wiretapper is a 1955 crime action biopic directed by dick ross , written by john o'dea , starring bill williams , georgia lee and douglas kennedy .

the scenario of the film was based on a true story of jim vaus jr .

wiretapper

note : wiretapper is running from now until the end of summer , 2016 . you can reserve tickets – which are just £20pp – to wiretapper through their website here .
to win a pair of tickets to wiretapper , go to urltoken s and enter your details and wiretapper in the code box . entries close at midnight on may 22 .
wiretapper runs at secret london locations ( zone 1 ) throughout the summer . head to their website for more tickets or more information .
wiretapper is a public audio project : a unique sound - based performance event hidden in public spaces in the centre of the city .
wiretapper by david rosenberg , andrew rutland , and ben and max ringham is at a secret location , central london , from may 24th .
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allow us to introduce wiretapper : a sleek world of surveillance , auditory illusions and clandestine theatre set around some of the city’s most iconic landmarks .
wiretapper is a well choreographed series of events . the execution of the story makes it seem fairly effortless , while the premise is simple you still won ' t know what to expect next . be ready to point , smile , ohh and ahh . the world is a stage and wiretapper ' s stage is london .
wiretapper focuses on precisely that point ; the surveillance state and the fact that constant cctv recordings track your every move with no public space safe from someone watching .
monument is a new interactive experience offered by wiretapper , that transforms the streets of london into an immersive film - like experience . through the magic of the wiretapper app , the insight of experimental director david rosenburg , and wonderful compositions from the ringham brothers , you’ll be able to ‘tap’ into the secret life of the city like never before .
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rather , as walter murch , the film’s sound editor ( and crucial collaborator ) , points out , coppola chose to focus the entire film on what in a standard thriller would be a minor character , the wiretapper , some guy who drops off the tapes and leaves .
also note : wiretapper is an immersive theatre experience run through an app , currently available on apple iphone and android . the whole show will take around 1hr , and you’ll need a well - charged phone , some headphones , and a coat . further instructions will be sent upon ticket purchase .
david rosenberg , andrew rutland and the ringham brothers ' open air show lets participants loose in locations around central london at sunset . audiences are free to wander round and track down a story communicated to you by headphones and by wiretapper , the audio app you download to participate in the show .
moments like this are nice and ' listening in ' to conversations and inner thoughts makes you feel like you ' re uncovering a secret society you always wanted to be in but wiretapper doesn ' t quite tap into the full extent of the terrifying hold technology has over us . they will always be watching .
wiretapper is a public audio project : unique sound - based performance events hidden in public spaces . you ' ll need a smart phone , headphones and a coat . you will also need the phone app which is currently available for android and iphone . click on download to link to app store and google play .
a new applicable wiretap channel with separated side information is considered here which consist of a sender , a legitimate receiver and a wiretapper . in the considered scenario , the links from the transmitter to the legitimate receiver and the eavesdropper experience different conditions or channel states . so , the legitimate receiver and the wiretapper listen to the transmitted signal through the channels with different channel states which may have some correlation to each other . it is assumed that the transmitter knows the state of the main channel non - causally and uses this knowledge to encode its message . the state of the wiretap channel is not known anywhere . an achievable equivocation rate region is derived for this model and is compared to the existing works . in some special cases , the results are extended to the gaussian wiretap channel .
the restless ones was the last world wide picture to be directed by dick ross . ross , owner of great commission films , had first met graham in 1949 and began filming some of his crusades soon after , for documentary purposes . some of this footage would be used years later in films like wiretapper ( 1955 ) and no longer alone ( 1978 ) , which dramatized the true stories of people who had become christians at some of graham’s earliest crusades .
for more than 50 years , the evangelist’s organization has been making films for the purpose of bringing viewers to christ . and it’s worked—more than 2 million times .
forty years after the fact , denny wayman can still remember one of his first experiences with evangelism — and it took place in a movie theatre in downtown tulsa , oklahoma .
wayman was still in junior high school when world wide pictures , the movie studio founded by evangelist billy graham , produced the restless ones ( 1965 ) , a film about juvenile delinquents , teen pregnancy , and other social issues . the film ends with graham issuing an altar call at one of his crusades , and just as the characters in the movie are encouraged to come forward , so too the audience in the movie theatre was invited to take a stand for christ . and wayman was one of the counselors who stood , waiting , at the front .
“it was pretty memorable , because it kind of takes you out of your comfort zone as a ninth or tenth grader , ” recalls wayman , who was one of over 30 counselors who had been trained by graham’s organization prior to the film’s screening . “back then , they sent out a team — i think it was three or four people — and they met with us for two weeks at the church , and they trained us in personal evangelism and how to lead a person to christ . ”
wayman remembers praying with a boy three years younger than himself , taking the young man’s follow - up card , and referring him to a church . “i would not say that the films , as films , were a big part of my spiritual life ; but i would say that that experience of evangelism training and being responsible for the film , and for a person’s soul , was dramatic , ” he says today .
the restless ones marked a number of turning points in the history of world wide pictures . at a time when hollywood films were becoming increasingly risqué — the industry’s morality code was abandoned and replaced with the current ratings system just a few years later , in 1968 — it became the first billy graham movie to be shown in regular theatres .
wayman , now a pastor and a film critic for the cinema in focus website , admits that one of the reasons he wanted to work on this particular evangelistic team was because it would allow him to step inside a movie theatre . “free methodists , at that point in our denomination , were not allowed to go to movies , ” he says . “it wasn’t a written rule , but it was kind of a social thing . for me , it was kind of like tasting the turkish delight . ”
the film also marked a passing of the torch , so to speak , between two generations of christian filmmakers — the creative forces who had guided world wide pictures in its early days , and those who would lead the ministry to some of its greatest successes .
the first dramatic film ross directed for world wide pictures was mr . texas , produced during the fort worth crusade in 1951 . it was followed by oiltown , u . s . a . ( 1954 ) , in which the climactic billy graham sermon is delivered not at a crusade but through a television broadcast ; souls in conflict ( 1955 ) , set during the london crusade in 1954 ; the heart is a rebel ( 1958 ) , set during the new york crusade in 1957 ; and shadow of the boomerang ( 1960 ) , set during the australia crusades in 1959 .
all of these films concern characters who at first are skeptical of the claims of christianity , openly living sinful lives , or sincerely looking for answers to their questions about the deeper meaning of life ; and in the end , most of these characters come to christ — assisted perhaps by the witness of friends or family , and usually after hearing graham preach .
barry werner , director of operations at world wide from 1992 to 2004 , says their approach to these films was inspired by graham’s technique of beginning his own sermons with quotes from local newspapers and celebrities . “he would become one of the community , which would give people a starting place to hear the gospel , ” says werner . “with the movies , he could do that dramatically . they were with him when the gospel was shared . ”
these early films were made to be shown at churches and similar venues . but by the mid - 1960s , world wide was making a serious effort to produce films that would be shown in regular theatres and be taken just as seriously as regular hollywood films .
while distribution was still handled from the billy graham evangelistic association’s headquarters in minneapolis , world wide had its own sound stages and post - production facilities in burbank , california — just one block away from the walt disney studio .
much of their artistic direction over the next two decades came from james f . collier , who wrote the screenplay for the restless ones and directed many of the films that followed . in his films , he often looked for ways to push beyond the billy graham “formula . ”
two a penny ( 1967 ) stars british pop legend — and committed christian — cliff richard as a would - be drug dealer who is hostile toward his girlfriend’s newfound faith , and whose salvation , at the end , is still an open question . for pete’s sake ( 1968 ) puts the crusade at the beginning of the story , and then explores , with self - deprecating humor , the hurdles that a newly saved family must overcome as it puts its faith into practice .
the studio’s greatest success , on many levels , was the hiding place ( 1975 ) , based on the autobiographical best seller by corrie ten boom , whose dutch family was split up and sent to concentration camps for hiding jews in their home during world war ii . the film has the look and feel of an epic , and it has a gritty realism that few other christian films have matched . jeannette clift , who played ten boom , was nominated for golden globe and bafta awards , and there were rumors that the academy considered her , too .
this was followed by joni ( 1979 ) , in which joni eareckson — the quadriplegic victim of a diving accident — re - enacted her own life story . bob buck , an electronics engineer who was involved with his church’s audio - visual program in trumbull , connecticut , served the bgea as a “theatre manager” during this era , and he estimates he saw joni 29 times .
“they were packed houses always , ” he recalls . the bgea booked theatres in advance , and gave buck “great big boxes of tickets” to distribute to churches and other groups ; admission was free , but the tickets were needed to ensure that the theatres were not over - crowded .
buck says the bgea also avoided showing its films in the multiplexes that were springing up around that time , “because they didn’t want to have competing crowds in the lobbies . ”
evangelism techniques had changed by then , too , buck notes . “in those early movies , after the movie was over , there was a guy at the front of the theatre who gave an invitation — but by the time they got to the hiding place they had stopped doing that , so a clip was added to the end of the movie with billy graham addressing the audience , ” he says .
sometimes , materials explaining christianity were handed out to audience members ; these included response cards that were mailed directly to bgea headquarters in minneapolis .
collier , who passed away in 1991 , directed three more films for world wide pictures : the prodigal ( 1983 ) , which marked the first time that graham himself took part in the dramatic action , even if it was only in one scene ; cry from the mountain ( 1985 ) , set in alaska ; and caught ( 1987 ) , the last of which was world wide’s first — and so far only — film to be rated pg - 13 , because it dealt with drug addiction and male prostitution in amsterdam .
by then , changes in the broader culture and in the distribution of films had caught up with world wide pictures . churches were planning their own big events , and many stopped having sunday night services , where some of these films had been shown . there was less demand for 16mm films , and most churches did not yet have video projectors . world wide sold off its burbank studio , and focused on making films for the tv and direct - to - video market , which people could watch with their friends in their own living rooms .
werner recalls some of the challenges world wide faced as it looked for independent contractors who could produce good , watchable , evangelistic films . some producers objected to the studio’s basic formula . “they’d say , ‘cinematically , that doesn’t work . billy graham preaching on screen doesn’t work . ’ well , hello , who’s paying for this ? so we had a challenge to come up with independent producers and still have an evangelistic event . ”
the other challenge world wide faced was how to adhere to its formula without making its films too similar . all of their films had to show a person’s “lost condition” or “fatal flaw , ” the sufficiency of god , the person’s decision to follow christ , and evidence of a change in the person’s life after he or she makes that decision .
“now if you have that criteria for every movie you produce , oh my goodness that would be boring , ” says werner . “they’d all be clones and that would be boring . ”
the solution world wide found ? to make each film in a different genre . “if you make a western and you make a love story and you make a comedy and you make an action film , they look different just by the nature of how they’re produced , ” says werner .
“we also tried to find different writers for every single movie , and in most cases we tried to find a different director for each film — and by doing that , you change the way the movie is lit , you change the camera angles , and the films look totally different . ”
in addition , as graham got older , there were less opportunities to base entire films around crusades ; so instead , graham’s preaching was often heard on the radio or seen on television . occasionally , his son franklin even stepped in to do the preaching .
some of these films had limited theatrical releases ; most were shown on national television in the quarterly time slot that normally went to one of graham’s crusade broadcasts .
the ride ( 1997 ) , a cowboy movie starring michael biehn , was one of the first to be shown this way , and “it actually drew a bigger crowd than if dr . graham had been speaking on tv , ” says werner . “it had slightly higher decision results . it was good enough that it was determined that we would produce one movie every year that would do a limited theatrical release , and then it would go on television as part of the billy graham television series . ”
this was followed by : a vow to cherish ( 1999 ) , a love story about middle - aged empty nesters coping with mental illness ; something to sing about ( 2000 ) , an “urban” film about an african - american ex - con who joins a church choir ; road to redemption ( 2001 ) , a comedy about a woman who gets in trouble with the mob ; the climb ( 2002 ) , an adventure film about a clash of personalities in the andes mountains ; and last flight out ( 2004 ) , about a pilot who rescues a latin american mission from a villainous drug lord .
in 2003 , world wide moved with the rest of the bgea to charlotte , north carolina . world wide manager larry bower says there are no films “in the hopper” right now , but they are looking at releasing more of their older films on dvd and selling them to churches in packages that would include promotional materials and response cards . “for us , ” he says , “the really important thing with the dvd is the broad reach that we can have with it . ”
billy graham movies have had a mixed reception over the years . some christians have appreciated them for expressing the gospel in new ways , and for avoiding the sensationalistic tactics associated with , say , end - times movies . others have criticized the films for cheating dramatically and sticking too closely to their evangelistic formula .
cheryl forbes , reviewing time to run ( 1973 ) for christianity today , said the film failed in its attempts to be “with it , ” and she had a mixed response to the scene in which the unsaved main characters turn off their tv set or drive away from the stadium parking lot when they hear billy graham’s altar call . “this realistic touch does not entirely compensate for the contrived effect of introducing the crusade scenes in the first place , ” she wrote .
similarly , in a review of the prodigal for the same magazine , harry cheney praised the “lush photography” and “superlative cast” but took issue with the film’s reluctance to flesh out the title character : “it is a sanctified view of sin that doesn’t always ring true . he remains an object lesson viewed from the outside . ” he also took issue with the conclusion at the crusade . “an encounter with christ should propel the action , not end it , ” he wrote .
others say the films have proved their worth , through the number of people who have come to christ after seeing them . guy dowd , author of molder of dreams and winner of the national teacher of the year award in 1986 , has traced his conversion to a screening of the restless ones that he attended when he was a student ; so has kathie lee gifford .
over 120 , 000 conversions were reported in connection with that film within a year of its release , and world wide pictures claims on its website that over two million decisions have been recorded altogether , as a result of people watching their films .
as collier said in 1983 , “a friend who saw time to run said , ‘there are holes in the story , jim . ’ but as a result of that production , over 400 , 000 people indicated some sort of first - time commitment to christ and have been contacted by the billy graham follow - up offices . that’s what makes it all meaningful and gives purpose to what we attempt to do . ”
werner credits graham with having the vision to recognize the power of film to spread the gospel at a time when many would have preferred to avoid the medium altogether .
“this whole thing is based on his vision , ” he says . “none of this was created by some manager with some idea ; dr . graham put wheels on that . i would attribute every decision , whether dr . graham preached in person or commissioned a film , to dr . graham . he was trusted by the church . when we made calls , doors would open for us . ”
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in the 1940s and ' 50s , los angeles was home to a remarkably high - profile mob presence . gang boss - - or former gang boss - - mickey cohen was a target , not only for teens with autograph books , but also for people with firebombs and guns . and he was also a target of lapd chief william h . parker . their struggle for power in the city is the focus of
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by recounting [ parker and cohen ' s ] biographies in parallel , buntin creates a social history of los angeles in the 20th century , and it makes for compelling reading . parker and cohen both were outsiders ( one a catholic and the other a jew ) in a city where commerce and politics weren ' t the only white , anglo - saxon protestant possessions - - so were the rackets . the author sets up the two men as polar opposites - - and , ultimately , antagonists - - in a city rife with vice of every kind . it makes for utterly compelling reading , and buntin ' s research is copious and fresh enough to inform even those steeped in local history .
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by florabel muir ; richardson hated cohen , but muir was pretty cozy with the mobster . when he was shot ( in the shoulder ) at a sunset strip restaurant , she took a bullet in the bum .
seems like people were always crossing the line between good guy and bad .
why i quit syndicated crime
tells the tale of jim vaus , a mob henchman turned born - again by billy graham , who once tried to convince cohen to accept jesus . charles stoker , the author of
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photo : mickey cohen , at court on an assault charge for hitting a waiter , signs autographs for teenage fans . credit : los angeles times
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this is a review of the show ' s 2015 run , when it was named ' monument ' . the name has been changed and the show tweaked
the blurb for this thrillingly odd new open - air audio show from david rosenberg and ben and max ringham says the all - weather piece may be ‘amazing’ in a ‘ferocious and biblical storm’ as long as you come in suitable clothing . the weather is pretty much the only thing you can prepare for in ‘monument’ – it’s as weird , funny and as unpredictable as anything you’ll find on the streets of london .
started strong with some people watching in waterloo station , but after a dash to the bridge ( cutting it very fine ! ) we were unable to spot our mysterious guide on the other side , there was then no chance for us to find the group again , and we were stuck listening to the experience completely detached from anything visual . ultimately leaving us very disappointed .
feeling at one with a group of strangers is always oddly satisfying . as you ' re standing at the secret meeting point you quickly clock the huddles of people adorning their headphones waiting in anticipation for the audio to start .
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a person who taps wires to learn the nature of messages passing over them .
a swindler who professes to have betting tips or other information from tapped telephone wires .
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brought to you by the creative , theatrical minds behind shunt , it hits london on may 24th ; it’ll run all summer long ; and it is , uniquely , all accessed via an app which guides you through the entire experience .
the night before the event you’ll download your ticket , and the following morning you’ll receive an email telling you where to go . rest assured it will be a very public place ( and always in central london ) . you’ll have no idea who’s an actor , or even a fellow audience member . you’ll put on your headphones , open the app , and…
the main character will be speaking directly to you . you’ll have to find him without becoming too conspicuous yourself whilst infiltrating crowds , listening in on conversations and gradually discovering your fellow audience members ( as you all simultaneously begin to behave like the weirdest flashmob ever . )
don’t forget your headphones… because to enhance the whole experience they’re using specialised binaural audio , engineered specifically to create 3d sound environments ( which means that you’ll probably forget you’re even wearing headphones ) .
the end . as the sun sets behind london’s cctv network ( the show starts earlier / later each day to perfectly sync with the sunset ) you’ll head to a nearby bar for a drink and a chat with your fellow audience members .
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at the secret location , we are told to put headphones in and stand still , instructed to blend in with the surroundings . in busy central london , this is not a hard task . as you look around trying to decipher who may be part of the show and who is a meager spectator , the paranoia kicks in .
we can see you and we are watching your every move ,
a voice purrs into your ear .
listening into instructions and conversations which direct your movement , you ' re offered a glimpse into the world of a man called michael , he knows they ' re watching and he can help you to be inconspicuous , he is the only one you can trust . right ?
the performance takes a strange turn and to give further details would be to give away spoilers but as a series of events unfold and you are led around the city , you can ' t help to look at it with fresh eyes . is that man with a briefcase really waiting for a bus ? who is actually on the tour and who is just walking past ? a cab pulls up at one point and a man jumps out , running down the stairs and off into the distance . apparently nothing to do with the show but it makes you feel nervy , why is he running and should i be ?
the soundscape cannot be faulted , at numerous points i found myself turning around to try and work out if someone was behind me , or looking up to try and see a helicopter in the sky which wasn ' t there . odd moments have a nice poignancy as well ; a red balloon lost by a child floats high over the city and into the sunset , free , no longer trapped amongst the busy crowds and cameras .
but for all of this , i couldn ' t shake the feeling that i was waiting for something to happen that never quite did . a grander action , a more profound statement , more characters to unsettle us . as an experience it ' s strangely interesting , a disquieting evening which shows how technology has a hold over us and even over our free will - as we gaze at a big sign declaring ' cctv in operation ' and ' don ' t feed the pigeons ' , we are given advice on how to discreetly rebel - put breadcrumbs down your trousers , they won ' t be able to see the trail you leave for the birds .
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we just got off the phone with our old pal , tom tapp , the former editor of the lamentably - late variety celeb lifestyle monthly , v life .
in one conversation , he ruined our afternoon : six months after leaving reed business information , he’s launching – gasp ! – a competitor to fishbowlla – the cunningly - christened “hollywood wiretap” – designed to simultaneously exploit both the anthony pellicano scandal and the people searching the web for it . get it ? tom tapp ? wire tap ?
of course , tom , tells us , it’s much more than a pelican news site , and its not a blog . it’s meant to be “matt drudge , but for hollywood . ” tom has experience with that sort of pace , too : he was a wire - hanger for e ! online for years before joining variety .
naturally , we wish him the best of luck – even as we plot a denial - of - service attack against him .
“try to look inconspicuous” was the cryptic advice given to us in an email from the creators of monument . the group of people milling around at 8 : 45 pm wired into their headphones , in a nearly deserted station , and tried to look nonchalant but appeared anything but . once the audio started , it was clear that everyone there was in for something out of the ordinary . part play , part interactive experience , monument takes even the most hardened londoners on a trip that will open their eyes to a familiar city and leave them considering the faces they pass by every day in a new light .
after meeting at a secret location revealed only on the morning of the performance , viewers race across the city , pausing by some of its most famous landmarks as the audio draws them in to the secret lives of those around them . after about ten minutes , you are drawn into a world in which you can’t quite decide who is part of the play and who is not . whilst at times this element is a little overstated at the expense of developing a real plot , it does give you something to think about , questioning the ‘big brother’ style surveillance of the city .
these moments of contemplation about a surveillance state , individuals within the masses that flood london’s streets , and our country’s sometimes less - than - welcoming attitude to newcomers flowed somewhat strangely into a walk across the city in search of a cowboy… but , as the spaghetti western style music starts up suddenly london isn’t your city , it’s your setting . plugged into your headphones you feel as though you too are a player in the monument game - however , what the point of the game is never quite becomes clear .
this clever and immersive idea certainly allows you to see london in a new light , and the whisky passed around at the end creates a convivial atmosphere as though you are all fugitives , fighting against the surveillance state and reclaiming the overpopulated streets of the capital . public space becomes a private playground through the intimacy of listening to stories unfold through your headphones , and the bustle of surrounding street noise alongside the puzzled faces of passersby , which only adds to the atmosphere of discovery . engaging as the medium is , monument could perhaps benefit from a more clear thread of storyline ; although the sporadic snippets of life are key to its charm , you are left questioning a little what it was all for .
at just £10 a ticket , monument is a unique experience , definitely worth a go this summer – you’ll never see the anonymous faces of london in quite the same way again .
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from two of shunt’s founders comes a clandestine audio experience that leads you through hidden london .
in an absurd narrative that raises questions about our comfort and discomfort with surveillance and the privatisation of public space , audiences will be led through the streets of london in secret performances hidden from the public around them . an audio app allows the audience to tap into instructions and conversations directing their movements and their viewing , asking them to see and consider things they might otherwise ignore in a unique peek beneath the surface of the city . but who are the performers , who are the audience , and who is an ordinary member of the public ?
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jim vaus returns from the war and marries alice . he struggles to make a living . he was hired by charles rumsden to fix a doorbell , and realizes that his client is a mob boss . alice discovers the source of jim ' s income and their relationship was expired and strained to the breaking point . she forces jim to attend a billy graham ' s los angeles crusade , in her attempt to save their marriage and jim ' s soul .
during the late 1940s , jim vaus jr . worked for the police and for mobster mickey cohen . the story of jim vaus was described in magazines : time , life and reader’s digest . jim vaus described his own story in his autobiography
why i quit syndicated crime
( 1951 ) . this autobiography was used by john o ' dea for a film scenario . in 2007 will vaus , son of jim , published book my father was a gangster .
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bitter harvest is a 1993 thriller/drama film starring stephen baldwin , patsy kensit and jennifer rubin .

it was directed by duane clark .

the film was released on november 3 , 1993 .

bitter harvest ( 1993 film )

bitter harvest opens at the angelika film center in dallas on friday , february 24 .
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there ought to be no lack of firepower in telling this shameful tale . too often , however , “bitter harvest” is guilty of overkill .
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max irons stars in “bitter harvest , ” a retelling of the real - life tragedy of the ukrainian famine known as the holodomor . ( roadside attractions )
[ mandarin chinese : huo zhe , 1992 / 1993 . ] trans . michael berry .
george mendeluk’s bitter harvest attempts the same thing with limp results . focusing on the ‘holodomor , ’ a period of severe repression and genocide inflicted on soviet ukraine and its ethnicities located in the northern caucasus between the years 1929 - 1933 , it’s a moment in history that feels severely under - represented on film . unfortunately , bitter harvest squanders its powerful background with a film that elicits neither compassion nor interest .
lingering on a host of atrocities , bitter harvest follows the usual pattern of rebellion and eventual evolution of yuri from introverted art student to gulag - imprisoned freedom fighter .
was first published in 1993 , when author yu hua was c . 33 years old . ]
title the dark half director george a . romero country usa length 125 min festival 1993 section midnight releases language english
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films like doctor zhivago ( 1965 ) , son of saul ( 2015 ) , schindler’s list ( 1993 ) or in the crosswind ( 2014 ) – a film that takes on the same subject as bitter harvest – all reflect atrocities or upheavals wrapped in either a lush love story or piercing technical abilities that make us shudder and recoil from the evil present in our world . they are effective in the stories they tell .
review : distinguished by numerous sex scenes and a languorous editing style , bitter harvest is a dawdling rural film noir . travis graham ' s ( stephen baldwin ) bible - thumping father leaves the bulk of his estate to a tv evangelist , with only the farm and a coin co… ( more )
michael o ' sullivan has covered the arts for the washington post since 1993 , contributing reviews and features on film , fine art , theater and other forms of entertainment to style and weekend . follow
i am desperately looking for the name of the background song in : wendy ' s commercial # 1 1993 . this is an old dig dave commercial .
set between the two world wars and based on true historical events , bitter harvest conveys the untold story of the holodomor , the genocidal famine engineered by the tyrant joseph stalin . the film displays a powerful tale of love , honour , rebellion and survival at a time when ukraine was forced to adjust to the horrifying territorial ambitions of the burgeoning soviet union .
yuvajanotsavam is a 1986 malayalam film directed by sreekumar thampy . the film stars mohanlal , urvashi , menaka and suresh gopi in lead roles . the film is about three friends who are caught in a love triangle .
. zanussi referred to heroes and events known to the audience from the previous film and even quoted some fragments , foregrounding episodic characters from the earlier film .
distinguished by numerous sex scenes and a languorous editing style , bitter harvest is a dawdling rural film noir . travis graham ' s ( stephen baldwin ) bible - thumping father leaves the bulk of his estate to a tv evangelist , with only the farm and a coin collection going to his son . travis is an emotionally hollow country bumpkin , beaten down by his rigorous . . . read more
to live : novel notes ( plus novel vs . film , historical context )
( 1990 ) , this film did not stir up much interest or discussion .
this is the first pixar film to be reframed for 4 : 3 televisions .
this essay is the continuation of my previous deliberations on the evolution of the polish feature film during socialist realism , which summarized its output and pondered its future after the victory of the solidarity movement . in the paper “cinema under political pressure…” ( 1993 ) , i wrote
, 1993 ) . its hero was a real alcoholic , who did not know anything about his roots and who enacted scenes from his own life , linked to ideologies and historical events .
filmmaker mendeluk , whose career has spanned some 35 years , starting with the americanized giallo thriller stone cold dead ( 1979 ) and stopping along the way with meatballs iii ( 1986 ) before an array of low budget action films and tv efforts , obviously feels a responsibility in telling such an important story with bitter harvest , yet it features numerous problems .
the model for popular cinema became the gangster film , which reached its apogee in 1992 - 93 . the creator of this trend was władysław pasikowski who , in his film debut
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it’s only in the last few minutes that bitter harvest touches on some genuine depth and emotion as it replays its opening scene . it’s a scene that not only emphasizes the futility of the time , but re - calibrates our perception of the story . if only more moments had been realized like this . and perhaps this is the film’s most glaring weakness . it gives us a tepid love story and forgetful characters against a backdrop that should be anything but tepid and forgetful .
grandson kugen ( bitter root ) is renamed mantou , or
little bun ,
in the film ; and translator michael berry discusses at some length other key differences between film and novel , including zhang yimou ' s use of the
recurring parable of the xu family ' s transformation from a chicken to an ox
to comment on changing political climates ( 242 - 243 ) .
in accordance with the american human association no animals were harmed in the making of this film .
, 2002 ) by mariusz pujszo . the first production , with polish film stars , was dominated by marvellous computer effects . the second was a comedy , with references to the independent american film
to live 2 : film notes , cont . film plot summaries : 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | historical background : cultural revolution paper handout distributed in class & also available online : url : urltoken
proved that neither logic nor message was important in this kind of film . this kitschy film , whose only virtue was the music of the pop group “myslovitz , ” was seen by more viewers than
12 . t . lubelski : “film fabularny . ” [ in : ] encyklopedia kultury polskiej xx wieku . film . kinematografia , ed . e . zajiček , warszawa 1994 , p . 178 .
this is the first film to be transferred directly from a digital source straight to vhs and dvd .
kugen , meaning
' bitter root '
( 211 ) , is the son of fengxi and erxi , and is fugui ' s grandson : see fugui ' s story 4 and fugui ' s story 5 .
tamer hassan made his name playing east end villains , but his latest project took him to east europe . the london - born actor plays russian officer sergei in bitter harvest , a story set during the the holodomor genocide in ukraine in the 1930s . he spoke to london live ' s luke blackall about inhabiting such a dark character , talking tantra with terence stamp and how he coped after a horse broke his foot on set .
a groundbreaking film which deals with an inter - racial love triangle and its effects on the local townsfolk .
the drama expressed in these words is reflected in the creative striving of polish film directors , even today .
in japan , the film ' s image song is
stand
by the japanese band hoff dylan . it is also the first song on the japanese version of the film ' s soundtrack . ( link )
a romantic drama film about a love triangle between a stage actress , her financial backer , and his friend .
in accordance with the american human association no animals were harmed in the making of this film . see more »
“if there’s no ice , it’s hard to call the film ‘the ice harvest , ’ ” ramis said . “i was thinking of ‘nothing like christmas . ’ ” there was a silence , and ramis appeared to consider whether it was worth explaining the double meaning—both a nod to and a sardonic distancing from the holiday—but then he shrugged .
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was the result of the film’s powerful effect on viewers as well as its strong metaphorical element . this tendency reappeared in
a bug ' s life is a 1998 computer - animated disney / pixar film directed by andrew stanton and john lasseter .
this is the second film that denis leary and kevin spacey worked on . their first film was touchstone ' s 1994 christmas comedy
the ref
. leary played the main antagonist gus and spacey played lloyd who was taken hostage by gus .
this is the first pixar film to be specifically reframed for 4 : 3 exhibition on vhs , dvd and televised airings .
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the bastard child of film noir , born in the era of shoulder pads , smoke machines , and fredericks of hollywood . focusing…
film : chungsheng is first introduced working in the house of qing , and will later join fugui ' s shadow puppet troupe .
this was the only pixar film not to be broadcast on starz until 2016 ' s finding dory , which will be streaming on netflix .
ramis’s lack of much else to say may in fact explain his longevity . he has produced hits for more than twenty years by being the opposite of an auteur : by channelling and focussing prevailing opinion . ramis told me , “i’m sure my agents think of ‘ice harvest’
the holodomor — an early 1930s famine in which millions of people in ukraine , then part of the soviet union , died when their foodstuffs were confiscated by the central soviet government under joseph stalin — could have made for a tale of great , stirring tragedy on the silver screen . “bitter harvest , ” alas , is not that movie . maudlin , heavy - handed and histrionic when a more subdued touch would have sufficed , the below - made - for - tv - caliber drama about the historical event is a cartoonish and unengaging telling of an undeniable tragedy .
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, 1997 ) , a comedy in which the place of the super - hero was taken by a clever taxi driver , was the acknowledged epitaph of the gangster film . the protagonist of this film was so much loved by polish and foreign viewers that he returned to screen in the sequel
whether the holodomor resulted from a policy of systemic genocide , as is the official position of ukraine and many other governments , or was a criminal act that nevertheless fails to meet the legal definition of genocide , as others have characterized it , is a matter for u . n . diplomats and historians to argue about . in the view of “bitter harvest” filmmaker george mendeluk , a tv director who cut his feature - filmmaking teeth on such classics as “amber alert : terror on the highway” and “12 hours to live , ” the scenario is not just unambiguous , but black and white .
only those directors who bade farewell to legends and romantic myths or attempts to create an all - encompassing vision of history or to film stories that were taboo during the communist censorship , succeeded in the second half of the decade . the closest to the spirit of the new epoch seemed to be the approaches and poetics based on grotesque paradoxes , the absurdities of a sławomir mrożek or witold gombrowicz and on mocking and twisting the past . also popular were the bitter comedies
the plotline has several similarities to the dreamworks ' produced antz , which had been released a month earlier . this was because of jeffrey katzenberg forming dreamworks and previously being kicked out of disney for feuding in the company around the time a bugs life was in development . as a result , dreamworks started releasing films , which were not only released sometime after a disney film , but also had similar concepts and settings . since then , disney and dreamworks have remained bitter enemies .
in the program ' s history produce sales had never been lower . in 1991 they amounted to about $ 800 , and in 1992 they were approximately $ 900 . in 1993 they went up to about $ 3 , 000 . but in 1994 , even though underwood had handpicked a bunch of nice kids for the job , sales dropped to roughly $ 700 .
the film was widely acclaimed from both critics and audiences and , was a box office success , grossing $ 363 million worldwide against its $ 120 million budget .
this film brings back memories because the first part of the film was made in the village i lived in , and my friend and i was extras on the bus taking the main character out of the valley . i got the princely sum of one pound . the bus belonged to my friends uncle and we had to do the scene about twenty times to get it right we also had a fire engine spraying water for it to look like rain . iwould love to see this film but don ' t know where to purchase it from . is the one patsey kensitt making the same film i seem to have seen a film with the same title with her starring in it , i was surprised to see that terence alexander was not the main star as i only remembered him and janet munro at the time .
in early march , ramis prevailed on brian doyle - murray to ask his brother if he would take part in “the ice harvest . ” brian reported that bill said no , thanks . when ramis asked if bill had said anything more , anything personal , brian said that his brother hadn’t mentioned ramis at all .
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although there is a tepid love story between yuri and his childhood sweetheart , natalka ( samantha barks ) , simmering in the background , the main narrative of “bitter harvest” is one of armed struggle by kulaks and their sympathizers . too often , however , the action is characterized less by revolutionary steel than melodramatic mush . natalka , for example , toys with the idea of prostitution to feed her family . and when a ukrainian man kills himself in despair , a soviet soldier offers this snarky toast , delivered with the same lack of subtlety that characterizes the rest of the script ( by richard bachynsky hoover ) : “to all ukrainian nationals , may they continue to save us ammunition . ”
midway into the 1993 season davis gave underwood the job of gardening assistant . and underwood , who still holds the position , became the authority figure the kids had to answer to . he hired , fired , and oversaw the children , while davis managed the gardens and raised money . underwood kicked the troublemakers and gangbangers out of cabrini greens , even though davis petitioned to let them back in .
) were the biggest financial failures in the decade . the “strategy of the psychotherapist” became completely useless in the context of film communication developing under the pressure of the free market .
from 1962 . in this film he told the story of a jewish girl whose ex - lover wants to save her from death at the hands of nazi soldiers . like his earlier
. this style of gangster film proved to be short - lived . “young wolves” quickly became “older wolves , ” earning money on the stock exchange and experiencing conflicts with the mafia (
the film is loosely inspired by the fable
the ant and the grasshopper
and the classic samurai film the seven samurai , it is the second pixar movie and tells the story of an outcast inventor ant named flik ( dave foley ) , who recruits a group of circus bugs he mistakes for warriors when his colony is threatened by a group of grasshoppers .
in the second half of the 90s , director marek koterski tried to formulate thoughts about polish identity by creating one of the most controversial , even shocking film styles . already in his 1989
kubert points out that in 1993 , under davis ' s watchful eye , a lot of gardening work got done - - but it was done on saturday mornings by chicago cares volunteers , which is why that year was so profitable . he says that last year , when the kids started working with underwood ,
nothing got done .
kubert ' s afraid the same thing will happen this summer if underwood is left in charge .
the film tells the story of a ( somehow ) love - triangle set in bohol during world war ii ; though the main underlying themes deals with filipino nationalism and the legacies of colonialism .
film : town = key setting of xu mansion , where fugui ' s father dies of heart attack right after signing away the ancestral estate ; impoverished xu family must eke out a meager living in town . mr . chen does not appear in the film ; jiazhen leaves fugui because of his gambling , taking fengxia and unborn youqing with her . [ ~ c . a . ]
lives of many young comedy writers and directors are divided into two parts . there is childhood , ruled by bland hollywood comedies such as “the goodbye girl” and “oh god ! ” and then there is the glorious , unruly adolescence of the person they became after seeing a film that spoke to them in ways their parents didn’t—a film that moved them to emulation . for jay roach , the director of the austin powers films , that movie was “groundhog day , ” in 1993 . for jake kasdan , the director of “orange county , ” it was “stripes , ” in 1981 , and , even more powerfully , “ghostbusters , ” in 1984 . for adam sandler , it was “caddyshack , ” in 1980 . and for peter farrelly , who directed “there’s something about mary” with his brother bobby , it was “animal house , ” in 1978 .
the film tells a complicated love story . carmen with ke , xiang yi and jiyuan . they start as a friend , but somehow a love triangle occur , and the outcome is very tragic .
, 1990 ) by mariusz treliński can be defined as the first postmodern polish film that captivates with its visual opulence and profound interpretation of literary material and its use of the grotesque and ironic humour .
at forty one north , “the ice harvest” ’s producers tacitly dropped the idea of casting bill murray and reached a consensus that john c . reilly would make a great pete . “he wants to be gone to first , ” an executive said . “i think we lose him if we go to oliver platt first , but we don’t lose oliver if we go to john first . ”
but he was back , rolling with the punches alone , until underwood signed on as foreman in 1993 . soon after that davis burned out . after the four garden plots were planted last year he vanished and left underwood to manage everything from weed pulling to restaurant deliveries . davis continued to handle the program ' s finances and talked to underwood regularly , usually over the phone . but their physical separation only made it more apparent that they had different agendas .
, 2001 ) , based on the novel by s . żeromski , which showed the dramatic beginnings of the polish state after the end of the first world war ; jerzy zaorski , author of the film
( 1998 ) , director łukasz zadrzyński treated the audience as psychopaths or lovers of sadistic phantasy . moreover , independent cinema developed various ties with the gangster film . for example , piotr krzywiec in his brutal
de niro says , “harold was good at saying yes to me , and yes to billy , and yes to jane and yes to paula”—the film’s producers—“and then figuring out what he wanted to do . ”
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8 . film poetics and the reasons of its reception failure are the subject of my analysis : wielka improwizacja filmowa – opowieść o dziadach adama mickiewicza – lawa tadeusza konwickiego , kielce 1992 , pp . 32 .
julia louis - dreyfus as atta , the older princess ant of the royal family and heir to the throne . she is the film ' s deuteragonist . she is nervous about her new responsibilities and fears what the rest of the colony might think about her . during the film , it is shown that she develops a romantic interest in flik , although initially she does not show much appreciation for him . her appreciation changes for the better after the ants build the bird . the queen eventually gives up her crown at the end of the film to atta , whereupon atta gives up her own crown to her younger sister dot .
one morning in late february , the producers of a film called “the ice harvest” gathered in the banquet room of forty one north , a restaurant in northbrook , illinois , for their first pre - production meeting . harold ramis arrived early , wearing his standard uniform ( titanium - rimmed spectacles , an untucked long - sleeved black t - shirt , and black pants ) and his standard expression ( the therapist scanning his waiting room ) . ramis’s line producer , tom busch , greeted him with a warning : “the schedule has us starting to shoot on april 5th , which is the first day of passover . ”
focus features had finally greenlighted the film the day before , after six weeks of haggling with actors’ agents over the lean fourteen - million - dollar budget . the “ice harvest” script , adapted by robert benton and richard russo from scott phillips’s novel , is about a lawyer named charlie who just stole two million dollars from his boss . the action takes place on christmas eve as charlie , who is trying to skip town , gets trapped by a snowstorm , old relationships , and a series of double crosses . although the film is set in wichita , it would be shot in chicago’s northern suburbs , close to ramis’s house , in glencoe , which he shares with his wife , erica , and their two sons . ramis loved the material and had agreed to cut his regular directing fee—five million dollars—by more than eighty per cent . this would be his first directing job in two years , and his first attempt to make a comic film noir . john cusack had signed on as charlie , with billy bob thornton in a supporting role .
the movie centers on yuri ( max irons ) , a young painter who becomes radicalized when his village is enslaved by sergei , who forces yuri’s neighbors into a program of what was known as agricultural “collectivization , ” with the harvest of ukrainian farmers collected and carted off to feed russians . any independent farmer who resisted such collectivization was labeled a “kulak” — an enemy of the communist state — and sometimes killed .
like the time last summer that underwood spent $ 3 , 500 chartering a bus to take the kids on a trip to iowa , while back in chicago the tomato vines were loaded with fruit . or the argument over an end - of - the - season harvest party : underwood wanted to throw the party to build community relations ; davis saw it as a ridiculous celebration given how minimal the production had been .
is the passionate telling of one man’s life , family and country . the original novel and the film adaptation follow this man , xu fugui , from a young and impetuous father to a much older and wiser grandfather . though there is much in common with the two tellings there are also some dramatic differences . the book evokes more passion while the film brings anger . in the novel we see the inside of fugui , what he is thinking , feeling and how that turns into action . we see his family’s struggle against the land and personal , continual loss . the film is also wrenching , but from a different perspective , that of an insider as the communist movement takes over . the film can be infuriating as you see these people yanked around by various ideals and governments , still giving everything they can as the rules continue to change
( elliott ) .
short cuts on this webpage : novel notes : characters part 1 novel notes : narrative frame 1 ( pp . 3 - 8 ) | fugui ' s story 1 ( pp . 8 - 43 ) novel vs . film notes part 1 . a | part 1 . b part 2 novel notes : narrative frame 2 ( pp . 43 - 45 ) | fugui ' s story 2 ( pp . 45 - 85 ) | fugui ' s turning point novel vs . film notes part 2 . a | part 2 . b | part 2 . c part 3 novel notes : narrative frame 3 ( pp . 85 - 87 ) | fugui ' s story 3 ( pp . 87 - 161 ) novel vs . film notes part 3 part 4 novel notes : narrative frame 4 ( pp . 162 - 163 ) | fugui ' s story 4 ( pp . 163 - 212 ) novel vs . film notes : part . . . . part 5 novel notes : narrative frame 5 ( pp . 213 - 214 ) | fugui ' s story 5 ( pp . 214 - 234 ) novel vs . film notes : part 5 part 6 novel notes : narrative frame 6 ( pp . 234 - 235 ) novel vs . film notes part 6 - the endings | general observations works cited
“but would he do it for the love of the movie ? ” a focus executive wondered , alluding to murray’s high salary and the film’s tight budget—before adding , politely , “i’m sure you have a personal connection . ”
, 1960 ) , a blasphemous novel in respect to polish sanctities – the nazi occupation , the home army and christian moral norms . despite this , however , he managed to make – as proved by almost all reviews – a good film . the inaccurate title of the film refers to the erotic undertone of the novel , rather than the film version , in which the director touches on the issues of fear , lawlessness , violence , responsibility and the impossibility of isolation from one’s surroundings . however , this work does not measure up to kolski’s other films . similarly , it does not reach the deep layers of polishness , hidden in the depths of gombrowicz’s imagination .
alexander korda ' s bit for the british war effort shows the world both at peace and on the verge of nazi domination . spliced together to form a documentary style film of both newsreel and . . . see full summary »
the film tells the story of an unusual love triangle between johan , max , and anna . the action takes place in berlin after the unification of its eastern and western parts , against the background of its reconstruction and rebuilding .
usually immune to such a facile observation , the british accents of so many of the participants here immediately signal something is off . further still , the lead performance by max irons evokes nothing . it’s hard to believe him as either an unacknowledged master artist or freedom fighter . and when the film turns to action set pieces towards the end , they’re compiled and edited in a jumbled fashion that belies the film’s almost made - for - tv - like allowance .
michael berry contrasts the different endings of film and novel :
. . . the film ends with fugui , erxi , and kugan [ little bun ] gather around jiazhen in bed , an image that suggests the possibility of a post - communist utopia . the novel , in contrast , closes with fugui prodding his ox , showing yu hua ' s version to be darker and more existential , with survival an end in itself
( berry 243 ) .
thora hird . born in morecambe , lancashire , england , 28 may 1911 . attended the misses nelson ' s preparatory school , morecambe , lancashire . married james scott in 1937 ( died 1994 ) ; children : janette . followed parents into the theatre as a child ; gained early experience with the royalty theatre repertory theatre company , morecambe , before establishing name on london stage in flowers for the living , 1944 ; film debut , 1940 ; subsequently played a range of classical and contemporary roles on the stage and also acted in films and on television , starring in several comedy series . d . litt . : university of lancaster , 1989 . officer of the order of the british empire , 1983 ; dame commander of the order of the british empire , 1993 . recipient : pye female comedy star award , 1984 ; british academy of film and television arts award , 1988 . address : felix de wolfe , manfield house , 376 = - 378 strand , london wc2r 0lr , england .
3 . historiographer of polish cinema m . hendrykowski in his book : autor jako problem poetyki filmu , poznań 1988 distinguishes , in various periods of film history , around twenty roles such as witness , prestidigitator , clown , fabulator and mythicist .
davis was absent as usual , and underwood was running late because he ' d spent the night in the tomato garden , the one garden located outside of cabrini , protecting it from vandals and thieves . this was the first year they ' d had a garden at this site , behind a building for seniors at 3030 w . 21st pl . it would also be the last , because 80 percent of the harvest was either stolen or damaged by residents or gangbangers .
compared to the novel , zhang yimou ' s film . . . allows more room for the hand of fate to hold sway ; here youqing ' s death is attributed purely to accident , while in the novel it occurs after his blood is literally sucked dry to save the life of an important cadre . yu hua ' s reality is much more brutal , as is his social critique [ than that of zhang yimou ' s film ] ,
michael berry concludes ( 243 ) .
this debutant was jan jakub kolski , who worked out an original strategy of “storyteller . ” he shot a series of films , concentrating – and this is unique not only in polish film history but in its contemporary art cinema – on the countryside , villages , small towns and provinces , omitting completely big history . he was interested in history with a human face , or even the “trash heap of history . ” captivating arcadias on film had already been made by precursors of this trend , such as andrzej barański (
ad 2004 gives the impression of a film made by somebody who has lost contact with the audience . in prophetic tone he tells us things that we already know . he polishes the same paths which were used by dozens of ‘cabaret - makers’ before him . ”
in the film , fugui settles in the city . the city reflects all of the political struggling and the rise of communism . in the city we see the xu family always cautious of what they say , whom they speak with or how they are viewed . in the city , fugui wants it to be clear that he is a mao supporter . seeing fugui’s life in the city is more of a propaganda film , watching as the chinese people are taken over by forces larger than they are
( elliott ) .
katie is a free spirited independently minded 21 - year - old . the film follows her as she reflects on the men in her life . along the way we meet her drug addict boyfriend bobby , her lover jack , close friend baldy , and her father .
as “the ice harvest” ’s pre - production meeting continued , ramis turned to casting the role of pete , an alcoholic who is married to charlie’s ex - wife . ramis reported that john cusack “likes the names oliver platt , stanley tucci , and john c . reilly . ” he added , “but i’d like to take one shot at bill murray . he’d be great as pete . ” seeing a circle of doubtful faces , he continued , “and he could also play gerard”—the jaded boss from whom charlie embezzles .
, 2002 ) , awarded the grand prix at the film festival in gdynia . the satire in the latter film is blatant : the paranoid lonely hero filled with fear and aggression , is the unattractive adaś miauczyński , a polish language and literature teacher and an unsuccessful poet . he lives in a typical block of flats and every morning , looking at his housing estate he says : “what a shit , fuck ! ” koterski presents this in such a way that the complexes of the protagonist hit the viewers hard , almost hemming them in .
based on a novel by maurice dekobra , the film is set in the yoshiwara , the red - light district of tokyo , in the nineteenth century . it depicts a love triangle between a high - class prostitute , a russian naval officer , and a rickshaw man .
, skolimowski made a film showing not the deformed reality of the original , but an unnatural , empty world of affectations . viewers were offered small satisfaction from the gombrowicz - like perverse irony , expressed in the words : “and who saw it – is a ninny ! ”
to live : novel notes . . . plus commentary on novel vs . film and historical context hum 210 online course pack - fall 2006 - prof . cora agatucci author of the novel : yu hua ( b . 1960 in hangzhou [ haiyan ] , zhejiang , china )
in the bloopers shown at the end of the film , princess atta is shown cracking up during her scene with hopper , ruining take after take until hopper goes to his trailer in frustration . this is a spoof of julia louis - dreyfus being known to do the same .
, 1992 , polish - english production ) he told the story of the meeting of two men – an old english composer experiencing a crisis in his creativity and loss of belief , and a young musicologist from cracow –symbolizing the meeting of two cultures , two systems of values , personalities and different sensitivities connected to art and life . in this film zanussi asked some interesting questions on the existence of good and evil , on creative activity and on the possibility of reaching the absolute or god through music . however , more interest and appreciation met his other film ,
film : no frame narrative & no young second narrator are introduced to whom fugui will tell his story . fugui ' s final companion , the old ox , is absent as well ( berry 242 ) . plot events unfold in chronological order . [ ~ c . a . ]
while characterizing the polish gangster film , it is worth mentioning a certain phenomenon in polish cinema after 1989 . this period introduced 49 directors ; two cinematographers – j . wójcik , ( one of the originators of “polish school” ) and j . żamojda ; five actors – bogusław linda , krystyna janda , eugeniusz priwieziencew , olaf lubaszenko and marek kondrat ; and 42 graduates of film schools who had earlier completed a short , documentary , serial , commercial or video clip . since the beginning of 1990s , three debuts determined three tendencies in polish cinema : the above - mentioned
, 1993 / 94 , both in french - polish production ) , were honoured all over the world but in poland they were appreciated – as mentioned previously – only after the death of the filmmaker who developed and used the strategy of the “sceptic observer . ” the great polish philosopher , priest and professor józef tischner commented on that role succinctly in the homily read at the grave of director : “it is said that poland didn’t understand krzysztof kieślowski but what does it mean , poland ? he was not understood by politicians because he was too little of a politician himself . he was not understood by doctrinaires because he was not at all a doctrinaire himself . ”
the issue of weakness of polish cinema was addressed by directors in their film works . they characterized the situation in which polish cinema found itself by epithets such as : “pretentiousness , ” “lack of talent , ” “chaos , ” “pursuit of money” and “stupidity . ” this was illustrated by two films :
he gave billy crystal different notes . “bob and i were trains coming from totally different tracks , ” crystal says . “there were times when i thought the film was becoming too gangstery , and times when bob thought it was too funny . we were like pit bulls on harold’s pant leg . ”
10 . a . werner : to jest kino , warszawa 1999 , pp . 152 - 153 and 159 . i discussed the “insular” character of polish cinema in my work “epitafia , emfazy , enigmay , ewenementy i epizody . polski film fabularny po 1989 roku , ” postscriptum 2003 , no 12 , 655 .
film : introduction of shadow puppets , an old art form , gives fugui an identity as artist and entertainer , by which he makes a living for his family , makes himself useful by entertaining both nationalist and communist liberation armies , as well as comrade laborers in his town . [ ~ c . a . ]
in the polish cinema of the past fifteen years , with the exception of the gangster and provincial films , there have been no new movements , schools , waves , trends , or film theories in the traditional sense . it is hard to discuss in such categories the above - mentioned generation 2000 , a tv programme of low - budget films made by new 35 - and 40 - year - old directors . but it is still possible to distinguish three creative formations , namely women’s cinema , film debuts and off - mainstream or independent cinema . they formed , distinctly , the general character and image of the whole polish cinematography .
, 1999 ) , k . krauze used a psycho - sociological method of analysis of reality . the film was made as a thriller but it was not sensationalist . the director took the subject straight from life , in the story of two young businessmen who murdered a blackmailer harassing them . the artistic and commercial success of
kugen is seven years old ( 227 ) : rain is forecast , which would ruin fugui ' s cotton crop , so they rush out to harvest , but kugen complains of dizziness ( 227 - 228 ) . fugui realizes his grandson kugen , now burning up with fever , is really sick ; picks fresh beans to make kugen a special meal , then leaves him to eat it and returns to harvesting his cotton crop ( 228 - 229 ) . returning at dusk , fugui finds kugen ' s little twisted body and raises an alarm in the village ( 227 - 228 ) . kugen is pronounced dead ( 228 ) .
, 2002 , poland - france ) presents the real and incredible history of władysław szpilman , a polish jew who managed to escape death several times due to his musical talent . the tragic fate of a lucky man was turned in this film into a universal myth presenting both the absurdity of the holocaust and the absurdity of salvation .
two versions of the film have been released , each one with different fake outtakes over the end credits . the version released before december 18th , 1999 features a set , and the one released after that date has another . this was done because disney hoped it would encourage people to view the film a second time . but in the vhs , the credits are poised away from the backgrounds shown next to them for a few seconds before the bloopers , but in the dvd , the credits are poised inside the backgrounds , and there are different lengths of bloopers switched around depending on the widescreen or fullscreen viewing , so don ' t expect to see the same version twice .
: “those serving the tenth muse did not notice that martial law was over ; they failed to record on film the takeover of the government by the political opposition in poland . [ … ] in the new political situation , the society has been trying to create a true democratic order ; most of the filmmakers’ strategies appeared to be useless .
ends , szołajski extended his reference range both to the earlier and the contemporary periods . the film was a pastiche and parody of both the political and erotic cinema , ridiculing the polish propensity to turn everything into myths and legends . in a similar tone – with the same irreverence and superficiality – rafał wieczyński led a polemic with kieślowski in his grotesque
however , the practice of filmmaking disproved the last thesis of lubelski , since through a third debutant ( apart from pasikowski and treliński ) emerged a true art film , which removed itself from the past . astonishingly , the director did not at all stress its connections with the reality of the 90s but created a magical world of the polish province .
every sunday , lonely bachelor and refined judge mladen goes to play chess with his friend , sculptor fedji . slowly , he engages in a love affair with neda , fedia ' s wife , and almost invisibly , a love triangle forms . chess board is the central part of the film , as moves on the board reflect emotions of the characters .
casablanca is a classic and one of the most revered films of all time . starring humphrey bogart and ingrid bergman in a love triangle in the city of casablanca which is a refuge for many fleeing foreigners looking for a new life during the war . political romance with a backdrop of war conflict between democracy and totalitarianism . a landmark in film history .
by alfred jarry . written in 1888 by a fifteen - year - old boy about a common and stupid tyrant , set in an imaginary poland , the film was turned into a satire about the abominable masses which form both the governing and the governed . the director has not moved beyond simple , playful metaphor and , as one critic wrote : “
the film is inspired by akira kurosawa ' s seven samurai and all of its successors , including the magnificent seven ( which gave the villain a more prominent role than in seven samurai and had a similar scene in which the heroes are driven away from the people they were protecting ) and three amigos ! which was a comedic take on the story .
dangerous liaisons is the film based on the novel of the same name by choderlos de laclos set in 18th century france . marquise de merteuils asks her ex - lover vicomte de valmont to seduce the future wife of another ex - lover of hers in return for one last night with her . yet things dont go as planned in this love triangle drama .
, 1998 ) by jarosław żamojda . wolves ( smugglers ) were of course “brothers” of dogs ( pigs ) and a metaphor of adolescence . żamojda showed in his film a group of high school students who wanted to get rich quickly , which was possible only by becoming gangsters and smugglers , and going down the road of crime . the amorphous structure and form of
deemed
the d . w . griffith of turkish cinema ,
omer lutfi akad directs this 1952 film based upon real events that took place in ? stanbul , in the following years of world war ii . it is about a love triangle that led to homicide . it was a stylistic departure of what otherwise had been typical of turkish melodramas of the time .
century , turned out to be only a “cabaret” which did not prove – as witkacy thought – that man deprived from values , philosophy , art and individuality is condemned to eternal insatiability . this unsuccessful film could have been , however , appreciated by the author of the novel , who detested cinema and thought it to be the symptom of “definite mechanization and idiocy . ”
a final difference between the novel and film would have to be the fact that in the book all fugui’s family dies , including his little grandson , kugen . this leaves the reader feeling pretty hopeless until you recognize that the “older , wiser” fugui has been telling the story all along . he has persevered and endured and still has the capacity to work the fields joking with his ox along the way . somehow his story of sadness is also one of hope . it is his life , it was his to choose and he chose to live .
to live is both a powerful book and a powerful film . each story could be independent of the other while the common thread remains ; a man named xu fugui
( elliott ) .
in this sexually frank french drama , the aimless young alexandre juggles his relationships with his girlfriend , marie , and a casual lover named veronika . the dialogue - heavy film focuses intently on the love triangle , with marie increasingly jealous of alexandre ' s fling with veronika . as the trio continues their unsustainable affair , the emotional stakes get higher , leading to conflict and unhappiness .
charlie kubert , a marketing consultant and think - tank associate of davis ' s who became involved with cabrini greens in 1993 after reading about it in crain ' s chicago business , stayed away from the gardens last summer because he thought underwood ' s agenda was taking over .
the goal of the program is to generate high - value crops and compete with the best of other suppliers - - so that the social work would be indirect , and the kids could say ,
yeah , there is value here . ' but dan is treating it as social work rather than a business venture - - and half of the kids in the program are his . this program needs to be run by a full - time community or professional organization with a gardening and marketing plan . and it needs a full - time program director running it according to the objectives .
after the film wrapped , murray stopped speaking to ramis . some of the pair’s friends believe that murray resents how large a role ramis had in creating the murray persona . michael shamberg , a hollywood producer who has known ramis since college and who used to let murray sleep on his couch , says , “bill owes everything to harold , and he probably has a thimbleful of gratitude . ”
, 1991 ) which grappled with the problem of “folk anti - semitism” . the director tried to breach stereotypes connected with it . his film’s heroine was a washerwoman who was paid to take the teenage daughter of her jewish employer out of the ghetto to hide her in the countryside . despite her dislike for jews , she agreed to be shot together with the girl . in the above - mentioned


the colours of my father : a portrait of sam borenstein is a 1992 short animated documentary directed by joyce borenstein about her father , the canadian painter sam borenstein .

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with great singleness of purpose , sam borenstein painted for over 40 years . despite his obvious talent it was only near the end of his life that his work began to be known . twenty years after the artist ' s death , animation filmmaker joyce borenstein brings her father ' s work to a wider audience . using various animation techniques in this documentary , she skillfully and harmoniously integrates archival material , filmed sequences , the painting themselves , and reminiscences of friends and family , to bring sam borenstein ' s work to life .
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