………reading (literature, non-fiction - religion, philosophy, history, …)
………theatre - I love Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto! (”The Chairs” by Ionesco was the most memorable!)
………travel - check out my travelogue.
………watch American (love 6-Feet Under!) and Japanese TV series
………biking along lakeshore - to Etobicoke, or to woodbine beaches
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One Piano Work that I Dream of Performing One Day
- The People United Will Never Be Defeated!(by Frederic Rzewski)
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Favorite Movies
- Kurosawa’s films: The Hidden Fortress, Rashomon, Throne of Blood, Ran, Ikiru
- Ignmar Bergman`s films: Cries and Whispers, Wild Strawberries, Scenes from a Marriage, The Seventh Seal, Persona - read my review…
- La jetée (The Pier) - Chris Marker
- The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) - Victor Erice - read my review…
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Stanley Kubrick
- Blade Runner, director’s cut (1982) - Ridley Scott
- The English Patient(1996) - Anthony Minghella
- Three Colours: Blue(1993) - Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Monster’s Ball (2001) - Marc Forster
- The Sweet Hereafter(1997) - Atom Egoyan
- The Deer Hunter(1978) - Michael Cimino
- The Love of Siam(2007) - Chookiat Sakveerakul
- The Ice Storm(1997) - Ang Lee
- The Hours(2002) - Stephen Daldry
- Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner(2001) - Zacharias Kunuk
- Happiness(1998) - Todd Solondz
- Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset(2004) - Richard Linklater
- Antonement (2007) - Joe Wright - read my review…
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Favorite Literary Works
- Demian (by Hermann Hesse)
- The Mill on the Floss (George Eliot)
- A Farewell to Arms (by Ernest Hemingway)
- Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet (by Shakespeare)
- The Brothers Karamazov (by Fyodor Dostoevsky)
- A Separate Peace (by John Knowles)
- The Catcher in the Rye (by J. D. Salinger)
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Favorite Operas
- The Ring of the Nibelung (by Richard Wagner)
- Tristan und Isolde (by Richard Wagner)
- Elektra (by Richard Strauss)
Yay, I love mythologies!
