Prokofiev: Piano Sonata Nos. 6, 7 & 9

Advantages: Excellent physcological study of character.
Disadvantages: Grim, brutal, shocking scenes of a sexual nature.

...Haneke is well known for implementing the shock element into his films. He likes to leave his audience felling unsettled. Cinematography is brilliant with subdued colouring reflecting the drabness of Ericas life, and the greyness of the storyline. I have watched this film a few times now, and with each viewing I am stunned by the perfection of Isabelle Hupperts performance. Annie Girardot as the mother also gives a strong, convincing performance with the elements of smothering, and control in the right balance. In my opinion, I think this is a great film. It won many awards, and well deserved accolades. The Piano teacher has a very basic storyline,contains subtitles, and is very graphic in it's content, so it will not be to everyones taste. The musical score is brilliant throughout with the of sonatas Schuman, Schubert Bach... Read review

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Advantages: Runs really fast, Some very good features, any decent machine can run it.
Disadvantages: The Price. It looks like vista and it really is just a brush up on the old OS

...) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit) 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit) DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver Price for the OS: 2/10 I'm very suprised on how much they're charging for this. In my Country (UK) a single 1 use lisence can be found form around £63 for the upgrade pack. Because Vista was so shoddy I was hoping for 7 to be around £20-30 for an upgrade from Vista. I was a little dissapointed. Overall: 6/10 Many things have improved but all it is is a lot faster and a lot more managable than XP and vista. It's alot of money and I don't think it's worth it. Though if you think you want to be modern, up to date and have a fast smooth OS for once I guess is buy it. It's much better than XP and Vista. *Tip for buying Windows 7: If you have a Son/Daughter over 14, you may... Read review

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Advantages: It is Sonata Arctica.......just
Disadvantages: Changed their style for this album, what a shame

...PRESENTLY LIVING IN: Pirkkala TRACK LISTINGS "In Black and White" − 5:03 "Paid in Full" − 4:24 "For the Sake of Revenge" − 3:23 "It Won't Fade" − 5:58 "Under Your Tree" − 5:14 "Caleb" − 6:16 "The Vice" − 4:08 "My Dream's but a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare" − 6:13 "The Harvest" − 4:18 "To Create a Warlike Feel" − 5:03 "The Worlds Forgotten, the Words Forbidden" − 2:57 "Fly with the Black Swan" − 5:08 "Good Enough Is Good Enough" − 5:32 "They Follow" − 4:50 "Out in the Fields (Gary Moore cover)" − 4:06 "My Dream's but a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare - Instrumental" − 7:11 MY OPINION I admit i may be being a little harsh, but i was disappointed quite by this album. The fact of the matter is that Sonata... Read review

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