MUSIC
ROCK / METALLICA . No one knows when we will see Metallica on stage again, so for now, every Monday the most popular metal group in the world is offering on their social networks and YouTube the viewing of some complete concerts that they point out as their "favorites". Those of San Francisco, who are not known precisely for being fans of giving anything, began last Monday to post these performances, with excellent image and sound quality.
POP / MICHAEL STIPE . Michael Stipe stands in front of his laptop, begins to play a quiet drum machine and begins to sing with his eyes closed, feeling with every intensity every word. "There is no time to love like this . " It is his new song, No time for love like now, the third that he has released since October, which has meant the end of his musical hibernation since the separation from REM, in 2011. Although he released the song with the only explanation that it was a home recording of first take and that the music is by Aaron Dessner of The National, the context of confinement and pandemic give a special meaning to his lyrics, which, eagerly, he ends up repeating: «Your voice repeats with echo love / I hear it far away / I'm waiting".
CLASSIC / WORLD PIANO DAY. Saturday was World Piano Day, and to celebrate, the Deutsche Grammophon record label connected with some of its stars on a special three-hour, 43-minute broadcast. Maria João Pires, Víkingur Ólafsson, Rudolf Buchbinder and Evgeny Kissin, among others, performed pieces from Beethoven, Chopin, Bach or Brahms from their homes. / PABLO GIL
LITERATURE
'INSTANTANEOUS' / CLAUDIO MAGRIS. 1. Neither Thomas Mann's wife nor daughter dare to tell the Nobel Prize that on that day, September 1, 1939, World War II had begun. How were they to interrupt the "sacred hours" that the writer spent creating? 2. A young woman walks the Moscow metro with a Stafforshire terrier after returning from a tailor shop where her dog has been arranged for an elegant coat. They come across a stray mutt ... 3. Magris talks to the almighty Leo Castelli in his gallery in New York. The paintings are covered by black fabrics in protest. A visitor approaches without knowing anything and takes notes of what the latest art believes. And so up to 48 flashes (brief but succulent) of life.
'THE GOOD SOLDIER' / FORD MADOX FORD. "This is the saddest story I have ever heard." It is a legendary start to a landmark 20th century novel. The book, of which he was also a poet and editor, is now reissued by Sexto Piso with a new translation by Victoria León. The relationships of two couples well in a spa will be complicated until they reach suicide. Affection can become passion and friendship can betray. The past always emerges and what seems decorum and resignation is perhaps torment. Beckett, Coetzee, and so many others are devoted to this fiery narrative engineering.
CLARICE LISPECTOR. 100 years ago this Brazilian woman was born who never knew about archetypes and had the audacity as a flag. To get closer to her, Laura Freixas (recently even her It was not going to happen to me ) offers an online conference on April 1 at 6:00 p.m. through the Sefarad-Israel Center. / MANUEL LLORENTE
MOVIE THEATER
FANTASTIC / 'GUNS AKIMBO' It is time to rethink things from scratch and, why not, end old taboos, cultural prejudices and unrepentant hobbies. Jason Lei Howden uses the forever Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) to exacerbate, beyond reason, the language of blood, action and guts attached to the most publicized part of the video game world. The idea is to create a wild metaphor about the addictions attached to the virtual world (now more than ever) that surrounds us. The strange story of an employee of a company dedicated to creating mobile video games is told. When he sees himself, because of his fondness for insulting on social networks, within the most brutal game, reality is confused with his shadow and the metonymies start to sound, make a lot of noise and hurt. Relax, everything explodes. On Amazon Prime.
ANIMATION / 'LOVE DEATH + ROBOTS' Tim Miller and David Fincher rearrange the world of recent animation in this 18 short film wonder still on Netflix to be rediscovered. If you want to get down to business, go to La Witness , the 12-minute film signed by Alberto Mielgo. It is a short film released on an infinite and sliding Moebius tape in which the end is the beginning and the real thing, again, loses its foot.
SCIENCE-FICTION / 'TRON' And to end this brief review of the crumbling worlds (ours), nothing better than to go to the origin of everything. Steven Lisberger's improbable direction, Wendy Carlos 'music and Jeff Bridges' emotional disorder result in a classic with the virtue of the virtual. At Disney +. And ... "watch out for hidden macros . " / LUIS MARTÍNEZ
VIDEO GAME
THE HIT / 'UNCHARTED 4' In the 80s, it was Indiana Jones. In the 90s, Lara Croft. And in the new millennium, Nathan Drake, a treasure hunter at the height of Jones and Croft who will soon have his film (starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg). The Uncharted saga continues to expand the range of archeology-style adventures and mythological treasures in lost cities of Peru, Madagascar and Borneo. The initial trilogy - and Nathan Drake's character development - was written and directed by Amy Henning, one of the pioneering women in the video game industry. PlayStation offers Uncharted 4: A Thief's End for free during the month of April. The game was released in 2016 and has sold over 19 million copies .
SMART-PHONES / 'ALTO'S ODYSSEY' An odyssey (or visual journey) through beautiful landscapes. On a snowboard we glide through endless deserts, dunes at dusk, eastern castles ... Spectacular graphics and relaxing music. In 2018, a BAFTA was already taken for the best mobile phone video game .
EPIC GAMES / 'FIGMENT' A musical from the subconscious? Yes, that's Figment . Because here the adventure is to go deep into the subconscious. This is a different game, which takes a turn to the traditional action: we explore a dreamlike and surreal universe, in which thoughts, memories, desires and ... fears intermingle in the form of terrifying creatures . Graphics drawn by hand and highly symbolic, with a soundtrack that is part of the narrative. A delight from Epic Games (the studio responsible for the Fortnite phenomenon). / VANESSA GRAELL
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