prisoners of a white god ( czech : zajatci bílého boha ) is a czech documentary about the akha people , produced and distributed by twin star in september 2008 .

the documentary is about a czech researcher , tomáš ryška , who goes to the thai and laotian mountains in order to search and document the causes of wrongdoing and violence done to the indigenous peoples and their children by christian missionaries .

prisoners of a white god

a documentary film about a mountain ethnic group in south east asia , prisoners of a white god investigates the activities of christian missionaries and international development among the akha peoples in thailand and laos .
prisoners of a white god received the grand prixes at raff film festival , at ecofilm festival , at festival of the mountain films , at “it’s up to you” film festival and the main prize at ekotopfilm in 2008 .
a very dirty war : british soldiers shot dead by enemy troops waving the white flag and argentinian prisoners bayoneted in cold blood . an ex - para tells of the horrors of the falklands
statues of death gods from other religions in the house of black and white , the lion of night and black goat - believed to simply be other
faces
of the one true god .
a very dirty war : british soldiers shot dead by enemy troops waving the white flag and argentinian prisoners bayoneted in cold blood . an ex - para tells of the horrors of the falklands | daily mail online
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charles colson , former white house council , and president nixon ' s
hatchet man ,
served time in a federal prison camp where he felt led by god to honor a promise he made to remember prisoners and their families . that promise grew into the world ' s largest family of prison ministries .
colson emerged from prison with a new mission : mobilizing the christian church to minister to prisoners . he founded prison fellowship ® in 1976 , which has become the nation’s largest christian nonprofit serving prisoners , former prisoners , and their families , and a leading advocate for criminal justice reform . in recognition of his work among prisoners , colson received the prestigious templeton prize for progress in religion in 1993 .
prisoners of a white god was produced by czech anthropologist tomas ryska . through undercover work , ryska discovers “the enactment of a hell on earth”— the sickening truth of evangelical missionaries , arriving with their gospel and the promise of aid , kidnapping akha children from their villages to work in tea plantations and to sell them into the sex trade . many of the children are also sexually abused by the missionaries .
this story was connected with the establishment of the god ' s orgies on mount kithairon in boiotia .
in the a song of ice and fire novels , the
many - faced god
is alternatively known as
him of many faces
, yet never the
god of death
, and is worshipped particularly by the faceless men , a guild of assassins based out of the free city of braavos .
prisoners who became acquainted with guards , meanwhile , sometimes fell prey to the temptation to befriend the enemy , thus risking retribution from fellow prisoners . this temptation was particularly great for conscripts and other prisoners who had not entered the war with enthu - siasm . but it also bedeviled veteran confederate prisoners , especially during the last months of the war when southern defeat looked inevitable .
there seems to be some confusion both in the books and the tv series between the god of death and r ' hllor , the red god . it stems from a piece of dialogue spoken by jaqen h ' ghar in both mediums , in which he refers to the god he worships ( presumably the god of death , as he is a faceless man ) as the
red god
— that is , r ' hllor , the lord of light . while this confusion has yet to be cleared up , a likely explanation lies in the fact that the
many - faced god of death
is a syncretic religion , which holds that every god or set of gods is just another facet of the god of death . another possibility is that , just like he ' s imitating the speech style of a lorathi , he also mentions the red god as part of his cover identity . in the show , arya hands jaquen an axe in time for the three prisoners to break their way out of their cage before it is consumed by fire - - which is how the lord of light doles his death . it is possible that if arya had rescued the men from drowning , then jaquen would have declared that arya stole three deaths from the drowned god , and the three subsequent kills would have been in the drowned god ' s name instead .
black prisoners also sometimes endured the indignity of mistreatment at the hands of white inmates . hostility to black soldiers stemmed partly from bigotry , but it also was rooted in the knowledge that the prisoner exchange system had fallen apart as a direct result of the introduction of black soldiers into the conflict . other white yankee prisoners , however , firmly supported the lincoln administration ' s decision to refuse exchanges until richmond agreed to include black prisoners in such trades .
anyone , whatever may be his color , who wears the blue of uncle sam is entitled to protection ,
wrote one captain imprisoned in a georgia stockade ( mitchell 1988 , p . 49 ) .
with events like these , men learned that dionysos was a god , and they began to honour him .
the many - faced god ( alternatively known as the god of death ) is a deity worshipped by the mysterious cult of assassins known as the faceless men , who are headquartered in the free city of braavos and they believe that through their assassinations they do his work .
since 2003 radim kotěšovec has edited films such as the last hunters , dance of the blue angels , a myth called shark , prisoners of a white god , bizarre world , sandstone , aldabra – once upon one island and many others . since the inception of the international film festival water , sea and the oceans , kotěšovec has been head of acquisitions for this event . since 2013 he has been teaching editing and postproduction at the department of social anthropology , faculty of arts , university of pardubice .
another statue of the stranger from the faith of the seven - believed by the faceless men to be yet another incarnation of the many - faced god .
this story was probably invented to explain his connection between dionysos , the egyptian osiris and the phoenician god of wine .
king pentheus of thebes refused to accept the god ' s divinity and tried to apprehend him . the god retaliated by driving the king ' s daughters into a crazed frenzy and they tore him apart limb from limb . < < more > >
prisons and prisoners of war .
gale library of daily life : american civil war . . retrieved july 09 , 2018 from urltoken urltoken
glatthaar , joseph t . forged in battle : the civil war alliance of black soldiers and white officers . new york : free press , 1990 .
that man ' s life was not yours to take . a girl stole from the many - faced god . now a debt is owed .
there is no one symbol of the many - faced god , simply the icons used to represent death gods in other religions . the temple of the faceless men in braavos , known as the house of black and white ( due to the color of its doors ) , contains a large public sanctuary with statues of death gods from all other religions displayed equally :
all scriptures are quoted from the new king james version , including those originally quoted by ellen white from the king james version . —editors
a group of 11 formerly incarcerated citizens from california , ohio , louisiana and new york met with white house officials earlier this week to talk about policy recommendations for ex - inmates .
the confederate prison of andersonville , georgia , became one of the most notorious during the civil war . prisoners faced untold hardships : lack of rations , disease ( dysentery was widespread due contaminated water ) , brutal guards , and hostile fellow inmates . in his 1865 book life - struggles in rebel prisons : a record of the sufferings , escapes , adventures and starvation of the union prisoners , joseph ferguson describes the architecture of the prison and life within its walls for the prisoners :
the god launched a campaign against the indian nation in the farthest reaches of asia , leading an army composed of satyrs , mainades , and demigods . < < more > >
later that day a white flag was flying over the falklands capital . we in 2 para , i am proud to say , were the first into the town .
[ the hymn begins with the story of the nursing of the god on mount nysa . ] . . . be favourable , o insewn (
dionysos ' sacred animals were the panther ( leopard ) , tiger , bull and serpent . the god rode on the back of a panther or drove a chariot drawn by a pair of the beasts . his sacred plants were the grapevine , ivy , bindweed ( prickly ivy ) and pine tree . devotees of the god wore wreaths of ivy and carried pine - cone tipped staffs .
homeric hymn 1 to dionysus 17 ff ( trans . evelyn - white ) ( greek epic c7th to 4th b . c . ) :
homeric hymn 7 to dionysus 1 ff ( trans . evelyn - white ) ( greek epic c7th to 4th b . c . ) :
dionysos , the youthful , beautiful , but effeminate god of wine . he is also called both by greeks and romans bacchus ( bakchos ) , that is , the noisy or riotous god , which was originally a mere epithet or surname of dionysus , but does not occur till after the time of herodotus .
this morning , the members of the new york film critics circle , including me , voted to expel armond white , the former critic of the now - defunct new york press ( and currently the editor and movie critic of cityarts ) , from the group . to me , it was a sad moment — pathetic , really , though armond brought it on himself . a week ago , at the circle’s annual awards dinner , white made a rude and bellicose spectacle of himself , as he did the year before , by heckling one of the winners — in this case , steve mcqueen , the director of 12 years a slave , a movie that white , in his review , had dismissed as “torture porn . ” make no mistake : he has every right to dislike 12 years a slave , a movie that he considers not a powerful historical docudrama but a sensationalist feel - bad fantasy that is subtly designed to make white people feel good about their own guilt .
when the parole system fell apart , the number of prisoners of war in both armies accelerated rapidly . captured soldiers typically spent their first hours of captivity knotted together in crowded holding pens or in places that could easily be converted into temporary corrals , such as gullies . after officers recorded their names , ranks , and unit affiliation , provost marshals sent captured prisoners off to various prison facilities . some fortunate prisoners were delivered to the gates of their prisons by train or boat , but most captured soldiers had to endure long marches on foot to reach their destination . by the end of the war , virtually all prisoners—especially union prisoners of the confederate military , which was squeezing every last bit of logistical support out of its unraveling transportation network—had to travel by foot to prison .
the entrance of black soldiers into the conflict was a great boon to the union war effort , but southern reaction to this development triggered a series of events that greatly increased the number of prisoners of war held by both sides . prior to the summer of 1862 , north and south had cobbled together a prisoner exchange and parole system that , despite some flaws , kept prisoner numbers relatively low . but the confederacy flatly refused to even consider exchanging captured black soldiers . instead , the administration of jefferson davis threatened to enslave captured blacks and execute their white officers . president abraham lincoln responded by vowing to reciprocate in kind : for every white officer the south executed , the north would execute a confederate prisoner ; for every black soldier reenslaved , the north would assign one of its prisoners hard labor . federal authorities also suspended union participation in the exchange system until the confederacy agreed to exchange black soldiers . this deadlock produced a tremendous upsurge in the number of prisoners held by both sides .
diese erschütternde dokumentation von unserer fpcn schwesterorganisation uwip aus tschechien beschreibt die lage der akha in thailand und laos . fanatische missionare christianisieren die akha brutal , vertreibungen , kindesraub und gehirnwäsche sind an der tagesordnung . prisoners of a white god erhielt bereits internationale preise bei : grand prixes at raff film festival , at ecofilm festival , at festival of the mountain films , at
it ' s up to you
film festival and the main prize at ekotopfilm in 2008 !
prisons and prisoners of war .
gale library of daily life : american civil war . . encyclopedia . com . ( july 9 , 2018 ) . urltoken
finally , a white flag appeared at the schoolhouse , and our platoon commander and two others went forward to take the surrender . as they approached , the enemy shot them dead .
the faceless men worship death , whom they believe is the only god . the cult is actually a syncretic religion : its followers believe that death is unknowingly worshiped by devotees of all the religions in the world , simply under different names . every religion either has a god of death ( in polytheistic faiths ) , or has a god with dominion over death ( in monotheistic faiths ) . the faceless men believe that all of these gods are simply different aspects , or
faces
, through which death has revealed himself to humanity - hence they formally refer to their deity as
the many - faced god
. [ 1 ]
dionysos ( dionysus ) was the olympian god of wine , vegetation , pleasure , festivity , madness and wild frenzy . he was depicted as either an older , bearded god or an effeminate , long - haired youth . his attributes included the thyrsos ( a pine - cone tipped staff ) , a drinking cup and a crown of ivy . he was usually accompanied by a troop of satyrs and mainades ( wild female devotees ) .
cadmean ino , foster - mother of shining bacchus , holds the realms of the deep , encircled by bands of nereids dancing ; over the waves of the mighty deep a boy holds sway , new come , the kinsman of bacchus , no common god , palaemon .
there are countless characteristics of dionysos for those who wish to represent him in painting or sculpture , by depicting which even approximately the artist has captured the god . for instance , the ivy clusters forming a crown are the clear mark of dionysos , even if the workmanship is poor ; and a horn just springing from the temples reveals dionysos , and a leopard , though but just visible , is a symbol of the god .
this site contains a total of 14 pages describing the god , including general descriptions , mythology , and cult . the content is outlined in the index of dionysus pages ( left column or below ) .
for black union soldiers who were thrown into southern stockades , conditions were so bleak that some lamented not dying on the battlefield . life for all prisoners of war was marked by pain , hunger , and feelings of hopelessness , but for black prisoners conditions were particularly harsh .
we were kept at hard labor and inhumanely treated ,
recalled one black unionist .
if we lagged or faltered or misunderstood an order we were whipped and abused… . for the slightest causes we were subjected to the lash [ and ] we were very poorly provided for with food
( speer 1997 , p . 113 ) . medical treatment for black prisoners was virtually nonexistent as well , and the shelter they received was frequently even more negligible than that provided to white prisoners . all told , blacks held in confederate prison camps died at a rate of 35 percent , more than twice the average for white captives ( speer 1997 , p . 113 ) .
not only that these people were suffered by the name of other means , but these people were suffering by the name of god and its intent and their organizations ' association .
i found myself increasingly drawn to the idea that god had put me in prison for a purpose and that i should do something for those i had left behind .
dionysos ' most distinctive attribute was the thyrsos , a pine - cone tipped staff . his other attributes included a drinking - cup ( kantharos ) , fruiting grapevines and a panther . the god was usually clothed in a long robe ( chiton ) and cloak ( himation ) and crowned with a wreath of ivy - leaves .
soon after , the rest surrendered , and the battle for goose green was over . we herded hundreds of prisoners into a huge shed . they were mainly conscripts and a pathetic lot , sheepishly scuffing the dirt with their boots .
“our goal is to encourage continued dialogue between the white house and the returning citizens community and to achieve a consensus on policy changes that will benefit marginalized communities , enhance public safety and value the lives of all god’s children , ” desmond meade , state director of florida’s live free campaign , said in a statement . “it is important that the voices of returning citizens be heard at the highest level of government . today we served as the emissaries of over 6 million returning citizens throughout this nation . ”
malnutrition and hunger were typical of many of the civil war prison camps . food allocations were meager to begin with , and withholding rations emerged as a common means of reining in or otherwise modifying the behavior of prisoners . tales of malnutrition or starvation in enemy prison camps also prompted some reductions in food rations .
now christ again appears to the view of his enemies . far above the city , upon a foundation of burnished gold , is a throne , high and lifted up . upon this throne sits the son of god , and around him are the subjects of his kingdom . the power and majesty of christ no language can describe , no pen portray . the glory of the eternal father is enshrouding his son . the brightness of his presence fills the city of god , and flows out beyond the gates , flooding the whole earth with its radiance . . . .
classical literature offers only a few , brief descriptions of the physical characteristics of the gods .
chuck colson was one of the most influential evangelical leaders of the past half century . after a career in hardball politics , he devoted his life to ministering to prisoners and sharing the gospel’s message of love and hope to millions . his contribution to the growing cultural influence of evangelicals was difficult to overstate .
the whole wicked world stand arraigned at the bar of god on the charge of high treason against the government of heaven . they have none to plead their cause ; they are without excuse ; and the sentence of eternal death is pronounced against them . . . .
chuck was a truly brilliant visionary , a man who understood human frailties and wanted to bring christ’s love and compassion into the lives of the downtrodden . his life exemplified the admonition for all of us contained in micah 6 –“to do justice , love mercy and walk humbly with our god” .
as we advanced , machine - gun bullets whipped through the air , mortars and grenades exploded and white phosphorus illuminated the sky . men were screaming in terror and pain , and , as our officers urged us on — ‘move ! move ! move ! ’ — all i could think was , ‘please god , get me through this battle . ’
civil war prisoners from both the union and confederate ranks often found their worst suspicions about the other side confirmed once they were in the clutches of the enemy . in reality , however , the mistreatment and hardships that prisoners of war endured stemmed less from sanctioned policies of brutality than from individual acts of cruelty and , most pertinently , coldly logical decisions on the parts of the federal and confederat governments to divert the bulk of their limited resources to the armies still operating out in the field .
but now it was time to send our prisoners home . there were 6 , 000 of them in stanley alone , a cold and miserable bunch . a lot of them were going back to argentina on the canberra , the p & o cruise liner that had transported thousands of british troops south to win back the falklands .
seneca ' s hymn to dionysos in the play oedipus summarizes the god ' s story from birth to heavenly ascension . see seneca pseudo - hymn to dionysus
god used a prison sentence to change chuck’s heart 40 years ago , and he’s doing the same for many men and women behind bars today . will you join with prison fellowship as we carry on chuck’s vision of restoration ?
now god’s creatures are forever delivered from his presence and temptations . “the whole earth is at rest and quiet : they [ the righteous ] break forth into singing . ” isaiah 14 : 7 . and a shout of praise and triumph ascends from the whole loyal universe . “the voice of a great multitude , ” “as the sound of many waters , and as the sound of mighty thunderings , ” is heard , saying : “alleluia ! for the lord god omnipotent reigns ! ” revelation 19 : 6 .
the plight of confederate prisoners of war was worsened by the fact that the union commissary general of prisoners was colonel william hoffman ( 1807–1884 ) . a bureaucrat with little regard for the welfare of the prisoners in his charge , hoffman ordered a succession of cold - hearted measures during the course of the war . these ranged from dramatic reductions in rations in retaliation for reports of similar reductions in southern prisons ( which had far fewer resources to begin with ) to burning packages of blankets and clothing sent to inmates at elmira by loved ones ( hoffman reportedly only allowed clothing and blankets that were gray to be used by the inmates at elmira , one of the coldest locations in the entire union prison system ) . even hoffman ' s reduced rations were more generous than what union soldiers received in most confederate prisons , especially andersonville . at war ' s end , hoffman proudly returned to the federal treasury nearly $ 2 million he had saved through reductions in the rations given to confederate prisoners .
dionysos was a son of zeus , king of the gods , and semele , a mortal princess of thebes . the god was known as the
twice - born
for his mother was slain by the lightning - bolts of zeus during the course of her pregancy , but rescued by his father who carried him to term sown up inside his thigh . dionysos ' grandparents were the titans kronos ( cronus ) and rheia , king kadmos ( cadmus ) of thebes and the goddess harmonia . he was a great - grandson of ares and aphrodite ( harmonia ' s parents ) and also a distant descendant of the god poseidon . the god ' s half - brothers and sisters included hermes , ares , aphrodite , athena , persephone , apollon and artemis . he married ariadne , daughter of king minos of krete ( crete ) , and their sons became kings and princes of the best wine - producing regions in ancient greece . < < more > >
aferim ! ( romania ) aferim ! is almost a black comedy except that the reality it portrays is a bit too awful to be funny . shot in black - and - white , the film takes place in wallachia in 1835 during a period in which turks were in charge and roma ( gypsies ) were slaves .
embrace of the serpent ( el abrazo de la serpiente ) ( colombia ) shot in beautiful black - and - white , embrace of the serpent is a fictionalized account of the colonial destruction of amazonian tribes as seen through the eyes of karamakate , a shaman who believes the rest of his people have been killed by white invaders , and two explorer - scientists , german theo and american evan , who visit the jungle roughly thirty years apart , both in search of a rare healing flower . the story is inspired by the diaries of ethnologist theodor koch - grunberg , who made two extended expeditions into the amazon basin during the first two decades of the twentieth century , and richard evans schultes , a pioneer of ethnobotany and the study of psychoactive plants , who went there during world war ii . a fourth major character , manduca , who serves as theo ' s guide , represents those native people who believe that not all whites are evil .
at other times , however , harris ' s account turns toward the emotionally crushing realities of captivity . aside from the physical pangs of empty stomachs and exposure , boredom and depression wore on the prisoners , who dreamed of being reunited with their loved ones :
there is only one god , and his name is death . and there is only one thing we say to death : ' not today ' .
icons from lesser religions and cults are also honored in the house of black and white , including the hooded wayfarer , bakkalon the pale child , the moon - pale maiden , the merling king , and many others . [ 2 ]
this story was connected with the orgiastic thrakian cult of sabazios . in homer , the story is set during dionysos ' childhood , elsewhere he is an adult god travelling from land to land .
dionysos was a son of zeus and the princess semele of thebes . during the course of her pregnancy , the god ' s jealous wife hera tricked semele into asking zeus to appear before her in his full glory . bound by oath , the god was forced to comply and she was consumed by the heat of his lightning - bolts . zeus recovered their unborn child from her body , sewed him up in his own thigh , and carried him to term . < < more > >
when god chases ea into the real world , the goddess , while cleaning , inadvertently reboots her husband ' s computer . . . and the world changes again .
thievery , assaults , and intimidation among prisoners were unfortunate realities in the inmate populations of many civil war prisons . these dark events played out on a routine basis in many stockades in both the north and south , but the most grimly spectacular example of this sort of in - fighting took place at the confederate prison at andersonville , georgia . conditions there were so awful that normal rules of civilized behavior and military brotherhood fell by the wayside . survivors recalled that the daily food allotment at andersonville generally consisted of three tablespoons of beans , a teaspoon of salt , and half a pint of unsifted cornmeal . a confederate doctor who worked at andersonville , meanwhile , reported that
from the crowded conditions , filthy habits , bad diet , and dejected , depressed condition of the prisoners , their systems had become so disordered that the smallest abrasion of the skin , from the rubbing of a shoe , or from the effects of the sun , the prick of a splinter or the scratching of a mosquito bite , in some cases took on a rapid and frightful ulceration and gangrene
( davis 1991 , p . 176 ) .
the recognition of the divinity of dionysos is applicable to all the previous stories of his wanderings .
in the early stages of the civil war , feeding and sheltering captured enemy soldiers did not constitute a heavy burden for either the federal or confederate government . large battles occurred infrequently compared to later years , which served to limit the number of prisoners . in addition , despite president abraham lincoln ' s initial refusal to authorize prisoner exchanges—a stance that stemmed from his belief that such negotiations might give the confederacy a veneer of legitimacy as a distinct nation and erode washington ' s efforts to frame the secessionists as a collection of treasonous agitators within an already established sovereign state—field commanders frequently arranged informal prisoner exchanges . canny administrators on both sides of the conflict welcomed this approach , for they recognized that both the north and south were ill - equipped to handle large numbers of prisoners .
come , blessed dionysos , various - named , bull - faced , begot from thunder , bakkhos ( bacchus ) famed . bassaros god , of universal might , whom swords and blood and sacred rage delight : in heaven rejoicing , mad , loud - sounding god , furious inspirer , bearer of the rod : by gods revered , who dwellest with humankind , propitious come , with much rejoicing mind .
invested with supreme majesty and power , the king of kings pronounces sentence upon the rebels against his government and executes justice upon those who have transgressed his law and oppressed his people . says the prophet of god : “i saw a great white throne and him who sat on it , from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away . and there was found no place for them . and i saw the dead , small and great , standing before god , and books were opened . and another book was opened , which is the book of life . and the dead were judged according to their works , by the things which were written in the books . ” revelation 20 : 11 , 12 .
this battle had to be all about momentum — keeping going and getting on with it . fighting in the pitch dark , we simply did not have the resources to take prisoners .
as dionysos was travelling through the islands of the aegean sea he was captured by a band of tyrrhenian pirates who thought to sell him into slavery . the god infested their ship with phantoms of creeping vines and wild beasts , and in terror the men leapt overboard and were transformed into dolphins . < < more > >
in denis villeneuve’s prisoners , keller dover is a modern man possessed of biblical rage when his six - year - old daughter and a neighbor’s child are kidnapped . dover ( played by hugh jackman ) is one of those americans president obama labeled as “clinging to their guns and religion . ” he loves to hunt , craft and is caught up in the difficulty of providing for a family in this current economic downturn .
mount nysa , from which the god was believed to have derived his name , was not only in thrace and libya , but mountains of the same name are found in different parts of the ancient world where he was worshipped , and where he was believed to have introduced the cultivation of the vine . hermes , however , is mixed up with most of the stories about the infancy of dionysus , and he was often represented in works of art , in connexion with the infant god . ( comp . paus . iii . 18 . § 7 . )
norman a . carlson , director , federal bureau of prisons ( ret . )
religious services also helped pass the time for some soldiers and gave many religiously inclined soldiers a badly needed spiritual boost . an even greater number of imprisoned soldiers passed the time in conversation . these conversations—sometimes desultory , other times passionate—ranged over every conceivable subject , from the prewar lives that they had left behind to the character of fellow prisoners . but perhaps no topic preoccupied the soldiers as much as the question of when and under what circumstances their deliverance might come . not surprisingly , then , newly arrived prisoners were barraged with requests for information about the progress of the war , and the prospects for a prisoner exchange .
chuck colson has had a significant impact on the work of the aclj . one of the first letters i received after arguing my very first case at the supreme court was from chuck . his words of encouragement have had a lasting impact on me . he is a friend and a mentor .
the theban legends of dionysos were the subject of no less than five of the lost plays of aeschylus : semelê ê hudrophoroi , dionusos trophoi ( or trophoi ) , bakchai , xantriai , pentheus . in addition , at least four others described the god ' s thracian encounters : edonoi , lykourgos , neaniskoi and the bassarae .
in the early hours , we got our first proper sight of the ridge we were to take . it was a perfect defensive position . we were going to have a hell of a fight on our hands .
after dionysus had thus proved to the thebans that he was a god , he went to argos . as the people there also refused to acknowledge him , he made the women mad to such a degree , that they killed their own babes and devoured their flesh . ( apollod . iii . 5 . § 2 . ) according to another statement , dionysus with a host of women came from the islands of the aegean to argos , but was conquered by perseus , who slew many of the women . ( paus . ii . 20 . § 3 , 22 . § 1 . ) afterwards , however , dionysus and perseus became reconciled , and the argives adopted the worship of the god , and built temples to him . one of these was called the temple of dionysus cresius , because the god was believed to have buried on that spot ariadne , his beloved , who was a cretan . ( paus . ii . 23 . § 7 . )
a story about four brothers from a poor family who need to fight to follow their dreams .
and we felt that they had little cause for complaint . they had started the war and they had not shown much respect for the white flag when they had shot my three mates who went forward to take the surrender at goose green .
source : ferguson , joseph . life - struggles in rebel prisons : a record of the sufferings , escapes , adventures and starvation of the union prisoners . philadelphia , pa : j . m . ferguson , 1865 . sources in u . s . history online : civil war . gale . available from urltoken .
“they will be gathered together , as prisoners are gathered in the pit , and will be shut up in the prison ; after many days they will be punished . ” isaiah 24 : 22 .
in his best - selling memoir , born again , chuck wrote , “i found myself increasingly drawn to the idea that god had put me in prison for a purpose and that i should do something for those i had left behind . ”
in some instances prisoners were barely , if at all , afforded shelter . vermont private charles fairbanks remembered such conditions at one of the more infamous confederate prisons near richmond :
… we were taken to belle island , about one - half mile from the city . here we were surrounded by earth works , within an enclosure of four acres , where were confined over four thousand prisoners without shelter , except a few ' cibley tents ' , the majority of the prisoners being exposed to the weather day and night
( fairbanks 2004 , p . 71 ) . according to benson , a similar situation existed at point lookout :
the prison was a rectangular enclosure of about ten acres … inside the fence were rows of tents with streets between … in the tent where i was placed , were 15 others , and it may be well believed that 16 men , even in a sibley tent , were badly crowded
( benson 1992 , pp . 90–91 ) .
more than 400 , 000 civil war soldiers spent at least part of the conflict as prisoners of war . tens of thousands more were paroled after capture and thus evaded prison ; these soldiers—most of them captured during the opening months of the war—were the fortunate ones , for the men who were captured in the last two and a half years of the conflict endured many challenges to both body and soul . in fact , parole was fairly common up through the surrender of vicksburg in 1863 , in which 30 , 000 confederates prisoners were paroled . the average soldier , from either the north or south , headed off to war with a host of new hopes and fears for his new military duties , but left home without the faintest conception of the nightmarish trials that would await him if captured and held captive by his enemies .
one of the most difficult if mundane aspects of being a prisoner of war during the civil war was the utter lack of military or recreational activities to help pass the time . the crowded prisons in both the north and south offered no diversions of any kind for prisoners , and countless men spent their days shuffling or sitting and thinking about the bitter and miserable turn that their lives had taken . as one union soldier wrote of his stint in a confederate prison in south carolina , many of his fellow prisoners sat
moping for hours with a look of utter dejection , their elbow upon their knee , and their chin resting upon their hand , their eyes having a vacant , faraway look
( cooper 1888 , p . 267 ) . thoughts of delicious food and loved ones back home seeped into every waking moment , and with nothing to take their minds off such torturous subjects , many soldiers struggled with profound depression .
then , all of a sudden , snipers opened up on us from well - concealed positions . one of our platoon was dead , a bullet through the front of his helmet and out through the back .
soldiers who could read and write sought some relief from the tedium through letter writing , but shortages of paper limited this option , and censorship by authorities was so heavy - handed that many letters were rendered senseless by blacked - out marks or scissor cuts . the uncertainties of wartime mail delivery further contributed to the anxiety of prisoners desperate for even a moment of relief from the dark environment that enveloped them .
will no one send a little word to cheer us in our gloomy hours of activity ?
wailed one southern prisoner .
oh , god ! how dreadful are these bitter feelings of hope deferred . thus we linger , thus we drag the slow , tedious hours of prison life
( clark 1901 , p . 677 ) .
one sidelight : pilou asbaek , the star of a war , has been signed to appear as euron greyjoy in season 6 of
game of thrones .
attempts to escape these horrible camps were launched by both union and confederate soldiers , but most of these desperate bids for freedom failed . many would - be escapees were unable to get beyond the fences , and most of those who did make it out by using underground tunnels or other means were tracked down by bloodhounds and rifle - wielding guards . over the course of the war , though , a few hundred clever and intrepid prisoners did succeed in their escape attempts . most of these successful escapes from prison camp horrors were carried out by individuals or small groups of two to three , not by large groups of prisoners . when these fortunate individuals passed through enemy lines to safety , their accounts of inhuman conditions and brutal guards were seized on as propaganda tools by both sides . on the whole , though , few civil war prisoners ever mounted escape attempts , as most were too worn down physically and mentally to conceive of or carry out viable plans .
for nearly four decades , chuck colson’s life and example have been a constant and necessary reminder to those of us in and out of public office of the seductions of power and the rewards of service . his famous redemption story and tireless advocacy on behalf of the marginalized and the outcast have called all of us to a deeper reflection on our lives and priorities . he lives on as a modern model of redemption and a permanent rebuttal to the cynical claim that there are no second chances in life .
a british agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a british government employee ' s suicide .
after dionysos had demonstrated to the thebans that he was a god , he went to argos where again he drove the women mad when the people did not pay him honour , and up in the mountains the women fed on the flesh of the babies suckling at their breasts .
two hundred and fifty eight british servicemen paid with their lives for the recapture of the islands , and a further 775 were wounded . many of the rest of us paid with our peace of mind .
under such conditions it is not surprising that hygiene was non - existent , although prisoners made a valiant effort in the attempt . oake related ,
we of course had an abundance of water but having no soap we did not as a general thing do a very good job in our laundry work , but still it would freshen up our old rags , and for a short time would feel quite comfortable until the heat of our bodies began to revive the greybacks that had for a short time been put out of commission by being immersed cold water
( oake 2006 , p . 122 ) . dooley noted ,
police find the body of a missing four - month - old boy near . . .
during the second year of okonkwo’s exile , obierika brings several bags of cowries ( shells used as currency ) that he has made by selling okonkwo’s yams . obierika plans to continue to do so until okonkwo returns to the village . obierika also brings the bad news that abame , another village , has been destroyed by the white man .
this is probably a period in romanian history that many romanians would rather not acknowledge , particularly as representatives of the church follow a version of christianity that would have made jesus ' hair stand on end . indeed , one of aferim ! ' s highlights is a rant in which a priest runs through a record - setting recitation of ethnic and religious slurs . i couldn ' t help but wonder how much of this appalling overt racism persists 180 years later .
as far as the nature and origin of the god dionysus is concerned , he appears in all traditions as the representative of some power of nature , whereas apollo is mainly an ethical deity . dionysus is the productive , overflowing and intoxicating power of nature , which carries man away from his usual quiet and sober mode of living . wine is the most natural and appropriate symbol of that power , and it is therefore called
the fruit of dionysus .
( dionusou karpos ; pind . fragm . 89 , ed . böckh . ) dionysus is , therefore , the god of wine , the inventor and teacher of its cultivation , the giver of joy , and the disperser of grief and sorrow . ( bacchyl . ap . athen . ii . p . 40 ; pind . fragm . 5 ; eurip . bacch . 772 . )
the brand new testament ( le tout nouveau testament ) ( belgium ) the premise of the brand new testament is that god is a mean - spirited jerk who spends most of his time sitting at his computer thinking of new ways to make people miserable ( e . g . , whichever line you choose to stand in , the others will move faster ) . god lives in brussels with his intimidated wife , the goddess , and their 10 - year - old daughter , ea . their son , jesus , is , of course , dead . however , as a small statue , he is still able to tell his sister how to escape their father by climbing through the washing machine and emerging into a laundromat in brussels .
dionysos instructed the hero ikarios ( icarius ) of athens in the art of winemaking . however , some shepherds , upon drinking the wine , thought they had been poisoned and killed him . the sorrowful god then set him amongst the stars as the constellation bootes . < < more > >
this character is still further developed in the notion of his being the promoter of civilization , a law - giver , and a lover of peace . ( eurip . bacch . 420 ; strab . x . p . 468 ; diod . iv . 4 . ) as the greek drama had grown out of the dithyrambic choruses at the festivals of dionysus , he was also regarded as the god of tragic art , and as the protector of theatres . in later times , he was worshipped also as a theos chthonios , which may have arisen from his resemblance to demeter , or have been the result of an amalgamation of phrygian and lydian forms of worship with those of the ancient greeks . ( paus . viii . 37 , § 3 ; arnob . adv . gent . v . 19 . )
[ pentheus addresses dionysos : ] ‘your body is not ill - formed , stranger , for women ' s purposes . . . for your hair is long , not through wrestling , scattered over your cheeks , full of desire ; and you have a white skin from careful preparation , hunting after aphrodite by your beauty not exposed to strokes of the sun , but beneath the shade . ’
what’s bizarre , and distinctive , and revealing about this situation , however , is that armond obviously feels that he has the right to disrupt a public event . he’s not just a mindless crank tossing dumb insults from the back of the room . he’s a mindful crank who has turned the trumpeting of his opinions about movies into a form of ( un ) civil disobedience . he believes he’s justified because he thinks he’s the only truth - teller in the room . but that suggests that he’s a critic who’s now getting high on hate , and bringing that impulse out into the open . a lot of the people in the room last monday night could hear armond white , but in another sense he has stopped being a critic who anyone can hear . his writing and his heckling have merged into the sound of one hand clapping for itself .
andersonville was by no means the only death trap maintained by southern authorities , however . the mortality rate among prisoners at a confederate stockade in salisbury , north carolina , in fact , was higher than that at andersonville , according to historian robert eberly ( eberly 1999 ) .
andersonville prison , mentioned above , was the most notorious of all the civil war prison camps . this sixteen - acre tract in southwestern georgia , composed of open fields and swamps , housed approximately 41 , 000 union prisoners during the war . of that number , 12 , 000 to 15 , 000 perished inside andersonville ' s fences . in august 1864 , 100 prisoners per day were dying in that nightmarish stockade . at the end of the war , anderson - ville ' s superintendent , henry wirz , became the only confederate to be tried and executed by the federal government for war crimes .
during the early months of hostilities , both sides struggled to provide housing for captured combatants . union prisoners captured in early engagements in virginia were transported to the fledgling confederacy ' s capital at richmond . corporal william h . merrell of the 27th new york remembered conditions in richmond ' s tobacco warehouse :


hit man is a 1972 american crime film directed by george armitage and starring bernie casey , pam grier and lisa moore .

it is based on the ted lewis novel jack 's return home , more famously adapted as get carter , with the action relocated from england to the united states .

hit man ( film )

it’s pretty much confirmed : marvel studios webbed another hit with spider - man : homecoming .
the man who was hit by a double decker bus before calmly walking into a pub has revealed emergency workers refused to believe he had been hit .
the last hit man is a video starring joe mantegna , elizabeth whitmere , and romano orzari . ageing hit man , harry , has just botched a job and is now the target . his daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too . a young hit man called billy is sent to take harry out but they form an uneasy alliance . . .
ageing hit man , harry , has just botched a job and is now the target . his daughter is also in the assassin trade and is now a target too . a young hit man called billy is sent to take harry out but they form an uneasy alliance . . .
“originally they were all in agreement because if i had been hit by the bus , i wouldn’t be here ,
he told the sun . “i said ‘i’m sure the bus hit me’ and they kept saying ‘no you were hit by debris’ .
in 2015 , marilyn manson was cast as a calculating hit man in the harrowing crime film let me make you a martyr . with the film set for its world premiere on july 22nd at the fantasia film festival in montreal , rolling stone has an exclusive clip from the upcoming film with manson , rifle in hands , hard at work contract killing .
the film was a hit on its release 10 years ago – but its reception in borat’s homeland was complicated , writes kazakh yerlan askarbekov .
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changed my makeup so that they couldn ' t use anything from the first film for the second film .
variety’s guy lodge , who said ramsay may be the world’s “greatest working filmmaker” , called her new film “astonishing . . . a stark , sinewy , slashed - to - the - bone hitman thriller far more concerned with the man than the hit” .
mr smith had just returned from the bank and was walking home when hit from behind by the bus .
part of the closing credits are a montage of spider - man school drawings .
] the history of man is defined by war . and war by the men who fight it . what if we could create a better man ? someone did .
after emergency responders arrived to treat him , he said they refused to believe he had been hit by the vehicle .
political involvement in the avengers ' activities causes a rift between captain america and iron man .
an interview with terry gilliam , director of
the man who killed don quixote .
not a bad film , but i think i know what ' s wrong .
record - breaking box office swedish film
a man called ove
screened at the fall kcet cinema series on tuesday , september 20 . based on the best - selling novel of the same name , the film is about a grouchy man who strikes up an unexpected friendship with his new neighbors . following the movie , director hannes holm participated in a q & a session with kcet cinema series host pete hammond . the film has been selected by the swedish film institute to compete for a foreign language oscar nomination
a disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him .
no , it has nothing to do with the film ' s quality , nor any kind of diabolical desire for marvel to fumble or for me to crow about superhero fatigue or any such nonsense . the james gunn sci - fi sequel doesn ' t need to top $ 1 billion to be considered a hit . it has already scored the biggest domestic debut weekend ever for a comic book superhero hero movie without iron man , spider - man or batman . if it makes it even to $ 334 million domestic and $ 773m worldwide , it ' ll be the mcu ' s biggest grosser ever without robert downey jr . ' s iron man . if it crosses $ 364m domestic and $ 783m worldwide , it ' ll pass ( the 2d and r - rated ) deadpool to be the biggest such grosser ever without iron man , spider - man or batman . a domestic total higher than spider - man ' s $ 405m and spider - man 3 ' s ' $ 890m will give the film the arbitrary title of biggest non - iron man / batman - starring comic book movie ever .
three thr critics rank all marvel - inspired films from ' man - thing ' to the best .
john hansen serves as art director for hit man to hero . john has a bachelor ' s degree in graphic design and journalism and spent several years as managing editor of campus magazine in tucson , arizona . as a freelance graphic designer and photographer , john stays on top of the hit man to hero project . he finds time to fit in his other work as a police officer , where he runs into his fair share of real life drama . contact : john @ urltoken
the movie will probably be hit or miss for some , but it doesn ' t leave you with a bad taste for the genre .
future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .
led by a solid ensemble , ant - man brings a lot of fun into the marvel cinematic universe .
emily c . anderson is acting as a production intern and social media manager for hit man to hero . originally from columbus , indiana , emily received her bachelor ' s degree in communication from the university of missouri . with a background in social media and film , emily comes most recently from work with the true / false film festival as well as from independent film projects where she has acted as production assistant and various positions in the assistant director department . you can follow her on twitter @ emcanderson . contact : emily @ urltoken
the timing here is interesting , because sony has already set a date for another film set in this new cinematic universe . venom will hit theaters on october 5th , 2018 , which means silver and black will follow it up fairly quickly .
earlier this year , sony announced that it is moving forward with silver and black , a film featuring comic book heroes black cat and silver sable as part of a planned spider - man cinematic universe . now , the studio has set a release date for the film : february 8th , 2019 .
reviewed at venice film festival , sept . 4 , 2016 . running time : 131 min .
exorcist star linda blair :
anybody who thinks this is a horror film is wrong .
after going through a painful break - up , a woman meets a man who appears to be perfect for her . however , as their relationship develops , she learns that he is a former hit - man . their new , but genuine , relationship is tested even further as they try to save each other , from his dark past which has come back to haunt him .
sony , which partnered with disney’s marvel studios for the film , has had a rough history with the web - slinger property : sam raimi’s trilogy , though still time - tested , was marred by the final installment and marc webb’s the amazing spider - man films could not stick the landings . but homecoming is the first spider - man film since sony and marvel struck a deal to bring peter parker into the world of the avengers .
check out the evolution of spider - man through the years and learn more about the actor who plays peter parker .
, executives were very displeased with the slow , philosophical tone of schrader ' s film . they also wanted
in the tense two - minute scene , manson’s menacing pope has a standoff with one of his targets , with both men threatening each other from opposite sides of a bedroom door . “look , you would have shot me if you were man enough when i walked through the fucking door , ” manson’s part - native american hit man growls . “let’s just get this shit over with . you know you’re dead already . ”
mike ryan ( uproxx ) “in my book ( i don’t have a book but whatever ) , spider - man : homecoming is the best spider - man movie to date . that does come with a caveat that spider - man : homecoming and spider - man 2 are going for different things and both are great . but , tonally , i just love this incarnation of a peter parker who just loves being spider - man . there’s literally a scene of him giving a woman directions because he’s so eager to help in any way he can . it’s vague what’s happened to uncle ben in this movie ( so vague that ben is never mentioned by name ) but there’s really no way this spider - man feels responsible for the death of a family member . he’s too happy and likes being spider - man too much . and after two spider - man franchises that have built up the death of ben parker as a huge plot point , it’s actually refreshing not to be burdened with that this time . ”
s , michael visits roth in miami . he tells roth he knows pentangeli ordered the hit on him and assures roth that their partnership will go forward . michael says he’ll visit pentangeli , and roth gives his support when michael says pentangeli is a “dead man . ” when michael visits pentangeli in new york michael says he knows roth was the one who ordered the hit . he asks pentangeli to help him take revenge . in the middle of the night , fredo receives a phone call that suggests he was somehow involved in the hit . when pentangeli meets with the rosato brothers , he is strangled , but he survives in the custody of the police .
where sam raimi ' s spider - man fulfilled every pimply nerd ' s fantasy of superpowered liberation , the iron man embodied by robert downey jr . understood the next phase of adolescence , in which a fanboy desires not just supernatural abilities but panache . director jon favreau was the right man for this job , with one foot in the fantasy world of zathura but a strong ear for contemporary swagger .
. yet people came out to see it in their thousands and critics raved about a horror film , which just does not happen . the film has a a - rating from audiences on cinemascore , which as some have pointed out is
‘man from u . n . c . l . e . ’ embraced by russia as offshore rollout begins – intl b . o .
the hitman ' s bodyguard is a movie starring ryan reynolds , samuel l . jackson , and gary oldman . the world ' s top bodyguard gets a new client , a hit man who must testify at the international criminal court . they must put their differences aside and work together to make it to the trial on time .
jeff simpson , a st . louis native , is serving as a production and marketing intern on the documentary hit man to hero . he also involved with speak up productions as an intern . currently he is attending meramec community college but plans to transfer to columbia college in chicago to pursue a degree in film . he also is working on a personal documentary about the annual u . s . pond hockey championships in minnesota . contact : jeff @ urltoken
70th cannes film festival - news conference for the film
you were never really here
in competition - cannes , france . 27 / 05 / 2017 . director lynne ramsay and cast member joaquin phoenix attend . reuters / jean - paul pelissier
dan parris , speak up productions , is a filmmaker whose current award - winning feature - length documentary , give a damn ? , has received widespread media attention . dan received a bachelor ' s degree from biola university ( california ) in film production . dan is currently on a speaking & festival tour with his film , give a damn ? among many other accomplishments , dan ' s film , give a damn ? , won best documentary at the cinema st . louis filmmakers showcase in 2011 and was a selection at the 2011 st . louis international film festival , the omaha film festival , the africa world documentary film festival , the lower east side ( les ) festival of the arts , among others . contact : dan @ urltoken
in spokane , an elite government killer goes rogue on the day that engineer allen campbell loses a promotion and finds his best man with his wife . allen goes drinking that night and chats up a stranger who turns out to be jonas , the hit man . jonas asks allen to give him a list of five people he ' d like to see dead , so a drunk allen lists his boss , the guy who got the promotion , a nasty bookie , the best man , and his wife . by the next morning , the boss is dead , and allen realizes jonas is for real . can he stop jonas ?
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 .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
we have a very nice little system in sweden with state funding . lots of films are being done . also , it is hard in another kind of way , but if you really want to make a film , you can do a film in sweden .
at the start of “ mechanic : resurrection , ” the hit man arthur bishop ( jason statham ) certainly isn’t mourning his dead protégé from “ the mechanic ” ( simon west’s 2011 remake of a charles bronson movie ) . no , he’s just hanging out in a flawed digital backdrop of rio de janeiro , trying to forget his blood - spattered résumé .
black cat and silver sable are two heroes that frequently show up in spider - man’s world . black cat ( the alter ego of felicia hardy ) is a world - renowned cat burglar who sometimes allies herself with spider - man . silver sable ( also known as silver sablinova ) is the ceo of silver sablel international , a mercenary who also allies herself with peter parker . sony is clearly banking on the popularity of spider - man following the success of this summer’s spider - man : homecoming , and is hoping to get its own universe up and running after its first abortive attempt back in 2014 .
to learn the truth about his sister ' s mysterious disappearance , a young man infiltrates a hotel in the guise of a footman and begins an investigation .
michael tells vincent to speak with altobello and , in order to see where the old man’s loyalties lie , to pretend that he is thinking of leaving the corleone family . altobello supports the idea of vincent switching allegiance and introduces vincent to licio lucchesi , the man behind the plot to prevent michael’s acquisition of immobiliare .
when a young man is found dead in a bookshop at the eastern market , phryne fisher is plunged into the diverse worlds of jewish politics , alchemy , and poison .
the exorcist iii director william peter blatty :
it was always meant to be a psychological thriller , not a special - effects horror film .
ust in time for halloween and after a notably devastating year for race relations in the us , the first trailer for jordan peele’s directorial debut get out has hit , causing an understandable stir . given peele’s emmy - winning comedy central show key & peele , it’s perhaps no surprise that his first film as director would involve racial commentary ( one of his most famous skits revolves around the
28 . renny harlin was brought in as the new director on a rushed production . after two weeks of filming , harlin was hit by a car on a rome street and had to direct the rest of the movie while on crutches .
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…
tom holland headlines the film as spider - man after his pop - in for captain america : civil war . michael keaton takes the villain role of vulture , while the cast is rounded out by robert downey jr . , marisa tomei , jon favreau , zendaya , jacob batalon , laura harrier , donald glover , and tony revolori .
from the vatican itself , there has been a resounding silence . i wonder why ? when the first episode aired on italian television , it was a huge hit , and received the highest rating ever for the first episode of a sky drama .
what , if anything , holds
ant - man
together ? first , paul rudd , who is laughably unheroic , and has the grace to know as much . . .
the 103rd best film of 1994 , which is to say another film that wants to be
pulp fiction
or something in that vein ,
mr . right
hires two charismatic lead actors , anna kendrick and sam rockwell , then expects them to carry a movie with almost no compelling reason to exist .
michael , roth , and other important american businessmen convene in havana for a meeting with the president of cuba . roth wants to make major investments there , but michael is concerned about rebel activity . fredo shows up in cuba , and michael tells his brother that he knows roth was behind the attempt on his life . fredo denies knowing roth or ola , but later that evening , he lets it slip that he knows them both . while michael celebrates the new year at the cuban presidential palace , his orders are executed . a hit man strangles ola on his hotel balcony . the hit man tries to kill roth at the hospital by smothering him with a pillow , but he is shot dead before he can finish the job . at the party , michael kisses fredo on the lips and then tells fredo he knows that he was involved in the hit . later that evening michael flees a chaotic havana while the rebels , led by fidel castro , take over the city and the cuban president resigns . when michael reaches nevada , tom tells him that roth managed to survive and that kay experienced a miscarriage .
tangerine , a breakout hit from this year’s sundance film festival , is full of surprises . there’s the subject matter : transgender prostitutes working in a not - so glamorous part of hollywood . and there are the characters : flinty , funny , nobody’s victim . but the story behind the camera is as surprising as what’s in front of it . particularly because the camera used to shoot tangerine was the iphone 5s .
it ' s difficult to shake the sense that the film was assembled hurriedly and somewhat haphazardly . which , from all available evidence , is exactly what happened .
mel gibson’s “hacksaw ridge” is a brutally effective , bristlingly idiosyncratic combat saga — the true story of a man of peace caught up in the inferno of world war ii . it’s the first movie gibson has directed since “apocalypto , ” 10 years ago ( a film he’d already shot before the scandals that engulfed him ) , and this november , [ … ]
we’ll have a clearer picture of the landscape on sunday when the full weekend estimates hit . u . n . c . l . e . has several markets to bow over the coming month - and - a - half with many still in a holiday period .
leon ( played by jean reno ) lives in new york and is a professional hit man . one of his neighbors , mathilda ( natalie portman ) , is a 12 - year old girl with family problems , one of which is that her father is a petty criminal . one day , a drug kingpin , stansfield ( gary oldman ) , kills her entire family due to something her father did . mathilda turns to leon for help . . . and revenge .
kevin carson is a young man living in the projects who has to survive a three - day weekend after his opportunistic neighbors find out he ' s holding a winning lottery ticket worth $ 370 million .
john defore ( the hollywood reporter ) “satisfying from its day - of - the - dance prelude ( where marisa tomei’s aunt may shines ) all the way to its fiery , cathartic conclusion , this sequence hints at the film homecoming might have been — had marvel studios execs and a half - dozen screenwriters not worked so hard to integrate peter parker into their money - minting world . but integrate they do , and the film wraps up with an ending recalling the incoherent , have - it - both - ways finale of iron man 3 — attempting to embrace the ‘friendly neighborhood spider - man’ ethos while exploiting the rich - dude glitz afforded by spidey’s new buddies . hang in there , true believers : maybe it’ll get better the second time around . ”
was the fourth film in history to gross $ 1 billion worldwide . and since that time , there have been just five other comic book superhero movies to do so , namely
dominion : prequel to the exorcist director paul schrader :
i had a different film in mind , more one about merrin ' s journey than strictly a horror vehicle .
the overwhelming , self - serious sense that we are watching something very important blissfully doesn ' t exist in ant - man . it ' s just plain fun : light , breezy , simple and enjoyable .
while many critics found the fun in this take on a spider - man that’s very much a teenager grappling with his super - heroic responsibilities , there were some dissenters . the hollywood reporter ‘s john defore called homecoming an “occasionally exciting but often frustrating film . ” variety ‘s owen gleiberman pointed out the “aggressively eager and prosaic ya flavor , ” though he’s not necessarily calling it a distractor .
surprisingly good for a film about one of the least interesting superheroes .
ant - man
has all the polished special effects , sets and costumes you would expect in the umpteenth superhero blockbuster - - but it ' s funnier and has more heart than the typical marvel tent pole . it ' s better than many that have come down the studio chute in the last few years .
10 . before deciding to not have any music in the film ( aside from the famous
tubular bells
theme that was the first giant hit for richard branson ' s virgin records ) , friedkin rejected two famous composers . the first was hitchcock collaborator bernard herrmann ( vertigo , psycho , north by northwest ) , who wanted to record a using a giant church organ and didn ' t want friedkin to have any involvement . the second was mission : impossible ' s lalo schifrin , who actually did gather an orchestra and record a dissonant score that friedkin hated , though it was used in an early , infamous trailer for the film .
this film was a best - selling film so the production company . . . it ' s a very cheap film in this semi - attached area . they thought it didn ' t cost so much and it had a very poor budget . i jumped off the project for sometime because i didn ' t think the people , the production company , had the same thoughts that i had . then they came up with a little bit more money so that we could come up with his bald hair , for example . they didn ' t even want to have a cat in the film . i fought for the cat . the budget was very ordinary . it was like $ 350 , 000 and it made $ 20 million .
too many villains spoil the broth in this bloated conclusion to an otherwise successful trilogy . with spider - man battling best frenemy harry osborne , mutant dirtbag the sandman and an alien
symbiote
that would become venom , the film offered an overdose of action with little wit to spare . though definitely not the charm , raimi’s third effort still grossed a whopping $ 890 million , keeping marvel’s coffers tingling .
peter parker balances his life as an ordinary high school student in queens with his superhero alter - ego spider - man , and finds himself on the trail of a new menace prowling the skies of new york city .
everybody is after the money stolen by hook ( jim brown ) . including the villainous chief guard capt . stambell played by roland bob harris . a hokey but entertaining 70 ' s film .
– is remarkable for lots of reasons . this is a first - time film from a respected , but essentially cult comedian , with no real big - name stars and a premise that is
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friday foster , an ex - model magazine photographer , goes to los angeles international airport to photograph the arrival of blake tarr , the richest black man in america . three men attempt to . . . see full summary »
perhaps the most creative response to the film came from the famous violin player marat bisengaliev . bisengaliev contacted me to raise funds to commission a piece of original music that would meaningfully represent kazakh culture .
owen gleiberman ( variety ) “peter has a best bud , the roly - poly and easily wowed ned ( jacon batalon ) , and he’s got a crush on liz ( laura harrier ) , a senior who’s on the decathlon team . the biracial romance is a step in the right direction , but at one point the two are poised in an upside - down kiss that never materializes , which only reminds you of how much the film is feeding off its legacy . it’s fine — and true enough to marvel — to make a spider - man movie about a young adult , but spider - man : homecoming has an aggressively eager and prosaic ya flavor . ”
‘it is one of the very , very few horror movies that does jump off of racial fears’ … jordan peele on his new film get out , which stars daniel kaluuya , above . photograph : youtube
4 . the film ' s prologue , set in iraq , was actually shot there in 1972 / 3 . the u . s . had no diplomatic relations with the country , and so friedkin had to take a british crew to work on scenes with actor max von sydow . the iraqi government agreed to the shoot under three circumstances : ( 1 ) friedkin & co . had to train local iraqis in film techniques , ( 2 ) they had to teach local iraqis how to make movie blood , and ( 3 ) friedkin had to donate a print of his oscar - winning film the french connection .
like any conventional film , tangerine underwent post - production .
with a lot of these social realist films , the first thing you do is drain the color ,
baker says .
we went the other way . we pumped the colors and put the saturation through the roof . just because the world there is so colorful , and the women are so colorful . we wanted it to match them .
( orange emerged as the dominant color in the film , inspiring its title . ) the final step was to apply a digital grain to the movie , giving it a quality more reminiscent of actual film .
but while sony shares the rights to the character with marvel studios , these two new films won’t be in the same continuity as the larger marvel cinematic universe that contains the avengers , and tom holland’s spider - man . it’s also unlikely that holland’s character will actually appear in the universe , especially given that marvel is planning to follow up homecoming with two more films , which means that sony’s spider - man universe is going to have to stand on its own without its signature character for now .
one night jefferson reed gets hit in the chest by a souped - up chunk of meteor . so he can fly , but he ' s scared of heights . he can master the information in any book . . . for about 30 seconds . now his friends and family want him to protect their community from the dreaded golden lords .
21 . william peter blatty , who wrote the novel on which the original film was based and won an academy award for his screenplay on the exorcist , directed this film based on his novel legion , which picked up with the character of detective kinderman ( played by lee j . cobb in the original and here by george c . scott ) investigating a series of murders that bear the imprint of a long - dead serial killer .
not all critics were glowing about “you were never really here” . ben croll of website the wrap called it “grimly violent and willfully oblique . . . more of a collection of accomplished filmmaking moments than a wholly satisfying film” .
the movie made quite the splash . despite showing only on around 800 screens in the us – a typical wide release plays on three times as many screens – borat hit number one on its opening weekend . its earnings were every bit as strong around the rest of the world and it is widely considered the highest - grossing mockumentary of all time .
connie and carlo have asked michael to be the godfather to their son . as the baptism is performed , the heads of the other new york mafia families are killed by corleone hit men on michael’s orders . when michael exits the church , he gets word that the killings have been successful . he has become the undisputed mafia boss of the city .
14 . director john boorman ( deliverance , zardoz ) , set out to make a film that would be the exact opposite of the first film . and that was a mistake .
millions of people had enjoyed watching a child being tortured in the exorcist ,
wrote boorman in his autobiography adventures of a suburban boy .
the heretic would be the antidote , a film about goodness rather than evil . i should have known better . kubrick told me that the only was to do a sequel to the exorcist is to give them even more gore and horror than before . no one is interested in goodness . ” years after releasing the film , boorman reflected on it , saying , “the sin i committed was not giving the audience what it wanted in terms of horror … there’s this wild beast out there which is the audience . i created this arena and i just didn’t throw enough christians into it . ”
film - makers have used absurd horror to tackle race before , like in timo vuorensola’s 2012 film iron sky , which placed the action on the dark side of the moon where the nazis had been hiding out , plotting to forcibly make black people white . but in get out , peele brought the action much closer to home . some have dubbed the film an “ african - american nightmare movie ” ; it isn’t . this is an american horror story . ( it comes after an impressive run of low - budget two - word - title horrors that place the action in middle america , and prod at issues bubbling just beneath the surface : don’t breathe , it follows and you’re next . )
cannes , france ( reuters ) - as a hired killer whose weapon of choice is a particular brand of hammer , joaquin phoenix delivered a short , sharp shock of a movie to close the cannes film festival’s main competition on saturday .
the film has drawn comparison’s with the martin scorsese classic “taxi driver” due to the moral ambiguity of phoenix’s joe who , like robert de niro’s travis bickle , is a psychologically damaged military veteran who tries to save a sexually abused girl .
then i realized that this we could shoot because it was all there — humor , drama , depth , destiny , everything — so then i called her and said ,
yes , i really want to do this film .
2 . the sound made by regan ' s neck during the film ' s famous head - spinning scene had an unlikely source . according to friedkin in his autobiography , the friedkin connection ,
at one point , [ sound effects man gonzalo gavira ] borrowed an old cracked leather wallet which contained some credit cards , and he held it up to the microphone and twisted it . and that sound was used in the movie to create the sound of the little girl ' s head turning around .
forensic investigators wearing protective suits enter the rear of john baker house , a supported housing scheme for the homeless in salisbury after it was evacuated the previous day . police are investigating the scene after a man and woman were exposed to nerve agent novichok and are in critical condition .
trilogy , which arguably would be there with inflation , 3d and modern overseas expansion , has ended up at least $ 110m below the milestone . when dealing with big movies in general , and especially with comic book superhero movies , we should remember that the great majority of them don ' t hit $ 1b worldwide . and if james gunn ' s well - reviewed / well - received
following glowing reactions on social media from critics , the first wave of full - fledged reviews are out with equally effusive takes on the john hughes - esque superhero movie from director jon watts . “the best spider - man movie to date” is a phrase fans will see again and again .
you know the swedish climate with winter , it ' s windy . it ' s hard to live in sweden . you look old when you ' re 59 . in the book , it ' s 59 and we have the line saying its 59 in the film as well , but , in a way , grumpy old man could also be a 20 - year - old woman . or , i don ' t know , everybody can be grumpy . we didn ' t want to do it like the age was so important .
early on in the film when toomes and his crew are back in his shop after losing the cleanup job from the new york incident in 2008 , a coors banquet stubby bottle that was released june 1 , 2013 can be seen on a table .
the next evolution of the marvel cinematic universe brings a founding member of the avengers to the big screen for the first time with marvel studios '
ant - man .
armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength , master thief scott lang must embrace his inner - hero and help his mentor , dr . hank pym , protect the secret behind his spectacular ant - man suit from a new generation of towering threats . against seemingly insurmountable obstacles , pym and lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world . - - ( c ) marvel
as we sit , guardians of the galaxy vol . 2 has earned $ 168 . 47 million in its first five days of theatrical release . barring a fluke in either direction , we should expect a 60 % second - weekend drop for a $ 59m second weekend and a new over / under $ 245m domestic total after ten days of release . the next few weeks will determine if it gets to $ 400m domestic or ends up just above the $ 373m domestic cume of the initial guardians of the galaxy back in 2014 . and we ' ll see over the next few weeks how well the film holds up overseas as well . it should be passing $ 500m today or tomorrow , so the big question is whether it gets to $ 1 billion or ends up merely doing noticeably better than the first film ' s $ 773m worldwide cume . for what it ' s worth , i hope it doesn ' t hit that respective milestone .
15 . in fact , the response to the movie was so negative that boorman reedited the last part of the film ( which itself was heavily rewritten doing shooting ) in an attempt to improve reception as it rolled out in more and more theaters . he failed .
plenty of fan - pandering action but too little brainpower went into this first wolvie spinoff , which was especially surprising given the casting of typically thoughtful liev schreiber as the x - man ' s taloned bro sabretooth . some fans will never forgive the fakeness of wolverine ' s snickety - snick claws in this installment .
back in new york , a gangster named sollozzo wants to involve the corleone family in his narcotics smuggling operation . two other crime families , the barzinis and tattaglias , are already in on the scheme , but sollozzo wants vito’s protection and financing too . vito arranges a meeting with sollozzo . sonny and tom support the idea of expanding the family business , but vito cannot overcome his initial skepticism about the scheme and his distaste for drug trafficking . vito rejects the offer and orders his bodyguard , luca brasi , to investigate sollozzo . luca is murdered , and shortly afterward a hit man attempts to assassinate vito while he shops at a fruit market . vito survives the shooting but is badly hurt , and sonny temporarily takes control of the family business .
an outsider marvel pic that didn ' t work to make its novelty obvious , ant - man deflated overblown superhero pomposity like a pinprick to a giant balloon . the persistence of a team that saved it from development turmoil may be irrelevant to the merits of the finished product , but it ' s certainly worth celebrating .
horror tropes are inverted , subverted and turned on their head , none more so than the way peele takes the idea of a white woman being in peril as soon as she’s in an inner - city area and turns that into a black man being at his vulnerable in an affluent white neighborhood . the unique history – plus the fascination , fetishization and fear of dark - skinned men – on this continent gives get out even more punch . after seeing it , i started to think that it might not be a coincidence the film came out almost five years to the day since trayvon martin was killed .
hannes holm : if i knew that this film would get in here , i would have said , yes , the first time when i got the offer . but , really , when i got the offer to do it , i really didn ' t want to do it .
exorcist director william friedkin :
i know that it is considered by a great many people as a horror film . i ' ve never thought of it that way and i didn ' t approach it that way . it ' s a story about the mystery of faith .
23 . despite the movie being destroyed by producers , the current cut of exorcist iii still does contain one of the great jump scares of modern horror cinema . it ' s best watched within the context of the entire film , but it ' s here if you want it .
“there’s nothing worse than being at the end of this festival and watching a two - and - a - half - hour - long film that’s ( got ) self indulgent scenes in it , ” she said , a description that could apply to many of the films screened this year .
posing serious questions about violence and vigilantism while reveling in both , the third captain america film is overlong but surprisingly light on its feet . it builds upon the plotlines of previous avengers outings , bringing together known marquee quantities and introducing the black panther and a new spidey in winning fashion .
we eventually learn that he ' s a former hitman who had an epiphany and now only kills people who hire him to commit murder . sometimes he wears a clown nose as he does this . he has an elaborate philosophy , something about how we are all islands in the stream and there ' s a great energy force flowing beneath us . he demonstrates this by throwing a knife at martha ' s head . of course , he doesn ' t accidentally kill her because if he did , something genuinely surprising would happen in a film otherwise comprised of tedious film school - student cliches .
brian truitt ( usa today ) “the remarkable and refreshing first solo adventure…for tom holland’s teenage superhero comes with an important to - do list — differentiate its new lead youngster from other spider - men , add nuance to a 55 - year - old character , plus somehow tie into the overall marvel cinematic saga without being annoying about it . director jon watts’ film undoubtedly succeeds by making it about a boy rather than his wall - crawling alter ego . if nothing else , homecoming makes this very clear : peter parker is an unspectacular , not - that - amazing spider - man , but dagnabbit , the kid’s going to be just fine . ”
who would think that a cgi character resembling an academy award could actually increase the charisma quotient of an ensemble superhero movie ? but even with the eponymous
sentinel of the spaceways
on hand , the film failed to capture the planet - consuming awe kirby and lee intended their villain galactus to radiate .
here in california , in los angeles , you have digital cats because you have seen these problems before and that ' s why your digital industry is so big . in sweden , we can ' t afford that , but we could afford two cats . so , we had two cats in the film .
there really was a desmond doss , and the film sticks close to the facts of his story . yet there’s still something very programmatic about “hacksaw ridge . ” it immerses you in the violent madness of war — and , at the same time , it roots its drama in the impeccable valor of a man who , by his own grace , refuses to have anything to do with war . you could argue that gibson , as a filmmaker , is having his bloody cake and eating it too , but the less cynical ( and more accurate ) way to put it might be that “hacksaw ridge” is a ritual of renunciation . the film stands on its own ( if you’d never heard of mel gibson , it would work just fine ) , yet there’s no point in denying that it also works on the level of gibsonian optics — that it speaks , on some political - metaphorical level , to the troubles that have defined him and that he’s now making a bid to transcend .
ten years ago , anyone without a job could get a mortgage in the us . tony blair was the uk’s lame duck prime minister . al–qaeda , rather than is , was public enemy number one . and the satire film borat : cultural learnings of america for make benefit glorious nation of kazakhstan was in cinemas .
ransone said that the key to shooting tangerine was having a team well - versed in traditional filmmaking .
you still need to know how editing works . you still need to know how sound works . you still need to know how a camera works ,
he says .
you can’t just go out and shoot .
iphone footage hasn’t yet caught up with true 35 millimeter film — a high bar — but ransone expects it will some day .
yes , you can make a beautiful - looking film on a shoestring budget ,
he says .
but you have to know 100 years worth of filmmaking .
produced in the thick of the pre - mcu marvel boomtime ( by 2005 , two spideys and two x - men had already stormed through cinemas ) , this nearly forgotten outing never even made it to stateside theatrical release . giving it to lawnmower man director brett leonard probably signified producers ' lack of faith in a property easily confused with dc ' s swamp thing .
you should definitely watch if you are a true fan of spider - man and marvel . tom holland revived peter parker as a new . michael keaton ' s portrayal as vulture was very good . there is no doubt that tobey maguire was a better actor . but if we give holland more time than i hope that he will nail it with his performance . : )
: the agent program was initiated in august of 1967 by a man named peter aaron litvenko . it ' s purpose was to create the perfect killing machine . human beings without emotion , or fear , or remorse . the resulting subjects were called , agents . the program was a success . but the price of creating men without humanity , was litvenko ' s conscience .
i write my own stories . this was kind of a new thing for me , to write a screenplay of some other person ' s story . i really didn ' t want to do it , but i read the book . it ' s a good thing to do , if you want to make a film .
13 . the movie is considered one of the worst sequels ( nay , one of the worst anythings ) of all time . but it had its partisans , including film critic pauline kael , who preferred it over the original , and martin scorsese , who once noted it as one of his guilty pleasures of that year .
i worked with a lot of comedy in sweden before and he ' s not a comedy guy and the production company didn ' t want rolf in the main character because he wasn ' t so funny . when i started to talk with him , he said ,
i ' m not that funny .
i didn ' t want to have a funny guy . i wanted to have a really good actor . so , we started to watch other films , for example
about schmidt ,
a film about stubborn people . after we finished them and started to release the film , alexander payne called him and gave him a big role .
22 . blatty filmed a tight psychological thriller and executives hated it , especially because it had no exorcism of any kind .
they had come for slashings , for blood and guts ,
said blatty .
obviously i never wanted the film to be characterized in that way , and that is one of the reasons why i personally resisted using the title the exorcist iii . i wanted the movie to be called legion but the producers disagreed .
jason miller , who played father karras in the original ( a character who died , by the way ) , was brought in and a special - effects heavy exorcism was tacked onto the film ' s end .
it’s a fair statement , but it won’t be the first time that racial fears have been encoded within the genre . in george a romero’s seminal night of the living dead in 1968 , the african american lead ben , played by duane jones , and his grim fate ( 40 - year - old spoiler : he gets killed at the end after a posse mistakes him for a zombie ) eerily coincided with the assassination of martin luther king . it was a landmark film even for having a black lead , but its bleak climax made a depressing statement on american sociopolitical progress . there are moments throughout the film that imply hostility towards ben’s race and his power but issues surrounding his racial identity aren’t overtly explored .