the reader ( french : la lectrice ) is a 1988 french film directed by michel deville .

the film won that year 's louis delluc prize , and was nominated for nine césar awards including best supporting actor , won by patrick chesnais .

the reader ( 1988 film )

for the development of the motion picture industry’s first paper tape reader incorporating microprocessor technology .
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tied with bell diamond ( 1986 ) and alouette , je te plumerai ( 1988 ) .
snapped up the film rights before the novel was published with the intention of writing and directing the film himself .
technical review : section 72 copyright , designs and patents act 1988 ( cdpa ) - gov . uk
still , murray is magnificent in the film , the effects are better than you ' d expect , and the 1988 version of hollywood excess is almost quaint by comparison with the cgi purgatory we live in today .
tacky in the extreme , this self - congratulatory 1988 film is an exercise in hypocrisy , indulging every form of christmas exploitation that it pretends to attack , and many of the laughs are forced .
see also : the history of the canadian film industry ; the cinema of québec .
, successor to the bell & howell professional equipment division , for the development of a high - speed reader incorporating microprocessor technology for motion picture laboratories .
winner of the national magazine award for his film reviews for the nation , stuart klawans is author of the books film follies : the cinema out of order ( a finalist for the 1999 national book critics circle awards ) and left in the dark : film reviews and essays , 1988 - 2001 . when not on deadline for the nation , he contributes articles to the new york times , parnassus : poetry in review and other publications .
under the domim tree
is the sequel to mr . cohen ' s 1988 film ,
the summer of aviya .
like the earlier movie , it is based on a memoir by the israeli actress gila almagor , who wrote the screenplay with eyal sher . ms . almagor also appears in the movie .
in recognition of the company’s fundamental contributions to the art of motion pictures during the first century of film history .
to date , no film has won all four of the academy awards for acting .
the film is a dazzling display of director tim burton ' s unique pop culture sensibility .
it’s easy to underrate the impact of director george sluizer’s 1988 film . after all , the population explosion of cold , calculating killers featured in “murder of the week” television shows and news program reenactments makes the vanishing ’s innovative structure—introducing the viewer to the villain early and featuring him throughout the picture—seem almost formulaic . but the approach was riveting then , and still is today . —m . b .
respondents welcomed the removal of ‘film’ from section 72 . the government intends to introduce legislative changes to effect this at the earliest opportunity .
the winners of the genie award for best motion picture are listed below , along with the producer ( s ) of each film .
a fantastically subversive film , a nifty little confection pitting us vs them , the haves vs the have - nots .
waters ' most hygienically commercial film is a retro schlock - fancier ' s delight .
the film forces the audience to confront the most vile aspects of life , without offering enough intellectual substance to justify sitting through such brutality .
in the iranian filmmaker ' s last film , he has figured out a new way to stretch time .
the genie awards were presented between 1980 and 2012 by the academy of canadian cinema & television to honour distinguished achievement in the canadian film industry .
the academy award for best foreign language film is handed out annually by the u . s . - based academy of motion picture arts…
the genie awards became home to the golden reel award , for the film with the year’s highest box - office gross , and the air canada award , for an individual’s outstanding contribution to the business of filmmaking in canada . the claude jutra award , for best director of a first feature film , was created in 1993 .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
frances mcdormand won the best actress oscar for fargo ( 1996 ) , thereby becoming the first star to win in a film directed by a spouse , husband joel coen . her brother - in - law , ethan coen , was the film ' s producer .
the genie awards were presented between 1980 and 2012 by the academy of canadian cinema & television to honour distinguished achievement in the canadian film industry . they succeeded the canadian film awards ( 1949–78 ) and were merged with the gemini awards in 2013 to form the canadian screen awards . the genie’s french - language counterpart , the jutra awards , continue to honour filmmaking in québec .
in the last days of the city is a richly sensuous film that strives to accommodate the thick , shifting layers of sight and sound that overwhelm verbal descriptions of cairo .
the only instance of a best actress nomination for a science - fiction film role was sigourney weaver for aliens ( 1986 ) .
from a slow starting film to a realisticly , disturbing , impact of a story . this film is created with the intention to demand your attention . it ' s lack of explation or motive adds to the authentic feeling , it could almost be a fly on the wall documentary .
a short film about killing is as grim as a motion picture gets , but the intelligence and insight applied to its themes will keep the viewer riveted despite the pervasive gloom .
this list collects every film from the starting list that became they shoot pictures don ' t they ' s 1000 greatest films . this…
a politically subversive blend of horror and sci fi , they live is an underrated genre film from john carpenter .
it is absurd and jolly , parodying not only the worst conventions of the teen film but also the sixties social - conscience movie , with an anti - racist sub - plot .
a multi - faceted film based on raymond jean ' s novel
la lectrice
. constance ( miou - miou ) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover . inspired by the story of marie , a woman who advertises her services as a reader of literature , constance decides to do the same . here the film takes on a kaleidoscopic effect as the lives of constance and marie become merged , making it hard to distinguish what is real and what is fantasy . this structure is further complicated when the lives of constance ' s clients become tangled with the stories she reads . the film is interspersed with readings from well known literary sources as diverse as , amongst others , baudelaire , duras , tolstoy , lewis carroll and de sade ' s
120 days . . .
to keep the story contemporary , cuesta ( “kill the messenger” ) and his team of screenwriters headed by “the americans’” stephen schiff shift the backstory forward in time . instead of a grizzled professional forged when his high school sweetheart died in the 1988 lockerbie bombing , this rapp was a 10 - year - old on 9 / 11 . when the film starts , he’s a naïve , soft - bellied millennial , played by “teen wolf’s” dylan o’brien , proposing to his girlfriend katrina ( charlotte vega ) on a spanish beach .
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betelgeuse doesn ' t fully emerge until the film is half over , but michael keaton makes a strong enough impression in the role to explain why the picture is named after his character .
of technical film systems for the design and development of a high - speed light valve controller and constant current power supply for motion picture laboratories .
this list is not meant to be just another rehashing of critical favorites nor a popularity contest . instead , it’s a bit of both , with a few other considerations thrown in to boot . the result is a list that compares apples and oranges—and lima beans and lamps—with the ultimate goal of providing the paste reader a list of movies that are worth checking out .
, which is what the film is called in england . ) the film isn ' t without its difficulties—a plot with no easy identifications due to a virtual absence of close - ups , a large cast of characters , and a periodic displacement of narrative centers—but these are all intimately related to its uncommon achievements . significantly , utamaro ' s artistry only becomes visible at any length in the film ' s final shot , and many of the moments of greatest beauty and power take place in the margins of the story proper . a neglected and important film by one of the supreme masters . with minosuke bando and kinuyo tanaka . in japanese with subtitles . 97 min .
for the masterly and ironic depiction of the character realization in the narrative structure .
while it is almost impossible to conceive of kieslowski making a bad film , in the decalogue , and particularly in killing , style and content were perfectly matched .
hairspray is perhaps john waters ' most accessible film , and as such , it ' s a gently subversive slice of retro hilarity .
in spite of the jokes at the expense of television - network censors , there ' s very little in the film , aside from naughty words , that wouldn ' t be perfectly acceptable on prime - time television .
to date , no female directors have had their starring husbands receive an oscar nod . the only married couples who acted together in the same film with each spouse being nominated for an award were :
in recognition of its 50th anniversary and its dedicated commitment to originate artistic , creative and technological activity and excellence in every area of film making .
without a doubt , this is john waters ' s best film , and he crafts something that is quite enjoyable , funny , entertaining and well worth your time . if you ' re familiar with waters ' filmography , you ' ll notice that he was more an exploitation , trash director who made some of film ' s most bizarre films . with hairspray , he makes his most accessible picture , a film that is highly enjoyable , well acted and with a good story . the film may not be a perfect effort , but it does manage to be an entertaining film while using the theme segregation and racial issues as its backdrop for its story . with that , i thought it brought something serious to a comedy , and the way it handled it was very well done . john waters has made his finest film yet with hairspray , and this is a highly amusing entertaining film that is one of the finest musical comedies that i have seen . every actor here brings something wonderful to the screen , and it ' s a satisfying film that will certainly appeal to any viewer looking for a pleasant time waster . hairspray works well because it ' s a witty , funny picture with a message and it is a film that shows us that john waters is a capable director who was able to shift from exploitation to a more mainstream type of movie . hairspray is worth seeing , and it ' s a film that surprised as i didn ' t expect to really enjoy it , but i did . if you ' re uncertain about john waters , give this film a shot , it ' s easily one of his most accessible works , and with many well thought out characters , it ' s a memorable musical that ranks among the genres finest films .
whether this represents god’s vision or that of the priests , it is very much the point of view of the movie’s own creator . this overhead shot and others suggest that there’s a divine aspect to the priests’ mission , an idea that mr . scorsese visually and narratively underlines in the lazarus - like cave in which rodrigues and garupe first take shelter in japan ; in rodrigues’s self - aggrandizing identification with jesus ; and , crucially , through the figure of judas . as in mr . scorsese’s 1988 film , “the last temptation of christ , ” his messy , excitingly alive adaptation of that nikos kazantzakis novel , judas must play a part in “silence” because without him there can be no jesus .
sophia loren was the first foreign - language performing actress to win an oscar ( best actress ) for a foreign - language film , two women ( 1960 , it . )
with kate winslet ' s sixth career nomination for the reader ( 2008 ) , she became the youngest individual ( at age 33 ) to have six oscar nominations . she was one year younger than bette davis who ( at age 34 ) received her sixth for now , voyager ( 1942 ) . now in 2015 , winslet received a seventh career nomination , best supporting actress for steve jobs ( 2015 ) .
they live is the looniest movie of the season and also one of the most engaging .
french actress marion cotillard won best actress for the french film la vie en rose ( 2007 , fr . ) - it was the first acting oscar awarded to a french - language film [ note : some lists also include marlee matlin for using american sign language ( asl ) for her oscar - winning role in children of a lesser god ( 1986 ) ]
for the invention of a method known as video assist , whereby a scene being photographed on motion picture film can be viewed on a monitor and / or recorded on video tape .
the reader opens in post - war germany when teenager michael berg becomes ill and is helped home by hanna , a stranger twice his age . michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out hanna to thank her . the two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair . michael discovers that hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens . hanna is enthralled as michael reads to her from
the odyssey ,
huck finn
and
the lady with the little dog .
despite their intense bond , hanna mysteriously disappears one day and michael is left confused and heartbroken . eight years later , while michael is a law student observing the nazi war crime trials , he is stunned to find hanna back in his life - this time as a defendant in the courtroom . as hanna ' s past is revealed , michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives . the reader is a story about truth and reconciliation , about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another .
was very keen to adapt the novel but minghella refused . eight years later minghella went to hare and asked him to write the screenplay as he simply couldn ' t find the time to do it himself . ironically , minghella died prematurely following an operation during the film ' s production .
devoid of sentimentality , self - satisfaction and subconscious sexiness , a short film about killing has the coolness and rigor of a mathematical proof . yet few films have cried more passionately and articulately against the cycle of human violence .
that is kieslowski ' s underlying point ; that each death is a morally repugnant as the other - - and a short film about killing tackles that subject with gloomy poetry and undeniable power .
constance is asked by her boyfriend to read out loud a novel in which a young woman called marie decides to become a professional reader . having placed an advertisement in the paper , marie is offered work by a curious mix of clients , including a wheel - bound young man , an elderly widow who thrives on tolstoy and marx , and a love hungry executive interested only in pornography . as she reads , constance becomes embroiled in the story and imagines herself in the part of marie . . .
john carpenter ' s 1988 sf action - thriller about aliens taking over the earth through the hypnotic use of tv . the explicit anti - reagan satire—the aliens are developers who regard human beings as cattle , aided by yuppies who are all too willing to cooperate for business reasons—is strangely undercut and confused by a xenophobic treatment of the aliens that also makes them virtual stand - ins for the vietcong . carpenter ' s wit and storytelling craft make this fun and watchable , although the script takes a number of unfortunate shortcuts , and the possibilities inherent in the movie ' s central conceit are explored only cursorily . all in all , an entertaining ( if ideologically incoherent ) response to the valorization of greed in our midst , with lots of
the academy attracted 100 founding members , all working professionals in the industry . it absorbed the canadian film awards and created in their place the genie awards , which were voted on by the academy’s peer groups . the “etrog” statuette ( designed by sculptor sorel etrog ) that had been presented to winners since 1968 was renamed the genie to symbolize “the magic of filmmaking and the hidden genie seeking expression in all creative people . ” the first genie awards ceremony was held on 20 march 1980 at toronto’s royal alexandra theatre .
note : the calculated time is from date of birth to the date of either ( 1 ) the nominations announcement , or ( 2 ) the date of the awards ceremony .
genie awards database search the complete database for the genie awards at the academy of canadian cinema & television .
alex gibney exposes the haunting details of the usa ' s torture and interrogation practices during the war in afghanistan .
this document summarises the outcome of the consultation . the government would like to thank all respondents for their contributions .
kenji mizoguchi ' s first postwar film ( 1946 ) , made under the censorship pressure of the american occupation , might be interpreted as a story about the director ' s own artistic confinement as well as that of the great 18th - century wood - block printmaker kitagawa utamaro ( 1753 - 1806 ) . ( a less offensive and more accurate translation of the title would be
of all the big year - end films , guillermo del toro’s the shape of water is the most deeply moving .
for the design and development of the spectra cinespot one - degree spotmeter for measuring the brightness of motion picture screens .
the best actress award should actually be titled
the best performance by an actress in a leading role .
the same rules that govern the best actor category apply to the best actress category .
bill murray is the one of the greatest screen scrooges in this 1980s updating .
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for the concept and engineering of the arriflex 35 - 3 motion picture camera .
a multi - faceted film based on raymond jean ' s novel
la lectrice
. constance ( miou - miou ) reads the novel aloud in bed to her lover . inspired by the story of marie , a woman who advertises her . . . see full summary »
brutal and disgusting , a short film about killing is frequently virtually unwatchable . this is just as kieslowski intended and it ' s also a unique , profound and , eventually , a humane achievement .
it ' s like network with a sci - fi twist , a remake could expand the ideas of the film , but considering how shitty every single remake of carpenter ' s movies have been i say we rather stick to this one . it ' s a lot of fun and piper fits the lead role perfectly .
) . perhaps the film is so engaging because herzog’s own obsession with the unthinkable parallels that of his mad title character , a wild - eyed and wild - haired opera lover who wants to build an opera house in a small peruvian city along the amazon and tries to get into the rubber business to do it . klaus kinski embodies the role perfectly , allowing us to sympathize with his foolish dreams .
beetlejuice is peculiar yet fascinating . the film ' s infectious laughter , obscure thrills and sensational performance from michael keaton upholds to this day ; making this bizarre piece of entertainment one of tim burton ' s best , if not , the best directorial effort . 4 . 5 / 5
the intense , complicated teen - agers who reside in the oudim state boarding school in eli cohen ' s film
under the domim tree
represent israel ' s shining youth at the same time that many of them are traumatized survivors . it is 1953 , and these students are among the thousands of young people orphaned by the holocaust whom the youth aliyah movement relocated in israel in kibbutz - like communal villages . while they are helping to build the foundation of the emerging israeli state , beneath their communal hope and idealism lurk horrifying memories and haunting questions that may never be answered .
check out highlights from some of the best recent trailers including mandy , the predator , zoe , and the king of thieves .
a biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator howard hughes ' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s .
in light of the responses received , this is a further consultation and technical review on the draft regulations for introducing the changes .
for their individual contributions and the collective advancements they have brought to the motion picture industry in the field of motion control technology .
inspector lavardin is induced to investigate the murder of a province ' s notable who was taking himself as the moral guardian of his village . the perspective of the inquiry changes when the . . . see full summary »
in 2012 , following “extensive industry consultation and outreach , ” the academy announced that it would merge the gemini and genie awards into the canadian screen awards , which were first held in toronto on 3 march 2013 and broadcast on cbc television . academy ceo helga stephenson explained that merging the awards for television and film was part of an effort “to put a much bigger spotlight on those industries . ”
murray , it ' s clear today , was the perfect scrooge of the ' 80s .
indigenous ( aboriginal ) peoples are the original inhabitants of the land that is now canada .
at the end of the day , when the singing and dancing stop and the lights go out , the ghosts of the past loom large . in the movie ' s eerie opening scene , the students methodically comb the muddy fields around the school in search of a runaway classmate who turns out to have drowned himself . the scene echoes their own desperate flight from the nazis . one young man , yurek ( ohad knoller ) , who survived in the woods for two years with a younger boy , periodically reverts into a wild - child state in which he dashes around piggybacking the boy ( jeniya catzan ) , who emits frightening animal cries .
the big - budget pop movie surprises with themes and emotions that might escape the attention of action fans but are present all the same .
it’s near impossible for moviegoers under a certain age to understand just how bleak the fantasy - film landscape was for avid fantasy buffs in the early 1980s . most of the classics of fantasy literature were deemed unmakeable and those that were made were pretty much unwatchable . as for original screenplays ? krull . dark times , indeed . ladyhawke , richard donner’s tale of cursed lovers and the thief who helps them , was a break in the clouds , or more precisely , the first pebble of an eventual avalanche of genre that dominates the box office today . as etienne , isabeau and the mouse , respectively , rutger hauer , michelle pfeiffer and matthew broderick invest their characters with a degree of role - appropriate personality and charm that marks them more as fantasy archetypes than film stereotypes . shot simply and beautifully , ladyhawke represented an important watershed for the genre—it felt real . ( the soundtrack , sadly , sucks . ) —m . b .
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“silence” argues against orthodoxy , but its messenger is too pallid . this is less the fault of mr . garfield than of mr . scorsese’s conception of rodrigues as the story’s fulcrum instead of its void . mr . scorsese fills the film with haunting tableaus and performances — including from tadanobu asano , as the interpreter — that tug from the edges , pulling attention away from its center . in the end , nothing that rodrigues says resonates as deeply as inoue’s terrifying , teasing whine , which conveys the larger cultural and political stakes ; nothing imparts the mystery of creation as potently as the flicker of a darting emerald lizard or an eerie parade of cats prowling through a spookily deserted village .
the joke is in the material ; the idea itself is funny and daring . and some time soon , they live suggests , with grim , knowing wink , the joke may be on us .
in order to be eligible for a genie award , a film was required to qualify as a canadian production or co - production ( as defined by cavco and / or crtc criteria ) , and to have been released theatrically in canada between 1 january and 31 december of the previous year .
it’s appropriate that the arrival of a naked cyborg ( shaped much like the future governor of california ) heralded the arrival of a filmmaker whose use of technology has had almost as significant an impact on the film industry as dark lord lucas himself . ( the box office receipts are comparable , as well . ) granted , in terms of special effects , james cameron ’s 1984 sci - fi thriller is a simple affair when compared to its sequel ( or titanic or avatar ) , but its frenetic action and iconic title character made the success of the terminator as unexpected as it was deserved .
the story of a forbidden and secretive relationship between two cowboys , and their lives over the years .
john carpenter ' s they live has cult favorite written all over it , and part of the reason is the way it regenerates the cheap , juicy , surprisingly potent sci - fi of the 1950s .
along the rhytm of the seasons , friendship and tenderness bring together ordinary people dealing . . . more
his assigned ex - navy seal instructor stan hurley ( michael keaton ) , a persian gulf vet who wakes up his students with gunfire , doesn’t trust him at all , and with good reason : this crazy kid reminds him of his last unhinged prodigy ( taylor kitsch ) , a madman currently brokering plutonium deals in poland . a deeper film might underline the sour joke that this angry american who wants to kill muslims discovers his real enemy is a second angry american created by a third . this film doesn’t want it’s catharsis to get too complicated .
by gifting the 23 - year - old character the skills readers expect , including pick - pocketing , drag racing , dog evasion , multiple languages and parkour , he’s less an intelligence expert than a superhero in jeans . the excess makes him silly . but the movie’s thrumming cello and shadowy cinematography demand we take him seriously , a combination made for giggles . even oscar nominee keaton , here as lean and deadly as a garrote , nearly chokes on the braggadocio . early on , when he stares down the camera and dares his pupils to “kill me , ” the advance screening audience howled . keaton’s better cackling with a mouthful of blood , the kind of exploitation mayhem that the film pretends is beneath it .
once in japan , rodrigues and garupe make contact with a village of hidden christians , who live in fear of the authorities and a cobralike smiler known as the inquisitor , inoue ( issey ogata , in one of the film’s strongest performances ) . by day , the priests hide in a small , cramped hut near the village ; by night , they lead their new flock in dimly lighted rooms , delivering sermons in latin , baptizing children and taking confession . mr . scorsese draws some modest , uneasy comedy from the linguistic and cultural differences between the priests and their congregation , as when a grabby , highly agitated woman begs the rather startled garupe to hear her confession .
i wish i ' d come up with the brilliant
reading between the sheets
tagline . . .
when michael reads hannah the odyssey , he reads from the robert fagles translation , not published until 1996 .
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the movie is a bubble - headed series of teenage crises and crushes , alternating with historically accurate choreography of such forgotten dances as the madison and the roach .
as the movie sadly observes , the dream of family can also be a nightmare . when a couple arrive at the school insisting that mira is their daughter , the antisocial teen - ager denies it and tries to run away . the matter is resolved in court .
the spectacle of alexander payne’s downsizing , the anti - trump propaganda of steven spielberg’s the post , an inexplicable period melodrama by paul thomas anderson , and more .
nicole kidman won the best actress oscar for her role as virginia woolf , the troubled and depressed author of mrs . dalloway , in the hours ( 2002 )
during the ’80s , john sayles established himself as a smart indie writer / director with a knack for social commentary . but only one of his films embedded said commentary into a zany sci - fi plot . the result is the story of a mute alien who looks like a black man with weird feet , who crash - lands in harlem and meets and observes the people of new york city . joe morton gives a stellar silent performance that , like the film itself , seamlessly moves from comic to empathetic . —j . m .
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the most interesting part of this movie for me was the cast . like wow , debbie harry and ric ocasek were in this . it is definitely a weird waters film , although it ' s pg . this is one of the strangest portrayals of the early 60s i have ever seen . i was expecting more singing , though , hearing from others that it ' s a musical and all . i didn ' t really get into this movie , but i guess others like it .
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of wilcam for the mechanical and electrical engineering , of the image 300 35mm high - speed motion picture camera .
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granted , later films by hayao miyazaki ( especially princess mononoke and spirited away ) would explore more serious themes , but the magic that made studio ghibli the only real pre - pixar alternative to the disney machine can be found here : the sprightly imagination , the endearing characters and the evocation of both childhood wonders and fears . —m . b .
naturally , his late - night chats flag the attention of cia deputy director irene kennedy ( sanaa lathan ) , who does the sensible thing when one discovers a temperamental , traumatized , monomaniacal rebel : she trusts him to save the world . the film trusts him less , layering flickers of al - mansur’s face over other strangers when rapp shoots to kill . in a virtual reality training sequence , rapp fires at a hologram of al - mansur even when he knows the battery pack he’s wearing will punish him with a violent shock , like a rat who refuses to learn .
the silence of the title resounds insistently ; it’s in the screams of the faithful and in rodrigues’s endless searching . why , he agonizes with no self - awareness , does god not answer prayers and alleviate suffering , a question which proves too heavy a load for mr . garfield’s talents . when he plays against the other actors , he can seem as decorative as a plaster saint ( his luxuriously styled hair is right out of a 1950s biblical epic ) , which makes the other performers and their characters look stronger , and works for the story . rodrigues is weak . but it’s weakness without depth or the burning belief that would make his errors shattering . when he carries on alone , speaking to god , questioning and suffering at great , monotonous length , his weakness becomes tedious , as does the film .
the depiction of violence is far removed from the usual camera choreography , and is , in consequence , truly appalling .
“silence” is based on the 1966 novel by the japanese author shusaku endo that has attracted heavyweight admirers since it was first published . graham greene praised the novel , as did john updike ; for years , mr . scorsese tried to turn it into a film . ( he wrote the foreword for a recent edition . ) filled with reams of religious dialogue , the novel fictionalizes history — the 17th - century purging of christianity in japan — as a means to explore religious faith and cultural difference . what preoccupies endo is whether western christianity can take root in what the inquisitor describes as “this swamp of japan , ” which seems inhospitable to outside forces . it’s a story of god , nation and myth .
christopher cain directed this western from a script by john fusco , and on the whole seems much more comfortable with the scroungy and scatological dialogue than he does with the action sequences .
faye dunaway was the only performer who won an academy award oscar of her own ( best actress for network ( 1976 ) ) and then went on to portray in the film mommie dearest ( 1981 ) a real - life star , joan crawford , who won a best actress oscar for her performance in mildred pierce ( 1945 ) . cate blanchett ' s best supporting actress oscar win for the aviator ( 2004 ) in her role as katharine hepburn marked the first time a performer won an oscar for playing an oscar - winning actress .
of offbeat systems for the design and development of the streamline scoring system , mark iv , for motion picture music editing .
finally , there are yola ( orli perl ) and mira ( riki blich ) . while one lives in the distant hope of a reunion with her parents , the other dreads reconciliation with an abusive couple who show up at the school claiming her as their own . the film ' s most poignant moment arrives when yola receives word that her father is alive in poland and waiting for her to join him . her seemingly miraculous good fortune awakens a collective longing , and she is showered with letters to carry on a journey that never takes place .
a homeless drifter discovers a reason for the ever - widening gap between the rich and the poor : a conspiracy by non - human aliens who have infiltrated american society in the guise of wealthy yuppies . with the help of special sunglasses that reveal the aliens ' true faces and their subliminal messages (
marry and reproduce ,
submit to authority
) , our hero tries to stop the invasion . this satire of reaganomics and the
greed is good
era also has one of the funniest ( and longest ) fight scenes in american cinema .
although the stars are nice to look at , the story , characters , and plot aren ' t all that interesting . it ' s the typical western , and i really don ' t care for westerns anyway . the action was probably the best part . overall , it ' s okay , but i bet other people just watch it for the stars as well .
come for the “khaaaahhhhhn ! ” , stay for the surprisingly emotional treatise on aging without wisdom , as well as one hell of a potent , humbling gut punch of an ending . anyone arguing for any other film in the trek franchise will find themselves speaking into a black hole chewed in the matte canvas by exquisitely potent villain , played by ricardo montalban . that director / co - writer nicholas meyer somehow coaxes a performance from william shatner that’s only barely un - kosher makes this movie a space opera with broad , lasting appeal . —s . w .
john carpenter goes campy with they live . backed with a catchy tune for 90 minutes , they live hilariously amuses with its sci - fi thriller style plot . the buildup is a little lengthy , but serves as a great contrast for when the sunglasses are on . plot details are thin and under explained at times ; however , the subject matter and characters make up for these shortfalls . the action is over the top and a brawl in an alleyway is excessively long , yet somehow it feels right at home in this picture . the visuals through the sunglasses is a delight when compared with the so - called real world view . roddy piper is a hoot and keith david steps in as a successful partner in crime . those two alone are enough to make this film work . < they live steps out of the norm and unveils reality . worth a check out .
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this is a slightly bizarre film , a bit like a pretentious european soft porno movie from the 1970ies , minus the sleaze . i have seen it before in a dubbed version , back when it first came out , and didn ' t get it - - the movie relies heavily on the original dialogue . this time i saw the french version , and , although i still can ' t say that i managed to penetrate into the story ' s every nook and cranny , i can testify that the dialogue is quite witty , the wit is farcical , and miou - miou is adequately sensual . and that ' s more than you can say for most movies these days . it won ' t make it into my personal list of desert island films , but i ' m genuinely glad to have given it another go .
the movie’s early scenes are filled with severe pictorial beauty as the pale thermal steam snaking around the martyred christians gives way to the vaulted white room where the black - clothed jesuits meet . the chromatic contrast between the inkiness of their cassocks and the room’s ascetic whiteness finds an echo in rodrigues’s rigid dualism , a belief in absolutes that will be tested . his resoluteness even seems answered by the calm camerawork ( no jitters here ) , which early on is dramatically punctuated by a ravishing overhead shot of the three jesuit priests gliding down a flight of stony , bleach - white stairs , as if they were being looked down on from high above .
despite the mugging from both confessor and confessed , the exchange feels forced and comes across as a bid to lighten the gloom ; if anything , it turns a feverish plea for absolution into a bit of vaudeville . there’s something uncomfortably and literally childlike about this child of god , who , like the other villagers , with their pleading eyes and hands , seems like a relic from a white - savior myth . kichijiro , who enters grunting and twitching , as if in homage to toshiro mifune , and grovels at the priest’s feet , also seems on hand as much for comic relief as for guidance . yet , even as the film seems to share the outsider perspectives of rodrigues and garupe , instructively , it is the village elders — brilliantly played by yoshi oida and shinya tsukamoto — who give these scenes flesh , bone and pain .
as of 2015 , there were five actors who were nominated twice for playing the same character in two different films . ( see section on best actor . ) the sixth performer to accomplish the same feat , cate blanchett , remains the only actress to be nominated twice for playing the same character role in two different films :
when divine ' s edna turnblad is on - screen in the sleeveless dresses she ' s partial to , the movie has something like the lunacy of a w . c . fields in drag .
martin scorsese’s “silence” is a story of faith and anguish . it tells of a portuguese jesuit priest , father rodrigues , who in 1643 heads into the dark heart of japan , where christians are being persecuted — boiled alive , immolated and crucified . rodrigues ( andrew garfield ) sets out to help keep the church alive in japan , a mission that perhaps inevitably leads to god . the film’s solemnity is seductive — as is mr . scorsese’s art — especially in light of the triviality and primitiveness of many movies , even if its moments of greatness also make its failures seem more pronounced .
, this is arguably john huston ' s best literary adaptation , and conceivably his very best film—a very close rendering of flannery o ' connor ' s remarkable first novel about a crazed southern cracker ( a perfectly cast brad dourif ) who sets out to preach a “church without christ , ” and winds up suffering a true christian martyrdom in spite of himself . the period , local ambience , and o ' connor ' s deadly gallows humor are all perfectly caught , and apart from the subtle if highly pertinent fact that this is an unbeliever ' s version of a believer ' s novel , it ' s about as faithful a version of o ' connor ' s grotesque world as one could ever hope to get on film , hilarious and frightening in equal measure . o ' connor conceived her novel as a parody of existentialism , and huston ' s own links with existentialism—as the director of the first u . s . stage production of
a cynical tragicomedy focusing on the different ways of love in the times of the sexual revolution . nicholas mallet , an inconspicuous and shy bank employee , one day successfully invites . . . see full summary »
kieslowski movingly demonstrates the unexpected connections that strangers make , and ponders the metaphysical forces that not only bind us , but also redeem us .
it would be hard to improve upon the classic , after all , and scrooged not only sticks to the dickens plot , but makes it believable as a modern fable . but the more difficult part of scrooged is its modernization , the colorization of dickens , if you will .
michael keaton is a raucous and hilarious precursor to johnny depp ' s drunken gay pirate . however , the story of ghosts trying to exorcise the living is top - heavy , taking too long to start , and the zany parts , while visually stylistic , don ' t really push the narrative along - the dinner dance , beetlejuice marrying lydia .
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teresa wright ( best actress for the pride of the yankees ( 1942 ) and best supporting actress for mrs . miniver ( 1942 ) * )
the shock waters ' s cinema offers , then , is not transcendent , but almost reflexive , implicating the viewer in the awkward complexities of his own humanity and forcing him to either celebrate it or run screaming away .
if
under the domim tree
is touching , it is also meandering and narratively diffuse . the stories are interwoven in a dreamy , haphazard way that leaves too many unanswered questions . and the symbolism of a tulip field and the domim tree that overlooks it veers perilously close to sentimentality .
of the 1980s . this list takes into account what the critics and audiences of the time could not—the lasting ripple effects of iconic performances , influential direction and pop - culture sweet spots , as well as some simply overlooked gems . that said , a great performance or popular endearment isn’t necessarily enough . the films on this list must be good , solid examples of their respective genre ( and in some cases , the template for said genre ) .
sidekicks victor ( scott adkins ) and annika ( shiva negar ) don’t make the script’s themes about retribution versus revenge — i . e . , measured justice versus guns - blazing insanity — more coherent . ( annika mostly seems there to wear spike heels and charm clerks into giving the team better hotel rooms . ) everyone spends the film ruled by their emotions even when they’re claiming not to be , and making loud declarations abut the logical way to be a globe - trotting killer , glaring at each other for not trusting their genius and then doing the opposite , anyway . the action scenes are mostly fisticuffs and knives and a few smashed cars . ( the makeup team deserves kudos for their excellent abrasions . ) cuesta seems to have saved most of his budget for a big cg sequence at the climax — a fine trade - off , as marcus shakesheff’s fight choreography is strong , occasionally even inventive , like a flurry of traded gut - punches set on a choppy speedboat .
there are side pleasures to be found in going back and reliving the bad parts of the ' 80s . a rental of young guns lets us know that at least we ' re out of reaganomics and the movies it spawned .
behind the mystery lies a truth that will make you question everything you know .
it looks like you dipped your face in the cheese dip back in 1957 .
an overly ambitious special - effects comedy obviously influenced by the success of ghostbusters .
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many other actresses have won the best actress award twice . see also below .
luise rainer with her first win for the great ziegfeld ( 1936 ) , and then her second - and back - to - back best actress oscar win for her performance in the good earth ( 1937 ) . she became the first multiple oscar winner , and was the first to win an award two years in a row
in this western , a group of young , hotheaded kids , including the infamous william h . bonney ( emilio estevez ) , are hired to help out british land - owner john henry tunstall ( terence stamp ) . when their boss is killed , bonney leads the group of gunslingers out to capture the murderers . giving in to his rage , bonney shoots the guilty men down instead of bringing them back to town , and he and his boys end up on the run from the law .


journey beyond three seas ( hindi : pardesi ; russian : хождение за три моря ( khozhdenie za tri morya ) ) is a 1957 indian-soviet popular film , jointly directed by khwaja ahmad abbas and vasili pronin .

it was made in two version , hindi and russian , and is based on the travelogues of russian traveller afanasy nikitin , called a journey beyond the three seas , which is now considered a russian literary monument .

made during the high time of indo-russian amity , pardesi , is an indo-soviet film co-production , between state-owned , ' mosfilm studio ' and khwaja ahmad abbas 's , ' naya sansar international ' production house .

film has music by anil biswas , who have some memorable hits like , rasiya re man basiya re by meena kapoor , na dir dim by lata mangeshkar and danced to by padmini .

journey beyond three seas

with the headline : screen : adventure story ; ' journey beyond three seas ' at the cameo .
the journey beyond three seas of afanasij nikitin in a . d . 1466 - 1472 : establishment of text , translation…
mujh mein ram tujh mein ram sab mein ram samaya . . manna dey - anil biswas - journey beyond three seas
the journey beyond three seas of afanasij nikitin in a . d . 1466 - 1472 : establishment of text , translation and commentary
mujh mein ram tujh mein ram sab mein ram samaya . . manna dey - anil biswas - journey beyond three seas - youtube
indo - russian - pardesi ( 1957 ) journey beyond three seas ( 8 - 1 - 1958 ) jai jai ram krishna hari .
“beyond three seas : afanasij nikitin’s journey from orthodoxy to apostasy . ” east european quarterly xiii , 4 : 431 - 447 ( 1979 ) .
the journey beyond three seas of afanasij nikitin in a . d . 1466 - 1472 : establishment of text , translation and commentary - ubc library open collections
gail lenhoff , beyond three seas : afanasij nikitin’s journey from orthodoxy to apostasy , east european quarterly , 13 / 4 ( 1979 ) , 431 - 447 .
“the commercial and cultural context of afanasij nikitin’s journey beyond three seas . ” ( with janet martin ) . jahrbücher für geschichte osteuropas 37 , 3 : 321 - 344 ( 1989 ) .
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gail d . lenhoff and janet l . b . martin , the commercial and cultural context of afanasij nikitin’s journey beyond three seas , jahrbücher für geschichte osteuropas , 37 / 3 ( 1989 ) , 321 - 344 .
a great deal of time and trouble obviously have gone into
journey beyond three seas ,
a color co - production by russian and indian film makers that opened on saturday at the cameo theatre . view full article in timesmachine »
serge a . zenkovsky , afanasii nikitin’s journey across three seas , in medieval russia’s epics , chronicles , and tales , rev . ed . ( new york , 1974 ) , 333 - 353 .
“but i’m an immortal ! ” protested monkey . “i’ve gone beyond death ! ”
the basis of the film
journey beyond three seas
is a genuine book of the tver merchant athanasius nikitin , who visited wonderland , the dream of many travelers – india . he became the first russian man to reach such distant shores . on the long journey he was expecting a trick and a betrayal , loyalty and devotion . . . . .
journey to the west , by wu cheng’en , translated by w . j . f . jenner , foreign languages press , beijing , 1982 . three volumes .
a journey beyond the three seas , a literary monument in the form of travel notes , made by a merchant from tver afanasiy nikitin during his journey to india in 1466 - 1472 . a journey beyond the three seas was the first russian literary work to depict a strictly commercial , non - religious trip . the author visited the caucasus , persia , india , and the crimea . however , most of the notes are dedicated to india , its political structure , trade , agriculture , customs and ceremonies . the work is full of lyrical digressions and autobiographic passages . its last page is in turkic and the broken arabic language ; these are , in fact , typical muslim prayers , indicating that nikitin probably converted to islam while he was in india , although his lapse from christianity bothered him as he mentions several times in the text . [ 1 ]
the making of the medieval russian journey . university of michigan , 1978 . ( 266 pages )
legendary musician chuck negron doesn’t mind being quizzed about his fascinating career and the no . 1 records he helped create including three dog night’s joy to the world ( negron was lead vocalist on that forever favorite ! ) . good thing , because i cornered negron , the former three dog night member , for my podcast to discuss his journey in the world of rock and beyond .
shabat is three months’ journey from bidar ; and from dabhol to shabat is two months by sea , and from bidar to south china is four months by sea ; they produce ceramics there , all cheap . and to ceylon by sea is two months ; to kozhikode is a journey of a month .
the three parts of the book are each named in tribute to aristotle ' s laws of logic .
along with the geographical journey from west to east there is an important musical journey . above the orchestra and chorus , there is a spicy ensemble of mediaeval european , indian , tibetan and chinese instruments which illustrate the changing scenes of the geographic journey . the fantasy - dream world of the spiritual journey and the exciting stories of marco polo’s voyage are two operas that merge to the same goal , the discovery of experience from past to present to future — from the known to the unknown .
from chaul , we went overland to pali , a journey of eight days , near the indian mountains . from pali , we travelled another ten days to umri , another indian town . and from umri is a journey of seven days to junnar .
and the prince of vijayanagar has three hundred elephant and a hundred thousand armed men , and fifty thousand horse .
on my first flight to israel , i stretched out in a comfortable chair on el al airlines , enjoyed a kosher meal and reread notes by the famous russian traveller and pioneer explorer , afanasiy nikitin ( circa 1466 - 1472 ) . only on the approach to tel aviv did i suddenly realize how small a country israel was , and that it bordered three seas . now , i had a unique chance ( just as the great russian explorer did ) to visit these three seas—the red sea , the mediterranean sea and the dead sea—all in one trip .
2 ) the spiritual journey is a reflection on the three states of the human being — past , present , and future — and on the cycle of nature . the wall of the physical journey is also the invisible wall that separates these three states within each individual and prevents their synthesis into a whole being . marco and polo begin as two characters relating , sharing the journeys , at first alternating word by word , later phrase by phrase , and finally joining in a duet . in the course of this journey they encounter , and are brought closer together by , various figures and elements of nature : dante , shakespeare , sheherazada , li po , mahler , and water . marco and kublai khan are the only real people ; polo is memory ; the others are beyond human : shadows and nature .
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the voyage beyond three seas by the tver merchant afanasy nikitin is a work that stands alone in the literature of the fifteenth century . outwardly it resembles the accounts of pilgrimages to the holy land which had existed since the twelfth century or the description of journeys to church councils . nikitin’s voyage was not a pilgrimage to christian lands , however , but a trading mission to distant india and could not be regarded as an act of piety worthy of a corresponding description .
the journey to the west , translated and edited by anthony c . yu , university of chicago , chicago and london , 1977 . four volumes .
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in marco polo , the spiritual journey , ( the cycle of the spirit and of nature ) coexists with a physical journey from west to east . the former is explored in the book of timespace sections of the opera through the participation of shadows , memory and nature , in peking opera style . interwoven are the legendary adventures of marco polo as he makes his journey from italy to china . these sections are written in a more western opera style combining avant - garde and theatrical traditions , and are played out by beings , although with underlying echoes of the simultaneous spiritual journey provided by historical figures of dante , shakespeare and li po .
in writing marco polo , an opera within an opera , paul griffiths and i conceived of three journeys : physical , spiritual , and musical .
“three protoexempla and their place in a thirteenth - century pilgrim book . ” slavic review 4 , 4 : 603 - 613 ( 1981 ) .
synopsis : act 1 marco and polo , led by the shadows of dante and sheherazada , journey from venetian darkness across seas , desert and the high himalayas to arrive at the wall . kublai khan awaits them : on a balcony , in the auditorium and on stage . medieval chant , ancient timbres , violence , longing and the sensuality of nature open a world of light .
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he thumped monkey on the head three times . then , with his hands held behind his back , he stomped into his private chamber and slammed the door .
dabhol is a large town , and people come here from the indian and the ethiopian seas . here i , accursed afanasii , slave of the highest god , creator of heaven and earth , bethought to myself of the christian faith , and the baptism of christ , and the fasts established by the holy fathers , and the apostolic precepts , and focussed my mind to return to rus . i boarded a dabba and discussed the fare on the ship – and i paid two gold coins for the journey to hormuz . i sailed away from dabhol during the muslim fast , three months before easter 105 .
for three months , monkey practiced the techniques in private . then one day , as he walked back from his chores in the orchard , the patriarch came up to him .
monkey stars in the journey to the west , an epic comic fantasy from the sixteenth century . the part retold here is about monkey’s origin and early career—and the one time he didn’t come out on top .
1 ) marco and kublai khan may be the only realistically / historically costumed characters in the opera . they represent the two extremes of the journey and should be costumed to highlight this medieval / chinese contrast .
in agreement with contemporary indian chronicles : three towns were seized – warangal , kondapalli , and rajamundry . the commander of the forces was malik hassan , titled nizam - ul - mulk .
david mccullough has twice received the pulitzer prize , for truman and john adams , and twice received the national book award , for the path between the seas and mornings on horseback . his other acclaimed books include the johnstown flood , the great bridge , brave companions , 1776 , the greater journey , and the wright brothers . he is the recipient of numerous honors and awards , including the presidential medal of freedom , the nation’s highest civilian award . visit davidmccullough . com .
far to the north , beyond the politics and meaningless feuds of the south , the wall and the dwindling night ' s watch are all that stand between the seven kingdoms and the horrors beyond . the white walkers have emerged in force , leading their armies of wights . the wildlings have rallied behind king - beyond - the - wall mance rayder in an attempt to flee south , knowing that as the white walkers advance , anyone who remain in the lands beyond the wall will die and become part of the undead host . mance ' s wildling army now numbers in the tens of thousands , and is determined to force its way through the wall to reach the safety of the south . all that stands between the seven kingdoms and this barbarian invasion is the night ' s watch , whose numbers and leadership were recently devastated with the deaths of a third of their number and that of lord commander jeor mormont . jon snow and samwell tarly do what they can to prepare castle black for the massive wildling attack .
that night , dagny and rearden meet at a restaurant . suddenly there ' s a muffled scream . beyond the window , an enormous calendar page on the wall of a nearby building is changing . the date disappears replaced by a huge , handwritten message :
for three years monkey practiced the secret techniques . his body grew hard and enduring and full of powerful energies . then one day , he was sitting with the other disciples outside the cave .
atlas shrugged is structured in three major parts , each of which consists of ten chapters . the parts and chapters are named , and the titles typically suggest multiple layers of meaning and implication .
of primary importance to me is that the production reflect the three journeys of marco polo , the concept of “an opera within an opera , ” and that the production be simple and magical .
another three months passed while monkey practiced . soon he could travel for hundreds of miles with each somersault . then one day the patriarch paused in his discourse and addressed monkey again from the dais .
he is “a part of all that i have met , ” but this is not the end , for his experience is an archway to new experiences , with the horizon always beyond reach . it is boring to stop and wither away and be useless in his old age ; simply breathing is not life . multiple lives would be too little to get the most out of existence , and little of his one life remains , but at least he is alive and there is time for “something more . ” it would be a shame to do nothing for even three days ; he does not want to store himself away . his “gray spirit” yearns to attain knowledge and follow it “like a sinking star , / beyond the utmost bound of human thought . ”
weeks pass . . . it is an evening in the valley . the strikers are putting finishing touches on their future plans . on a high ridge above them , galt and dagny walk in the starlight . then galt stops , looking off in the distance beyond the mountains .
the very next morning , the monkey king ordered a pine raft to be built and loaded with fruit for the journey . then he took leave of his cheering subjects , floated downstream to the island’s edge , and started across the great sea .
the dragon king cleared his throat nervously . “i remember now that in my treasury is an iron rod once belonging to yu the great . he used it to pound down the beds of the rivers and seas in the time of the great flood . perhaps it will meet your needs . ”
similar addresses to allah in oriental languages and also the moslem prayer with which the voyage beyond three seas ends have even led some specialists to suggest that the moslems were eventually successful in converting nikitin to islam . 33 this is unfounded . we have no reason to doubt the truth of nikitin’s frequent statements in his notes that despite all the pressure from the moslems , he remained true to christianity . his contact with other religions did exert a certain influence on nikitin’s outlook , however . after describing the successes of the moslem sultan and the “mohammedan faith” in india , nikitin wrote : “as for the true faith , god alone knows it , and the true faith is to believe in one god , and to invoke his name in purity in every pure place . ” this viewpoint of the merchant from tver would certainly not have been regarded as orthodox in his homeland and might have got him into serious trouble ( as might his statement that there was “little justice” in the land of russia ) , had he not died on the return journey home .
the poem is based on the character odysseus from homer ' s odyssey (
ulysses
is the latin form of the name ) , but tennyson also drew upon dante ' s inferno , canto xxvi , in which dante is led by the roman epic poet virgil to meet ulysses and hear his tale . in homer , odysseus is told by the blind prophet tiresias that he will return home to ithaca but will then make one more journey to a land far away from home . in dante , this part of the story is fleshed out . ulysses gathers his men together to prepare for the journey and exhorts them not to waste their time left on earth . he dies on this journey , which is why he is in dante’s hell . tennyson ' s character is somewhere in between these literary predecessors , as ulysses knows he will set off on a last journey but has not done so yet . critics also note the influence of shakespeare , particularly his troilus and cressida , which also includes ulysses .
“this is the place ! ” said the monkey king . “right where the woodcutter told me . i just hope i look all right in these human clothes . ” he glanced down at what he’d gathered on his journey—black boots , red robe , and yellow sash .
“yes , master . i knew that hitting me three times meant to come here in the third watch of the night . and holding your hands behind you meant to use the back door . i came just as you instructed . ”
written for himself , nikitin’s notes are one of the most individual works of old russia : we know afanasy nikitin and can imagine his personality far better than that of most russian writers from early times to the seventeenth century . the autobiographical and lyrical elements in the voyage beyond three seas , which conveys the emotional suffering and mood of the author , were new features in old russian literature and characteristic of the fifteenth century . in its directness and concreteness the voyagebeyondthreeseas is reminiscent of innocentius’ account of the last days of paphnutius of borovsk discussed above . but afanasy nikitin is a much more striking and interesting figure than innocentius , of course . the personal nature of the voyage , the author’s ability to show us his emotions , his inner world , all these features of afanasy nikitin’s diary re - emerge two centuries later in one of the finest monuments of old russian literature , the life of archpriest avvakum .
negron appreciates the power of musical memories and the fans behind his success . and this year , in between updating his biography and finishing up negron generations , an album with his daughters , he’ll be revisiting those memories and making more when he hits the high seas for the ’70s rock and romance cruise ( march 11 - 16 ) .
1 ) the physical journey is the story of marco , the traveler , from italy to china . it seems that everyone’s version of marco polo’s travels is different , and i expect each director will respond to different elements of these tales in creating the dramatic world of the opera .
this adventure film features scott mcvay , an authority on whales , and filmmaker bill mason . the objective was to film the bowhead , a magnificent inhabitant of the cold arctic seas brought to the edge of extinction by overfishing . with helicopter and inuit guide , aqualungs and underwater cameras , the expedition searches out and meets the bowhead and beluga .
the opera has had three different productions and has been performed in more than 20 cities worldwide . set to a libretto by paul griffiths , marco polo uses the famed 13th - century italian traveler as a metaphor to explore the meaning of “journey” on several levels . its formal structure presents three journeys – spiritual / psychological , physical / geographical , and musical – within two “operas” that gradually amalgamate to a common goal . in marco polo , tan dun sought to discover a 21st - century form for opera – one that incorporates multiple languages , cultures and time periods , eastern and western operatic traditions , and varied musical styles to create an authentically international genre . tan dun won the 1998 grawemeyer award for music composition , arguably one of the most prestigious awards of its kind , for marco polo .
preserved in a miscellany of the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century , and also in an independent chronicle compilation of the 1480s ( the sophia second and lvov chronicles ) , nikitin’s voyage beyond three seas was a completely unofficial piece of writing ; consequently it was entirely lacking in the features characteristic of religious or official secular literature . only a few points linked it with the “voyages” and “pilgrimages” of preceding centuries : the listing of geographical place - names with an indication of the distances between them and notes on the riches of this or that country . in fact , however , nikitin’s voyage was a travel diary , notes about his adventures , while writing which the author did not know how they would end : “four easter sundays have already passed in the moslem land , but i have not forsaken the christian faith ; and god knows what may yet happen… in thee i trust , о god , save me , о lord ! i know not my way . whither shall i go from hindustan ? ” later nikitin set off back to russia and found a way “from hindustan” , but here too the record of his wanderings follows the course of his journey closely and breaks off with his arrival in caffa ( theodosia ) in the crimea .
tennyson ' s ulysses is now old , having experienced all of the adventures of battle at troy and on the seas throughout his odyssey . back home , he has had enough of his life as a ruler of men , keeping the peace at home ; instead , he desires to embark upon his next journey . in the first part of the poem he speaks to himself , lamenting his uselessness as a ruler given the idleness of his people . they have no ambition ; they “know not” the kind of adventuresome spirit that their king has . in contrast , he “will drink / life to the lees , ” as is his wont .
part three is titled
a is a ,
symbolizing what rand referred to as
the law of identity
and here , the answers to all the apparent contradictions finally are identified and resolved by dagny and rearden , and also for the reader .
“wonderful ! ” cried the monkey king . “maybe i can become all three ! ” he considered a moment , then said , “i think i’ll start with the immortals . i’ll search the earth till i’ve found one , then learn to become one myself ! ”
directed by : khwaja ahmad abbas and vasili pronin cast : oleg strizhenov , nargis dutt , prithviraj kapoor , balraj sahni , bharat bhushan , achala sachdev , iya arepina , vitali belyakov and stepan kayukov journey beyond three seas is an indian soviet film , made in hindi as well as russian . the cast is also a mix of indian and russian actors . the film tells the story of afanasy nikitin , a 15th - century , russian trader who travelled to india and fell in love with an indian girl champa . the screening is being organised by rcsc jointly with citizens’ film forum on the occasion of the 85th birth anniversary of russian actor oleg strigenov . he was a soviet and russian actor who starred in films like gadfly , the forty - first , the young peter the great , karl marxs : the early years and the captain ' s daughter . he was honoured with the large pushkin gold medal for his stellar performance in the queen of spades . other notable awards and honours include the gold medal of the irina arkhipova fund musical , best actor in 1970 for the film nepodsuden and people ' s artist of the soviet union in 1988 . the anniversary celebrations will include a video - presentation of the life and creative work of the actor , followed by the film screening .
from shabat , on dry land , is a journey of 10 months , and by sea , is four months aukyik 80 . the stomachs of domesticated deer are cut to extract musk ; wild deer , hunted on the fields and in the forests , lose their scent , and their musk is not fresh .
ulysses looks at the port and the sea beyond , calling to him . he recalls “the thunder and the sunshine” of his mariners’ exciting travels together , their “free hearts” and free minds , and understands that he and they are old now . yet , they still can do something noble and suited to their greatness , especially as they are men who once fought with gods .
on the creation of marco polo “do you compose the music , or does the music compose you ? ” i couldn’t really answer this question , posed to me twenty years ago by a southern chinese monk , until fifteen years later , when i began composing marco polo . yes , in each of my compositions i think sounds and different musical cultures guide my own development , leading me through a deeper journey before the work can reach technical refinement . from medieval to mongolian chants ; from western opera to peking opera from orchestra to sitar , pipa , and tibetan ritual horns — the fusion of musical sounds from all corners of the globe is the definition of “marco polo” to me . did marco polo’s journey actually happen ? did someone dream it up ? or did the journey imagine us ? is chuang zi a butterfly , or is the butterfly chuang zi ? my colleague paul said it well : “journeys are like dawns in having no beginning or ending but only continuing . ”
at trebizond , i arrived during the protection of the blessed virgin , and remained for five days . i boarded a vessel and discussed the costs – to pay for myself with gold coins for the journey to kaffa ; on board , though , i had to indebt myself for the gold , to be paid back in kaffa .
the sultan advanced from bidar in the eighth month after easter 98 . with him went twenty six viziers – twenty muslim viziers and six hindu viziers . with the sultan went a hundred thousand cavalry , twenty thousand infantry , three hundred armoured elephant , and a hundred wild animals in chains .
monkey is the most popular figure in all chinese literature , loved for centuries by young people and adults alike . his story is found in a classic sixteenth - century novel , the journey to the west ( xi you ji or hsi yu chi ) , as well as in countless later adaptations , from chinese opera to comic books .
lady queen mother . in the journey to the west , the lady queen mother is the wife of the jade emperor and lives in heaven . elsewhere she is often known as the queen mother of the west , ruler of mount kunlun , home of the taoist immortals . in either case , she tends the orchard where the immortal peaches grow .
eddie willers walks these desolate streets , feeling a sense of dread he can ' t explain . perhaps it ' s the newspapers , which are filled with ominous stories . factories are closing and the nation ' s industrial infrastructure is falling apart . the federal government is assuming dictatorial emergency powers . meanwhile , rumors circulate about a mysterious modern pirate ship on the high seas , which sinks government relief vessels . . .
stepennaia kniga tsarskogo rodosloviia po drevneishim spiskam . teksty i kommentarii v trekh tomakh ( the book of degrees of the royal genealogy : a critical edition based on the oldest known manuscripts . texts and commentary in three volumes ) . iazyki slavianskikh kul’tur , moscow , 2007–2012 ( 597 + 559 + 350 pages )
spring begins with the protection 51 of the holy virgin ; the fete in honour of sheikh alaeddin is also held at the beginning of spring , two weeks after the feast of the protection ; the fete lasts eight days . spring lasts three months , and so does summer , and winter , and autumn .
we reached the sea on the big vessel , but foundered on the mouths of the volga . then the tatars captured us and ordered us to tow the boat back up the river to the weir . they confiscated the big ship and took four russians captive , and they allowed us to leave , dispossessed , beyond the sea , and did not permit us back up the river , for fear we might send word .
the western paradise is where good buddhists are taken after death—a congenial place where they can progress more rapidly toward becoming buddhas themselves . this is the teaching of the “pure land” school of buddhism , which predominates in east asia . in the journey to the west , the western paradise is also the present home of the buddha and seems to be somewhere in india .
on the muslim feast - day of bairam , the sultan made a ceremonial departure : with him went twenty great viziers , adorned with mighty armour , with turrets . in the turrets sat six men with cannon and guns , and on the big elephants , twelve men . and on each elephant were emblazoned two great banners , and mighty swords weighing a kantar , were attached to their tusks , and on their necks , enormous iron weights 84 . between its ears sits a man in armour wielding a large iron hook with which to direct the elephant . a thousand horses decorated in golden trappings 85 , and a hundred camels with drums , and three hundred trumpeters , and three hundred dancers , and three hundred concubines . the sultan’s caftan is decorated with corundum , his cap with a huge diamond , his sadak 86 golden with corundum , and three swords all in gold , and a golden saddle , and all trappings golden , everything in gold . before him , a kafir runs , carrying a canopy 87 , and behind him are many on foot . behind too is a rogue elephant , covered in damask , chasing people away , a big iron chain on his trunk with which he chases horses and people away so that they do not approach the sultan .
jade emperor , heaven . though the jade emperor is ruler of heaven and earth , he is not so much a supreme god as a supreme administrator . in fact , he is outranked by the three top divine beings of the chinese pantheon , buddha , lao tzu , and confucius—who are themselves subject to higher universal forces .
here dwells the khorasanian nobleman , malik - at - tujar 53 , who leads a force of two hundred thousand , while the malik - khan has a hundred thousand , and the farat - khan has twenty thousand ; and many khans have ten thousand fighters . the sultan himself leads three hundred thousand men - at - arms .
the novel , written anonymously but often attributed to the humorist wu cheng’en , is an epic comic fantasy of 100 chapters . my retelling covers only the first seven chapters , which form a kind of prelude . the bulk of the novel recounts the journey of the buddhist monk sanzang to collect sacred scriptures from buddha in the western paradise , aided by monkey and several other magical creatures .
i sailed with hassan - beg down the volga , passing kazan with no trouble , not having encountered anyone , and passed the horde , uslan , sarai and berekazan , and entered the river buzan . here we met three pagan tatars , who falsely informed us that the sultan kassim 20 lay in wait for merchants with three thousand soldiers on the buzan . hassan - beg , the ambassador of the shah of shirvan , presented each of them with a caftan and a fine cloth that they might lead us safely by astrakhan . they , pagan tatars , took the caftans , but betrayed us to the khan . and my companions and i left our boat and boarded the ambassador’s .
light fades , and the day wanes . ulysses calls out that it is not too late to discover a “newer world . ” they can leave this shore and sail beyond the sunset , exploring until he dies . perhaps they even will reach the happy isles and meet achilles . although they are weak in age , much vigor remains ; they still have “heroic hearts” which are “strong in will” and want to persevere , to explore and discover and never give up .
while the artist is now immersed in a busy solo career that includes touring and writing , he’s happy to take time to reflect on the experience and the songs that propelled him to fame . “ joy to the world “ , the 1970s three dog night hit would contribute to negron’s status as one of the most popular singers of the ’70s .
3 ) the musical journey is closely related to both the physical and spiritual journeys . there are two operas occurring simultaneously . first ( opera i ) is the book of timespace , which is developed on eastern opera vocal and instrumental traditions . the second ( opera ii ) is developed on western opera traditions blending and layering different musical styles and colors , languages , using both eastern and western instruments .
and when the sultan steps out with his mother and his wife , he is followed by ten thousand cavalry and fifty thousand infantry , and two hundred elephant , all in gold trim ; before him , a hundred buglers , a hundred dancers , three hundred horse in gold trim , and a hundred monkeys , and a hundred courtesans , who are called gaurykis .
chuck negron’s rock star status hasn’t always been cemented in stardust and glitter . the author of the best - selling autobiography three dog nightmare is the first to admit that the road he has walked has been far from ordinary or easy . but these days , celebrating 25 years of recovery from addiction , negron is in a great place and as creative as ever .
it may be a stretch to go a step farther and argue that ulysses seeks to understand life beyond death , but consider that “it may be” that they reach the isles where achilles resides . after all , ulysses says that “my purpose holds / to sail beyond the sunset , and the baths / of all the western stars , until i die . ” critic charles mitchell notes , “one needs to emphasize that ulysses’s goal is not death , but is in death : that is , ulysses seeks not death , but life in death . ” other details in the poem support this view , such as the sea voyage , which is often a symbol for the voyage of death ; his old age ; his referring to himself and shipmates as spirits ; and the “dark , broad , sea” which is unfathomable and carries mysterious voices . certainly it is quite an adventure to reach the isles or hades or somewhere that human beings normally do not reach while alive . ulysses may indeed want to find direct evidence of spiritual reality after death .
the land is heavily populated . the villagers are very poor , while the noblemen own vast lands and are very wealthy . the nobles are carried on silver palanquins ; they are preceded by horses , twenty of them , in golden trim , and they are followed by three hundred riders , and five hundred foot soldiers , and ten buglers , and ten drummers , and ten flautists .
marco polo , an opera within an opera , marks a further stage in the composer tan dun’s own spiritual journey , an exploration of a new language of music and performing arts through the fusion of western avant - garde style with eastern accent . multi - cultural elements such as peking opera , kabuki , indonesian shadow theatre , and the face painting of tibetan ritual are used . it has a duration under two hours , and plays without intermission .
this reading group guide for the greater journey includes an introduction , discussion questions , and ideas for enhancing your book club . the suggested questions are intended to help your reading group find new and interesting angles and topics for your discussion . we hope that these ideas will enrich your conversation and increase your enjoyment of the book . introduction “not all pioneers went west , ” writes david mccullough in the beginning pages of the greater journey . from the 1820s to 1900 , generations of americans made the pioneering journey across the atlantic on a mission of learning and accomplishment in the intellectual , scientific , and artistic capital of the western world : paris . david mccullough tells the story of the generations of americans whose struggles and discoveries in the city of light set them on the path to high achievement . james fenimore cooper , author of the beloved deerslayer novels , formed an important lifelong friendship in the halls of the louvre with samuel f . b . morse , the renowned painter and inventor of the telegraph . charles sumner , the leading abolitionist u . s . senator , first examined his views on race when he studied at paris’s diverse sorbonne . elihu washburne , the u . s . minister to france , performed heroically during the siege of paris and the horrors of the commune , serving americans and other foreign nationals as the official representative of his country . augustus s see more
malik - at - tujar took two indian towns 93 that supported piracy in the indian ocean . he seized seven princes and their treasury : sacks of corundum , diamonds , rubies , a hundred bags of costly goods , and his army took other items innumerable . he besieged them for two years 94 , and his forces numbered two hundred thousand , and a hundred elephant , and three hundred camels .
in the third part ulysses seems to address his hearty mariners . the port , the boat , and the seas all beckon him . the mariners are his compatriots ; they have been through thick and thin together . unlike living under a king , on the seas they made their choices and took their risks with “free hearts , free foreheads . ” those were the good old days , even fighting with gods , but there is no good reason to waste away in nostalgia . so long as they can do “something ere the end , / some work of noble note , ” ulysses wants to be doing it . although the coming night in the poem reflects the waning years of their lives , it “is not too late to seek a newer world . ” the “many voices” of the ocean call out to them to come back—the voices of experiences past and of experiences yet to come . their life is fulfilling when they are adventuring on the sea . no matter how much strength they have , while they have it they retain the strength of “will / to strive , to seek , to find , and not to yield . ”
“five hundred years from now , ” said the buddha , “i will need a messenger from the middle kingdom to come to the western paradise and carry back holy scriptures . it will be your own role to find a man or woman worthy of the task . at that time , too , you will recruit our penitent monkey friend to protect the messenger on the long and perilous journey . by doing so , the monkey will atone for his crimes and earn enlightenment . ”
act 2 in four dreams and three interviews , marco and polo are led by the shadows of shakespeare , feud and john cage to examine inner space . chuang zi dreams as a butterfly ; mahler and li po drink to the song of the earth . in china or elsewhere , is contact possible ? can love be achieved ? kublai still waits ; marco and polo give way to marco polo ; the unending begins .
he carries her past a small house , where the sound of a piano is lifting the chords of halley ' s fifth concerto . it ' s halley ' s home , galt explains . they reach a ledge above the valley ; a small town spreads below . nearby , commanding the valley like a coat of arms , stands a solid gold dollar sign three feet high
francisco ' s private joke ,
he says .
to justify his cynicism , he tells her about his three most promising students years ago , when he taught physics at patrick henry university . one , ragnar danneskjold , became a pirate who robs government relief ships . a second , francisco d ' anconia , became a worthless playboy . and the third dropped out of sight , not even making a name for himself ; but before leaving , damned stadler for launching the state science institute .
nizam - al - mulk , malik - khan and fathulla - khan seized three big towns 95 . their armies numbered a hundred thousand men and fifty elephant . and they captured corundum without number , and many other precious stones . and all the diamonds and rubies were bought up on behalf of malik - at - tujar , and he forbade the masters to sell them to the merchants who had come to bidar at the time of the assumption .
the original reason that production expanded to location - shoots in iceland in season 2 was apparently to accurately portray the rugged frozen vistas of the lands beyond the wall , i . e . when jon snow , qhorin halfhand , or ygritte are walking on an actual frozen glacier with rugged mountains in the background , without the need for special effects shots to fill those details in ( which it was feared would look fake ) . however , the location scouts found other areas in iceland which they felt would be perfect for scenes from the other storylines . while scenes beyond the wall were filmed in iceland during the winter , they production team realized that during the summer melt , iceland has many pristine landscapes and lush valleys suitable for filming other locations in westeros . the wildling raiding party containing ygritte and tormund filmed in iceland during the winter for their scenes north of the wall : in season 4 they have returned to iceland but in the summer , to depict the somewhat warmer lands of the gift immediately south of the wall . arya stark and sandor clegane ' s storyline , as well as brienne of tarth ' s storyline , will also include some scenes filmed in iceland ( representing parts of the riverlands , etc . ) . [ 13 ]
with god’s mercy , i crossed the three seas . the rest , god knows , allah the protector judges . amen ! bismillah al - rahman al - rahim . allah - u - akbar , good god , good lord . jesus the spirit of god , peace to you . god is great . there is no god but god . god the provident . praise the lord , thanks be to god all - conquering . in the name of god the compassionate , the merciful . it is god , other than whom there is no god , who knows all that is secret and manifest . he is merciful , compassionate . there is no god but god . he is king , holiness , peace , saviour , judge of good and evil , almighty , the healer , the exalted , the creator , the designer , the releaser of sin , punisher , solver of all problems , the nourisher , triumphant , omniscient , the restorer , the protector , the ennobler , the merciful , the punisher of sin , all - hearing , all - seeing , the righteous , the just , the good .
from gulbarga i proceeded to kalloor . carnelian is produced in kalloor , and it is processed here and transported throughout the world from here . three hundred weaponsmiths dwell in kalloor , decorating weapons . i stayed there five months and went thence to golconda . there is a great market there . from there i went to gulbarga , and from gulbarga to aland . from aland , i went to amendri , and from amendri to naryasa , and from naryasa to suri 104 , and from suri to dabhol , a port on the indian ocean .
on the day of memory of sheikh alaeddin ( or , in our reckoning , the protection of the holy virgin ) , malik - at - tujar led his forces from bidar against the hindus . his forces numbered fifty thousand , and the sultan sent him his own forces , numbering fifty thousand , and with them , three viziers and thirty thousand men . and with them were a hundred armoured elephant with turrets , and on each elephant were four men with harquebuses . malik - at - tujar went to fight vijayanagar , a great hindu kingdom .
although the a song of ice and fire novels were originally planned as a trilogy , to be titled a game of thrones , a dance with dragons and the winds of winter , eventually george r . r . martin realized his plot of
book one
would have to be expanded into three novels  ( a game of thrones , a clash of kings and a storm of swords ) , which effectively means the first three books are one very long novel . in fact , the climax of a storm of swords concludes many of the plotlines begun in a game of thrones . martin even initially planned to make a five - year time jump between the third and fourth novels , to emphasize how much of a chapter - break the climaxes of the third novel were to the overall story ( though the time jump was later abandoned ) . thus , david benioff said he was very confident about season 4 , because it contains many climactic scenes which not only ended the third novel ( to a greater extent than the red wedding ) , but concluded storylines begun in season 1 . [ 15 ]
the poem is seventy lines of blank verse in the style of a dramatic monologue , with three audiences—odysseus himself , the reader , and his mariners ( although he may only be imagining what he might say to us and to his mariners ) . the poem garnered praise from tennyson ' s contemporaries as well as successive literary figures including t . s . eliot , who called it a
perfect
poem . it is generally considered one of his finest works and is a mainstay of victorian poetry anthologies as well as selections of tennyson ' s oeuvre .
from junnar , we departed on assumption , and went to bidar , their chief city 42 . we travelled to bidar for a month , and from bidar to kulangiri 43 for five days , and from kulangiri to gulbarga , five days . between these cities , there are many towns ; some days we crossed three towns , and other days , four : there were as many towns as kos 44 . from chaul to junnar , there are twenty kos ; from junnar to bidar , forty kos ; from bidar to kulongiri , nine kos ; and from bidar to gulbarga , nine kos .
the making game of thrones official production blog has confirmed that filming did not return to morocco for season 4 . this decreases the number of countries that the tv series films in from four to three ( northern ireland , croatia , and iceland ) . [ 10 ] morocco was used for the location filming of daenerys ' s season 3 scenes set in slaver ' s bay , specifically the cities of astapor and yunkai . daenerys ' s storyline continues to take place in slaver ' s bay during season 4 , but other locations ( apparently in croatia ) will be used to represent it .