the adventures of quentin durward , known also as quentin durward , is a 1955 historical film released by mgm .

it was directed by richard thorpe and produced by pandro s. berman .

the screenplay was by robert ardrey , adapted by george froeschel from the novel quentin durward by sir walter scott .

it was the third in an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring robert taylor .

the first two were ivanhoe ( 1952 ) and knights of the round table ( 1953 ) .

all three were made at mgm 's british studios at elstree , near london .

the film had the distinction of a soundtrack composed by studio music mainstay bronislau kaper rather than miklos rozsa , who was busy on other projects at the time the film was ready for scoring .

it was the first big-budget film for the british actress kay kendall , and it featured a large contingent of distinguished british players , including robert morley .

the adventures of quentin durward

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robert taylor is sir walter scott ' s medieval hero in the adventures of quentin durward ( 1955 ) .
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quentin durward ( aka the adventures of quentin durward , 1955 ) : a scottish knight in france to facilitate a marriage between a rich and beautiful countess and his aging uncle becomes involved in court intrigue .
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thematic series : the second medieval epic in glorious technicolor directed by richard thorpe and starring robert taylor as the hero , after ivanhoe ( 1952 ) and before the adventures of quentin durward ( 1955 ) .
kaper ' s complete score to quentin durward is premiered here in stereo sound , with liner notes by lukas kendall .
prince ricardo of pantouflia : being the adventures of prince prigio ' s son . 1893 .
red - cap adventures by s . r . crockett ( ebook ) - lulu
carroll , lewis . alice ' s adventures in wonderland . london : macmillian , 1865 .
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quentin durward works best as a parody . everyone in it seems to have gotten the joke except robert taylor , the director , and mgm . a pity - - if everyone had . . .
quentin durward by walter scott 6 out of 10 this not the best work i had in my hands . i venture to say far from it . the king of france has a conflict with the duke of burgundy . there is also a damsel in distress and caught in the plot the young hero - quentin durward . i did not enjoy this so much , even if there are some adventures… well , sort of . the duke of burgundy is upset , because a girl from his court has escaped and found refuge with the king of france . we meet his majesty early on , but in disguise .
[ 10 ] ivanhoe ( richard thorpe , uk / usa , 1952 ) , rob roy , the highland rogue ( harold french , uk / usa , 1954 ) , king richard and the crusaders ( based on the talisman , david butler , usa , 1954 ) , the adventures of quentin durward ( richard thorpe , uk , 1955 ) .
the second in the series , prince ricardo of pantouflia : being the adventures of prince prigio ' s son , which appeared in 1893 , is a pendant to the original book .
sir walter scott ' s
quentin durward
has been studiously squeezed into the familiar mold of a big cinema - scopic costume romance by metro - goldwyn - mayer , which seems to have become the screen translator of all english literature . view full article in timesmachine »
disappointing having long ago read and enjoyed scott ' s ivanhoe , i looked forward to a tale of rousing adventure with quentin durward . unfortunately , i found this to be a ponderous read , rife with antiquated and sometimes incomprehensible terminology as well as a great excess of verbosity . oddly , most of the story was less about the adventures of the title character than about the machinations of the wily and unscrupulous monarch louis xi , and i found this emphasis to be unenjoyable .
this was the last of lang ' s adventures into the realm of fairy - land , and is itself isolated from the earlier period when he was exploring that dim region in so many directions .
frankreich zur zeit der regirung von louis xi ( 1461 - 1483 ) und karl der kühnen ( 1433 - 1477 ) . quentin durward ist der letzte spross einer adligen schottischen familie , die von einem rivalisierenden klan ausgerottet wurde . quentin überlebte den letzten angriff nur knapp und durfte weiterleben unter der bedingung , mönch zu werden , damit die familie durward mit ihm endet . das mönchsdasein ist aber so gar nicht quentins berufung , er flüchtet nach frankreich zu seinem onkel ludovic lesley , le balafré , d
plush version of sir walter scott’s tale of scottish knight quentin durward sent to france by his uncle to propose to a wealthy and titled lady , the fair isabelle . there is intrigue aplenty with attacks and sword fights including one where the protagonists dangle from bell tower ropes inside a burning church .
first scene for kay kendall as french countess
isabelle ,
resisting the duke ( alec clunes ) arranging her marriage , scottish lord malcolm ( moulrtie kelsall ) consulting with emissary robert taylor ( title character ) , in mgm ' s quentin durward , 1955 . >
in 1465 quentin durwood travels to france to meet isabelle , countess of marcroy , on behalf of his elderly scottish uncle whom , for political reasons , the duke of burgundy intends she marry . a man of honour who may have sworn too many oaths , durward finds he and isabelle being used as pawns in a deadly game by the duke and devious king louis xi . one look at isabelle has convinced durward this is where he and his heart have to be .
andrew lang ,
the supernatural in fiction ,
adventures among books ( london : longmans , green , 1905 ) , pp . 273 , 278 - 80 .
the gold of fairnilee is a true tale of faerie , but such is lang ' s genius that the dickie doyle fairies of the princess nobody and the burlesque characters of tales of a fairy court ( which contains some early adventures of prince prigio ) are equally perfect in their own way .
she did appear in the drama simon and laura ( 1955 ) with peter finch ; the comedy abdulla the great ( 1955 ) with sydney chaplin and gregory ratoff ; and the epic historical film the adventures of quentin durward ( 1955 ) , with robert taylor and robert morley . [ 2 ] in october and november 1957 , she appeared in two episodes of the short - lived american television series the polly bergen show . [ 14 ] and also starred as herself in series 3 episode 17 of the phil silvers show on 17 january 1958 . [ 15 ]
the film was the second in an unofficial trilogy made by the same director and producer and starring robert taylor , coming between ivanhoe ( 1952 ) and the adventures of quentin durward ( 1955 ) . all three were made at mgm ' s british studios at elstree , near london and partly filmed on location . the cast included robert taylor as sir lancelot , ava gardner as queen guinevere , mel ferrer as king arthur , anne crawford as morgan le fay , stanley baker as mordred and felix aylmer as merlin .
barber ( wilfrid hyde - white ) shaving french king louis ( robert morley ) , who calls on newly - hired scottish knight robert taylor ( title character ) to guard countess isabelle ( kay kendall ) from unwelcome visitors , in quentin durward , 1955 , from the sir walter scott novel . >
quentin durward ( 1955 ) was the last in an unofficial trilogy of historical adventures produced by m - g - m ' s pandro s . berman , directed by richard thorpe , and starring robert taylor . ivanhoe ( 1952 ) and knights of the round table ( 1953 , fsmcd vol . 6 , no . 7 ) had been scored by miklos rozsa , but during the middle of 1955 rozsa was occupied with the studio ' s diane ( fsmcd vol . 7 , no . 3 ) , so the new picture was taken on by bronislau kaper .
some kind of achievement for me . finally , read
quentin durward
by walter scott in original and expand my english vocabulary with about 50 words , that would be useful for reenactment ) . great book , definitely the good read , as it was in my childhood . ps . historical notes and references alongside the text are great too .
bronislau kaper ' s score for quentin durward is a delightful swashbuckling effort in the best tradition of erich wolfgang korngold ' s ' 30s and ' 40s efforts and the cinemascope - era scores by waxman , rozsa and steiner . the themes range from a lighthearted scottish jig to a yearning love theme , and melancholy strains of unrequited affection—with solidly symphonic action music for the derring - do . the score has long been desired by fans of the genre .
i have to admit i was a little surprised by how engaging , exciting , and funny this historical novel by sir walter scott was . this novel , written in 1823 , tells the story of quentin durward , a wandering scottish nobleman who goes to france to make his fortune and ends up serving in the scottish guard of the french king , louis xi . quentin is as noble and true and chivalrous as louis is sneaky , cruel , and out for number one , but together they make a pretty good team and a very satisfying story . als
written to introduce children to the works of sir walter scott , both volumes bear the sub - title
stolen from the treasure chest of the wizard of the north
. stories include episodes from waverley , guy mannering , rob roy , the antiquary , ivanhoe , the fortunes of nigel , quentin durward & the pirate . “ in this simple recounting of adventures there lurks a really high art , and not a little humor . mr . crockett is aiming to bring home to his critical small audience the liveliness , the excitement , the breathless adventuresomeness , of these great novels . he is luring his hearers on to read for them - selves . he tells them enough about the people and the events to make them hurry to the books to fill out details . ” — churchman .
walter scott’s novel of 1823 follows a scottish nobleman to 15th century france where he seeks his fortune as a mercenary working for the devious king louis xi . quentin durward believes in chivalry in an age when chivalry is going out of fashion , but sticks to his principles throughout in spite of many obstacles . this is but one example of the various impressively realised characterisations in the novel , against a fast moving action packed story with occasional moments of gutsy violence . the bac
the film is part of a thematic series with 1952 ' s ivanhoe and 1955 ' s quentin durward ( which were also produced by mgm and directed by richard thorpe , and also starred robert taylor ) , with a similar chivalric spirit and tone and similarly lavish production values . all three were filmed at mgm ' s british studios at elstree , near london .
thus , the scott cinema canon , which had been fairly eclectic in the early years of film , soon narrowed to just three principal source works : rob roy , ivanhoe , and quentin durward . the small number of recent scott films had continued this trend : most were made in post - soviet russia , and one , rob roy ( usa , 1995 ) , is only tangentially based on the original novel . [ 13 ] significantly , too , only rob roy had been a favourite with theatre - goers before the advent of cinema : there were some 970 stage adaptations of the novel produced in the century between 1817 and 1917 , nearly four times as many as ivanhoe and quentin durward combined . [ 14 ] so why did one great scotch romance and a couple of minor medieval romances assume such prominence in the cinema ? the following section of this essay will consider some of the surviving film versions of these three novels , with particular attention to cinematic representations of scotland .
n 1465 , the impecunious scottish knight quentin durward travels to france to determine whether the countess isabelle of marcroy will make a suitable bride for his aged uncle . the marriage has been arranged by the duke of burgundy to from a lasting alliance with scotland . aware that her intended husband is an old man , isabelle takes flight and puts herself under the protection of the king of france , louis xi . quentin pursues her and manages to inveigle his way into the king ' s confidence . fearing that a rift with burgundy will lead to an all - out war that france can ill afford , the king conceives a fiendish plan that will deliver isabelle into the hands of the notorious brigand count william de la marck . . .
scott’s reinvention of rob roy as a highland robin hood conveniently supplied disney with a link between the jacobite setting of the novel and the more congenial medieval scott of ivanhoe , the talisman , and quentin durward . [ 45 ] conscious of the catastrophe of alexander korda’s bonnie prince charlie in 1948 , hollywood studios were anxious to find ways of exploiting the magnificent scottish scenery and the action , colour , and revelry of scots “tartanry” without having to deal with the dramatically unpromising facts of the failed rebellions of 1715 and 1745 and the integration of scotland into the united kingdom . the highland rogue therefore belongs more compellingly with other chivalric romances coming out of the british - american co - productions of the period , such as another jacobite makeover of 1953 , warners’ film of robert louis stevenson’s the master of ballantrae , in which the presence of errol flynn inevitably calls up robin hood . [ 46 ]
i read this long ago and liked it very much . the story is about a young archer , quentin durward , who leaves his native scotland to serve in the scottish guard of louis xi of france . as security detail he accompanies the beautiful isabelle de croye of burgundy on a journey to flanders . the lady is promised in marriage to quite a few men within the story : first to an odious nobleman in the burgundy court , then to a bandit , next to the duke of orleans . when she refuses the duke , he promises her to
i recently watched the hollywood movie version of quentin durward ( in several youtube installments ) , starring robert taylor , kaye kendall , and robert morley ; and i decided to pick up a used hard - bound copy to read in the original literary format . even after having read barely 70 pages of the book , including the 33 - page
introduction
, i was able to affirm that for once hollywood captured the book ' s droll , ironic humor , especially in the on - screen characterization of louis xi ( aka the
spider kin
i have to admit i was a little surprised by how engaging , exciting , and funny this historical novel by sir walter scott was . this novel , written in 1823 , tells the story of quentin durward , a wandering scottish nobleman who goes to france to make his fortune and ends up serving in the scottish guard of the french king , louis xi . quentin is as noble and true and chivalrous as louis is sneaky , cruel , and out for number one , but together they make a pretty good team and a very satisfying story . also includes a damsel in distress , some pointedly two - faced religious devotions , and some pretty racist comments about the gypsies .
the maid of france : being the story of the life and death of jeanne d ' arc . 1908 .
then she made the holy sign of the cross , and the face of the elf grew black , and the light went out of the sky .
when i first read this novel in high school , i really liked it and always thought it was an excellent historical adventure novel ( there is probably a better term for this type of literature ) . after reading another novel about mercenaries recently , i decided to re - read quentin durward just to remind myself of how novels about mercenaries really should be written . well , this experience was pretty interesting . the story is about the french king louis xi as much as it is about the scottish archer , quentin durward who serves the french king . in fact , there is probably more text dedicated to the king and his affairs . this side of the story really slows the flow of the book although shows in detail what kind of monarch and politic louis xi really was - you will be repulsed by his actions and you will admire him a little . it sounds crazy but think about it - how can you admire a story about adventures of a person who kills for money ( mercenary ) ? if you do , why not admire the king who is smart and ruthless at the same time ( or is it the same thing ? ) ? the adventures feel ancient in character and a bit naive ( think knights fighting for their dames ) but it ' s still enjoyable if you manage to sleep through the boring parts ( maybe it ' s just me but this is my review so . . . ) . overall , i found that i only got interested in the story after i ' ve gone though 2 / 3 of the book . and all i could say in the end was ,
well , good for him . what do i read next ?
i read this long ago and liked it very much . the story is about a young archer , quentin durward , who leaves his native scotland to serve in the scottish guard of louis xi of france . as security detail he accompanies the beautiful isabelle de croye of burgundy on a journey to flanders . the lady is promised in marriage to quite a few men within the story : first to an odious nobleman in the burgundy court , then to a bandit , next to the duke of orleans . when she refuses the duke , he promises her to whoever will kill the bandit she was once to marry . quentin , true romance hero that he is , performs this task admirably and thereby gains isabell ' s love and hand in marriage . this was quite long . an enjoyable cloak and dagger novel with lots of historical detail about 15th - century france and scotland .
my second favorite of scott ' s work - - - next to ivanhoe . a good action / adventure story set against the interesting backdrop of 1400s france . the conflict between king louis and charles of burgundy was fun for me to read about , but anyone can enjoy characters like lady hamelina and the naive , honest hero , quentin durward himself . the book has more humor than you ' d expect , and that ' s a plus . i recommend this to anyone interested in trying out scott ' s other novels - - besides ivanhoe .
when i first read this novel in high school , i really liked it and always thought it was an excellent historical adventure novel ( there is probably a better term for this type of literature ) . after reading another novel about mercenaries recently , i decided to re - read quentin durward just to remind myself of how novels about mercenaries really should be written . well , this experience was pretty interesting . the story is about the french king louis xi as much as it is about the scottish archer , que
introductions to the gadshill edition of the works of charles dickens . 34 volumes .
[ 13 ] ballada o doblestnom rytsare ajvengo ( ivanhoe , sergei tarasov , russia , 1983 ) , priklyucheniya kventina dorvarda , strelka korolevskoy gvardii ( quentin durward , sergei tarasov , russia , 1988 ) richard ivinoye sedtse ( richard the lion - hearted , based on the talisman , yevgeni gerasimov , russia , 1992 ) , rytsar kennet ( kenilworth , yevgeni gerasimov , russia , 1993 ) , rob roy ( michael caton - jones , usa , 1995 ) .
the cold , clear magic of the north , austere as the hills of ettrick and of yarrow , is breathed over the whole piece . but the austerity is the quiet simplicity of the truest affection , and the coldness is the gentle calm of the love that is beyond passion .
fairies had interested him since childhood . not only had he been brought up on perrault and grimm , but he grew up in the border country , where legends and tales of the
little people
abounded . fairnilee , the locale of his best story , is border country , and appears to be little more than a reconstruction of his own childhood adventures in search of fairy folk and fairy treasure .
[ 11 ] redgauntlet ( children’s hour , 1940 , 1945 ) , guy mannering ( 1948 ) , waverley ( 1948 - 49 ) , ivanhoe ( 1950 ) , kenilworth ( 1950 ) , quentin durward ( 1951 ) , the talisman ( 1952 ) , old mortality ( 1952 ) , the heart of midlothian ( 1953 ) , the fortunes of nigel ( 1955 ) , old mortality ( 1974 ) . see h . philip bolton , “sir walter scott on bbc , ” scott newsletter ( issue 12 , spring 1988 ) 2 - 9 .
the origin of the irrational element in myth and tale is to be found in the qualities of the uncivilised imagination .
like ivanhoe , quentin durward was based on a historical novel by sir walter scott , but took on a comic dimension as it depicted a 15th century
when knighthood was a drooping blossom .
taylor starred as the title character , an honorable but penniless scottish knight sent to france on a minor mission that grows into a battle for the country ' s future . the film featured lovely european photography , a mostly english supporting cast , and a charming turn by taylor as the chivalrous but somewhat hapless knight .
analysis of lang ' s portrayal of aspects of civilization and childhood in the blue fairy book .
until mgm closed its british studio in 1970 and amalgamated with emi , it turned out several productions each year from borehamwood , including such critical and / or commercial successes as the adventures of quentin durward ( d . richard thorpe , 1955 ) , bhowani junction ( d . george cukor , 1955 ) , lust for life ( 1956 ) , several of ealing ' s last films , including dunkirk ( d . leslie norman , 1958 ) , margaret rutherford ' s four ' miss marple ' thrillers , starting with murder she said ( d . george pollock , 1961 ) , anthony asquith ' s all - star last gasps , the vips ( 1963 ) and the yellow rolls - royce ( 1964 ) , stanley kubrick ' s lolita ( 1961 ) and 2001 : a space odyssey ( 1968 ) , and - almost the end - a musical remake of one of the earliest mgm - british successes , goodbye , mr chips ( d . herbert ross , 1969 ) .
the next stage of the illness was characterized by the painting of fingernails in the unlikeliest of shades as well the application of artificial eyelashes , the meticulous plucking of eyebrows , and the application of considerable amounts of other cosmetics , to the point that periodically some girl would even wear bright red lipstick . that was what it was like at school .
analysis of lang ' s adaptations of
beauty and the beast
and
the wonderful sheep
in terms of carl jung ' s theory of the cultural archetype .
away from the archers , challis became a mainstay of the rank organisation during the 1950s , lending his talents to the smash hit genevieve , and worked with leading british directors such as sidney gilliat , lewis gilbert , charles crichton and roy ward baker . challis ' hollywood credits from this period include the lively medieval swashbuckler quentin durward , notable for its vibrant widescreen imagery . hollywood - backed productions seldom called for the kind of visual imagination evident in the archers films . a shot in the dark , for example , found challis largely constricted by blake edwards ' penchant for subdued colour and long , static takes . an elaborate crane shot in the opening sequence , charting multiple amorous liaisons in a french villa , shows what could have been .
[ in the following excerpt , tolkien—the acclaimed author of the lord of the rings series—examines the value and function of fairy tales in modern culture , refuting lang ' s assertaion that fairy tales belong primarily to the realm of childhood . ]
household tales occupy a middle place between the stories of savages and the myths of early civilisations . 17
the bulk of the book is about ulysses , the trojan war seen from his part in it as well as the matter of the odyssey . lang uses the roman name throughout , saying firmly
the name was changed into ulysses and we shall call him ulysses
, while leaving zeus , aphrodite and the other gods in their greek forms . the gods themselves are played down , perhaps in imitation of bowdler . it may not be necessary to revive the question of ulysses ' paternity , though writers later than homer thought he was the son of sisyphus , not laertes . but to refer to helen as the daughter of tyndarus ( sic ) is either to be podsnappishly zealous about the young readers ' innocence or stolidly to ignore one of zeus ' s more notorious extramarital adventures . it also leaves lang with an anomalous nickname of helen ' s to explain , so he says that she was called
the daughter of the swan
because of the whiteness of her breast ! the judgment of paris , which would appear the sine qua non of the whole boiling , is mysteriously omitted .
she only saw the faint glimmer of the white flowers , and a kind of shadow standing where the dwarf stood .
tim dolin is associate professor in the school of media , culture and creative arts at curtin university of technology . he is the author of
for us ,
he writes ,
the true poetry is the poetry that wakes again the true self ; the wistful soul slumbering undisturbed in the tumult of the world , and only aroused , like the sleeping princess in the scottish fairy - tale , by the magic song
1 and in his case the magic song was the music of the tweed and of the waters of the north wandering among the hills where dwelt yet the echoes of old story and old belief .
walter scott’s novel of 1823 follows a scottish nobleman to 15th century france where he seeks his fortune as a mercenary working for the devious king louis xi . quentin durward believes in chivalry in an age when chivalry is going out of fashion , but sticks to his principles throughout in spite of many obstacles . this is but one example of the various impressively realised characterisations in the novel , against a fast moving action packed story with occasional moments of gutsy violence . the background details and many of the characters have some historical basis , although various notes point out how some events have been moved into different time periods for the convenience of the story , a not unusual device in historical novels . arguably , the novel has its faults – some readers will find that the numerous footnotes slow down the plot , but i actually found them informative . the gipsy characters , also referred to as bohemians , seem to be the typecast two dimensional untrustworthy foreigners of pulp fiction . i enjoyed it immensely , a rare example of a fast - paced 19th century novel . it helps if you try to forget the appalling 1950s movie version .
[ 12 ] kenilworth ( uk , 1957 ) , ivanhoe ( 39 - episode tv series , uk / usa , 1958 - 59 ) , the heart of midlothian ( uk , 1966 ) , kenilworth ( uk , 1967 ) , the devil’s piper ( uk , 1968 ) , ivanhoe ( uk , 1970 ) , the rebellious red gauntlets ( uk , 1970 ) , quentin durward ( france / west germany , 1971 ) , woodstock ( uk , 1973 ) , the fortunes of nigel ( uk , 1974 ) , rob roy ( 1977 ) , the talisman ( uk , 1980 - 81 ) , ivanhoe ( uk , 1982 ) , ivanhoe ( 1997 ) , la jolie fille de perth ( fr , 1998 ) .
as ivanhoe amply shows , scott’s medieval romances came into their own in the 1950s because they were made to speak strongly to contemporary concerns . the post - war and cold war years encouraged the consolidation of the cultures of the west , and the plots of ivanhoe and quentin durward both “project … incipient nation states [ or nato states ? ] , not as culturally unitary but as divided against themselves . ” [ 47 ] these plots can be resolved only by symbolic marriages . both stories offer domestic solutions to world - historical problems , therefore , and must have appealed to producers during the baby - boom of the 1950s when the american dream , projected as suburban domesticity and consumer culture , was being sold abroad as the most powerful weapon against communist russia . as critics have shown , too , ivanhoe in particular showed how the camouflage of costume might allow a more critical examination of cold war america . for example , elizabeth taylor’s lead role as rebecca , the able , energetic jewess who falls in love with ivanhoe but must relinquish him in the end to the insipid anglo - saxon rowena , raises issues about the role of women , the prevalence of anti - semitism , and the spectre of mccarthyism in the 1950s . [ 48 ]
at the dawn of the victorian period came the folktales of grimm to complicate the issue ; and so strong was their influence that german very soon became the language of fairyland—of märchenland , we would fain say , borrowing the title from f . anstey ' s delicious fantasy of the fairy world , in brief authority .
in 1888 lang turned aside from the high road of the literary fairy story to seek his inspiration for the gold of fairnilee among the dark shadows of the genuine old fairy beliefs . but a year later he returned to the fairy court tradition , and wrote prince prigio , the first of his chronicles of pantouflia .
a mist of memory broods and floats , the border waters flow ; the air is full of ballad notes borne out of long ago .
robert taylor is splendidly dashing as penniless scottish nobleman quentin durward in this jolly swashbuckler set in 15th century france and based on a novel by sir walter scott . in the busy , well - constructed plot , taylor finds himself embroiled in a struggle for power between ruthless brothers king louis xi ( robert morley ) and the duke of burgundy ( alec clunes ) . it ' s made with a fast pace , a gracious , spirited leading lady in kay kendall , as the beautiful princess isabelle of marcroy , eye - popping technicolor photography , splendid french location filming and an exciting climactic confrontation in a blazing bell tower . all this , plus george cole as a gypsy , wilfrid hyde white and ernest thesiger .
great action , good humor and a picturesque setting as scott always delivers . but for this one , also a nice introduction to a period of french history less well known to me - the mid 15th century while the king of france was still struggling with burgundy to weld together the modern french state . many memorable characters from quentin who is like a younger , scottish d ' artagnan , the always composed , perfectly cynical louis xi and the well - meaning but utterly rash charles of burgundy , down to the comic relief of louis ' mismatched pair of over - worked executioners .
clodd and most of the folk - lore society , including the rest of the great team , stood firm in asserting
the science of folklore .
39 lang persisted in his comparative studies of ghost stories and other psychic events , producing the book of dreams and ghosts ( 1897 ) . in the preface to the second edition of cock lane and common - sense , lang argued one final time of the need to extend the boundaries of contemporary folklore studies :
because the vanishing people is a collection of essays on different aspects of fairy lore , there is some inevitable duplication of illustrative material . all of it , however , is of the highest quality , and grips the imagination in even the shortest extracts . few will easily forget the fairy rade which passed by bessie dunlop in the sixteenth century
with mony hiddous rumbill
, or the chilling cry of the malevolent mermaid , cheated of her prey , the laird of lorntie , by the quick - wittedness of his servant :
great action , good humor and a picturesque setting as scott always delivers . but for this one , also a nice introduction to a period of french history less well known to me - the mid 15th century while the king of france was still struggling with burgundy to weld together the modern french state . many memorable characters from quentin who is like a younger , scottish d ' artagnan , the always composed , perfectly cynical louis xi and the well - meaning but utterly rash charles of burgundy , down to the c
lang ' s narrative tone in his next tales , prince prigio and prince ricardo of pantouflia ( 1893 ) , in contrast to that of the gold of fairnilee , is lightly satirical and has been described as a burlesque of the traditional fairy tale . prince prigio and prince ricardo were both strongly influenced by william makepeace thackeray ' s similarly burlesque the rose and the ring . in these original tales , lang follows the adventures of the clever , but obnoxious prince prigio and his dim - witted son , prince ricardo . in tales of a fairy court ( 1907 ) , lang chronicles further episodes in the life of prince prigio . in one of the stories , prince prigio travels in time , first into the future of the twentieth century , then back in time to the court of king james vi of scotland . lang ' s tales of troy and greece ( 1907 ) comprises a retelling of homer ' s the iliad and the odyssey as a boy ' s adventure story for children . drawing on his own translations of homer ' s works and his accomplishments as a homeric scholar , lang ' s tales of troy and greece is highly regarded as one of his strongest volumes of stories for children .
[ 43 ] the highland rogue was also , of course , one of scott’s sources .
in deserting all the literary traditions of fairyland and going for his inspiration to the border ballads and to the ancient folk beliefs and superstitions , lang was not acting unreasonably or from any spirit of forced innovation : for the fairies of the north are indeed the true fairies , and they were the products of the popular and literary creed of many centuries .
[ in the following review , the critic comments on the appeal of lang ' s original fairy tales to modern readers , particularly the stories recounted in the gold of fairnilee and the princess nobody . ]
the year of lang ' s birth , 1844 , saw perhaps the earliest fusion of grimm and the french fairy court , in a forgotten tale , the hope of the katzekopfs by the reverend francis edward paget , where the new tradition is exemplified very clearly .
the movie debut of albert finney , at work in the raleigh . . .
johnny nut and the golden goose ( from the french of charles deulin ) .
lang frankly admitted
the process of evolution . . . is the mainspring of our system .
18 the scholarly introduction to this new translation—the first scholarly version of the grimm ' s household tales —was most fortuitous .
the vedas do not represent the ordinary conversation of men , in which the process of naming and forgetting names is said to have existed .
he learned the tales of death divine and birth , strange loves of hawk and serpent , sky and earth , the marriage and the slaying of the sun ; the shrines of ghosts and beasts he wandered through , and mocked not of their godhead , for he knew behind all creeds the spirit that is one .
[ 3 ] they are old mortality , the heart of midlothian , rob roy , the bride of lammermoor , a legend of montrose , and redgauntlet . of the two remaining scotch romances , the antiquary was set in scott’s own time , and guy mannering in the days of his youth .
[ 8 ] the bride of lammermoor ( j . stuart blackton , usa , 1909 ) , the bride of lammermoor ( it , 1910 ) kenilworth ( usa , 1909 ) , lochinvar ( based on marmion , j . searle dawley , usa , 1909 ) , quentin durward ( albert capellani , fr , 1911 ) , rob roy ( arthur vivian , uk , 1911 ) , the lady of the lake ( j . stuart blackton , usa , 1912 ) , guy mannering ( us , 1913 ) , ivanhoe ( herbert brenon , uk , 1913 ) , ivanhoe ( leedham bantock , uk , 1913 ) , rebecca the jewess ( based on ivanhoe , uk , 1913 ) , rob roy ( o . a . c . lund , usa , 1913 ) , a woman”s triumph ( based on the heart of midlothian , j . searle dawley , usa , 1914 ) , the heart of midlothian ( frank wilson , uk , 1914 ) .
among more literary classes the popular fairy - lore in the middle ages became diluted and changed by the addition of classical and romantic elements . perhaps the best example of this is the middle english poem of
sir orfeo ,
which tells the story of orpheus and eurydice in a setting of british fairy belief , making persephone queen of that fairyland under the ground to which , in the ballad , the fairy queen leads thomas the rhymer .
this is the eternal difficulty of the philological method . how are you to suppose that forgetfulness of the meaning of words so frequently led civilised men to ideas essentially savage ? how are you to be certain that the story was originally told of the god or hero whose name you analyse by the aid of philology ? 11
i was reading quentin myself at this stage , albeit at home and in secret , firstly because the doctor had forbidden me reading yet again , and secondly because the book was too heavy to drag to school along with all my textbooks . and this coincidence , which then seemed to me to be mysteriously significant , made my heart pound even harder .
k - gr . 3 —this russian folktale [ the flying ship ] recounts the offbeat adventures of a kindhearted simpleton and his attempts to win the hand of a beautiful princess . he soars in a magical flying ship , gathering a crew of eccentric characters along the way . all of them eventually use their unique and often comical talents to help their peculiar , yet determined , captain claim his royal bride . the text is taken from andrew lang ' s the yellow fairy book ( dover , 1966 ) , and includes a few minor spelling changes . unfortunately , the watercolor - and - pencil illustrations do not reflect the earthy humor of the tale . many of the page - and - a - half spreads are static , and the rosy - cheeked , round - eyed men , women , and children resemble cartoon figures . overall , the soft colors and romanticized landscapes create a saccharine quality that is incompatible with the spirit of the story . those in need of
the flying ship
should turn to the yellow fairy book .
the process of diffusion remains uncertain . much may be due to the identity everywhere of early fancy : something to transmission .
euterpe : being the second book of the famous history of herodotus , tr . barnaby rich ( editor ) . 1888 .
the second grouping , prince ricardo of pantouflia : being the adventures of prince prigio ' s son , offers a different twist . even in pantouflia , parents occasionally err in making life too easy for their offspring . so immersed is ricardo in using magical gifts to solve dilemmas that he neglects skill development and personal talents . rather than tending to his humdrum duties and his geography and mathematics studies . ricardo dashes and darts from one exciting exploit to another until his father decides to teach him a lesson .
just the top of the
yankee doodle boy
number from george . . .
duel to the death : lancelot challenges mordred in a duel to the death to avenge the death of king arthur in the climax .
between 1909 and 1914 , fourteen scott films were made in four different countries ( the uk , usa , france , and italy ) from seven novels , one story , and a poem : still barely one - third of the number of films made from dickens’s writing in the same period . ivanhoe , which almost alone made scott’s name known to later generations of moviegoers , was already the favourite , attracting three film versions . interestingly , the heart of midlothian was made twice in 1914 ( it was never filmed again : see below ) , as were two other novels that would prove appealing to subsequent filmmakers : the bride of lammermoor and rob roy . [ 8 ] by contrast , between 1915 and the end of the silent era in 1930 scott virtually disappeared from the cinema : only five more films were produced , from three novels ( rob roy , the talisman , and the fair maid of perth ) . [ 9 ] thereafter , to the best of my knowledge not a single scott film was made anywhere in the world between 1930 and the revival of interest in chivalric epic in hollywood during the cold war . this spurred a minor scott revival , but only in rob roy and the handful of medieval swashbucklers : ivanhoe , the talisman , and quentin durward . [ 10 ] scott fared rather better on radio and television . between 1940 and 1974 , the bbc made ten radio serials , [ 11 ] and between 1957 and 1998 , fifteen television serials ( of eleven novels ) appeared . [ 12 ]
by a strange chance mrs molesworth , one of the greatest writers of the
child - novel ,
was born in 1839 , the year of the publication of holiday house , the earliest real example of that type of story : following on this it is even stranger to find that in 1844 , the year when the hope of the katzekopfs , the first true
literary fairy - story
appeared , was born andrew lang , whose name is more intimately connected with fairies than that of any other englishman since shakespeare .
one of the greatest all time romantic swashbucklers . one of a trio of medieval films robert taylor did , owing little to history but great entertainment none the less .
the chronicles of pantouflia combine two books , the story of prince prigio ( 1889 ) and the adventures of his son , prince ricardo ( 1893 ) ; both antedate the blue fairy book of 1899 , the first in andrew lang ' s great spectrum of anthologies of children ' s stories . but they reveal already an imagination steeped in fairy literature , and adding to that tradition with considerable sophistication . the stories repeatedly take their bearings by literary cross - reference . some of these would be appreciated by children : the king of pantouflia is the grandson of cinderella and includes madame la belle au bois - dormant among his ancestors ; prince prigio is given the whole battery of fairy gifts—seven - league boots , flying carpets , wishing caps and so on . on the other hand prince ricardo is saved by a weapon - salve described by sir kenelm digby , and his tale has elements drawn from scott and ariosto as well as the gawain poet and others ; the tale of the yellow dwarf recounted here awaits its proper placement , anthologized in the blue fairy book six years later . pantouflia , we may assume , is not only a country but , as its name suggests , a state of slippered ease , bookish , witty and even cynical in its handling of the stuff of children ' s fiction .
finished ! i have officially exhausted all of the scott in my collection , ladies and gentlemen , and i’m free at last : ) i shouldn’t be so dramatic , but i liked this even less than “kenilworth” – i guess i’ll just be thankful that i didn’t go for this one first . i have no desire to write about this book , so this is going to be short . the story was tedious and i had nearly zero investment in the characters or their aspirations . i pictured quentin as justin bieber in armor ; he was a complete ninny . isabelle was incredibly boring , and her only discernable purpose was to be rescued and to melodramatically throw herself on the mercy of various and sundry noblemen . her bitter spinster aunt was admittedly quite funny , and crevecoeur was amusing as well for mercilessly making fun of quentin’s puppy love . but other than that , this was a snooze .
[ 6 ] in h . philip bolton , scott dramatized ( london : mansell , 1992 ) , the last dated stage adaptations of scott , excluding operas and school playscripts , are : marmion in 1903 , waverley in 1871 ( 54 ) , guy mannering in 1913 ( 139 ) , the antiquary in 1844 ( 146 ) , old mortality in 1874 ( 156 ) , the black dwarf in 1833 ( 161 ) , rob roy in 1990 ( 257 ) , heart of mid - lothian in 1949 ( 296 ) , bride of lammermoor in 1908 ( 332 ) , the legend of montrose in 1868 ( 340 ) , ivanhoe in 1914 ( 371 ) , the monastery in 1883 ( 374 ) , the abbot in 1886 ( 392 ) , kenilworth in 1905 ( 420 ) , the pirate in 1844 ( 425 ) , the fortunes of nigel in 1903 ( 435 ) , peveril of the peak in 1877 ( 440 ) , quentin durward in 1940 ( 451 ) , st . ronan”s well in 1893 ( 455 - 6 ) , redgauntlet in 1872 ( 461 ) , the betrothed in 1829 ( 462 ) , the talisman in 1938 ( 472 ) , woodstock in 1913 ( 476 ) , the fair maid of perth in 1967 ( 492 ) , and anne of geierstein in 1829 ( 493 ) .
the absence of names is not , of course , essential to the ordinary folk - tale ; but in the case of such a story as this , it is only by such a suppression that it can be regarded with any ease as a fairy - tale of the type best exemplified in the grimm collection , and not merely as a fragment of the grand legendary history of homeric greece .
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the companions of pickle : being a sequel to
pickle the spy .
1898 .
in general , lang moved from the known to the lesser known in his selection of tales—the tried and the true to the more experimental . in keeping with his concept of making manifest the universality of the human experience , he covered the world fairly well in each volume . although the blue fairy book ventured only as far afield as asia minor , the yellow fairy book five years later presented three american indian tales and one of the two chinese tales in the series , as well as tales from europe . the brown fairy book of 1904 balanced its american indian and african—both northern and southern—with scandinavian , french , and spanish tales . where five countries had been represented in the first book of the series , from the yellow fairy book of 1894 through the orange fairy book of 1906 the number of countries represented averaged ten .


crows zero ( クローズzero kurōzu zero ) , also known as crows : episode 0 , is a 2007 japanese action film based on the manga crows by hiroshi takahashi .

the film was directed by takashi miike with a screenplay by shogo muto , and stars shun oguri , kyōsuke yabe , meisa kuroki , and takayuki yamada .

the plot serves as a prequel to the manga , and focuses on the power struggle between gangs of students at suzuran all-boys high school .

the film was released in japan on october 27 , 2007 .

it has spawned two sequels , crows zero 2 and crows explode , as well as a manga adaptation released november 13 , 2008 .

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crows zero ii : suzuran x housen ; chapter 12 . 5 , page 29
love crows zero . . i cant wait . . really love oguri and miura . .
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if you’re not a manga fanatic , crows zero is a film based on crows , a manga by japanese manga artist hiroshi takahashi .
i though crows zero 3 is the crows zero drop , isn ' t it ? and is there any crows zero games in playstation . . . if no , can somebody create it / / / / pleasee . . . i , m so damn crazy about it ! ! !
dvd features making - of footage of the film
crows zero ii
starring shun oguri .
theres going to crows zero : over 9000 ! ! ! ! lol okay i joking , i think no crows zero iii coz it follow manga when crows zero ii ends i find manga on google = p google is your friend maybe a third crows movie but probably no sequel . i dont think we need crows zero iii crows zero : back to school is fake = p effort very good , respect bandou will be head after genji . i believe you cinox , guriko is best < 3 < 3 < 3 < 3 < 3
and crows zero was a bomb . i like both shun oguri and takayuki yamada ! ! : )
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yeah i agree whit sshit please do another crow zero please the crow zero explode is such a fail sorry to say but no genji no gps no serizawa is not crow zero . . im a top fan of crow zero here . . gps
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crows zero cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of crows zero actors includes any crows zero actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each crows zero actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of crows zero have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
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crows zero ii
starring shun oguri , kuroki meisa , haruma miura , and more .
the film was followed by a sequel , crows explode , in 2014 . it was also adapted into a manga entitled crows zero ii : suzuran x housen by crows author hiroshi takahashi , with individual chapters published in bessatsu shonen champion magazine .
the films have subsequently been adapted into official prequel manga written by takahashi with art by kenichiro naitou , tetsuhiro kirakawa , and tatsuya kanda entitled crows zero , crows zero ii : suzuran x housen and crows explode ( manga ) . ( because of certain references made in the manga worst , events and characters from the zero series are now considered canon , specifically protagonist genji takiya and rival serizawa tamao )
crows zero 2 cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of crows zero 2 actors includes any crows zero 2 actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each crows zero 2 actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of crows zero 2 have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
dvd release of the hit film
crows zero
from director takashi miike and starring shun oguri and takayuki yamada . includes one postcard .
i ' m i mean we ' re crazy bout crow zero . im waiting 4 crow zero 3 to be released . our state manipur is crazy bout crow zero n genji dress . me too i also started acting like takiya genji , dressing like him . blah blah blah blah . when is crow zero 3 gonna be released .
he is an old friend of tokio and it is shown in crows zero ( manga ) that tokio was the one who gave genji his haircut .
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when crows zero 3 will come out . . ? ? ? ? ? ? i want to watch . . . . . . . . . arghhhh
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crows zero 2 : the black bible is the sequel to the wildly popular crows zero , directed by the oh - so - prolific miike takashi . employing the same formula of bravado , fast - paced action , and school politics , it has got the word “masculine” streaked across the screen from the very beginning .
i love this movie , hope their making a third one . . . in god ' s name i hope their making crows zero iii . . . .
i ' m i mean we ' re crazy bout crow zero . im waiting 4 crow zero 3 to be released . our state manipur is crazy bout crow zero n genji dress . me too i also started acting like takiya genji , dressing like him . blah blah blah blah . when is crow zero 3 gonna be released . . . . waiting im waiting .
level ) ; for crow j , it is simply the count of non - zero elements in row j of matrix d . this number , averaged over all crows (
prolific filmmaker takashi miike ( live - action terraformars , ace attorney , crows zero , yatterman , for love ' s sake , ichi the killer ) directed the movie .
after all the punches are thrown and the bodies drop , crows zero is a takashi miike movie for those who want to see guys beat the crap out of other guys .
sadly , crows zero 2 is a pale shadow of its erstwhile predecessor . its nice packaging dresses up an irrefutably poorly - manufactured product , thus confining it to place reserved for disappointing sequels .
space use and association network of a wild , undisturbed population of new caledonian crows .
don ' t fear about crows zero 3 . it is releasing on 25th of november . ha haha ahahahahahah ! just joking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
synopsis : the mega - hit comic , crows , about feuding high school tough guys , has sold over 32 million copies in its eight - plus years . this feature length movie version of
crows
depicts the never - before - told origins of the story as
episode zero
.
dvd release of the hit film
crows zero
from director takashi miike and starring shun oguri and takayuki yamada . premium editon includes bonus disc with making - of footage , theatrical introduction and more plus five postcards .
rps - heey im from ma too ! ! i share in your pain . i am dying to see crows zero ii . i wonder when it will get to us ? hah . hopefully some time before september : p
several months after
crows : episode 0
trouble brews again when thugs known as
the army of killers
from rival high school hosen academy threaten suzuran high aka the school of crows .
one example is the hiroshi takahashi comic “crows , ” which ran for eight years from 1981 in shonen champion magazine and has sold 42 million copies in paperback editions . the takashi miike film “crows zero , ” based on the manga , grossed ¥2 . 5 billion in 2007 , becoming the prolific miike’s biggest - ever hit .
in crows zero , high school boys wear monochromatic black clothes , spike their hair into intimidating sculptures and adopt a similarly arrogant , threatening glare . they attack people from any direction , kicking and punching every vulnerable body part of their victims .
finally , the “wow” factor also seems to be missing . in the prequel , crows zero is every bit as cartoony as this movie , but it still has incredible fight scenes and an even more incredible final fight scene that culminates into a heart - pumping climax . crows zero 2 however , does not . the fight between serizawa and ryo urushibara , which had been foreshadowed earlier in the movie , is incredibly lacklustre and the final fight between genji and narumi is not befitting of a “final” fight .
meanwhile , terra formars fans can look forward to the live - action film adaptation , which is being directed by takashi miike ( ace attorney , crows zero ) . it’s set to premiere in 2016 and will star hideaki ito ( sukiyaki western django ) .
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crows zero is definitely a pleasure to watch but it’s not something that one would like to go through a second time . even though manga artist takahashi was so happy with the movie that he is looking forward to the sequel , this urbanwire writer begs to differ .
search at google for crows zero 3 : back to school . . it ' s juz a random story that i came across when searching for the information for cz3 . . it might be true , might be a hoax . . go look for it . .
it was stated that crows explode happened one month after 23rd class graduation , but due to the lack of characters from crows ( with an exception of makoto and rindaman ) , it is unknown if the movie itself considered canon or not .
2 years before the current study . from 2 to 21 october , 42 crows were trapped using meat - baited whoosh nets
independent distributors tokyo shock have revealed that they are planning to release on blu - ray japanese director takashi miike ' s ( zebraman 2 : attack on zebra city , 13 assassins ) crows zero ( 2007 ) . exact technical specs , region coding status and supplemental features . . .
the people of manipur a state in north east india is getting crazy after the crow zero and genji ' s dress and are waiting tirelessly for then next part .
the school is considered one of the big four of toarushi , the town and primary setting of the crows x worst series .
crows zero is released on dvd from mvm on 9th april . the transfer on my copy wasn’t particularly great . you get a bit of a pulsing image throughout due to a poor frame rate conversion and the image isn’t as clear as it could be . audio is strong , but there are no special features .
considering the experience that director takashi miike has in the genre of violent film , such as the very controversial ichi the killer , it’s no surprise that crows zero has excellent cinematography . carefully selected camera angles show off the impact and swiftness of their attacks , while the dull colours of the film emphasise grungy masculinity .
“crows : episode 0″ turns out to be one of the better manga adopted live action movies made to date . there’s definitely miike’s wild stamp placed in the movie , while his other stamp … the ability to defy categorization is just as evident . after it’s all said and done , it seems miike making a big budget film is just as impressive as miike making a cutting edge low - budget cult film . oh if you wondering about the episodic nature of the comic and that finale…get ready for “crows zero 2″ in 2009 . “crows : episode 0″ is just a whole lot of fun .
port adelaide is also investigating claims that its own player paddy ryder was subject to racial taunts from an adelaide crows spectator during the showdown .
damn ! i love this movie ! its amazing ! all the characters from crows zero 1 are back . . . plus miura haruma ! so damn cute ! im glad genji & serizawa are team up together . . . and oh ! rindaman , finally he tasted the big punch of genji . . brilliant fight !
sorry
i forgot yesterday . takayuki yamada , he is the excellence actor who is equal to the shun oguri
or different in his style or action . . . he can be in hollywood ' s lead . . . i wish i see him in a big budget movie by hollywood producer by takayuki yamada playing the lead . . . and in crows zero and crows zero 2 , everyone who are in film they are 100 % more than hollywood actors . . . go to hollywood better do in good quality high definition camera ' s with original graphics like qualioty i say hope you will get a nice director and producer in future
i can ' t believe this movie isn ' t going to come out in america . crows zero was bomb ! ! ! and now shun oguri and miura haruma are together again but on the big screen ! i think i ' m going to have to fly out to japan just to catch this movie ! ! !
hiroshi takahashi’s manga series about a group of high school delinquents is getting a third live - action movie next year with
crows explode .
the new film will take place at the notorious suzuran high school just one month after the events of the 2009 movie
crows zero ii .
masahiro higashide stars as the main character kaburagi , a transfer student to the rambunctious school while yuya yagira will play a third - year student at the top of the school’s social order .
effects of experimentally manipulated tool - use opportunities on the structure , dynamics and information - flow potential of a social network of wild new caledonian crows .
lol wtf ! ! ! fk off an american version of crows zero ? ? ! even if its just a rumour , thats sounds too fail man . not only that , they ' ll replace asian actors with white ones . . . no offence to white people but cmon . . . remember dragonball ( fail ) evolution . . . yeaaaahh
when you compare them to the poor caged birds that have forgotten to fly , crows are much better , being a crow is good enough for me .
the port adelaide football club is aware of media reports alleging a port adelaide supporter racially abused adelaide crows player eddie betts during saturday night’s showdown at adelaide oval .
with pitch - black plumage and a petrifying cry , the crow is a menacing bully , especially in tokyo . according to crow observation logs , they attack people “from behind , kicking or pecking at the victim’s head” . in crows zero , high school boys wear monochromatic black clothes , spike their hair into intimidating sculptures and adopt a similarly arrogant , threatening [ … ]
kurôzu zero ii is a movie starring shun oguri , kyôsuke yabe , and meisa kuroki . tension escalates and violence ensues when a young student unwittingly breaks a non - aggression pact between two rival high schools .
adelaide , australia - august 20 : the moment before a power fan threw a banana at eddie betts of the crows during the 2016 afl round 22 match between port adelaide power and the adelaide crows at the adelaide oval on august 20 , 2016 in adelaide , australia . ( photo by james elsby / afl media / getty images )
kizura : dats crow zero 4 is korean rite ? ? makio san : i ' m searching bitou names too , but i can ' t . . . it ' s a damn hard to find it ! !
then , the reason for the reunion was disclosed when washio gota asked all 11 crows to go into the meeting room . everybody bows when the 1st gen . crow – the now head of a big yakuza family makoto goki steps into the meeting room except for of course , those two . . . genji ( who then received a punch from his father ) and serizawa . they were later apologized by goki - san ( goki ,
new generations forget the culture easily
) . it was then revealed that the meeting was called by the ebizuka junior trio ( who are now the 2nd year ) who found out bout the crows from the school ' s enrollment file . . the leader of the trio , kirishima introduced the 11 crows to each other as the earlier generations ( the original 5 crows ) are not aware with the other late generation crows . . .
for the producer _ sama & the director _ sama . . . . . . why don ' t you make crows zero flash back when serizawa & tokio still new boy , how serizawa become famous & called king of beast , how kawanishi rules suzuran , how them become enemy with housen & many others . . . . . . . ? ? ? off course we cannot forget genji story in another school beffore he came to suzuran . . . . . . . . . like we all know , the most favorit person in this movie is takiya genji & tamao serizawa . . . . . . . . . . i ' m sure it will be great & got much positive respons . . . . . . . . . . . . crows zero ( the beginning of the war )
like yasu said , go read the manga . . . it pretty much picks up at the very start of the new year of school ( eg . sugihara makato , kirishimi hiromi and honjou toshiaki = the first year trio from crows zero i & ii are now second year students ) dont get me wrong , i would love to see a 3rd crows movie but even if one was to be made , i doubt it will follow the suzuran school . . . crows zero was meant to be the untold story of a bunch of guys that used to go to suzuran , and werent in the manga . . . now that genji and co . graduated , theres nothing else to tell besides from what is already being told in the manga maybe they could make a movie focusing on housen or even the front of armament . . . besides , all that ' build up ' for tatsuya bitou was meant to stay faithful to the manga . . . his in the manga too btw just a thought
although the opening of
crows zero
promises a swift gangland massacre carried over two hours of screentime , the material is more interested in acts of strategy , observing the gangs figure out the best possible route to potential allegiances and school dominance . this is not a tale of war , electing a more introspective route when expressing the concerns of the thugs . beneath the hair products and tough guy accouterments , there ' s a sensitivity in play that prevents
crows zero
from taking flight . these shifts in concentration can be jarring , especially in the case of tokio , a friend to both genji and tamao , who encounters a life - threatening medical situation in the middle of the film , introducing soap opera atmosphere to an otherwise hardened feature . miike shows difficulty managing the speeds of drama , which ends up destroying the natural pace of the picture .
crows zeros
has a tendency to be all over the place with its characterizations , suffocating what appear to be sincere asides with troubled personalities .
the many characters and subplots , including genji’s tempestuous romance with a punk - club singer ( meisa kuroki ) and his troubled relationship with his gang - boss dad ( goro kishitani ) , may be hard to keep up with unless you have seen the first film . like many screen adaptations of long - running manga series , “crows zero ii” crams in too much in trying to please the manga’s legion of fans .
miike ’s works , for the most part , have never really been about material . his eccentric , constraint - free approach in the director’s chair often results in sleek , idiosyncratic products which epitomize the concept of style over substance . however , in crows zero 2 , there isn’t much originality past the manga setting and its over - the - top fight scenes . miike is all too glad to use a cornucopia of clichés , including “lone man against hundreds . ” let’s face it , no self - respecting viewer is going to take this movie seriously and miike ‘s adamant attempts to evoke pathos in the movie result in a disjointed and incongruous shift from a shounen manga - esque presentation to something out of soap weekly . it is miike ’s contradictory ( and extremely obnoxious ) approach that is crows zero 2 ’s biggest underlying flaw .
bouya harumichi is a new transfer student to suzuran all - boys high school , a place where only the worst delinquents assemble . due to its large amount of delinquents who are hated by the general people for their inauspiciousness , similarily to crows , it is also known as
crows high school
. harumichi is an insanely strong fighter but has a irresponsible personality , how will he act in this new environment where every one is a deliquent ? there are 3 extra manga stories related to this series . crows is a prequel to worst .
see below ) on each of the 19 consecutive study days , first for all 33 crows , and then separately for the northern and southern communities ( here each community was treated as an ‘isolated ' group with its own duration matrix d ) . the degree of a crow on a given day is the number of other tagged crows it encountered ( at the specified rssi
) , the mean duration was scaled by the average value in the first seven baseline days ( 1 . 07 min for all crows , 0 . 55 min for the northern and 5 . 79 min for the southern community ) . molecular analysis of crows ' blood samples ( see ‘study site and subject attributes ' ) generated a binarized matrix g of first - order relatedness
interview with takashi miike
( 5 : 41 , sd ) sits down with the legendary filmmaker for a brief chat about
crows zero .
miike doesn ' t seem very comfortable with a position of self - explanation and directorial analysis , stumbling through his thoughts on creative intent and manga inspiration . again , it ' s a short discussion about the movie , valuable only for its chance to study the man in motion .
i m cryin 4 da release of crow zero iii , i admire genji ' s gutz 4 crackin evrythin plus . . wt happens after genji fight agaist rindaman . . . whoz gonna be da new ead of suzuran ? ? ? ? ? ?
) . we estimate that these 42 birds constitute over 80 % of the local crow population during our study period . we note that these crows are likely to be a nonrandom sample , as neophobic individuals that were wary of approaching trapsites ( and may also have avoided our experimental manipulations ) are less likely to have been included . all trapped crows were blood - sampled ( for molecular sexing
while
crows zero
slowly drains of urgency , miike attempts to restore a clenched - fist attitude with the grand finale , staging a massive gang war that eats up nearly 20 minutes of screen time . it ' s too little too late in terms of revitalizing the effort , but the climatic display of rage is diverting enough to hold attention , nicely ornamented with smashmouth fight choreography that keeps the boys concentrated on exhaustive , never - back - down beatings ( a theme of the movie ) . of course , this aggression is preceded by frightening medical diagnoses , two incidents of premature ejaculation , a scene of human bowling ( a flash of pure fantasy in a film that could use more of it ) , and numerous cries of forgiveness .
crows zero
packs a lot into its run time , but rarely does it come together as the carnival ride experience miike is shooting for .
as all empirically recorded daily networks contained both strongly connected individuals and more weakly connected or isolated ones , it follows that indomains ( and outdomains ) should vary according to which crow was the seed individual on a given day . we did indeed find substantial variation in our simulations : for example , depending on the seed chosen , outdomains averaged over b days ranged from 1 to 3 . 7 crows , and from 1 to 11 . 5 crows for e2 days . to allow conclusions about network properties across all nodes , we averaged indomain size over all crows and replicates to produce the measure
, the mean indomain size of a given group of crows on a given day , which serves as a proxy for the information - carrying capacity of the observed network . as might be expected ,
there is deffinately a crows zero iii movie , everyone relax . why else do you think they would set up all that potential with haruma ? the first movie was a test . . . people liked it , so they made / are making two more . these movies make me crazy , why can ' t i go to school there too ?
there ' s nothing wrong with being a crow .
both i and ii freakin rocked ! ! ! !
a punk ' s gotta do what a punk ' s gotta do in
crows : episode 0 ,
the third picture by prolific japanese maverick takashi miike to hit the fest circuit in as many months , following
like a dragon
and
sukiyaki western django .
recalling any number of brawling student pics from asia - and playing sometimes like a serious version of the south korean
conduct zero
( 2002 ) - this prequel to a planned adaptation of the manga by hiroshi takahashi , which sold more than 32 million copies in japan , opens locally oct . 27 . in the west ,
crows
should raise a ruckus as a culty dvd title .
the band that perform this movie ' s theme song is the street beats . hiroshi takahashi , the author of the manga crows where this movie is based on is actually the street beat ' s fan .
) , we charted association patterns and space use of a population of 33 free - ranging nc crows , of known genetic relatedness , during a 19 - day study period . birds were fitted with miniature (
what ' s wrong with crows ? compared to a poor bird that ' s been caged and has forgotten how to fly , this is much better . i ' m fine with being a crow !
takashi miike has had an insanely diverse and prolific career , with 88 directing titles under his belt in only 21 years ( according to imdb ) . these have ranged from his more famous fucked up , twisted work like audition and visitor q to his recent samurai epic 13 assassins and family friendly fare such as his forthcoming ace attorney ( based on the popular video game series ) . crows zero is certainly one of his more mainstream films , although it has its share of dark edges .
to singaporean fans of crows zero , why the f * * k do we have to be in this bloody place that has nothing good ? ! t _ t it won ` t be screened in singapore . gv screened the first movie so i was hoping they ` d screen the second movie . i emailed them and to my disappointment , the second movie won ` t be screened by gv . i wonder if cathay or eng wah might though . anyone want to email them ?
he and his allies defeat the school’s most powerful gang , led by the long - haired tamao serizawa ( takayuki yamada ) , but in a mano - a - mano contest , genji falls to linderman ( motoki fukami ) , a curly - haired loner giant who is the school’s strongest fighter . “crows zero” has its moments of comic relief , but many more scenes of all - in brawling , strobed like the battle scenes in “saving private ryan” and accompanied by a hard - rock score .
crows zero
requires the utmost in viewer concentration , though it never quite earns such devotion . an adaptation of hiroshi takahashi ' s best - selling manga , the feature is blizzard of names and motivations , creating an ideal sensation of screen immersion for fans of the original work , while outsiders are left to question the half - realized subplots and wild tonal changes . it ' s not a terribly interesting motion picture , though the effort has been dutifully colored by the insanely prolific director takashi miike ( in the time i took the write this sentence , he just made another movie ) , who brings a loaded sense of style and intermittent blasts of ultraviolence to the idiosyncratic film . the helmer flexes his visual muscles on occasion , slapping the screen with chaotic fight choreography and exaggerated character designs , but he ' s oddly powerless when it comes to the glacial pace of
crows zero ,
unable to bring it up to the awe - inspiring speed a few superlative scenes hint at .
the suzuran senior high school for boys , nicknamed
the school of crows
, is the poorest achieving , most violent school in the country . the students are called
crows
and they band together in factions , battling each other for influence and power . but they all share a common goal . . . one that has never been reached in the school ' s history : unification . no one faction has ever reigned supreme .
due to his stubborn rivalry with rindaman whom he could never defeat , genji did not unite the crows school . he was still recognized as the
captain
of suzuran ' s forces during their assault on housen academy .
the band that perform this movie ' s theme song is the street beats . hiroshi takahashi , the author of the manga crows where this movie is based on is actually the street beat ' s fan . see more »
crowz zero ii ,
a sequel to hit film
crows zero
release on dvd & blu - ray ! director takashi miike is again in its director ' s chair . plot : about few months after the first school war , genji ( shun oguri ) is going to graduate at suzuran high school . however an assassin from rival school housen gakuen appears in front of him , and this incident brakes passed armistice agreement between two schools . housei gakuen is unified by strong leader taiga narumi ( kaneko nobuaki ) , but genji still cannot unify all rogue in suzuran high school due to linda man , serizawa group , self - indulgent freshman group , and more factors . suzuran high school is now under unprecedented danger ! also stars haruma miura as tatsuya bitou , the strongest man at housen gakuen .
while
crows zero
carries a heavy storyline that doesn ' t stimulate the moviegoing senses , there ' s quite a display of style here to help paint the conflicts in primary colors . the suzuran school is made up of various gangs and outlaws , each class maintaining a uniform look to spotlight their coolness and commitment . miike introduces a leather jacket mentality to the costuming that helps the actors to triumphantly peacock around , showing off their outlandish hairstyles and detailed costuming , generating attitudes and levels of threat without a line of dialogue uttered .
crows zero
is actually highly amusing to watch at times , especially when the action cranks up and takes full advantage of miike ' s stylistic choices , enjoying the retro rockabilly push of pompadours and sneers rubbing against a modern twinge of tracksuits and popped collars . the look of the film is superb , but only in bits . miike strangely holds back from pure insanity , slowly growing to love these characters , which tempers the beguiling eccentricity the first half of the film is quick to embrace .
the crows are back . . . . and this time they have a common enemy , a rival school plotting to bring them down . genji has to bring all gangs of suzuran together , only then he will be truly respected as a leader . its great to see the character of genji mature as he realises beating everyone up alone doesn ' t make you a leader . all old characters from the first movie are back , and a bunch of new ones too forming the rival gang . action is great . . . . . style is cool . . . . and background music is just perfect . a good sequel . a great ride . fans of the first part wont be disappointed looking forward to crows zero 3 , if it ever happens .
moving on , the characters themselves make up an integral part of crows zero 2 . oguri shun does a decent portrayal of genji , the stereotypically truculent and silent main character . particularly commendable is takayuki yamada ’s performance as serizawa , who nails the character’s aloof charm quite well . the other characters , particularly those from hosen , like ryo urushibara and tatsuya mito , played by gou ayano and haruma miura respectively , were laughable . these actors have the thespian ability of a wooden mop . thank them for providing several notable unintentional moments of hilarity .
adapted from the outrageous manga by hiroshi takahashi , this sequel to crows zero continues the story of takiya genji , the son of a powerful yakuza boss who transfers to the gang - ridden suzuran all - boys high school with one goal in mind : unite the school ' s many , warring gangs under one banner , and prove to his father that he can handle the family business . unfortunately , he has some competition in the form of serizawa tamao , a gang leader also known as
king of the beasts .
~ cammila albertson , rovi
in the sequel , “crows zero ii , ” again directed by miike , the boys from suzuran are back , but this time they have a new rival , the white - uniformed students from another institution of higher punkery , kosen high school . the kosen punks are after a suzuran alum , the lanky kawanishi ( shinnosuke abe ) , who fatally knifed a kosen leader in a dust - up two years earlier . released from a reformatory , kawanishi finds a kosen horde waiting for him and narrowly escapes a lynching by fleeing to the protection of his suzuran juniors .
i kind of liked this , but it kept knocking itself down a few marks as it went along . once you get past the flimsy premise and goofy humour and accept that crows zero is a film for teenage boys and not one to critically analyse in any depth , there is a fair amount to enjoy . the action is solid and fairly plentiful for one . although clearly aimed at a younger audience , it’s brutally violent at times , with the fight scenes , although occasionally enhanced by effects , generally kept visceral and fast - cut without losing a sense of what is happening .
i must admit , being american and from massachusetts of all places , i didn ' t get to catch wind of the
crows
mythology until i was walking around one of the local malls and saw the dvd on the rack . something about how oguri and yamada , just stood out and i dropped the twenty bucks , cuz hey , i ' d spent twenty dollars on far worse things . so i take this dvd home , pop it in and now nothing else i own really matters . i ' v even been able to master the diologue in the movie in both english and japanese , lol . i am anxiously awaited crows zero 2 , so much so that i fear i may have to pull a takiya and start kicking the crap out of random ppl in the halls of my school . god i love japan .
urltoken crows zero - gilt mit einem einspielergebnis von über 20 millionen dollar als takashi miikes kommerziell erfolgreichstes werk . crows zero ist die realverfilmung des meistverkauften comicbooks japans . in dem kompromisslos durch choreographierten fight club - meets - the warriors - epos sitzt jeder tritt , jede faust , jeder kinnhaken . aufgepeppt wird der ästhetische schlagabtausch durch den sound der japanischen j - rock band
the street beats
. kitsch , kunst und kampfgemetzel in einem film rocken zu lassen - das kann eben nur takashi miike . an der suzuran boys high school gibt es offensichtlich nie unterricht , hier geht es nur darum , wer der herrscher über suzuran ist . der so brutale wie gerissene tamao serizawa ( takayuki yamada ) , gang - leader und herrscher über suzuran , wird von allen gefürchtet - bis ihn eines tages ein neuer schüler herausfordert . was serizawa nicht weiß : sein neuer gegner genji ( shun oguri ) ist der sohn eines yakuza - bosses - und um vaters erbe antreten zu können , muss er diese härteste aller high schools japans erobern . dass er das mit allen mitteln versucht , ist so unabdingbar wie , dass aus einer läppischen schulhofprügelei ein wilder , wahnsinniger krieg entbrennt . amasia - the finest art of asian movies . urltoken
time and again , we have seen this kind of reaction . it happened two weeks ago when brad gallaway of urltoken thumbed down horizon : zero dawn and , to his credit , acknowledged he didn ' t finish the game , either . what in the final 12 hours of content would change his mind about the first 18 , anyway .
the crows school is once again divided into factions fighting for control , with the names sajima yousuke and miyamoto sanmon being noted as the only obstacles standing in between complete dominance over suzuran . miyamoto sanmon reigns as the school ' s strongest man in his third year .
u know what i want . i want to see genji , serizawa kazeo the 3 big bosses in crows 4 . i want to see their fight with housen high school the story of the litle brother of the dead guy . i want kazeo fight with tatsuya - the litle bro , genji vs ryu urushibara , serizawa vs narumi san , izaki vs tokaji , shibata vs fujiwara , tokio vs wasio gota , ryohei vs his uncle kawanishi , the black dynamite and mikami bros vs ebizuka junior high trio - makoto , hiromi and toshiaki - the 3 guys who have a deny izaki san , goura vs the bald guy from himself army , and of course i want to see chuta , and the best friend of kazeo in crows 3 i forgot his name . . i want kawanishi , wasio gota , fujiwara , and the bald guy from crows 3 be the traitors . and i want after the fight housen and suzuran and kurosaki will be friends . also i dont want to see makise , ken san and rindaman in crows 4 and i think it will be great like that
this is where takashi miike and sukiyaki western django comes into play . there is nothing like an up - and - coming director and a quirky flick to cement his place as a credible actor . shun has turned out to be miike ' s muse somewhat ( banish the gigolo - wannabe thoughts ) and was impressive again in crow ' s zero .
. we used two approaches to explore the role of relatedness in shaping daily association networks . the first was to correlate the association matrix for all crows for each day of the baseline period ( days 1–7 ) with matrix g . we used standard mantel matrix correlation tests for this , with the pearson correlation coefficient as the test statistic . to test the hypothesis that the correlation coefficient was greater than expected by chance , we used a stratified node permutation test in which node labels of crows from the northern community ( and from the southern community ) were shuffled only among themselves
i agree there won ' t be a third movie , but actually the crows manga takes place 2 years after the second movie , as the trio are in third year there . so , in theory , there could be room for 1 more year between the movie and the manga .
at 5 min , reflecting the modal duration of empirically observed encounters . each crow in turn was chosen as the information seed . our measure of information flow is the size of the ‘indomain ' ; for crow j , this is the number of seed crows from which crow j could have received the hypothetical piece of information by day ' s end . we ran 1 , 000 simulations per starting crow per day and plotted the daily indomain size averaged over the 1 , 000 simulations and over all crows , those in the northern community , and those in the southern one (
the suzuran senior high school for boys , nicknamed
the school of crows
, is the poorest achieving , most violent school in the country . the students are called
crows
and they band together in factions , battling each other for influence and power . but they all share a common goal , one that has never been reached in the school ' s history : unification . no one faction has ever reigned supreme . genji takiya , a transfer student who attempts to take over suzuran boys high school and is mentored by old boy yakuza katagiri as he faces off against rival serizawa .
how to cite this article : st clair , j . j . h . et al . experimental resource pulses influence social - network dynamics and the potential for information flow in tool - using crows . nat . commun . 6 : 7197 doi : 10 . 1038 / ncomms8197 ( 2015 ) .
in “crows : episode one” genji ( shun oguri ) is a new transferee at the notorious suzuran high aka the school of crows . suzuran high is noted , with good reason , to be the roughest of rough high schools in japan . with that kind of reputation , it’s obvious genji didn’t transfer to suzuran to receive a better education . rather , his father hideo promised genji he could succeed him as the crime boss of the ryuseikai yakuza gang if he is able to take leadership over suzuran high . thus genji begins enrollment at suzuran high with one goal in mind : to become the school’s undisputed leader .
the suzuran senior high school for boys , nicknamed
the school of crows
, is the poorest achieving , most violent school in the country . the students are called
crows
and they band together in factions , battling each other for influence and power . but they all share a common goal , one that has never been reached in the school ' s history : unification . no one faction has ever reigned supreme . genji takiya , a transfer student who attempts to take over suzuran boys high school and is mentored by old boy yakuza katagiri as he faces off against rival serizawa . written by anon
to explore how our observed dynamic networks could support information flow , we implemented simulations following the basic rationale of ‘susceptible infectious ' compartment models of disease transmission 30 . in each simulation run , one crow was chosen to be the source of a novel piece of information at the start of a day ; all others were naive . information could only spread from an informed to a naive individual if they had a close - range encounter on that day . all informed crows remained informed , and could therefore act as potential spreaders , for the rest of the day . at the end of the day , informed crows were listed . in subsequent runs , each crow in turn was chosen as the ‘seed ' for the daily information flow , which again could only occur during the observed encounters between crows on the chosen day . to measure simulated information spread during a day , we counted the number of seeds from which each crow could have received information ( that is , its ‘indomain ' ) , which gives similar counts to the ‘outdomain ' , the number of crows ultimately informed by each seed . as information transfer was modelled stochastically ( see methods ) , we repeated the simulation 1 , 000 times for each seed on each day .
crows zero is a manga adaptation about factions of students fighting for control of a japanese high school . not exactly a new idea , as every other anime and manga is about that very subject . but that ' s not what made crows so uninteresting to me , i ' ve previously enjoyed many movies and shows with similar plots . my issues with the movie were that i never felt any connection to the characters , and couldn ' t care less about what happened to them . add that to the unremarkable fight scenes , and you ' ve got a recipe for
meh
. i did appreciate the sporadic humor , but that quickly ( and unfortunately ) faded away as the movie progressed . die - hard fans of the manga may want to check this out , but i can ' t recommend that anyone else go out of their way to see it . if you want to see high school students beating each other to a pulp , there are much better ( and more exciting ) options .
so when outsiders complain of a toxic culture in video gaming , movie or comic book fandom , i agree , but not because of the usual suspects . i think of the zero - sum mentality that makes everything in the subject into a horse race . hell , we ran a recap of a single episode of the walking dead today that ended with a winners and losers roundup , after all .
) is the average , over all possible crow dyads , of the daily duration of encounters , computed as the average of the off - diagonal elements of d . encounter durations among crows in the southern community were substantially longer than in the northern one on average ; therefore , for the purposes of visualization (
crows zero
is actually a prequel to takahashi ' s original work , with the production looking to create an origin story for the misfits before their adventures take to the page . keeping with the insider feel of the production , miike ( who ' s worked in the field before , most notably with 2001 ' s
ichi the killer
) and screenwriter shogo muto build an immediate intimacy with the characters , casually establishing these corrosive personalities in the scattered opening act of the movie . to those unsure of the dance steps ,
crows zero
isn ' t impossible to follow , but it takes a certain frequency of fandom to correctly tune in to the double - crosses , plans of revenge , and haunted interpersonal relationships that make up the majority of the picture . miike keeps the effort clouded with hazy backstories and intentions , forming a bizarre mix of hostility , slapstick comedy , and melodrama - - a nuanced brew created primarily for those who ' ve already developed a taste for the material and the director . simplicity isn ' t essential when approaching this community of gangsters and hallway bruisers , but there ' s no entry point for the casual viewer , rendering the film specialized product for a specialized audience . while there ' s nothing inherently wrong with that approach , it dilutes the fun for those on the other side of the fence wishing they could join the wild party miike is throwing with his gifted ensemble .