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Nomad Movies: Part 1

By moviejourneys On March 11, 2014 · Add Comment · In featured-on-home-page
There are deeper metaphors for nomadism, originating in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, but none have been more thoroughly romanticized in popular culture than the spirit of the Gypsies. They have crossed all of the above geographical boundaries, eventually arriving in Europe and then the New World. The sight of a Gypsy Caravan carries [...]
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Nomad Movies: Part 2

By moviejourneys On March 11, 2014 · Add Comment · In featured-on-home-page
Movies are the stories that modern nomads exchange at their digital campfires   If author Bruce Chatwin is to be heeded, nomads are the opposite of Civilization.* He likes to point out that the Chinese dynasties built the Great Wall to keep the marauding nomads out; so did the Romans. Chatwin was one of those dropout travelers [...]
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Travel & the Movies

By moviejourneys On March 11, 2014 · Add Comment · In featured-on-home-page
Around the World in 80 Days (1956) is one of the few movies on this site that gets a fairly full summary of the events onscreen, maybe leaving out a few of the dull moments and avoiding the ruining of any real surprises. These posts are not done as movie criticism but more as cultural [...]
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By moviejourneys On January 13, 2014 · Add Comment · In featured-on-home-page
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By moviejourneys On January 13, 2014 · Add Comment · In featured-on-home-page
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