![]() ![]() In many areas, the so-called International Style, which emerged after World War II from the Bauhaus style of the 1920s and early 1930s, is still dominant. Thankfully, today’s designers are on the ball and are creating some amazing furniture that looks like nothing ever seen before. Futuristic buildings need futuristic interiors. Last year, I brought you an article about the exciting modern buildings that are going up all over Europe and elsewhere. So strap in for a tour of what’s in, literally. I don’t know what that apartment will look like, but thinking about it led me to contemplate contemporary interior design in general. Here are some photos of the happy couple.Įven twenty years after the end of WWII, there are still housing shortages in West Germany and therefore, the young couple above is thrilled to have found an apartment to start their new life together. And even though April has been cold and wet so far, I nonetheless attended a family wedding yesterday. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it, and I’m looking forward to more of this Italian spin on an American genre! And Kurosawa didn’t come up with the plot either, but borrowed it from Dashiell Hammett’s 1927 crime novel Red Harvest. Only four years ago, Akira Kurosawa told the same story, albeit set in 19th century Japan, in Yojimbo. However, if the plot of a nameless stranger getting involved in a feud between two rival gangs seems a tad familiar, that’s probably because it is. Per un pugno di dollari is an exciting movie, full of action and a lot more graphic violence than is commonly found in Hollywood westerns. West German actress Marianne Koch, mostly known for sappy romantic fare, plays a Mexican damsel in distress. It features Clint Eastwood, star of the American western TV series Rawhide, as a nameless gunslinger. The movie in question is called Per un pugno di dollari, which translates as “For a Fistful of Dollars”. The German film poster for “Per un pugno di dollari” a.k.a. After entertaining us with a seemingly endless stream of sand and sandal epics, Italian filmmakers have decided to try their hand at a new genre, the western. While the “western” appears to be a declining genre in the United States, at least on the silver screen, West German audiences are currently flocking to the cinemas to watch an Italian western. Today’s article is on architecture in the modern age, but first, I have a couple of news tidbits for you - one public and one personal: ![]()
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