook. This movie is special to me because I love ballet. And this movie has, as scenary, this world and what involve the creation of a piece of ballet. Is magical how the Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale comes to life and enters into Victoria's life, played by Moira Shearer, who is a ballet dancer in real life. And also, the sidestory which follows every character: Victoria, a young dancer who wants to become a ballerina, the young composer and director who falls in love with the dancer, and the company director, who thinks that the artist must dedicate their life to the their career, but even so, he falls in love with the dancer too and feels frustrated when he discover the dancer and composer relationship. All of this put in tension the dreams of each one

Post 3 - Magical words

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To be honest, I don't know if I have a favorite author. I have a favorite book, but even so, I'm not sure if the author of those books (because is more than 1 book), but i could say she has a great writing style. She is J.K Rowling and of course, my favorite books are Harry Potter. I could name another author, who has a good writing and is Maggie Stiefvater. I like them because they have a dynamic style and when I started to read a book of them, it's hard to stop reading and when I feel that in books and movies (when I want to keep watching it until the end), is my personal thermometer of a good thing. Probably not the best reason, but I'm fine with that. According of these authors, I could say I like fantasy books. Harry Potter series is about magic and the Maggie Stiefvater's books I read was about werewolf and with a little bit of folklore (as I can read from the synopsis of another books by her). In fact, Maggie Stiefvater create music to her books, celtic musi