Christmas... movies

Christmas... movies 

It's Christmas Time!!!

Wherever you are... wherever you go... you cannot escape Christmas... you cannot escape food, sweets, hugs and tv!

It's Christmas time, it's time to wear your biggest pajama and lying on the couch with your family... waitin' for Santa to come!

The best way to wait for Santa is watching a Christmas movie!!!

Here is a list of some of the most famous, beautiful and funny Christmas movies for me... n'joy

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens' classical novel amazingly brought on the screen by Zemeckis in 2009, is the perfect representation of the true meaning of Christmas.

Home Alone

Since 1990 the perfect American comedy movie directed by Chris Columbus starring Macaulay Culkin.

 
It's a Wonderful Life

Directed by Frank Capra and starring James Stewart, It's a Wonderful Life it's a 1946 American drama that describes how a man that has given up is helped by an Angel named Clarence to believe in life again, by showing him all the lives he has touched and changed, and how different his community would be if he had never been born.

Trading Places

1983 American Comedy directed by John Landis and starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy. Two men involved in a social funny experiment of changing their lifes.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, 1993.

Miracle on 34th street

Directed in 1947 by George Seaton 

How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Ron Howard, 2000, starring Jim Carrey.

What would you do if you had 2000 $ to spend?

What would you do if you had 2000 $ to spend?

Well... I dunno what u'll do but for sure I know what I will do...

My choice is not banal /bəˈnɑːl, -ˈnal/ (adjective: so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring - http://oxforddictionaries.com), even if you find words like FLIGHT, NEW YORK, DREAM, MUSIC, CONCERT, USA... and a man!!!

You'll also find words like... passion, childhood, movies, Academy Awards, Jaws...

well Jaws?!?! who the hell can have a dream concerning Jaws? Well me...

Now let me tell you a story... 

I was born in 1983, that year one of my favourite movies stars, Shirley MacLaine was making a movie that allowed her to win her first statuette... the movie was "Terms of Endearment", starring also the amazing Jack Nicholson... The man I'm dreaming about was probably seated at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles close to Shirley MacLaine... but I didn't know because I was sleeping or drinking milk...

I grew up with Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones (I was mad about Indy), Home Alone, The Witches of Eastwick, Star Wars, Born on the fourth of July, Jaws and Jurassic Park... but I can continue...  until today.

After a while my parent and I went to Universal Studios, L.A. for me was a dream... and I enjoyed E.T, Jurassic Park and Jaws attractions... 

I do have to admit that I discoverd lately that the music I was crazy about, that music that worked like a Madeleine for Proust, worked also for me... and every time I listened to HIS music there was something that started to move in my stomach... 

The Man I'm talking about, my $ 2000 dream, was born in 1932... and his name is JOHN WILLIAMS. 

Williams received 47 Academy Award nominations and he is the second most nominated person after Walt Disney. Williams has won 5 Academy Awards (Fiddler on the Roof, Jaws, Star Wars, E.T. and Shindler's List), 4 Golden Globe Awards, 7 BAFTA Awards, and 21 Grammy Awards.

Being my madeleine, I would like to see him conducting his orchestra...

I'm sure John Williams’ concert will be one of the best live shows I could see in my entire life... he's a legend... and I'm really mad about him... I'm sure my stomach will go crazy... 

so... the question was: What would you do if you had 2000 $ to spend? 

I would buy a flight from Milan to New York  March  16, 2013

I would sleep at the Waldorf Astoria

I would have my bagle NY style 

...and finally on March 18, 2013 I would buy a dress... a simple long dress...

ready to see John... and let my butterflies fly away...

 

John Williams conducting, and with his Academy Award in 1977 for Star Wars