jellyfish ( hebrew : מדוזות ; meduzot ) is a 2007 israeli film based on a story by shira geffen and directed by her husband , etgar keret .

the film tells the story of three women in tel aviv whose intersecting lives paint a pessimistic portrait of israeli secular life .

batya , a waitress at weddings , comes across a mute child who seemingly emerges from the sea .

keren , a bride whose wedding batya worked at , breaks her leg climbing out of bathroom stall and ruins her dream honeymoon in the process .

and joy , a filipina domestic , attends to her employer with whom she struggles to communicate .

poetic imagery draws connections between the lives of these women , all of whom find solace in the sea .

jellyfish was the winner of the 2007 camera d'or at the cannes film festival , the official selection at the 2008 toronto international film festival , and the official selection at the 2008 telluride film festival .

the film stars sarah adler and gera sandler .

the dvd release date was september 30 , 2008 .

jellyfish ( film )

jellyfish will begin its festival run with a world premiere at tribeca film festival in april 2018 .
jellyfish , with its pervasive sense of mysticism , is anything but standard , predictable storytelling . what is it exactly ? well , you might as well ask a jellyfish .
sayle ' s jellyfish , and the manual override plan alex overhears being talked about .
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nadia ends up getting killed by the same jellyfish that she was trying to kill alex with .
a film about adolescent girls who are amorous yet poisonous with a painful sting just like jellyfish , and their days which are fragile and cruel with warm love and jealousy .
nadia starts one when the zit cream alex uses to try and free himself from the jellyfish tank doesn ' t seem to work . it becomes an oh crap seconds later when the glass smashes and the jellyfish lands on her .
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: once or twice during alex ' s story at the start of the film .
during a screening of the film in albany , new york , in 2009 , co - director etgar keret stated that the title of the film is a reference to the fact that jellyfish drift in the sea and do not have much control over their fate or direction . this is interesting given the tagline added to the poster after the film won at cannes ,
life stings
orange and blue contrast : used very extensively in the original british poster of the film .
in our interview with him , we ask about his new exhibition at gagosian , and his film jellyfish eyes , all while learning about the parallels between these projects and the ones he & apos ; ll show us soon .
jellyfish is the story of a young carer , sarah taylor ( 15 ) who discovers an unlikely talent for stand - up comedy .
not exactly . jellyfish deals with some pretty heavy issues , and while it is certainly funny , it ' s fundamentally a drama .
new film directed by etgar keret and shira geffen . coming to us theaters in april 2008 .
knew someone who killed themselves . the movie seriously pissed off film brain for this very reason .
jellyfish explores the themes of teenage desire , blossoming sexuality , and jealousy – all set in the context of a small fishing village in borneo .
throwing alex into a jellyfish tank wasn ' t enough for nadia . she had to take pictures of him struggling while he was in there .
nadia gets one near the end when the zit cream causes the jellyfish tank to smash , while she ' s standing in front of it .
the little mermaid is a disney media franchise . the success of the 1989 american animated feature film the little mermaid led to a direct - to - video sequel , a prequel film , a spin - off television series , a musical , several video games , theme park attractions , and other merchandise . a live action remake of the film is in development . the little mermaid paved the way for what would become the disney renaissance , with the original film becoming the first film of that era .
( documentary film ) . burbank , california : stone circle pictures / walt disney studios motion pictures .
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shooting at the screen ,
shattering
it , after which the film ' s title is displayed .
families can talk about how jellyfish eyes portrays the use of technology . how are the kids connected to one another ? does technology help or hurt their connections ?
let’s talk about jellyfish eyes , which had a limited viewing in north america earlier this year . the film begins with the line ,
in this vast universe , we encounter one another miraculously .
why did you decide to start with this message or this line ?
a brief , haunting tale of three women in contemporary tel aviv , jellyfish seems to float in its viewers ' consciousness ; you ' ll remember its images long afterward .
when we first see sayle , he mentions that if you came into contact with ther portuguese man o ' war jellyfish , you ' d die a very memorable death .
the film’s protagonist , masashi , has a f . r . i . e . n . d . that resembles a jellyfish , and the title of the film is jellyfish eyes . why jellyfish ? it starts with word play . there was a japanese manga cartoon by yoshiharu tsuge . in one scene there’s a character whose arm was cut , and he’s trying to stop the blood . he’s either thinking or saying in the speech bubble , “ me me kurage . ” kurage means jellyfish . “me , me” is like “eye , eye . ” but it was actually a mistake in printing because when he was handwriting the letters , he meant it to be “ batsu batsu , ” or “x x . ” when the printers were actually placing the fonts , they thought it was “me me , ” because the characters are very similar . so it was printed as “eye eye jellyfish . ” in my artwork there is a really important concept i’m always working with , which is misinterpretation , misunderstanding , produces something new and interesting . as the title for my first film—because i didn’t have any idea what i was making , where it was going—i wanted the title to be something that can be anything . and once i determined the title , then i went to make the story and the characters . i wanted to make this film without knowing its goal .
set in a beautiful remote fishing village , this film follows the complicated friendship between a young girl and a transgender woman .
stormbreaker is a 2006 spy film directed by geoffery sax , based on the first installment of anthony horowitz ' s alex rider young adult novel series . in the u . s . , the film was promotionally named alex rider : operation stormbreaker .
do you feel like american audiences are experiencing this movie differently than japanese audiences ? is it being perceived more as an art film ? right now we have been showing this film as if it’s an art film , so far in the u . s . but i would like it to be seen as a children’s film . for the japanese audience , the scenery of the film , the context of the film , is very familiar . they are used to animations like pokémon and yo - kai watch , that combine gaming and multimedia . they probably think , oh , i made something combining live action and characters , in that line of [ movie ] . in the u . s . i suspect that people are not as bombarded by that type of film . also the scenery of the film for them would be a little bit more exotic . the experience might be akin to japanese children watching e . t . : something’s happening in america , it’s a different environment than ours , but we can relate to it . it would be great if this film could be seen in that type of context .
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literal cliff hanger : the climax of the film consists of alex and sabina clinging onto a rope hanging off of sayle tower .
wake up , go to school , save the world : it ' s even sorta lampshaded in the film ' s tagline .
lacking the minimal jellyfish connective tissue required by even a quasi - anthology like this , the movie as a whole just lies there like the limp wet invertebrate for which it ' s named .
alex himself nearly does when he is thrown into the tank with it , but it is nadia who ends up killed by the jellyfish after alex uses the zit cream to break free from the tank .
film at the old united artists theatre , the theater at the ace hotel . that whole stretch of the city used to have these elaborate cinemas . there was a golden age for film , when there were tons of films , and many theaters sprang up on that street .
covers always lie : sayle is holding a small dog in the us poster despite the fact that the dog never appears in the film .
meduzot ( the hebrew word for jellyfish ) tells the story of three very different israeli women living in tel aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern israeli life . . . see full summary »
within the music world , he & apos ; s done notable collaborations with kanye west , for his graduation album art , and pharrell , on a $ 2 million sculpture with jacob the jeweler , which debuted at art basel miami beach in 2009 . he recently animated pharrell for a remix video tied to his first full - length film , jellyfish eyes , which toured the u . s . earlier this year . although a global release is still pending , takashi & apos ; s already completed the second film in the jellyfish eyes trilogy , which in total explores themes of post - fukushima japan , and is equally inspired by the films murakami watched as a child . he grew up seeing a blend of post - world war ii japanese television and sci - fi films , which undoubtedly manifests itself in jellyfish eyes and the
superflat
art he & apos ; s created since the & apos ; 90s .
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the film attempting to portray thomas ' sacrifice by committing suicide so that he donates everything he has to people in need as a happy ending .
set in a small rural fishing community , jellyfish is a film about suri , a 13 year - old girl who befriends a mysterious transgender woman who arrives in her village one day . realizing that riya is troubled and has nowhere to go , suri hides riya in her home . suri soon forms an attachment to the alluring riya , desiring her as both mother and lover .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
characters and the setting from the first film appear in disney / square ' s kingdom hearts series of video games . ariel appears as a party member , while ursula is the boss in the world of atlantica and one of the members of maleficent ' s inner circle . other characters from the film also make appearances .
the little mermaid ii : return to the sea is a direct - to - video sequel to the first film . it was released by walt disney studios home entertainment on vhs in the united states on september 19 , 2000 . it was directed by jim kammerud and brian smith , and produced by leslie hough and david lovegren . in 2006 , the film was bundled together with the original film in the region 2 release . the original dvd release has been discontinued . a special edition dvd with a deleted song ,
gonna get my wish
, and a new game was released on december 16 , 2008 . unlike its predecessor , the little mermaid ii : return to the sea received generally negative reviews from critics , with the criticism reserved for the film being a repetition of the first film .
adaptational nationality : in the book , the villain is from lebanon and his name is herod sayle . in the film , he is an american named darrius sayle .
the little mermaid : ariel ' s beginning is a direct - to - video prequel to the first film . the film was released on region 1 dvd in the united states on august 26 , 2008 , and on region 2 dvd in europe on september 22 , 2008 . it was directed by peggy holmes and produced by kendra halland . the film contains special features including deleted scenes , a production featurette hosted by the director , games and activities , and a featurette hosted by sierra boggess about the broadway musical . the little mermaid : ariel ' s beginning received largely positive reviews , although the film ' s new antagonist , marina del rey , was criticised for being nowhere near as good a villain as ursula .
the little mermaid is the original film of the franchise . it was produced by walt disney animation studios , and was released to theaters on november 15 , 1989 by walt disney pictures . it was directed by ron clements and john musker , and produced by musker and howard ashman . the film was a critical and commercial success . the little mermaid is the 28th disney animated feature film and belongs to an era known as the disney renaissance . [ 1 ] it is based on hans christian andersen ' s fairy tale of the same name .
the first film ' s soundtrack , the little mermaid : an original walt disney records soundtrack contains the songs from the film written by menken and ashman , as well as the film ' s score composed by menken . the album received the academy award for best original score and the golden globe award for best original score . as of february 2007 , the album is certified 6x platinum by the riaa . in 2010 , rhapsody ( online music service ) called it one of the all - time great disney and pixar soundtracks . [ 13 ] to commemorate the film ' s 25th anniversary , an extended version of the soundtrack will be released on november 24 , 2014 under the walt disney records : the legacy collection . [ 14 ]
born in 1971 , scriptwritter and jellyfish co - director shira geffen is an acclaimed writer of children’s books and stageplays . her plays have been performed in israel and abroad . partners in life and in their work , etgar and shira are maverick spirits of the israeli artistic scene .
in the film , the production design , we had very limited time ; i had to design over a hundred characters in two months . so the way i would actually create the characters would be just quickly sketching them , like circle , dot , dot . these characters for the film were taken from small animals that children might like . not necessarily cute , but small animals that children might be interested in . so within the art context , i create characters ; for this children’s film context , i made characters . but the actual process of coming up with the character is the same .
author anthony horowitz , already an established and prolific screenwriter in british television , wrote the screenplay and worked very closely throughout the film ' s production with director geoffrey sax and producers marc and peter samuelson . the weinstein company acquired the north american rights to the film , which was filmed in summer 2005 with six weeks on the isle of man and a further six weeks in london . some of the scenes of the school were filmed in grey coat and ballakermeen high school , douglas , isle of man . [ 2 ] the film had a budget of £25 million ( $ 40 million ) .
born in tel aviv in 1967 , etgar keret is one of israel’s most acclaimed contemporary authors . his books , which are bestsellers in israel , have also received international acclaim and have been published in 22 languages . his collection the nimrod flipout was chosen by the l . a . times and the boston phoenix as one of the best books of 2006 . in 2007 he was shortlisted for “the world’s richest short story award” , the frank o’connor prize , for his collection missing kissinger . in israel he has received the book publishers association’s platinum prize several times , as well as the prime minister’s prize , and the ministry of culture’s cinema prize . over 40 short films have been based on his stories . the upcoming american independent feature film wristcutters : a love story , which premiered at sundance , was adapted from his novella kneller’s happy campers . as a filmmaker himself , keret’s first short film skin deep ( 1996 , 40 mins ) won prizes at several international film festivals , and was awarded an israeli oscar . jellyfish is his first feature film as a director . as well as winning the camera d’or at cannes he and his partner shira geffen won the best director award from the french artists and writers’ guild . keret is also a lecturer in the film department at tel aviv university .
in 2005 , young actor alex pettyfer was cast as alex rider . he was picked out of five hundred hopefuls who auditioned for the role . [ 3 ] pettyfer was originally offered a role in the then - upcoming film eragon but turned it down , noting that he preferred stormbreaker because it would be filmed nearer home while eragon would film in the czech republic , and pettyfer is afraid of flying .
let’s start with the obvious . if the plot of a will smith movie sounds kind of like seven pounds , you know trouble is a - brewin’ . seven pounds is , of course , the movie where a grief - stricken will smith commits suicide by sharing a bathtub with a jellyfish . in that film , sad will smith spends the entire runtime atoning for killing someone while driving and texting . it’s po - faced , grim and dull . just like collateral beauty it has a needlessly convoluted plot .
critical dissonance : in contrast of the negative critical reception , this film holds a 7 . 7 / 10 from over 245 , 000 votes on im db , putting it firmly in the top 1000 list .
at 163 minutes , the film doesn ' t feel too long . it contains so much . the human stories . the na ' vi stories , for the na ' vi are also developed as individuals . the complexity of the planet , which harbors a global secret . the ultimate warfare , with jake joining the resistance against his former comrades . small graceful details like a floating creature that looks like a cross between a blowing dandelion seed and a drifting jellyfish , and embodies goodness . or astonishing floating cloud - islands .
takashi murakami is in a bit of a pinch . two years ago the japanese artist made jellyfish eyes , a playful , pokémon - esque , live - action - meets - animation children’s movie , which he’s billed as the first in a trilogy . but because he’s murakami—of the blockbuster gallery and museum shows ( he’s got one in ibiza right now ) , colorful louis vuitton logo bags , pharrell williams music videos , and kanye west album covers—the very grown - up art world can’t stop claiming it as its own . since the film’s japanese release in 2013 , jellyfish eyes has been screened only sporadically in the states , mostly in museums . but tomorrow , murakami’s movie is finally getting its american theatrical release at the ifc center in new york , followed by a national run . ( it will also get a simultaneous vod release . )
the little mermaid received positive reviews and on rotten tomatoes , based on 52 reviews collected , the film has an overall approval rating of 90 % based on various reviews collected since its 1989 release . [ 15 ]
spared by the adaptation : in the book , mr . grin is killed when the small plane he is flying crashes . in the film , he simply flies off and we never find out what happens to him .
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the associate producer ' s package - you get the dvd , the signed photo print , and , you ' ll get a credit as an associate producer in the film ' s ending credits as well as on our website .
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mr . satan
magee and harmonica master adam gussow . shot over 20 years , the film showcases one of the . . . see full summary »
classic film eras tend to get recognized in retrospect while we take for granted timeless works passing before our eyes ,
caro wrote .
so let ' s pause to appreciate what ' s been going on at pixar animation studios .
in june 2006 , the producers of the movie signed a deal with nintendo that made the nintendo ds a prominent feature in the film , much like the power glove in the wizard . this is an upgrade from the game boy color that alex used in the novel version . in addition to the nintendo marketing in the film , alex ' s mobile phone is a nokia 7710 and he uses a sodium pentathol ( otherwise known as truth serum ) pen to get to london , not a gun .
in august , 2006 , the film was renamed to alex rider : operation stormbreaker for the united states release . a new poster ( shown right ) and trailer were released along with the announcement . it was also revealed that the us premiere would take place on the intrepid aircraft carrier at the hudson river , new york . the name of the principal villain also changed from herod sayle to darrius sayle , with his nationality switched from lebanese ( egyptian in the us version of the novel ) to american . this was because mickey rourke was already in talks to take on the role , so horowitz adapted the character to suit him . throughout the film mickey rourke ' s dog can be seen . it can also be seen on the us film poster .
the plot of the little mermaid ii : return to the sea focuses on ariel ' s daughter melody who longs to be a part of the ocean world and is ultimately manipulated by ursula ' s vengeful sister , morgana , into stealing the trident for her . the film is essentially a re - telling of the first film , to the point that morgana has two manta ray cohorts very similar to flotsam and jetsam , desires the trident and revenge against triton , and is even voiced by pat carroll .
yesterday , in a union square office building , the artist—dressed in cargo shorts , a madras button - down , a patagonia puffer jacket , and an oversize army anorak—sat down with vogue . com , with the help of an interpreter , to discuss how he came to make a kid’s movie , what this has to do with his art , and what’s up with jellyfish .
watching
avatar ,
i felt sort of the same as when i saw
star wars
in 1977 . that was another movie i walked into with uncertain expectations . james cameron ' s film has been the subject of relentlessly dubious advance buzz , just as his
titanic
was . once again , he has silenced the doubters by simply delivering an extraordinary film . there is still at least one man in hollywood who knows how to spend $ 250 million , or was it $ 300 million , wisely .
the film is set in tel aviv , but it ' s not an
israeli film .
that ' s where it was made , but it ' s not about anything particularly israeli . it could take place in countless cities , and it ' s not
about
anything at all , in the way of a message , a theme or a revelation . what it offers is a portrait of some time in these lives , created with attentive performances and an intriguing way of allowing them to emerge a little at a time .
the hollywood reporter branded the film as a
a lame and disappointing affair
. although likening it to both the harry potter and james bond series , reviewer ray bennett said the film
lacks any kind of suspense
due to the script . he ended saying that stormbreaker was unlikely to have a
license to kill at the box - office
. bbc movie critic neil smith gave the film three out of five stars but criticized the
unsubtle turns
from both bill nighy and stephen fry . likewise , reviews of alex pettyfer ' s performance were generally negative , several critics calling his performance ' bland ' , ' lacklustre ' and many feeling he delivers his lines poorly . there were many complaints that he was cast simply because of his ' pretty boy ' looks and his parents ' rich , influential connections .
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are certain ideas in the film , whether the f . r . i . e . n . d . oval , the devices , or the jellyfish eye , intentionally blurring the line between what & apos ; s positive and what & apos ; s negative , and what & apos ; s good and what & apos ; s evil ? the oval is essentially one of the f . r . i . e . n . d . s , but he & apos ; s also an agent of destruction . even in this exhibition at gagosian , it seems like so many things go back and forth from good to bad and bad to good . are you intentionally always trying to blur that line ?
i definitely made the film with that sort of intention , but my technique in creating it hasn & apos ; t really matched what i wanted to convey . i don’t feel like i’m 100 % conveying that message . it’s probably more likely that children watching the first film would end up with a lot of questions and confusion about what oval is , why he came into being , and what happened . i don’t think that it’s a failure in conveying a message , though . the fact that it went a different way is still meaningful , because you’re left with these questions .
cameron promised he ' d unveil the next generation of 3 - d in
avatar .
i ' m a notorious skeptic about this process , a needless distraction from the perfect realism of movies in 2 - d . cameron ' s iteration is the best i ' ve seen - - and more importantly , one of the most carefully - employed . the film never uses 3 - d simply because it has it , and doesn ' t promiscuously violate the fourth wall . he also seems quite aware of 3 - d ' s weakness for dimming the picture , and even with a film set largely in interiors and a rain forest , there ' s sufficient light . i saw the film in 3 - d on a good screen at the amc river east and was impressed . i might be awesome in true imax . good luck in getting a ticket before february .
exclusive : oddlot entertainment has acquired screen rights to the bestselling ali benjamin ya novel the thing about jellyfish . oddlot principal gigi pritzker will produce with bruna papandrea and reese witherspoon . rachel shane will be executive producer . the script will be written by molly smith metzler , making her feature debut after writing on the shows casual and orange is the new black . she’s also a playwright whose credits include elemeno pea , close up space , and carve .
the book follows suzy as she enters seventh grade . after her former best friend dies in a drowning accident , she is convinced the true cause of the tragedy must have been a rare jellyfish sting — things don’t just happen for no reason . retreating into a silent world of imagination , she crafts a plan to prove her theory , even if it means traveling the globe , alone . benjamin’s debut novel was a 2015 national book award finalist .
it was intended to be the first in a series of alex rider films that was promoted with potential of being the next harry potter , with horowitz even writing a screenplay for the next book in the series , point blanc , before the stormbreaker film came out . poor box office returns and lukewarm critical reception effectively dashed all hopes of a sequel , let alone a series . horowitz has even come to regret his overconfidence in the idea and admitted that the movie was a
mistake
. he says that he has no plans of making more alex rider films , since they don ' t translate well to film .
the little mermaid was originally planned as part of one of walt disney ' s earliest feature films , a proposed package film featuring vignettes of hans christian andersen tales . [ 10 ] development started soon after snow white and the seven dwarfs in the late 1930s , but was put on hold due to various circumstances .
it’s not even a real fantasy film ! it’s someone making will smith think he’s in a fantasy film . that extra layer of artifice is not necessary , and actually harmful to your ability to enjoy collateral beauty . as every negative review has pointed out about this movie , this might be the cruelest trick ever played on a grieving fictional character in the history of drama . but it gets worse ! big willie styles starts going to a grief support group and falls for the head of the group , played by naomie harris . this is going to completely ruin this movie if you have some sick notion of seeing it , so fair warning .
in your film , the human children in this mysterious town all have these animal - like cartoon companions that resemble creatures you’ve made in your art before . how do the movie creatures represent an evolution from the artwork ? the way i created the characters was exactly the same between the works that are thought of as art and the film characters . if i’m preparing for a gallery show there’s a deadline and i don’t have time and i have to come up with a theme to work with . for example i [ might ] say , ' oh , i’m going to make these cute characters , ' and then i’ll make flowers and other characters .
i read that you cried when you watched kanye west’s runway film . you also created the album artwork for kanye & apos ; s graduation album and have worked with pharrell on numerous occasions . how have you approached these collaborations , knowing that they may be an entry - point for a younger generation to learn about your art ?
the little mermaid : ariel ' s beginning is set before the events of the original film , in which king triton has banned music from atlantica , and ariel , her sisters , sebastian and flounder rebel against this new law while a greedy palace official , marina del rey , seeks to claim sebastian ' s position for herself .
adaptational early appearance : the film features the character of sabina pleasure as alex ' s school crush , even though in the novels she doesn ' t appear until the third one (
skeleton key
) . this was obviously to play on the teen romance arc , because sequels where she could have turned up were originally planned .
momma ' s boy : mr grin may have been one . before the film takes place , his mother waved to him in the audience during his act where he would catch a spinning knife in his teeth . unfortunately for him , when this happened , he lost his concentration and the knife hit him in the face , disfigured him .
winner of the camera d’or at the 2007 cannes film festival poignant , often witty and exceedingly cinematic , jellyfish ( meduzot ) , tells the story of three very different tel aviv women whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern israeli life . batya , a catering waitress , takes in a child apparently abandoned at a local beach . batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of keren , a bride who breaks her leg escaping a locked toilet stall , ruining her chance at a dream caribbean honeymoon . and attending the event with an employer is joy , a non hebrew - speaking domestic worker who has guiltily left her son behind in her native philippines . as this distaff trio separately wends their way through israel’s most cosmopolitan city , they struggle with issues of communication , affection and destiny—but at times find uneasy refuge in its tranquil seas .
several attractions based on the little mermaid have been released . mermaid lagoon at tokyo disneysea is a themed land made to look like the palace of king triton and features fanciful seashell - inspired architecture . it includes the meet - and - greet attraction ariel ' s grotto , as well as the parachute jump–style ride jumpin ' jellyfish ( also present in disney california adventure ) . king triton ' s carousel of the sea is a carousel at disney california adventure that uses sea horses , flying fish , whales , dolphins , sea lions , otters and garibaldi . voyage of the little mermaid is a live show attraction at disney hollywood studios in florida that features puppets and live actors . other attractions based on the film include the little mermaid : ariel ' s undersea adventure , a dark ride at disney california adventure in paradise pier and the magic kingdom in fantasyland .
these stories have as their justification that fact that they are intrinsically interesting . i think that ' s enough .
jellyfish
won the camera d ' or at cannes 2007 for best first feature . given all the temptations that lure gifted first - time filmmakers with three stories to tell , each story with its own story within it , director etgar keret and his co - director and the film ' s writer , shira geffen , are commendable , since they bring it in at 78 minutes . you can easily see how it could have overstayed its welcome , especially if it ever got around to explaining that little girl , especially if she ' s who she seems to be in the dream or vision or hallucination or whatever . rather than an explanation in a case like that , i prefer the vision to appear , make its impact and leave unexplained .
i saw this at the edinburgh film festival . the first film for this director , and i expected not to like it as the subject matter is not what i would normally see at the cinema , i was really surprised at how good it was . the story of a 15 year old girl struggling to keep her family going and the toll it took upon her personally . the acting was excellent , and the direction and editing mature and very well executed . there were a couple of scenes which really made me wince , but nothing was gratuitous and they served to emphasise the points they were making - the loss of control for someone who is still a child but forced to try and make her way in an adult world with no support . the supporting characters were well realised and added to the film as a whole . go and see it . it ' s not an ' easy ride ' but well worth persevering with . the ending , which i will not spoil , is to some extent what the viewer makes of it . see it to see what i mean !
the film ends with alex and sabina at their school . sabina was forced to sign the official secrets act as a result of the prior events , but alex denies that he is a spy . just before the movie ends , it shows a close up of a nearby building balcony with an mi6 member standing on it , holding a camera which is focused on alex .
in 1987 , songwriter howard ashman became involved with the writing and development of mermaid after he was asked to contribute a song to oliver & company . he proposed changing the minor character clarence , the english - butler crab , to a jamaican rastafarian crab and shifting the music style throughout the film to reflect this . at the same time , katzenberg , clements , musker , and ashman revised the story format to make mermaid a musical with a broadway - style story structure , with the song sequences serving as the tentpoles of the film . [ 10 ] ashman and composer alan menken , both noted for their work as the writers of the successful off - broadway stage musical little shop of horrors , [ 12 ] teamed up to compose the entire song score .
they struggle to see beyond their limitations , but over time , they are strengthened by the power of self - acceptance and freedom of movement . sidiki is shot with a sensitive cinema vérité lens with music original to sidiki and his band highlighted throughout . notably , one of the goals of the film is to raise awareness of the powerful affect dance and the arts have on the human spirit .
disney comics released a four - issue
the little mermaid limited series
comic series and two issues of
sebastian from the little mermaid
comics in 1992 . marvel comics released its own title ,
disney ' s the little mermaid
in 1994 , which ran for twelve issues . all the comics are prequels to the film , and feature ariel still a mermaid living under the sea .
critical reaction to stormbreaker was mostly mixed or average . on the review aggregator rotten tomatoes , 33 % of critics gave the film positive reviews , based on 63 reviews , with the consensus that the film was a
strictly children ' s fare , as it lacks originality , excitement , and believability
. similarly , cinema blend editor - in - chief josh tyler gave the movie two and a half stars out of five and said that ,
most of the problems with stormbreaker all boil down to believability
. urltoken ' s reporter wesley morris also gave stormbreaker two stars out of five , and said that
geoffrey sax ' s filmmaking holds few surprises . . . but it ' s swift and competent , despite too many shots of cars on roads that bloat the running time .
jellyfish eyes tells the story of masashi , a young japanese boy mourning the recent loss of his father who moves with his mother to a small suburban town near a mysterious research center . it quickly becomes clear that everything is not as it seems . in his new house , masashi discovers a cuddly jellyfish - like creature , who quickly becomes his best friend . at school , he realizes that his classmates have similar special friends ( or f . r . i . e . n . d . s as they’re called in the movie ) , but the other kids control their creatures through iphone - like devices , and like to enter them into battle royale–style fights during recess . there’s a complicated plot involving a set of four caped power rangers–esque research overlords intent on channeling the negative energy of the children , a religious cult , deep - seated anxieties about nuclear energy , and ultimately a fight for good against a strange , godzilla - like uber - f . r . i . e . n . d . it’s all a bit bloody by american children’s movie standards , and the politics will be murky to a non - japanese audience , but it’s undeniably kid - oriented .
disney ' s the little mermaid is an animated television series featuring the adventures of ariel as a mermaid prior to the events of the first film . this series is the first disney television series to be spun off from a major animated film . the little mermaid premiered in the fall of 1992 with the animated prime time special called
a whale of a tale
, then moved to saturday mornings . this series originally appeared on cbs , with an original run from 1992 to 1994 . it was later shown in reruns on the disney channel and toon disney . some of the episodes contain musical segments , featuring original songs written for the series . the opening theme to the show is a combination of the songs
part of your world
,
under the sea
and
kiss the girl
.
anvilicious : the two
good
people focused on in the film are vegetarian and one of them has forced her great dane to be . you need serious , in - depth work with a qualified vet to even attempt that , because dogs naturally want some meat and you ' d have to carefully select the foods they get . just broccoli and tofu would not cut it and the dog would die of malnutrition .
fifteen - year - old sarah taylor exists in the eye of the storm . the sole caretaker of her family , including precocious twin siblings and a manic - depressive mother who spends most of her time in bed , sarah runs from school to home to work each and every day . yet , despite her herculean efforts to put food on the table and keep the electricity on , she is still forced to engage with more dehumanizing ways to make a few extra bucks - so it ' s no wonder that her back is up among her peers at school . jellyfish tells the story of sarah ' s discovery of an unexpected outlet for her frustration and quick - tempered wit : stand - up comedy . first - time feature film director james gardner paints a dark and hard - edged picture of life in this grey seaside british town , and , in newcomer liv hill , he uncovers a revelatory talent . thanks to her fiercely evocative and vulnerable depiction of sarah , hill gives the audience truly remarkable insight into a young woman living a life far beyond her years .
many characters from the franchise appear in the disney channel series disney ' s house of mouse . [ 7 ] some of them also appear in the series ' spin - off film mickey ' s magical christmas : snowed in at the house of mouse , and ursula appears as one of the main villains in mickey ' s house of villains . the characters also appear at walt disney parks and resorts as a meet and greet characters .
the na ' vi survive on this planet by knowing it well , living in harmony with nature , and being wise about the creatures they share with . in this and countless other ways they resemble native americans . like them , they tame another species to carry them around - - not horses , but graceful flying dragon - like creatures . the scene involving jake capturing and taming one of these great beasts is one of the film ' s greats sequences .
for instance : the most recent disney - pixar offering—last year ' s brave , the story of a feisty scottish princess on a quest to save her mother from a spell that turned her into a bear—has a respectable 78 percent
fresh
rating on rotten tomatoes , and it won the best animated film award at the oscars in february . but upon its release last summer , some critics waxed nostalgic for the days of dependably mind - blowing pixar magic like—surprise ! — finding nemo .
meduzot ( the hebrew word for jellyfish ) tells the story of three very different israeli women living in tel aviv whose intersecting stories weave an unlikely portrait of modern israeli life . batya , a catering waitress , takes in a young child apparently abandoned at a local beach . batya is one of the servers at the wedding reception of keren , a young bride who breaks her leg in trying to escape from a locked toilet stall , which ruins her chance at a romantic honeymoon in the caribbean . one of the guests is joy , a philippine chore woman attending the event with her employer , and who doesn ' t speak any hebrew ( she communicates mainly in english ) , and who is guilt - ridden after having left her young son behind in the philippines .
“the jellyfish catcher” calls for real emotions , just like the music played by a pianist in the book , the sounds produced by the appropriately black and white keys of the instrument , sounds that are full of poetry and sweetness . the novel has a strong message , charged with a significant ethical value , which is likely to shake the readers’ consciences and show them the bleakness of passing judgment on the others because of their belonging to a different culture or form of civilization . the narrative enraptures its readers , fascinating them with the descriptions of a natural environment that is beautiful and difficult at the same time , conveying an atmosphere of vibrant humanity and leading them to identify with the main character and share his bitterness and disappointments , as well as his hopes and desires .
critical acclaim and plenty of good vibes surround “il cacciatore di meduse” ( “the jellyfish catcher” , a novel by ruggero pegna , recently published by falco and succesfully presented at many book festivals . after the presentation of the book at the prize “sele d’oro” in oliveto citra and many other literary events , after the release of a braille version of the novel , even the website of the renowned italian periodical panorama has honored it , choosing it for the cover of an article on 20 books about immigration . it is a very inventive and touching story , the account of the journey of a migrant kid from somalia who faces the desert and the sea with his mother , carrying a wooden pinocchio in his bag , until he finally disembarks in sicily , “the land of white people” .
jellyfish
tells the stories of three young women whose lives , for a change , do not interlock so much as co - exist . it never quite explains why these three were chosen and not three others . i found that refreshing , because with some films based on entwined lives , you spend more time untangling the plot than caring about it . here one character is a waitress for a catering firm , another is a new bride , and the third is a home - care worker for elderly women . to be sure , there is a mystical vision ( or memory ) , but i ' m not sure i understand the logic behind it , and i don ' t think it requires logic . it inexplicably spans a generation but works just as it is .
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jellyfish
starts with batya ( sarah adler ) kicking her boyfriend out of their apartment but has second thoughts which affects her job at a catering hall where michael ( gera sandler ) and keren ( noa knoller ) are having their wedding reception . on what should be their happiest day , keren breaks her ankle , canceling their honeymoon to the caribbean , instead forcing them to stay near home at a hotel in tel aviv near the sea . at the beach , batya goes to console herself where a young girl ( nikol leidman ) walks out of the sea . and joy ( ma - nenita de latorre ) is a nurse from the philippines , working in israel as a caretaker for elderly patients . . . [ / font ] [ font = century gothic ] [ / font ] [ font = century gothic ]
jellyfish
is an unassuming and perceptive drama with some magical realism thrown in . while one plotline is predictable , all three intersect occasionally ( batya and joy run into each other a couple of times ) but never quite gel to form a complete picture . however , there are themes that are consistent with each , especially concerning love and how a surrogate is sometimes required to care for loved ones , be they young or old . although we may not always have the right word to express ourselves ( or the right language ) , there are gestures that can work just as well . [ / font ] [ font = century gothic ] [ / font ] [ font = century gothic ] [ / font ]


over the garden wall is a lost 1919 american silent romantic comedy film produced and distributed by the vitagraph company of america .

it was directed by david smith , brother of one of the vitagraph founders albert e. smith .

the film stars bessie love .

at least five short films with this title were filmed before this production .

over the garden wall ( 1919 film )

three themes in over the garden wall , and the show ' s name .
a subreddit for the emmy award - winning miniseries , over the garden wall .
three themes in over the garden wall , and the show ' s name . : overthegardenwall
over the garden wall # 1 is on sale august 26 . final order cutoff for retailers is monday august 3 .
the secret garden ( 1919 ) , starring lila lee . very little is known about this film , as it ' s thought to be lost .
this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title over the garden wall . if an internal link led you here , you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article .
student thesis film ‘small people with hats’ by sarina nihei wins the grand prize for short animation at the 2015 edition of the ottawa international animation festival ; cartoon network’s emmy - winning miniseries ‘over the garden wall’ is awarded the grand prize for best animated feature .
yankee princess , a ( 1919 ) . . . . patsy o ' reilly
little boss , the ( 1919 ) . . . . peggy winston ( the little boss )
old retainer : ben weatherstaff . lillias charged him with taking care of the roses in her garden , and he was so devoted to following her orders that , even after archibald ordered the garden to be locked up , ben continued to get in by climbing over the wall .
sk : in my extensive research ( read : wikipedia ) it seems there are a couple of movies named
over the garden wall
but they all reference an apparently lost film from 1919 . when you picked the title was this a deliberate reference to early 20th century americana and
lost
things ? or am i reading too much into it ?
follow the white rabbit : by following a robin , mary finds the key to the secret garden .
slide jinx ( 1919 ) , mabel normand ( p / d / w / a ) . pc
the lost lenore : lilias , the deceased owner of the titular garden , lost through death by childbirth .
sk : i believe i would watch an entire show of just elijah wood being a gentleman burglar . in my extensive research ( read : wikipedia ) it seems there are a couple of movies named
over the garden wall
but they all reference an apparently lost film from 1919 . when you picked the title was this a deliberate reference to early 20th century americana and
lost
things ? or am i reading too much into it ?
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the secret garden ( 1949 ) , starring margaret o ' brien ( whom you ' ll recall as beth from the little women first film ) . interestingly , this film was done mostly in black - and - white , but made use of technicolor for the garden segments , in a move similar to the wizard of oz .
actor ed skrein’s recent departure from the reboot of the film “hellboy” because of “whitewashing” concerns is the latest controversy over hollywood’s casting mentality of using white faces to play asian characters .
i ' m very pleased to introduce today ' s guest , patrick mchale . patrick is the creator , executive producer , writer , storyboard artist , and songwriter of
over the garden wall .
his short ,
tome of the unknown ,
which was the basis for
over the garden wall ,
won the santa barbara international film festival award . he was also the creative director for cartoon network mainstay
adventure time
and a writer and storyboard artist for
the marvelous misadventures of flapjack .
there ' s so much to talk about with today ' s guest , i ' m not going to waste any ( more ) time with folksy anecdotes and just jump right into the interview .
very monday or so , chris robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film . this week : the french student hit , garden party ( 2016 )
a new documentary explores the meanings that obsessive fans of the film have extracted .
sk : ( from here on out i ' m just going to assume that our readers have seen
over the garden wall .
if you haven ' t , consider this a spoiler alert . ) so , you ' ve said that you originally planned 18 episodes of
over the garden wall
and that there are
ghosts
of stories between the episodes , which is sort of borne out by the conversations the boys always seem to be in the middle of as each episode begins . can you give us some insight into what those episodes might have been ? and why those 8 ideas didn ' t make the cut but these 10 did ?
sk : i believe in me ! * claps hands * did it work ? okay , i guess i ' m still here , so i can keep asking questions . here at manuscripts burn we always strive to get
the scoop .
so , patrick mchale , creator of
over the garden wall
and animation kingpin : when will season 2 be premiering ?
sk : hello , patrick , and thanks so much for agreeing to be with us today . making television is a very collaborative process by nature , but what ' s the difference between working on something you created ( like
over the garden wall
) as opposed to somebody ' s else ' s baby ( like
adventure time
or
flapjack ?
)
the jallianwala bagh massacre , also known as the amritsar massacre , was named after the jallianwala bagh ( garden ) in the northern indian city of amritsar , where , on april 13 , 1919 , british indian army soldiers under the command of brigadier reginald dyer opened fire on an unarmed gathering of men , women and children . the firing lasted about 10 minutes and 1600 rounds were fired . official sources placed the casualties at 379 . according to private sources , the number was over 1000 , with more than 2000 wounded , [ 1 ] and civil surgeon dr . smith indicated that they were over 1800
the secret garden ( 1993 ) , starring kate maberly and directed by agnieszka holland . this is probably the most well - known of the films . the film features excellent cinematography , a haunting mood , and maggie smith in the role of mrs . medlock .
they then go to the girl konojo spent a year with , and who is waiting by the garden wall . there he learns she was the spirit of his old love , and the evidence is the golden comb she gave him . the spirit makes him promise to keep on living in the land of the living , and marry her sister instead , and konojo ultimately complies .
over the years spent painting his beloved aquatic garden , monet moved closer and closer to it . the edges of his pond moved to the edges of the frame and beyond until he had cut out the horizon altogether . from there , his works became a study of water and how it reflects light and the world above it .
sheldon leonard was born in new york city ' s lower manhattan , the son of jewish parents . he studied acting at syracuse university and , after graduating , landed a job on wall street . following the wall street crash of 1929 , he found himself unemployed and resolved to become a professional actor on . . .
the title water lilies refers to a series by the father of french impressionism . over the course of the series , monet painted countless individual water lilies in around 250 oil paintings .
hope sprouts eternal : mary ' s efforts to bring the long - neglected secret garden back to life leads to her own redemption and character growth .
cartoon network original miniseries over the garden wall was one of the best tv surprises of last year ; a 10 - part event that weaved a mesmerizing tale of two brothers , wirt and greg , who find themselves lost in a weird , forgotten world called unknown , searching for a place , or a person , or something named adelaide , in the company of an irritable talking bluebird named beatrice and a frog named… well , he has a lot of names , actually .
3 . mabel normand as actress and producer ( mabel normand feature film co . )
the secret garden ( 1987 ) , an episode of the hallmark hall of fame tv series starring gennie james . notorious because a certain someone undergoes a death by adaptation .
plot : abbey of the psalms , abbey foyer , niche 308 , tier 3 , south wall gps coordinates : 34 . 0892906 , - 118 . 3211975 ( hddd . dddd )
it is a curious story , but could this actually be what the show derives its name from ? konojo faces death and his loved one by the garden wall , and is also implied to have spent a year in the afterlife before returning to find hope in life and marrying his loved one ' s sister , accepting his loved one ' s death .
plot : abbey of the psalms , haven of worship , north wall , niche 5 , tier 13 gps coordinates : 34 . 0892906 , - 118 . 3211975 ( hddd . dddd )
plot : garden of memories , honor - lawn crypt - 418 gps coordinates : 33 . 9805298 , - 118 . 3913193 ( hddd . dddd )
pm : i don ' t think there ' ll be a season 2 . i don ' t really have solid ideas that improve the series . wirt and greg ' s story is told . but they are making a new season of
twin peaks ,
so i guess you never know what ' ll happen ! i do have ideas for companion pieces to
over the garden wall ,
so hopefully i can make one of those and that ' ll satisfy those who liked this miniseries .
so . . . yeah , with
over the garden wall
. . . i was doing the same jobs that i did on
adventure time
. . . except i was able to feel a lot more ownership over everything because i created & directed the show . it really helped my ego to feel like the work i was putting in would pay off . making shows is hard . it builds you up , and crashes you down all the time . half of your job is figuring out how to respond to e - mails or phone calls appropriately . just trying to keep the engine running smoothly . but it was nice to be able to have both sides of my brain firing on all cylinders .
in reality , the practice has been going on for nearly a century in cinema . as early as 1919 , d . w . griffith , in his film “broken blossoms , ” cast white actor richard barthelmess to play a chinese immigrant who eventually develops an interracial relationship with a troubled woman , played by lillian gish .
pandro s . berman was born into the film industry . his father , harry , was distributor and exhibitor of films . pandro also had a number of relatives in the film industry . when he started working in the 1920 ' s he started as a script clerk and then rose to film editor . by 1931 , the 26 year old berman . . .
i always feel like it ' s important to mention nick cross , the art director on
over the garden wall ,
because the show probably would have fallen apart if he wasn ' t there . he did so much amazing work so quickly , and was constantly saving the day . he helped out with storyboards ( without being credited ) , he did a ton of after effects work , and he even animated a bunch of scenes . he animated the whole intro sequence in episode 1 , and the highwayman dance scene in episode 4 , and a bunch of other scenes here and there throughout the series .
hungarian animator réka bucsi talks about the making of her short film , ' symphony no . 42 ' ( 2014 )
corey allen earned a bachelor of fine arts from ucla in theatre in 1954 . while there , he received the department ' s best actor award and starred in the ucla film ,
a time out of war
, which won the academy award & cannes & venice film festival for best short film . upon graduation , he appeared in . . .
plot : garden of rebecca , block 12 , plot 106 , space 2 gps coordinates : 33 . 9819489 , - 118 . 1386566 ( hddd . dddd )
the ambitious painter imported water lilies for his giverny garden from egypt and south america , which drew the ire of local authorities . the council demanded he uproot the plants before they poisoned the area ' s water , but ( thankfully ) monet ignored them .
3d - animated short film based on ashley spire’s bestselling picture book of the same name to be directed by arna selznick .
the change in title would also be reflected in the first film when it came out in 2001 . however , the inconsistencies ended there as the remaining six books all had uniform names .
always with you : implied via maybe magic , maybe mundane ; in archibald ' s vision , he hears lilias telling him that he can find her
in the garden with colin .
a character actor whose film career spanned from hollywood ' s silent era until the 1950s . born in kansas city , missouri , on september 11 , 1882 , erville would start his film career in 1918 at the age of 36 in her man ( 1918 ) . film pioneer d . w . griffith utilized erville in many of his films , including . . .
the mystery resided in the film’s central image , the repeated sequence of blood cascading from behind the hotel’s elevator doors , blakemore continued over a plate of fiorello’s hearty antipasto . “when the overlook manager , stuart ullman , tells nicholson and shelley duvall that the hotel is built on an indian burial ground , that’s a dead giveaway , because the line isn’t in the stephen king novel . that elevator shaft drives a stake into the body and soul of a murdered people . ”
mabel normand starred in at least one hundred and sixty - seven film shorts and twenty - three full - length features , mainly for mack sennett’s keystone film company , and was one of the earliest silent actors to function as her own director .
deceased parents are the best : averted with mary ' s parents . while they weren ' t horrible people , the book doesn ' t gloss over how they neglected her . played straight with colin ' s mother .
plot : garden of memories , court of devotion , block 1 , plot 40 , grave 6 gps coordinates : 33 . 9796982 , - 118 . 3812714 ( hddd . dddd )
it was then , cold to the point of numbness and barely able to do anything that involved moving from the warm cocoon of my couch - womb , that i discovered
over the garden wall
on the cartoon network . the story of two lost and often freezing boys spoke to me in a peculiar way , and i found myself absorbed and obsessed with what would happen next in a tv show in a way i haven ' t felt in , well , years . luckily this incredible and strangely moving show was a miniseries , the first ever cartoon network miniseries in fact , a delivery method that seemed oddly in keeping with its offbeat content . so i was able to finish the story in that one frigid november week , and as soon as i did i immediately had to start over and watch again . ( once you ' ve watched it , you ' ll know why . )
plot : garden of legends ( section 8 ) , lot 86 , directly across street from cathedral mausoluem gps coordinates : 34 . 0885811 , - 118 . 3168030 ( hddd . dddd )
so i recently watched ( and immediately rewatched ) this spectacular show , and there were three particular themes that stood out to me . the first of those immediately , the other two after thinking it over and on my rewatch .
blakemore said he was clued to the larger message of the film by the presence of cans of calumet baking powder on the shelves of the overlook pantry . “he gives you a little key to the film’s larger meaning . this was how kubrick worked , ” blakemore said . “he places something that catches your eye” that guides you through the confluence of false leads , misremembered memories , elliptical dialogue .
the secret garden ( 1975 ) , a tv series starring sarah hollis andrews . this series remained extremely faithful to the source material , and kept most of the characters and plot threads that other adaptations tend to excise , most prominently susan sowerby and her children .
first published in 1911 , the secret garden , by frances hodgson burnett , is a children ' s novel and has since been adapted into several television and movie versions , as well as a musical and an anime series .
every monday or so , chris robinson asks an animator how they made a particular film . today , peter millard answers some brand new brainbox questions whilst sharing intimate words , thoughts and feelings about his film , ' six god alphabet ' ( 2017 ) .
considering how cruel his critics were , it ' s little wonder that in his later years monet became incredibly selective about which paintings he would sign and attempt to sell . just four paintings made the grade in 1919 . one of those lucky few can now be seen on display at the metropolitan museum of art in new york .
a case in point is the casting of scarlett johansson as maj . kusanagi in “ghost in the shell , ” a starring role based on a japanese manga . box office revenues were disappointing and the negative fallout online over casting johansson instead of an asian - american lingered even after the film debuted . at one point , social media users took a meme paramount put out , # iammajor , and used it as a form of protest .
eduardo cansino jr . was born on october 13 , 1919 in new york , usa . he was an actor , known for the great adventures of captain kidd ( 1953 ) and i ' ve got a secret ( 1952 ) . he died on march 11 , 1974 in hollywood , california , usa .
new york - born sam katzman entered the film industry as a prop boy at age 13 , and worked his way up the ladder , learning virtually every facet of film production before becoming a producer himself . starting out producing action / adventure serials ( where he got the nickname
jungle sam
) , katzman ' s . . .
short film narrated by patton oswalt is chock - full of visual effects both obvious and subtle , all powered by red giant technology .
the gift of provoking laughter came early to larry gelbart and has never deserted him . his distinguished career as a writer of comedy reads like a history of the art over the last 40 years . his writing credits date back to the golden age of radio , thanks in part to his father . the elder gelbart was . . .
check out a selection of stills and concept art from ‘special delivery , ’ aardman’s first animated short film created for google atap’s spotlight stories .
andrew arbuckle was born on september 5 , 1887 in galveston , texas , usa . he was an actor , known for john petticoats ( 1919 ) , big tremaine ( 1916 ) and the spider and the rose ( 1923 ) . he was married to blanche duquesne . he died on september 21 , 1938 in los angeles , california , usa .
mel blanc , known as
the man of thousand voices
is regarded as the most prolific actor to ever work in hollywood with over a thousand screen credits . he developed and performed nearly 400 distinct character voices with precision and a uniquely expressive vocal range . the legendary specialist from . . .
in the 1930s , charlie chan surfaced on the big screen , a chinese detective solving crimes around the world . the character had slanted eyes and a thin mustache , speaking broken but fluent english , boasting of numerous chinese sons . the role was actually played by three caucasian actors — warner oland , sidney toler and roland winters — over two decades .
this short , quicksilver comic of tv ' s
golden age
has been heard more than seen in the last few decades , as he possesses one of the finest vocal instruments around for animation . howard (
howie
) morris was born in new york city in 1919 and forged his own destiny after a chance meeting with carl . . .
as any shining scholar knows , stephen king was not thrilled with kubrick’s adaptation of his novel . indeed , according to many cultists , while kubrick and his co - writer , novelist diane johnson , relied on king for plot detail , the ethos of the film comes from sigmund freud’s 1919 essay on “ the uncanny , ” a quality described as belonging “to the province of … all that is terrible—to all that arouses dread and creeping horror . ” the feeling could be described as a twisted mirror of the german heimlich , which meant all that was “familiar , ” “native , ” and “belonging to the home . ” it was the unheimlich , freud said .
this text was printed from the women film pioneers project at columbia university . to promote readability and conserve consumable resources , images and interactive elements in the digital version do not appear in print format .
head over heels . dir . : victor schertzinger , paul bern ( goldwyn pictures corp . us 1922 ) cas . : mabel normand , hugh thompson , adolphe menjou , si , b & w . archive : usw .
, in which she danced the first charleston on screen . she also played a major role in
the lost world
( 1925 ) , the first dinosaur film made by hollywood . bessie gave some of her best performances in
former saxophone player for the meyer davis orchestra , he worked as a musician in vaudeville until 1930 . he joined metro as a short subjects film cutter and worked his way up to one of the top editors of the company .
every thursday , chris robinson takes a look at films from animation’s past . this week he takes a look at the brilliant 1992 puppet film , screen play by barry purves .
this is greg ' s episode , and it is no coincidence that it coincides with the hell circle of
fraud
: greg ' s struggle is that he stole the face - rock from an old lady ' s garden . the episode focuses on hope . greg meets death head - on and in good faith .
on may 11 , 2016 , at the first auction to put a major frida work up for sale in six years , her 1939 painting dos desnudos en el bosque ( la tierra misma ) sold for over $ 8 million— the highest auction price for any work by a latin american artist .
paula blackton was born on august 1 , 1881 in georgia , usa as paula hilburn . she was an actress and writer , known for the littlest scout ( 1919 ) , a spring idyl ( 1917 ) and raffles , the amateur cracksman ( 1905 ) . she was married to j . stuart blackton . she died on march 27 , 1930 in los angeles , . . .
lost and found : american treasures from the new zealand film archive ( 1914 - 1929 ) . dvd . ( nfpf us 2013 ) - contains won in a cupboard ( 1914 )
too dumb to live : mary ' s mother might have survived the cholera outbreak if she hadn ' t delayed her escape to attend a dinner party . lampshaded by the young officer that reminds her that she should have fled over two weeks ago . she even calls herself a fool for it .
dark cloud was born on september 20 , 1861 in st . francis indian village , quebec , canada as elijah tahamont . he was an actor and writer , known for what am i bid ? ( 1919 ) , the dishonored medal ( 1914 ) and the woman untamed ( 1920 ) . he was married to margaret camp . he died on october 17 , 1918 in los . . .
richard brooks was an academy award - winning film writer who also earned six oscar nominations and achieved success as a film director and producer . he was born ruben sax on may 18 , 1912 , in philadelphia , pennsylvania . his parents were russian - jewish immigrants . he graduated from west philadelphia hs . . .
feminist theorists embrace kahlo ' s deeply personal portraits for their insight into the female experience . likewise , her refusal to be defined by others ' definitions and the self - love shown in her proud capturing of her natural unibrow and mustache speak to modern feminist concerns over gender roles and body - positivity .
bressart made his stage debut in 1914 and his film debut in 1928 . going to the u . s . after being forced out of germany in 1936 , bressart starred in his first american film ,
swanee river ,
in 1939 . he went on to a successful career in films and during the filming of
my friend irma ,
bressart passed . . .
with its reputation as one of the world ' s premier art museums firmly intact , paris ' s louvre probably doesn’t need to seek out any celebrity endorsements . but after the museum agreed to allow beyoncé and jay - z to film a music video inside its rooms , curators realized that some of its most famous pieces were getting unprecedented publicity : “apesh * t” has been viewed over 59 million times on youtube since being uploaded june 18 , with the two performers standing near works like the mona lisa and venus de milo .
a film johnnie . dir . : george nichols ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : charlie chaplin , mabel normand , virginia kirtley , “fatty” arbuckle , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : rob , itg , dkk , usw , hub , usl , frn , auc , frl .
this is what i had : the shining was nothing if not a story of childhood fears , an attempt to come to terms with being born into a fallen , increasingly terrifying world . far from kubrick’s supposed hermetically sealed standoffishness , the film was a desperately interior work , the closest the director ever got to autobiography . it was his memoir film , a preteen action - adventure story with danny , the boy who could “shine”—see what others could not—serving as a stand - in for the boyhood kubrick .
anne bauchens was a pioneering film editor who had a long - standing partnership with director cecil b . demille . in fact , she first edited a demille film in 1915 and then edited all of his films for 38 years , beginning with we can ' t have everything ( 1918 ) and ending with the ten commandments ( 1956 ) . . . .
the cure that failed . dir . : george nicholls ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , si , b & w . archive : gbb .
with effortless class and elegant charm gene barry took 50 ' s and 60 ' s tv by storm , after a rather lackluster start on the musical stage and in films . born eugene klass in new york city on june 14 , 1919 , to martin ( an amateur violinist ) , and eva ( an amateur singer ) , he showed a gift at an early age . . .
the eldest son of elizabeth and john dickens was born in february 1812 on portsea island in the british city of portsmouth , and moved around with his family in his younger years to yorkshire and then london . he was , admittedly , a “very small and not over - particularly - taken - care - of boy .
mystery of the leaping fish , the ( 1916 ) . . . . the little fish blower
the deadline for submissions to the 12 th edition of the festival is june 20 , 2017 .
al jolson was known in the industry as
the world ' s greatest entertainer ,
for well over 40 years . after his death his influence continued unabated with such performers as sammy davis jr . , elvis presley , mick jagger , david bowie , jackie wilson and jerry lee lewis all mentioning him as an . . .
the gusher . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : dei , usr .
the little teacher . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , mack sennett , fatty arbuckle , si , b & w . archive : usw .
the grocery clerk’s romance . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1912 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , harry mccoy , si , b & w . archive : frl .
the riot . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : fort sterling , charles murray , mabel normand , si , b & w . archive : gbb , esb .
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‘the thief and the cobbler’ director richard williams will receive the inaugural lotte reiniger life time achievement award .
mabel’s blunder . ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : mabel normand , charley chase , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw , usf .
immediately upon returning home from seeing room 237 , i streamed the shining . over the next 36 hours , i streamed the film three more times . three decades past that desultory times square evening , fourteen years after kubrick’s death in 1999 , scales clanked from mine eyes like rain . in 1980 , at age 32 , the shining seemed a trifle , made by a fading talent . in 2013 , on the verge of medicare , i saw a completely different movie , a faustian saga of errant humanity , a sick , sick , sick , black - humored kafka take on horror - movie conventions , marital relations , and the way synthetic realities tend to drive you crazy .
this article has been updated to show that the author saw the shining at the criterion theatre , not the loew ' s state theatre .
it was certainly not unusual for people who disliked the shining at first to change their mind about the film , said bill blakemore as we ate dinner at cafe fiorello on broadway , not far from the offices of abc news , where blakemore started working more than four decades ago , covering the vatican and numerous middle eastern wars . in room 237 , blakemore is the one who believes the thematic subtext of the shining is the murder of native americans by “the genocidal armies , the white men with their ax , ” who came to build the overlook hotel in 1907 .
mabel’s blunder . dir : mabel normand ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : mabel normand , si , b & w ; 35mm . archive : usw , usf .
mabel’s stratagem . dir . : george nicholls ( keystone film co . us 1912 ) cas . : mable normand , fred mace , si , b & w . archive : itg .
but don’t look for the eradication of whitewashing anytime soon . michael lewis , author of “flash boys : a wall street revolt , ” doesn’t think his bestselling book will make it to the big screen . “hollywood won’t cast a movie with an asian lead , ” he said in a recent interview at the national book festival in washington . “they’ve gotten to the point where they’re nervous about making an asian guy a white guy . a decade ago , they weren’t . they’d have just done that . ”
sol lesser entered the film industry as an exhibitor and the owner of a chain of movie theaters . his first
production
had an interesting story behind it . in 1915 , while he was living in san francisco , he learned that the authorities were about to clean out and close down the city ' s notorious . . .
fatty and mabel’s simple life ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , si , b & w . archive : usw , usm , itg .
a coney island . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1912 ) cas . : mabel normand , mack sennett , si , b & w . archive : nla .
a little hero . dir . : george nichols ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , george nichols , si , b & w . archive : gbb .
he later recounted ,
something strange had happened . frida was totally nude . the collision had unfastened her clothes . someone in the bus , probably a house painter , had been carrying a packet of powdered gold . this package broke , and the gold fell all over the bleeding body of frida . when people saw her , they cried , ‘la bailarina , la bailarina ! ’ with the gold on her red , bloody body , they thought she was a dancer .
the bowling match . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , fred mace , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usm , rob .
a noise from the deep . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , mack sennett , si , b & w . archive : yub , usm .
the sea nymphs . dir . : “fatty” arbuckle ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : “fatty” arbuckle , minta durfee , mabel normand , si , b & w . archive : dkk , dei , usr .
fatty and mabel at the san diego exposition . dir . : “fatty” arbuckle ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , si , b & w . archive : itg , frl .
the first actress to sign a contract with universal in 1915 , gertrude astor ( born in ohio as gertrude irene astor ) began her career playing trombone and saxophone on a riverboat . towering over most of her leading men at 5 ' 11
, she often played golddiggers , rich socialites or a leading lady ' s best . . .
though i believe that in the show itself , the journey in the unknown really happened ( evidence of this is that the frog still has the golden bell in him at the end and that both brothers recall the adventure ) , it has to be seen against the event of them both falling into the lake and nearly drowning .
the secret garden ( 1991 ) , a musical version that premiered on broadway . this version placed more emphasis on the adults , with much of the plot being narrated by a ghostly chorus of
dreamers
. it also expands the plot considerably , up to adding in a primary conflict in the form of archibald craven ' s brother dr . neville craven , who was in a love triangle with his own brother and lillias , and is charged with both keeping colin healthy and keeping the estate in order while archibald is away .
pm : working as a storyboard artist on
flapjack
was the most fun . i was learning a lot , and thurop ( the show creator ) just let us run wild with our ideas ~ ~ as long as they were on - character , and the stories were clear & structured . he let us feel ownership over everything we did . it was great to just write & draw stuff , and let other people deal with making the show .
plot : courts of the book mausoleum . sanctuary of meditation crypt 314 third row from the bottom on the left
mabel lost and won . dir : mabel normand ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , mack swain , si , b & w . archive : usw , frb .
wished on mabel . dir . : mabel normand ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , si , b & w . archive : itg , frl .
a healthy neighborhood . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , si , b & w . archive : gbb , itn .
mabel’s awful mistakes . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , mack sennett , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usr .
the deacon outwitted , 1912 . dir . : henry lehrman ( keystone film co . us 1912 ) cas . : ford sterling , al st . john , betty schade , mabel normand , si , b & w . archive : cao .
the rivals . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1912 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , mack sennett , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usr , usw , usl , frl .
her dramatic debut . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , mack sennett , virginia kirtley , si , b & w . archive : usf .
a strong revenge . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , mack sennett , si , b & w . archive : frl .
; king was hot . bemoaning that for all his success he had yet to make a film that had “done blockbuster business , ” kubrick pounced . aesthetically , it made sense—a kubrick horror picture , a return to the reliable genre chassis , one more opportunity to merge the high and the low in that seamless wiseguy way .
“child abuse , ” she said casually , without looking up from the book she was reading . “room 237 symbolizes where the father molests the son . ” all the rest of it , the esp crap , the spooks shelley duvall sees , nicholson’s lunatic typing , the ax through the door , even the snowy maze outside , was just subterfuge , misdirecting artifice to cover up the main crime .
french director and actor of american and french films . he began his career as a stage actor at the odeon in paris , then at the eclair , where he became artistic director and chief director of the theatre school in 1910 . five years later he traveled to america and began a successful career as a film . . .
charles h . v . christie , the motion picture studio owner and real estate developer , was born on april 14 , 1880 in london , ontario , canada . he emigrated to the united states with his younger brother al to seek employment in the film industry . al eventually became head of comedy production at adolph . . .
augured so much more . pre - internet rumors had been circling for months : kubrick , holed up in his english mansion , had ordered forklifts of books delivered to his file - filled study . he read the first few pages of each book , groaned , and threw it against the wall with a thump . a huge pile of discarded material grew , a dozen feet high or more . then the thumping stopped . the master had found his new vehicle : a stephen king horror story set in a haunted hotel . brian de palma had a hit with
woman on the jury , the ( 1925 ) . . . . grace pierce
those good old days . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , phyllis allen , si , b & w . archive : frl .
mabel at the wheel . dir : mabel normand , mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : mabel normand , charlie chaplin , mack sennett , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw , gbb , usl .
the speed kings . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , teddy tetzlaff , earl cooper , si , b & w . archive : itg , usf , frl , usw .
cohen saves the flag . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , henry lehrman , si , b & w , 16mm , dvd , beta . archive : usf , usj .
australian actress who worked primarily in britain and specialized in superior , upper - crust sorts . browne began her stage career in melbourne but moved to england at the age of 21 and quickly brightened the west end with her sharp delivery and stylish sense of comedy . her film appearances were . . .
that ragtime band . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , nick cogley , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw .
cohen collects a debt . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1912 ) cas . : mabel normand , fred mace , ford sterling , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw .
my valet . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , mack sennett , raymond hitchcock , si , b & w . archive : dkk , usl , usw .
stage , television and film director daniel mann was born daniel chugerman on august 8 , 1912 , in brooklyn , ny . he was a child performer and attended the new york ' s professional children ' s school . he studied with renowned acting teacher sanford meisner at the neighborhood playhouse , eventually . . .
the housewives go to cannes but , unsurprisingly , drama follows them across the ocean .
the phrase “what the dickens , ” first mentioned in shakespeare’s the merry wives of windsor , was a euphemism for conjuring the devil . in his book other dickens : pickwick to chuzzlewit , author john bowen explained the name “was a substitute for ‘the devil , ’ or the deuce ( a card or a dice with two spots ) , the doubling of the devil in short . ”
the son of an out - of - work bookkeeper , pasternak arrived in the u . s . from hungary in 1921 . after working in a belt factory in philadelphia , he moved to new york where he plucked chickens and worked in a cafeteria . becoming increasingly infatuated with the film business , it didn ' t take him long to . . .
the fatal mallet . dir : mack sennett and mabel normand ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : mabel normand , charlie chaplin , mack sennett , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usl , usf , gbb , itg , nla .
mabel’s wilful way . dir : “fatty” arbuckle , mabel normand ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : normand , arbuckle si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw , usl , gbb , itg .
when dreams come true . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , ford sterling , fred mace , si , b & w . archive : usr .
oh , mabel behave . dir . : mack sennett , for sterling ( triangle film corp . us 1922 ) cas . : mack sennett , mabel normand , ford sterling , si , b & w . archive : frc .
social media , however , are changing the landscape . whitewashing is increasingly a topic of controversy on the internet , its emergence fueled by asian - american and progressive voices from tv and film demanding change . the online outcry is swift . twitter comments , memes , commentary and potential public relations storms are making it more difficult for hollywood to ignore calls for change .
it wasn’t that so much of what was being said about the shining was so blindingly new . what mattered was the diy methodology , the way the meme moved , the collectivity . when bill blakemore first saw room 237 , he thought , “well , maybe two of us are sane , and the other three are nuts . ” this “40 percent rationality” quotient was irksome , but blakemore soon came to appreciate director rodney ascher’s method . since there are no talking heads , only voices heard over images from the films of kubrick and others , the opinions seem to blend together into what blakemore called “a giant conversation . ” the result is “you might always have three people who are crazy , and two people are sane , but who’s who keeps changing . ”
the water nymph . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1912 ) cas . : mabel normand , ford sterling , mack sennett , mary maxwell , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : itg , usl , usf , ses , frl .
tuesday it is the nature of obsession , the compulsion that causes the otherwise rational mind to charge into the labyrinth , to wrestle the obfuscating minotaur within , and extract from the bull - man whatever morsel of meaning can be salvaged in this dumbed , flat world of ours . this was the quest , i felt , once again reviewing my fraught , evolving relationship with stanley kubrick’s film the shining , in which an incipiently insane jack torrance ( played by jack nicholson ) , his purposely oblivious wife ( shelley duvall ) , and their oddly talented son , danny , spend a particularly snowy winter at the supremely creepy overlook hotel .
mabel and fatty’s wash day . dir : mabel normand , edward dillon ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw , itg .
mabel and fatty viewing the world’s fair at san francisco . dir : “fatty” arbuckle , mabel normand ( keystone film co . us 1915 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , si , b & w . archive : usw , usm , usl , usf , itg .
one of the ongoing anomalies of the harry potter series is the differing title of the first adventure . in america , the first outing of j . k . rowling ' s most famous creation is harry potter and the sorcerer ' s stone , but pretty much everywhere else on the planet , it ' s harry potter and the philosopher ' s stone .
won in a cupboard / won in a closet . dir . : mabel normand , prod . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : mabel normand , si , b & w . archive : nzw .
mabel’s new hero . dir . : mack sennett ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , “fatty” arbuckle , charles avery , si , b & w . archive : usm , usb , caq , frl .
adventure time ,
on the other hand , was a lot harder because i was in a different role . i was creative director on the first couple seasons and my job was all about going to meetings , and dealing with people , and structuring stories , and giving notes , and improving gags , and cleaning up storyboards , and going over designs , etc . etc . so . . . even though i was putting my heart and soul into the show , i could never feel much ownership over anything . i never
wrote an episode
or
created a character
. my fingers were in everything , but my hand was never fully submerged into the pot . it ' s hard being a middleman . that said , working on
adventure time
in that capacity taught me everything i needed to know to run my own show , and also earned me some trust with the network . it was also awesome to work with pen , and with all the other
adventure time
folks . they ' re all the best people .
which brings me to a discussion of the ending in the context of these three themes .
the bangville police . dir . : henry lehrman ( keystone film co . us 1913 ) cas . : mabel normand , nick cogley , dot farley , fred mace , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : itg , usw , usm , usl , usb , frl .
friz freleng was born isadore freleng on august 21 , 1906 in kansas city , missouri . with no formal training in drawing , his first job as an animator was with united film advancement services in 1924 at the age of 17 . the first work friz is credited with was for disney studios where he worked as an . . .
an incompetent hero . dir . : “fatty” arbuckle , eddie dillon ( keystone film co . us 1914 ) cas . : “fatty” arbuckle , minta durfee , mabel normand , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usw , usl .
though in her time some dismissed this passionate painter as little more than
the wife of master mural painter ( diego rivera ) ,
kahlo ' s imaginative art drew acclaim from the likes of pablo picasso and film star edward g . robinson . after her death , the rise of feminism in the 1970s sparked a renewed interest in her work . kahlo ' s reputation eclipsed rivera ' s , and she grew to become one of the world ' s most famous painters .
in
reggie mixes in
( 1916 ) and with william s . hart in
the aryan
( 1916 ) . she gave a fine performance in the strange little sherlock holmes parody film
the mystery of the leaping fish
( 1916 ) . she then moved to vitagraph studios and starred in a number of comedies and dramas . throughout the 1920 ' s she continued to act in even more significant films , such as
st . elmo
( 1923 ) opposite