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patrickwilken
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Message 169 of 295

01 October 2014 at 12:57pm | IP Logged

In September I read 1164 pages and watched 42 films.

While I am not a big believer in sudden jumps in comprehension, I noticed a significant improvement in my listening comprehension this month. I am now at a point where I watch most movies with a very high rate of understanding. The exception remains non-dubbed films, which is not surprising. I need to start throwing more German movies into my mix. Perhaps some Herzog? I have been avoiding watching some of the classic German films until now because I wanted to really be able to enjoy them in the original, and not just use them as a learning exercise.

Reading with it's much greater vocabulary range remains much more challenging. I started China Miéville's Kraken, but put it aside as I was too much like translation and not like reading. I read and enjoyed Kim Stanley Robinson's scifi/hipster epic 2312. Very nice book, but certainly a challenging read. Wanting something much easier I polished off Jurassic Park over a week.

As can be seen from the graphs I am getting close to my goal for 2014 of reaching 20000 pages and 600 films.

BOOKS

40. Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton. 572 Seiten. Ebook. 6/10. Nice easy read after 2312.

39. 2312. Kim Stanley Robinson. 592 Seiten. Ebook. 7/10.

MOVIES

578. Cairo Time (2009). Mubi. 8/10.

577. Terminator 3: The Rise of the Machines (2003). Maxdome. 7/10.

576. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Maxdome. 7/10.

575. Dredd (2012). 3€. Maxdome. 7/10.

574. Time After Time (1979). 3€. Maxdome. 3/10.

573. Banklady (2013). 3€. Maxdome. 6/10.

572. The Tourist (2010). Maxdome. 4/10.

571. Dark City (1998). 3€. Maxdome. 8/10.

570. A Serious Man (2010). Maxdome. 8/10.

569. The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999). Maxdome. 7/10.

568. War (2007). 3€. Maxdome. 5/10.

567. The Dark Knight Rises (2012). 3€. Maxdome. 7/10.

566. Desperado (1995). Maxdome. 7/10.

565. Sparrow (2008). Mubi. 7/10.

564. A Knight's Tale (2001). Maxdome. 7/10.

563. Braveheart (1995). 3€. Maxdome. On the night of the Scottish referendum. 7/10.

557-562. Doctor Who - Season 5 - 13 Episodes. 6/10.

556. Big Trouble In Little China (1986). 3€. Maxdome. 8/10.

555, Snowpiercer (2013). 4€. Maxdome. 8/10.

554. Jumanji (1995). Maxdome. 8/10.

553. Hollowman (2000). Maxdome. 4/10.

552. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009). 2nd time with K. Maxdome. 8/10.

551. Cloud Atlas (2012). 3€. Rewatched this after a year and a half,and found I could understand most, if not all the German now. 8/10.

550. Alphaville (1965). Maxdome. 5/10.

549. Quicksand (2003). Maxdome. 4/10.

548. XXX (2002). Maxdome. 5/10.

547. Snatch (2000). Maxdome. 9/10.

546. Ghosts of Mars (2001). Maxdome. 5/10.

545. Lady Vengeance (2005). Maxdome. 8/10.

544. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002). Maxdome. 8/10.

543. Oldeuboi (2003). Maxdome. 8/10.

542. The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009). Maxdome. 8/10.

541. Three Days of the Condor (1975). Maxdome. 7/10.

540. Die fabelhafte Welt der Amélie (2001). Maxdome. 9/10.

539. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011). Maxdome. 8/10.

538. Angel-A (2006). Maxdome. 7/10.

537. I'm Not There (2007). Maxdome. 9/10.

Edited by patrickwilken on 15 October 2014 at 10:14pm
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Message 170 of 295

01 October 2014 at 1:25pm | IP Logged

patrickwilken wrote:

In September I read 1164 pages and watched 42 films.

While I am not a big believer in sudden jumps in comprehension, I noticed a significant improvement in my listening comprehension this month.

Congratulations on the jump!

patrickwilken wrote:

The exception remains non-dubbed films, which is not surprising.

Why is this not surprising?
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patrickwilken
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Message 171 of 295

01 October 2014 at 4:10pm | IP Logged

Gemuse wrote:

patrickwilken wrote:

The exception remains non-dubbed films, which is not surprising.

Why is this not surprising?

Because non-dubbed shows are more likely to use idioms, have a broader range of accents, use regional vocabulary etc.
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patrickwilken
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Message 172 of 295

02 October 2014 at 2:42pm | IP Logged

An interesting article about a guy who taught himself Italian to near-native levels as a child by watching Italian TV while on holidays:

TV method, or how I learned Italian
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patrickwilken
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10 October 2014 at 12:55pm | IP Logged

Lately I've been getting a lot out of listening to Deutschlandfunk: http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/.

A excellent radio station if you want to keep up with German news and culture. A variant of PBS for Germany.

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13 October 2014 at 3:07pm | IP Logged

Quick round up of events at the Frankfurt Book Fair:

http://lovegermanbooks.blogspot.de/2014/10/book-fair-prize-r oundup.html
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patrickwilken
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Message 175 of 295

14 October 2014 at 8:21am | IP Logged

The cult series, Tatort, raised a storm of praise and dislike amongst the Twitterati this week with it's latest episode TATORT - 12.10.2014: Im Schmerz geboren, which people have compared to being a cross between Shakespeare and Tarantino.

Not sure I would go that far, but it was a fun and unusual episode, and is sure to win some German TV prizes.

Edited by patrickwilken on 14 October 2014 at 8:22am
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Message 176 of 295

15 October 2014 at 9:54pm | IP Logged

I just achieved my film viewing goal for 2014 (to reach 600 films) and as a reward watched my favourite German film Der Himmel über Berlin (1987).

This is one of the most beautiful films I have seen, and captures beautifully the divided city before the Wall fell. The script written by Wenders and Handke is quite lyrical, and I have promised myself that I would not watch it before my German had advanced enough to appreciate it.

Quite a few of the scenes near the Wall are filmed very close to my house, and its fascinating to see the Wall in all it's ugliness so close to where I am sitting now.

Cool enigmatic graffiti near my house from 27 years ago: Iß rotes Apfelmus!

Trailer for the film.

Quote:

Lied Vom Kindsein
– Peter Handke

Als das Kind Kind war,
ging es mit hängenden Armen,
wollte der Bach sei ein Fluß,
der Fluß sei ein Strom,
und diese Pfütze das Meer.

Als das Kind Kind war,
wußte es nicht, daß es Kind war,
alles war ihm beseelt,
und alle Seelen waren eins.

Als das Kind Kind war,
hatte es von nichts eine Meinung,
hatte keine Gewohnheit,
saß oft im Schneidersitz,
lief aus dem Stand,
hatte einen Wirbel im Haar
und machte kein Gesicht beim fotografieren.

Als das Kind Kind war,
war es die Zeit der folgenden Fragen:
Warum bin ich ich und warum nicht du?
Warum bin ich hier und warum nicht dort?
Wann begann die Zeit und wo endet der Raum?
Ist das Leben unter der Sonne nicht bloß ein Traum?
Ist was ich sehe und höre und rieche
nicht bloß der Schein einer Welt vor der Welt?
Gibt es tatsächlich das Böse und Leute,
die wirklich die Bösen sind?
Wie kann es sein, daß ich, der ich bin,
bevor ich wurde, nicht war,
und daß einmal ich, der ich bin,
nicht mehr der ich bin, sein werde?

Als das Kind Kind war,
würgte es am Spinat, an den Erbsen, am Milchreis,
und am gedünsteten Blumenkohl.
und ißt jetzt das alles und nicht nur zur Not.

Als das Kind Kind war,
erwachte es einmal in einem fremden Bett
und jetzt immer wieder,
erschienen ihm viele Menschen schön
und jetzt nur noch im Glücksfall,
stellte es sich klar ein Paradies vor
und kann es jetzt höchstens ahnen,
konnte es sich Nichts nicht denken
und schaudert heute davor.

Als das Kind Kind war,
spielte es mit Begeisterung
und jetzt, so ganz bei der Sache wie damals, nur noch,
wenn diese Sache seine Arbeit ist.

Als das Kind Kind war,
genügten ihm als Nahrung Apfel, Brot,
und so ist es immer noch.

Als das Kind Kind war,
fielen ihm die Beeren wie nur Beeren in die Hand
und jetzt immer noch,
machten ihm die frischen Walnüsse eine rauhe Zunge
und jetzt immer noch,
hatte es auf jedem Berg
die Sehnsucht nach dem immer höheren Berg,
und in jeder Stadt
die Sehnsucht nach der noch größeren Stadt,
und das ist immer noch so,
griff im Wipfel eines Baums nach dem Kirschen in einemHochgefühl
wie auch heute noch,
eine Scheu vor jedem Fremden
und hat sie immer noch,
wartete es auf den ersten Schnee,
und wartet so immer noch.

Als das Kind Kind war,
warf es einen Stock als Lanze gegen den Baum,
und sie zittert da heute noch.

Edited by patrickwilken on 15 October 2014 at 10:36pm

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