Ten films of the week: February 26 - March 4 To the Russian premiere of Philip Kaufman's film "Pero Marquise de Sad" The line of centuries two hundred years ago. France . Revolutions , shocks , war . Battle of dinosaurs: The one that is larger will devour what is smaller and well -resistant, but he will be devoured in turn.

You think about how continuous life is: Do not interrupt it, do not postpone it - And still, we have to live on. This is not Prigov - these are vodrennikov . Conceptualism, apparently, was too cold for everyday use. You can sneak once, another, third, but it is difficult to live, constantly staggering on the void, to which the conceptual text displays. And to make personal efforts to fill this emptiness is also difficult. So Vodennikov was waiting, he had to appear.

Four Europe Yaroslav Shimov Publication date: February 27, 2001 Europe was buried more than once. From the time of the French Revolution until the beginning of the twentieth century, when O. Spengler's famous work "The Decline of Europe" was published, there was no shortage of forecasts that painted the future of the Old World in gloomy colors. Later, the need for such prophecies disappeared: the reality of the 30s and 40s exceeded the most pessimistic expectations.

House in the Web Yulia Rogonova Publication date: February 27, 2001 If in Russia the main problems are from fools and roads, then the main problems of the Russian Internet are poor-quality communications and high prices. It is impossible to find an acceptable compromise between these two parameters. A relatively cheap connection via telephone lines, as a rule, does not stand up to any criticism; a dedicated line is not affordable for everyone.

Yesterday, the scenery in the soap opera changed to the usual: opened in the Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals hearings on the appeal Corporation of Microsoft . Nothing new has happened there yet: Microsoft's lawyers argue that the fact of selling Windows OS bundled with Internet Explorer did not in any way suppress competition in the browser market and users always had the opportunity to install another browser; Justice Department lawyers say Microsoft was depriving users of choice.

Alexandra Shatskikh. Vitebsk. Life of art. 1917-1922. - M.: Languages ​​of Russian Culture, 2001. - 256 p.; circulation 2000 copies; ISBN 5-7859-0117-X. I repeat once again : Alexandra Semyonovna Shatskikh should have a monument erected during her lifetime. However, the outlines of this delightful monument are already being outlined. Having reached the middle - that is, the third volume - the great five-volume collection of Malevich is suitable as a pedestal.

With the quiets of Aizenberg are not simple and not complicated, they are outside these categories. Simplicity, as a rule, implies hidden complexity (often - in a good way), and complexity - implicit simplicity (often in bad). While Aizenberg does not obscure the meaning on purpose, although at the same time he does not impose himself not only in friends, but even to acquaintances. He can completely do without "extra people", himself - not being superfluous.

Hunger 18 Practical gastroenterology reading Alexander Ageev Publication date: February 27, 2001 In childhood and adolescence, my parents constantly scolded me for the inconsistency and lack of foundation in reading: the sight of five, eight, ten books simultaneously opened and scattered throughout all the residential and non-residential premises of the apartment horrified them. “The child grows up distracted, he cannot concentrate on one thing or complete the task,” etc. and so on.

World-regions of Russia Peter Kiryan Publication date: February 27, 2001 Such contradictory regions The last year or so has been a period of political dominance over economics. We elected deputies to the State Duma, the president and almost half of the governors. The next cycle of big elections, repeated every four years, has come to an end, and now the authorities will take up economic activities.