rapture ( french : la fleur de l'âge ) is a 1965 french-american film directed by john guillermin , and starring melvyn douglas , patricia gozzi , and dean stockwell .

rapture ( 1965 film )

his other body of work included 1976 ' s king kong , the blue max , sheena and 1965 ' s rapture .
( 1965 ) he anchored his score with his signature radiance but added elements of suspense and discordance in keeping with the needs of the film .
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rapture is an intense and sometimes disturbing coming - of - age story based on the novel , rapture in my rags , by the english author phyllis hastings , its location being transposed for the film to the coast of brittany although the dialogue is in english .
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pauline kael , “the come - dressed - as - the - sick - soul - of - europe parties : la notte , last year at marienbad , la dolce vita , ” in i lost it at the movies : film writings , 1954 - 1965 ( boston : little , brown ; 1965 ) , pp . 161 - 175 .
after falling hard for the 1965 film version of rapture , i decided to seek out the book that inspired it . because i had a feeling the book would be a bit of a pulp romance and perhaps not terribly well written , and because the film means so much to me , i decided to wait to read it until i ' d seen the film several times - - until my experience and understanding of the film couldn ' t be changed by reading the book . i ' m glad i made that decision . as i ' d suspected , the book is a bit of a pulp romance , and
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the film was the 11th most popular movie at the british box office in 1962 .
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the only thing that i didn ' t like about this film was the fact that this was patricia gozzi ' s second & last film . what a tragic waste of such talent !
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( 1965 ) is one of the most sadly neglected studio movies of the 1960s , which is perhaps down to its peculiar plot and its inability to be pigeon holed in any particular genre . atmospheric , haunting and given a strikingly beautiful aesthetic by cinematographer marcel grignon , rapture tells the unusual story of 15 year old teenager , agnes , played with wondrous perfection by patricia gozzi .
is a complex gem of a film . every piece of the film works masterfully , and yet it had mostly fallen off the face of the earth until twilight time licensed it for release on blu - ray . there are a number of reasons that the film might have disappeared . it luxuriates in tricky morality . the main characters each ensconce themselves in unhealthy relationships , whether is is father - daughter , lovers , or otherwise . it seems to me that the film was simply so far ahead of its time that it had no place in 1965 , but thank goodness it has reappeared and is ripe for critical rediscovery .
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twilight time ' s blu - ray doesn ' t boast any extras which is a bit frustrating because , if ever a film called out for a commentary track by film scholars , this is it . the movie ' s outstanding b & w cinematography looks great and georges delerue ' s marvelous score is a joy to listen to . julie kirgo ' s excellent liner notes explain that patricia gozzi sacrificed a promising film career by going into self - imposed retirement at an early age . a pity because her work in this film was oscar - worthy and she could have had a brilliant career . rapture is a remarkable film on many levels . put it on your
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sadly but proudly , i am mary guillermin , widow of a wonderful man - sensitive and passionate , full of a fierce rapture himself .
those who did manage to see rapture over the years have generally remained passionate about it and no wonder , there’s much to recommend the film from the creative camerawork to the score by georges delerue . undoubtedly , though , the best thing about it is the spellbinding performance of patricia gozzi , who had attracted attention after her performance on sundays and cybele , which won the oscar for best foreign language film in 1962 .
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about time that became available . an excellent film with great acting . a first class service from the seller . well recommended .
if you know the director john guillermin through his work on movies like the towering inferno and shaft in africa , then you’re in for a surprise here . rapture is unlike anything he directed before or since , an art house fairy tale that owes a debt to both the french new wave and to the frequently bleak cinema of ingmar bergman . it’s also the director’s personal favourite of his numerous films and it’s astonishing to think that after being shown at some film festivals in the mid 1960s and gaining some very limited screen time thereafter that rapture inexplicably fell into a long obscurity .
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this film is hard to swallow , but the nonstop action helps cover up the gaping holes in the plot .
. . . masterpiece which i saw the night after seeing another wonderful film , sundays and cybele ( for which i have . . .
after rapture , patricia gozzi would make only one more film for the big screen , la grabuge ( hung up ) , which also sadly fell into obscurity . her decision to step out of the spotlight of acting to raise children was a big loss to cinema as she displays here the potential to go on and become one of the most compelling actors of her generation .
psychologically disturbing and morally troubling – especially when agnes is shown to clearly desire a relationship with a man who is almost twice her age , rapture is a remarkable rediscovery with notable performances all round – douglas and stockwell are superb here too – and guillermin’s direction is always totally assured as is the crisp black and white cinematography of marcel grignon , who shot the film in cinemascope .
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until only a few days ago i hadn’t even heard of rapture , or la fleur de l’âge , to give it its french title , but at a time of the cinematic calendar when a succession of ‘unmissable’ blockbusters traditionally send the hollywood publicity machine into overdrive , this can be a refreshing way to see a film : no overblown hype , no preconceived ideas and no real expectations .
while the three adult leads all give very fine performances , the real star of the show is young patricia gozzi , who gives a remarkably nuanced performance as the rag tag young girl who wants so desperately to be loved . joseph plays the women against each other and beds both . he seems to develop a genuine affection for agnes and tries to convince her that her alleged mental problems are easily curable - if she will just get away from her dominating father , who continues to degrade and belittle her . the ill - fated love affair between convict and teen is handled with remarkable candor for 1965 , complete with bedroom scenes that leave little doubt that joseph is engaging in sex with an underage girl . the fact that fox backed this film speaks well for the studio , because rapture is the kind of film that major studios rarely went near .
video : 1080p high definition / 2 . 35 : 1 . audio : english / mono . special features : isolated score track . rt : 104 minutes . 1965 / b & w . not rated . region free . limited edition of 3 , 000 units . exclusive distribution for twilight time provided by screen archives entertainment .
rapture is presented for the first time on home video in the uk in a new high - definition restoration , released in a stunning blu - ray presentation as part of a dual format ( blu - ray & dvd ) edition on 28 july 2014 .
it was recommended quite awhile before i finally had the chance to see guillermin’s spellbinding 1965 feature that i go in knowing as little as possible , and i will , accordingly , do as little as possible to discuss the plot of the film here . the film doesn’t have any “twists” per se , and it doesn’t really do much of anything that isn’t perfectly in accordance with the type of film it establishes itself to be rather quickly . and yet there is a distinct pleasure to watch this psychologically warped fairy tale develop . there’s nothing overtly fantastic at play , and yet it feels otherworldly , teetering on the edge of mania without unraveling its tightly - wound core . the opening , pre - title sequence alone is uncommonly unexpected , jarring , and commanding , a quartet of repressed personalities on the verge of explosion .
extras : a highly informative commentary with film historians nick redmon and julie kirgo , a booklet featuring an essay by critic mike sutton ; vintage stills and more .
an international co - production made on location along the brittany coastline , rapture is one of the most remarkable coming - of - age films ever made , and with its vivid atmosphere and emotional acuity is one of the most striking and neglected studio projects of the 1960s .
i can not overstate how great a film this is . tremendously inspired , moving and blindingly powerful so much as to expend memories of other films which are . . .
it also went on to win three oscars , a bafta and two golden globes . in 1980 he also won the evening standard british film award for death on the nile .
michelangelo antonioni , “my film , ” l’humanite february 26 , 1961 , trans . nicholas elliott , archived on the criterion collection website , november 4 , 2013 , < urltoken > .
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i had got to know him a bit in recent years when we released his lost gem rapture on blu - ray . he was , even in his 80s , an irrepressible life - force , funny , cantankerous , profane , sophisticated , urbane .
the lead actress , patricia gozzi , plays an ephemeral woman - child searching for her place and discovering her sexuality a little bit younger than 1965 audiences may have been ready for . the girl , agnes laubard , begins the film as a fifteen year old girl whose obsessions are those of a much younger child . she plays with dolls as though they are her only friends , since she is isolated from other children her own age . her father believes her to be mentally deficient , but what she lacks is not the capacity to understand , but the capacity to relate , and she lacks someone to whom she can relate .
i saw this at a showing in amsterdam last night . it ' s the kind of great film they will never show on tv these days . a masterpiece in every respect - . . .
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this is a great film . for some reason this movie really struck a cord with me when i first caught in on tv back when i was a teenager . the lighting , the french location , the novelty [ to me ] of the film style . . . i must have watched it a hundred times . even though i haven ' t seen it in a few years , i still remember how agnes is so overwhelmed by everything in her life and seems to like to hide her in childlike world . and dean stockwell is actually pretty cute ; i was surprised to find out this the same dean stockwell that was later on quantum leap . my mother told me that he was quite the heartthrob in the sixties , and one can see why in this film . i also read the book by phyllis hasting , and it is a whole lot darker in tone than the film . i think it also explores the father - daughter relationship in more detail than the film . this and some of her other books seem very anti - male .
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with a supporting cast including gunnel lindblom , sylvia kay ( wake in fright , bbc tv’s just good friends ) , and peter sallis ( last of the summer wine ) , stunningly expressive black & white cinemascope visuals and an exquisite score by georges delerue , rapture is an astonishing rediscovery , presented for the first time on home video in the uk in a new high - definition restoration .
on limited edition blu - ray is a winner . the film deserves far more praise than it has received , and i believe the time for its rediscovery is now . this is a definite recommendation from me . well worth the price .
as in most of his films , antonioni’s wealthy protagonists in la notte live in a hell of their own making . so thoroughly alienated are they from one another ( and from the environment ) that they experience the rain from the sky ( in the pool sequence ) as a sublime rapture from above , giggling like schoolchildren , briefly lifted out of their stupor for a moment’s play with the actual elements .
john is here at home till his burial this coming friday . those people who admired his work , but may not have known him or me personally , are welcome to come to our home in topanga to bid farewell to a talented director who produced a large body of films stretching over 40 years . his talent shone through most fiercely in rapture re - released in 2011 by twilight time .
i absolutely adored this film , this strange little creation , an anomaly in the careers of nearly everyone involved , left to the side of film history by some strange combination of circumstance and its difficulty in categorizing . its influences are myriad , intertwined and yet just distinct enough to result in a film that doesn’t quite fit anywhere , but which is so urgently and passionately told , and now so readily available , that ignoring it any longer is simply impossible . it commanded my attention from its earliest moments , and has lingered defiantly in my mind over the past week , burrowing deeper , revealing its complexity bit by bit . i look forward to it continuing to do so . this gorgeous blu - ray comes with my highest recommendation . revel in it .
extras are sparse on the disc , as dictated by twilight time ' s licensing agreements , but the major extra is worthwhile . the essay by julie kirgo once again delivers credible and valuable insight into the film and helps to contextualize its appearance and subsequent disappearance from view . it also discusses the sexual politics of the film as well as the fate of patricia gozzi , a talent who chose to leave the screen too soon . i look forward to her essays as much as the films themselves at this point . well done .
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is a film full of characters making poor decisions . typically these kind of stories can be written off because they lead the audience to distance themselves from the characters . there is little relatability in characters with whom you constantly disagree , however , agnes ' love for joseph is so profound and earnest , it is hard not to identify with her on some level as a romantic . joseph repels agnes ' advances for a long time , but eventually succumbs , and the film ' s morality gets even cloudier when they run away to paris to live as man and wife .
gwendolyn audrey foster is willa cather professor of english and film studies at the university of nebraska , lincoln . she is co - editor of the new book series quick takes : movies and popular culture from rutgers university press , and the author of many books , articles , and experimental videos .
conventional plot summaries of the film routinely insist that la notte centres around a male author , giovanni pontano ( marcello mastroianni ) , his uncertain career , and his failing relationship with his wife , lidia ( jeanne moreau ) , as well as his flirtations with beautiful socialite valentina gherardini ( monica vitti ) .
a masterpiece which i saw the night after seeing another wonderful film , sundays and cybele ( for which i have also written an amazon review ) . the films both star the wonderful patricia gozzi , an outstanding child actress who made very few films . the range of emotions this girl could communicate is extraordinary . as for what the film is about , like any great work of art it depends on your interpretation and your own view of the world and how you react , a bit like the old cliché of the portrait ' s eyes following you round the room . there is a lot to chew over , and i do recommend you watch the commentary on the disc , well worth it . my only quibble is it is set in france , and yet the actors apart from patricia gozzi are all foreigners , mostly anglo - saxons . so the film is made in english , but all the gendarmes and other secondary actors speak with funny froggy accents . obviously to get ignorant american and british bums on cinema seats where they wouldn ' t have to cope with sub - titles . what a pity . the plot derives from a book set in england which was liberally hacked around anyway to orient the film in france . they could have hacked it a bit more and done it in both french and english if necessary , so that the family spoke english at home with the just the occasional scene with real french actors when the outside world obtruded . but despite this do watch this film . i would say that few more beautiful movies have ever been made .
( 1961 ) . rapture brings the melodrama in abundance but the beguiling performances and stunning visuals make it impossible to tear your eyes away . gozzi puts in a powerful performance in the difficult role of agnes . whilst we never get a clear understanding of her developmental skills as inexplicable as they may be , a lot is pointed towards isolation and social or perhaps anti - social conditioning ? highly emotive , gozzi’s nuanced and energetic performance is unlike anything you’ve ever seen , which makes one wonder why this treasure has remained buried for so long .
the disc has one major special feature , a commentary track by nick redmon and julie kirgo . redmon and kirgo run twilight time , which released the film on blu - ray in the united states , and are more or less the ones responsible for whatever reputation it may gain from here ( even if they admit that they only looked into the film at guillermin’s personal urging , and had never seen it before ) . that said , this is not a very well - prepared track , often falling into just narrating the events onscreen . there is not a lot that’s been written about the film , though , so for those who fall for it as much as i did , it’s still a very valuable listen to gather what little is known , just go with the flow during their rather tepid analysis . eureka also includes a booklet with an essay by mike sutton , which goes over some of the same information as the commentary , focusing much more on production than analysis .
in reviewing the critical reception of la notte ( 1961 ) , it strikes me that many observers seem to almost completely miss the fact that the film is , in part , a feminist critique of capitalist society , which centres around women , consumption , and the failure of our ecosystem , and not just the director’s trademark alienation and ennui .
i know not everyone will share this experience , but for me discovering this movie was like coming out of a fog and into the light , more alive than before . george delerue ' s score is gorgeous , as is the setting , as are the performances . the film haunts me - - in the best possible way . highly recommended .
modernist in its approach , director john guillermin , occasionally heightens events by filming them from the frenzied and heightened perspective of the teenage protagonist before bringing us back to the disbelief of her fellow characters . the film is romantic in its approach to imagery , making you fall deeply in love with contours of brittany’s coastlines via sumptuous and ambitious crane shots but guillermin wants his audience to know who this film belongs to as he frames the whole shebang with a bout of crazed panic on london’s city streets as the teenager finally gets a glimpse of the world beyond the farm gates . love interest dean stockwell oozes charisma as the scarecrow come - to - life , bringing matinee idol looks and compassion to an otherwise awkwardly complex and predatory character .
from the unsettling opening scene where agnes’ older sister genevieve begins crying on her way to church to wed armand ( peter sallis , later to become the voice of gromit ) the film is never one where viewers are able to anticipate what will happen next with any degree of certainty albeit i’m sure few at any point would imagine a happy - ever - after ending .
here she is even better as agnes , an unstable , adolescent girl ( gozzi was fifteen during the shoot ) who is still very much a child as the film opens : she walks around barefoot , talks to her dolls as if they are real and becomes strangely obsessed about building a scarecrow , which she also later talks to as if it is a living thing .
i would argue , rather , that women are both the centre of the film and the mirrors upon which antonioni reflects his dark perceptions and stark conclusions about the human condition . at a launch party for his latest novel , those who celebrate giovanni’s newest book spend precious little time actually reading , opting instead to party all night , while simultaneously remaining oblivious to their own mortality .
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, who has it spot on . this is a wonderfully disturbing film , absolutely brilliantly shot , and superbly acted and edited . it holds its shape and its rich atmosphere from beginning to end . how very odd that the director went on to make consistently mediocre films for the rest of his career . what a performance by patricia gozzi !
this is a treasured movie for those who saw it when it first appeared in the mid 1960s . for those not of the 60s , it may seem dated , but it was a very fine expression of english cinema under the creative influence of the french new wave . patricia gozzi was an extraorduinary young ( french ) actress . those whe saw her as a child in sundays and cybele were mesmerised by her haunting , fragile presence . rapture was made about two years later , when she was still only 15 years old . her screen presence was again unforgettable . it was a loss to us she made so very few films . this is a restrained and tender love tale , beautifully filmed black and white .
the tragedy of antonioni’s characters is not simply a matter of bored bourgeois ennui ; these people are disconnected from the feminine , from the earth , and from life itself . perhaps no critic got it more wrong than pauline kael in her infamous essay “the come - dressed - as - the - sick - soul - of - europe parties : la notte , last year at marienbad , la dolce vita , ” in which kael attacked the film , demanding less ambiguity :
mortality is omnipresent in the opening sequence in a hospital room , where giovanni and lidia visit their dying friend , an author named tommaso ( bernhard wicki ) . tommaso wonders aloud if any of his life’s work is of value , and ironically giovanni himself is battling the same sorts of questions , the central post - war preoccupations of modernism ; self - doubt , alienation , and existentialism . giovanni’s self absorption precludes him from a loving relationship with his wife , lidia , who patiently waits for him to grow up during the entire length of the film .
this is when a very young and dashing dean stockwell shows up as an american sailor on the run from the french police . earlier in the film , the doctor witnessed a paddy wagon crash , and saw stockwell ' s joseph emerge tussling with a gendarme . they wrestle for a moment before joseph casts off the gendarme who hits his head on a rock and dies . on the lam , joseph dons the scarecrow ' s suit and appears to agnes during a storm , agnes instantly decides that her scarecrow has come to life to be with her , and the plot thickens .
the idea of a fifteen year old girl running away to get married to an older man is an uncomfortable one today , but back then it was a scandal . this was an age when the sexuality of teenagers was much more under the covers , and patricia gozzi ' s agnes becomes quite forthright with her desires one she decides that joesph is the man she ' s been looking for . if it weren ' t for this complicated love story , i think the film may have been more of a success , but as it is , it makes for incredibly compelling viewing .
whether or not lidia and giovanni’s marriage is saved at the end of la notte seems insignificant in light of the larger issues raised by the film . antonioni offers us far bigger issues to contemplate . what have humans made of the earth ? how do we love one another ? what is the value of women , art and love in a world defined by men of commerce ? can we wake from our sleepwalking ? these are but a few of the questions raised by la notte , a masterwork that only gets better with time , provoking a wakeful regenerative response to 21 st century consumption , devaluation of eros , and our reckless destruction of the natural world .
t here were many earlier action / adventure disaster films in the silent era through the advent of the talkies . some of the most notable were the hurricane ( 1937 ) - with one of the most spectacular tropical storm scenes ever shot in film history . and two 50 ' s films , the high and the mighty ( 1954 ) and zero hour ( 1957 ) - were the inspiration for all the airplane disaster films of the 70s . [ hitchcock ' s foreign correspondent ( 1940 ) also contained a harrowing airplane crash sequence . ] the real horrors of world war ii ( the holocaust ) , and the perceived threat of nuclear annihilation and radioactive mutancy during the resultant cold war led to a further onslaught of disaster - related films soon after in the 1950s .
most disaster films have large - scale special effects ( especially in the recent past ' s mega - budget spectaculars ) , huge casts of stars faced with the crisis , a persevering hero or heroine ( i . e . , charlton heston , steve mcqueen , etc . ) called upon to lead the struggle against the threat , and many plot - lines affecting multiple characters . in many cases , the ' evil ' or ' selfish ' individuals are the first to succumb to the conflagration . as in any sub - genre , the move to capitalize on the ' disaster film ' trend has led to many sub - par disaster films , with weak and unsubtle , formulaic plots , improbable circumstances and bad science , poor character development , and laughable acting from third - rate stars portraying cliched characters .
even lindblom , in a relatively straightforward role , turns surprisingly motherly towards the motherless agnes , but not so much that she’s willing to put the child’s needs before her own . she has a very pragmatic sense of sexual attraction , but when one boyfriend visits her , she’s practically begging him for sex the moment he steps into her room . and then there’s dean stockwell , whose role in the story i will say especially little of . i tend to think women make the best film actors , and consequently , that the best male actors have something feminine about them , and so it is with stockwell , whose expression is constantly curious , compassionate , and slightly wounded . he comes into this odd place under rather tough conditions , and quietly deduces those here are not too well off themselves . it’s not a pretty scene , and yet he stays anyway ; partially out of necessity , but also because he understand the other three in distinct , fundamental ways that they deeply need , and which have gone otherwise sorely unfulfilled . their interpersonal dynamics are just that – dynamic , constantly changing and revealing .
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agnes , a lonely teenage girl , and her father befriend an escaped convict , named joseph , who arrives at their farm in brittany , france . when joseph develops an attraction to agnes , her father threatens to break up the union .
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in the french countryside , agnes ( patricia gozzi ) , a withdrawn teenager , lives in relative seclusion with her hermetic ex - judge father , frederick ( melvyn douglas ) . agnes , who longs for male companionship , falls in love with joseph ( dean stockwell ) , an injured escaped convict her family has taken in and nursed back to health .
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shielded from the outside world by her widowed father , agnes may be an innocent , but she is far from one dimensional ; she’s volatile enough for one character to even call her ‘a little savage’ and she has a manipulative streak too .
her father , frederick larbaud , played by melvyn douglas – who a year earlier had bagged an oscar for best supporting actor in hud – is a contradictory man , a retired judge who rails at the failings of what he sees as his country’s draconian legal system yet is capable of severely beating his daughter and threatening to have her ‘put away’ at a nearby asylum .
the pair live together in a large farmhouse on a remote part of the brittany coast together with karen ( gunnel lindblom ) , an occasionally coquettish live - in housekeeper who acts as something of a mentor for the younger female .
the appearance of wounded american fugitive joseph , played by former child star dean stockwell , adds an interesting twist and he will affect a major impact in the lives of each of these three characters .
joseph , in an attempt to disguise himself from the gendarmes on his trail , dresses in the clothes of the scarecrow and is discovered by agnes who fantasises – or maybe even believes – that he is somehow her scarecrow brought to life .
she is instantly captivated by her ’creation’ and she’s not the only one glad that he’s entered their isolated little world ; frederick perhaps subconsciously senses he could be someone who can reinforce his views on the treatment of criminals and also help with the book he is writing on the subject while karen sees him as the latest in a presumably long line of boyfriends .
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raised in the country with only her world - weary , cynical father , a former judge , for company , a young woman grows up believing that she too is angry at the world . other than her reclusive father , her only human contact comes from her personal maid and a scarecrow that the girl mistakenly believes has come to life . her life abruptly changes one day when a fugitive criminal shows up and begs the judge for shelter . hating all things having to do with the law , the old man lets him in . the young woman is enchanted by the fugitive ' s presence and grows close to him until she discovers that he and the maid have become lovers . the enraged young woman vows to kill the maid , but the latter hastily leaves . with no hindrance , the girl and the fugitive fall in love and head for paris where the girl learns valuable lessons about herself and tragedy ensues .
a young girl kept in the country by an embittered widower has her first experience of love with a fugitive from justice . it comes to an abrupt end when he is killed .
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sixteen - year - old agnes considers herself to be retarded . in reality , the lonely girl is normal , her situation a product of her father ' s retreat from reality after the death of her mother . he resigned from his post as a judge and lives on the coast of brittany with agnes , who was taken out of school at age 12 . agnes has made a scarecrow to be her companion and has dressed it in her father ' s old suit . when she finds joseph , an escaped prisoner , wearing the suit , she believes that her creation has come alive . agnes and her father , with karen , their servant , take joseph in and nurse his wounds . joseph becomes part of the household , but when agnes discovers joseph and karen making love , she tries to kill karen . karen then leaves , and soon agnes and joseph are lovers . her father discovers them and beats her . the gendarme whom joseph injured in his escape dies , and so joseph is sought for murder . joseph and agnes run away to the city , which so bewilders agnes that she returns home . joseph is killed by the police when he follows agnes ; and agnes and her father resume their life in a new adult relationship .
this is one of those rare movies where you can step inside and stay there . the story , the bracing terrain and maritime weather , the fantastic . . .
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her father , a stern doctor played by melvyn douglas , has lost faith in the workings of the civilized world and has retreated to a rural farm following the early death of his beloved wife . he sees his daughter as a reminder of his wife , but in a melancholy way , rather than as the last remaining flicker of the life he once cherished . he unwittingly infantilizes her , perpetuating her fantasies of childhood . that is , until he opens up and allows her to use his wedding suit to create a scarecrow for the garden , which she then anthropomorphizes and falls in love with to nearly disastrous ends .
is technically superb . the cinematography by marcel grignon is unbelievable , his crisp black and white photography of the french sea coast is absolutely stunning . his use of swoops and interesting camera angles also helps to convey agnes ' confusion and her state of mind in the way that only images can . grignon was a very busy working dp , and this makes me interested to seek out more of his work . the only other films of his i ' ve seen are
features a splendid score from georges delerue , which is dripping with romance and thankfully available on this disc as an isolated audio track .
is blessed with glorious cinematography and scoring , and both are treated extremely well by twilight time . the black and white photography is amazing , and the transfer supports it beautifully . this is among the finest black and white presentations i ' ve yet seen on blu - ray . simply stunning . delerue ' s score also gets an uncompressed treatment and sounds beautiful is its original mono . the a / v on this disc is incredible , and another slam dunk for twilight time .
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in a shimmering black - and - white widescreen frame , a young girl reaches for the horizon , some spiritual force binding her to the soil .
there is a girl , agnes ( patricia gozzi ) , clearly in the emotional and physical throes of adolescence , tightly attached to the girlhood that her father , frederick ( melvyn douglas ) , demands she leave behind without allowing her a moment of exploration . they have a housekeeper , karen ( gunnel lindblom ) , who does plenty of exploration on her own . agnes lays in their garden , her arms outstretched , as though grasping for freedom . she tries to sleep , but her body will not allow it , demanding attention from her that she does not know how to give . at church , she clasps and wrangles with her hands during prayer . there’s an asylum near their house on the french seaside that her father walks her by after services , a gentle reminder of where he might throw her , should she completely lose control .
but while another director , in another time perhaps , would be content to let his characters do the talking , guillermin seems incapable of shooting an uninteresting frame , either by virtue of composition , contrast in the editing , or simply catching the right face at the right time . it’s as accomplished visually as it is audacious , from a long tracking shot near the beginning the tours a rollicking party ( full of silverware thieves and men’s roaming hands , which the camera captures quickly before abandoning for other acts of debauchery ) to the way it swings about to put us firmly within agnes’s confusion about her world and , indeed , very state of mind . it calls to mind murnau’s american era and
kieślowski’s revelatory work in the double life of veronique , all within a story that seems so much like a chamber piece that it could be been written by ingmar bergman .
this aesthetic wonder is spectacularly brought to life via eureka classics new ( region b locked ) blu - ray release . the grain structure is strong and varying , with only a few traces of damage remaining , totally crisp throughout ( almost to a fault , in fact – there is a bit of edge enhancement in a few shots ) , and the whole thing seems to glisten , really putting the “silver” in “silver screen . ” contrast is superb , and depth is stunning , portraying some of the warping of the anamorphic process ( which guillermin and grignon use to their compositional advantage , transforming limbs and bodies ) quite well . faces , landscapes , and rooms all have spectacular clarity and density . the screencaps here have been resized and compressed , but very well represent what you’re getting .
enjoyed this review . i should perhaps point out that i wrote the essay before i had heard the commentary so i didn’t know what they were going to talk about .
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the dream of garuda ( 高級ソープテクニック４ 悶絶秘戯 ) is a 1994 japanese erotic film directed by takahisa zeze and starring takeshi itō , saki kurihara and shirō shimomoto .

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3 . 1 . 46
the visnu purana comes next , then comes garuda . the three are principal puranas in the kali age . garuda contains some additional matter .
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3 . 14 . 34
in the month of asadha , o garuda , the vegetable loses all essences .
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2 . 23 . 11 he who begs in dream oppressed by hunger or thirst should give pindas to the manes to ward off coming distress .
2 . 23 . 12 if one sees in dream his son , cattle , father , brother , wife , getting out of house , it is due to the working of a ghost .
in kali yuga , there are three prominent among all puranas . the main purana in kali yuga , providing asupiciousness to the people , is bhagavata purana . . . . hence , bhagavata is the highest of all puranas . the visnu purana comes next , then comes garuda . the three are principal puranas in the kali age . garuda contains some additional matter .
( garuda purana 3 . 1 . 43 - 6 , venkatesvara ed . )
3 . 4 . 22
of the three gunas , the sattva alone is pure . o garuda , it is not mixed with rajas guna or tamas guna .
3 . 29 . 62
when he is on the verge of death he should remember the attributeless and omnipresent narayana and his vehicle garuda . ( . . . )
( 13 )
if a man calls out the name of the lord even in his dream it destroys all his sins . then what doubt is there that the sins will be removed when the name of janardana is openly repeated ?
this fable is drawn in a unique animation style reminiscent of a turkish mosaic . a boy in india chases after his dream in a motif of ascent , finally turning into a magnificent multicolored bird .
garuda di dadaku ( garuda in my heart ) is a 2009 indonesian film directed by ifa isfansyah . it is about a young boy who dreams to play for indonesia ' s national under 13 football team , despite his grandfather ' s wish for him to be an artist .
2 . 2 . 16
o garuda ! sesame is held sacred , for it is produced from my perspiration . the sesame can destroy the evil spirits .
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3 . 28 . 36
prana ( vital airs ) is called ahamkara ; it is a part of garutmat [ garuda ] . it is inferior to kama and indra by ten percent .
2 . 20 . 43
o garuda , a person becomes a ghost and undergoes sufferings if he dies an accidental death or if his body is not cremated properly .
malayalam superstar mohanlal has been often been linked with the venture . rajamouli cleared all the confusions and opened up about the film . he said , “mohanlal is one of the great actors of indian cinema . i always wanted to rope him in one of my movies . but then , he has not been approached by me for garuda . there is an ample time to think about garuda project . until then , i will not contemplate about the movie ' s cast and crew
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2 . 29 . 15
gingelly seeds originate from my sweat , o garuda , and thence are holy . asuras , danavas and daityas flee from the place where gingelly seeds are kept .
1 . 109 . 49 . a person devoted to the scriptural codes shall not worry over the meal . he must ponder over a regular study . a man seeking knowledge must be prepared to go a long way with the speed of garuda .
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1 . 114 . 8 . it is easier to gauge the velocity of the hailstorm at the time of the final dissolution , the speed of the racing horse and the depth of the great ocean than the heart of the person who does not love .
garuda di dadaku was nominated for three citra awards at the 2009 indonesian film festival but did not win any . it did , however , win a special jury prize for best children ' s film .
2 . 15 . 25 - 26
o garuda , body is liable to destruction in an instant . how can a man boast of it ?
the purpose of wealth is charity , that of speech truth , that of life is fame and spirituality , that of body benevolence . in this way , one can gain something substantial out of the things unsubstantial .
the 155 tamils who were rescued in two lifeboats off the coast of newfoundland this month fulfilled the dream of most sri lankan refugees in western europe - to make it to english - speaking countries like canada or the united states . english is still commonly spoken in the south asian island republic of sri lanka , which was known as ceylon when it was a british colony .
3 . 23 . 47 - 48
she [ jambavati ] put salagrama in front and bowed to the lord with devotion . she had traversed one hundred steps before she found herself in front of the lord where sitting comfortably she heard the recital of the bhagavata and the portion of the purana which contains the praise of the mountain venkata . [ garuda p . ] with full devotion she heard the glory of lord venkatadri from the honorable preceptor jaigisavya .
1 . 230 . 46
the king is the refuge of the nation , the parents that of the child , virtue is the refuge of all men and lord hari is the refuge of everyone .
a sequel , entitled garuda di dadaku 2 , was released in 2011 . directed by rudy soedjarwo , it follows bayu – now a teenager – as he captains the national youth team and deals with personal issues .
2 . 21 . 5 - 7
he ( the ghost - afflicted man ) shall explain the signs and symptoms to the astrologer . if he dreams of a holy plant like a campaka or of a mango tree laden with fruits or if he dreams of a brahmana or of a bull or of himself in a place of pilgrimage or of the death of a kinsman and if in dream he takes this as truth , this is all due to pretadosa . mysterious events often occur if the ghost has bad intentions .
2 . 20 . 17
he who does not observe rites , has no faith in the sanctity of the vedas , hates righteous acts and indulges in falsehood , is tormented by the pretas . by doing unrighteous acts , o garuda , he becomes a preta in this kali age .
3 . 4 . 63
thus , the three parts of rajas and one part of tamas [ 57 , 64 - of four parts of mahat ] constitute the body of brahma due to the imbalance of gunas .
the indonesian band netral provided the film with its titular song , also entitled
garuda di dadaku
; the song was adapted from
apuse
, a regional song in papua . musical arrangement was handled by husband and wife team wong askan and titi sjuman .
s . s . rajamouli started shooting for ‘baahubali : the conclusion’ few days back . the director is devoting all his time to the second part of the magnum opus and is leaving no stone unturned to make it a blockbuster . the film is expected to release in early 2017 around pongal . the director will start his next venture titled ‘garuda’ after wrapping up the second instalment .
2 . 23 . 9 - 10 if one speaks aloud among cows , bulls , brahmanas , horses , elephants , deities , ghosts and demons - this is due to the working of a ghosts . many are the signs of ghosts in dream , o bird . it is due to a ghost if one sees his wife , relative , son or husband as dead .
3 . 16 . 9 - 10
as the goddess of earth , the presiding deity of rajas , she is the consort of boar . as the presiding deity of the vedas , she is annapurna . as the consort of narayana , she is laksmi , the unborn .
3 . 17 . 4 - 5
o lord of birds , in the krta age , formerly , parvati , the mistress of rudra , saci , the mistress of indra , syamala , the mistress of yama and usa , the mistress of asvins , went to the region of brahma .
1 . 115 . 78 . a life of a worm in the person of the beggar or that of one blown by the wind over his head is better than the life of beggar himself .
3 . 16 . 6 - 8
as the consort of vasudeva , she is called maya ; as the consort of sankarsana , jaya ; as the consort of aniruddha , santa ; as the consort of pradyumna , krti ; as the consort of visnu , laksmi - the presiding deity of sattva guna . as the consort of krsna , the son of nanda , she is called kanyaka .
3 . 29 . 6
formerly , she forced her way out of the nails of the left foot of visnu whose symbol is sacrifice . in the beginning she broke through the upper part of the cosmic egg .
1 . 114 . 29 . early morning rays of the sun , excessive indulgence in sexual intercourse , the smoke column rising from the cremation ground , warming of the palms and the constant sight of the face of a woman in her menses - all these reduce the longevity of a man .
2 . 4 . 15
the salt is produced from the body of visnu . when the soul of the dying person does not leave the body but lingers on , the salt should be gifted as it opens the door of the heaven .
1 . 115 . 39 . these six are like bubbles : the shadow of clouds , fire made with dry grass , service to the base , water on the surface of the road , the love of a prostitute and the pleasant manners of the wicked .
a : yeah , there is a story to that name . so chris and i went to middle school together in indonesia , in jakarta , because both of our families lived there at the same time . we actually only lived there at the same time for a year . so , chris and i only knew each other for seventh grade , and we played on the same little league basketball team—we lost every game . [ laughs ] the reason we called it hotel garuda is because the indonesian national airline is called garuda indonesia , and we just wanted to pay a little homage to how we met and how we became friends .
the film , ifa ' s feature - length debut , was produced over six months and featured music by actress and musician , titi sjuman and her husband wong aksan , as well as a theme song by rock band netral . released during the school holidays , the film was viewed by more than 1 . 2 million people . despite mixed critical reception , garuda di dadaku was nominated for three citra awards at the 2009 indonesian film festival , where it received a special jury prize for best children ' s film . a sequel , garuda di dadaku 2 , was released in 2011 .
3 . 4 . 75
parts of sattva : ten parts of sattva . such is the position of sattva in the mahat principle .
1 . 109 . 39 . the river undermines the banks and the woman causes the fall of the family . the course of rivers and women is wayward and cannot be checked .
3 . 20 . 26
the wise declare that the life of such people is rendered fruitless as have not heard the bhagavata or the brahma - kanda section of the present purana , in the company of their preceptor or the followers of the bhagavata sect . such is the efficacy of the illustrious narrative of the glorious lord . ( 32 - opposite case : those who hear or narrate bh . p . )
3 . 19 . 39
rare are the devotees of visnu in kali age . rare is a devotion for the lord . rare is the narrative of the lord to be heard in the mortal world . initiation in the cult of visnu is rare , very rare . rare is the company of the devotees of hari .
garuda di dadaku was released on 18 june 2009 , during school holidays . it reportedly sold 1 . 2 million tickets , a large number for the indonesian film industry . in 2010 it was the opening film at the michel kinder und jungen filmfest , a film festival for children ' s films in hamburg , germany .
3 . 2 . 57
the vedas declare hari as the lord of all . he who learns the vedas with this knowledge is the best of the twiceborn .
3 . 10 . 50
from the unmanifest prakrti to the gross elements the evolutes of prakrti are primary . the knowledge of the same leads one to liberation .
3 . 16 . 2
o lord of birds , the universe is distinct from the lord . the personal soul is the eye that perceives the universe . the knowledge of the universe is the knowledge belonging to laksmi .
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3 . 10 . 51
o lord of the birds , the universe evolved out of the cosmic egg is secondary creation .
i ' m lukewarm on the whole japanese
pink
genre . not that i have anything against erotic film in general . or japanese erotic film in particular . but i ' ve found most pink films to be a little flimsy . there just doesn ' t seem to be much film there to grab onto . stuff like
a wife to be sacrificed
and
the bedroom
. can you really even call these films ? it ' s more like someone with money had an
idea
for a movie , got a bunch of people together who were willing to take off their clothes ( but could still act ! important point ! ) and they went out and made a movie . seems half - baked . dream of garuda i found pleasantly surprising . not only is it erotic , it ' s more erotic than any pink film i ' ve seen yet . great stuff ! it is also engaging . well written . nicely directed and acted . compelling all around . not to mention a singularly perverse piece of entertainment ( as any good pink film must be ) . a couple of guys rape a girl . one goes to jail for it . the other doesn ' t . the one who does is tormented by feelings of guilt . that he has
sinned
. and that he must be purified . he also has recurring and haunting visions of birds . garuda is the hindu ( i believe it ' s hindu ) god of birds . the guy who doesn ' t go to jail ends up living with the girl the two guys raped . and being her pimp ! the film spends a lot of time in these japanese massage parlors where guys go to get ( nudge - nudge ) massaged and bathed in private rooms by girls . dream of garuda progresses in a nice linear fashion . you truly become caught up in the plot . what a shocker ! not to mention the faux - sex scenes are hot stuff !
as the artists behind electronic powerhouse hotel garuda , chris and aseem had an unconventional friendship that has since translated into an equally unique creative endeavor . when fate split them up after only one year together in indonesia as seventh graders ( now that’s a major throwback ) , the pair stayed attached at the hip in the digital sphere , sharing music and eventually collaborating on what would become hotel garuda . and though everything they make is deliberate , dance - provoking , and masterful , the duo always had their priorities straight ; in aseem’s own words , “…we are just two dudes who are good friends who happen to collaborate well together . ”
3 . 4 . 74
parts of tamas : one part of rajas , eleven parts of tamas .
2 . 30 . 30
listen to the course of a man dying on the earth . the first stage is that of ativaha ( subtle body in transit ) ; then that of ghost ; then at the end of a year that of pitr .
2 . 7 . 43 ' please excuse us today . ' they spoke like the echo of the mountain or the turmoil of the stormy sea .
3 . 1 . 44
the bhagavata purana opens with the description of the origin of the universe , visnu , brahma , rudra and others .
3 . 14 . 35
in the month of asadha , o lord of birds , the curd loses all essences . in the month of asvina , the milk loses all essences .
2 . 7 . 20 two of them caught hold of his two arms , two caught hold of his legs and the fifth one caught hold of his head .
1 . 230 . 20
evil influence of the kali age , wicked statements , vile utterances of heretics - none of these affect the mind of the person in whose mind lord kesava finds a place .
1 . 222 . 63 - 66
the constituents of pancagavya are as follows : milk taken from a gold colored cow , the cow dung of a white cow , urine of a copper colored cow , clarified butter of the milk of a blue cow and the curd of the milk of a black cow . water added should be consecrated by kusa grass . eight masas of cow ' s urine , four masas of dung , twelve masas of milk , ten masas of curd and five masas of ghee form the correct proportion . this pancagavya removes all impurities .
1 . 114 . 39 . ill luck frequently resides in the back shadow of a lamp , the shadow of a cot , the shadow of a seat and the water used by washermen .
3 . 10 . 54
those who speak otherwise are slayers of truth . the course of the universe is true , o lord , the service of the lord is also true .
1 . 114 . 42 . the dust of cows , the dust of grains and the dust from the limbs of one ' s own son - these are very holy , they destroy even the great sins .
2 . 49 . 48
man can get rid of fetters of iron and wood but not the fetters in the form of his son and wife .
2 . 10 . 27 - 28
if the performer of sraddha ( such as the son of the deceased ) has invited a single brahmana for sraddha , the father stays in his stomach , the grandfather on his left side , the great - grandfather on the right and the consumer of pinda [ agnisvatta pitr in charge of the departed - > 14 - 15 ] at the back . during the period of sraddha yama releases even the ghosts and the manes staying in hell who being hungry run to the world of mortals to receive the offering made by the relatives .
1 . 109 . 28 . let those riches be not thine - the riches acquired with great deal of toil , by transgressing the curbs of virtue or by falling at the feet of the enemy .
garuda di dadaku was directed by ifa isfansyah . it was his first feature film ; he had had previously produced and directed several short films . the director had played football as a child , which may have played a role in the film ' s production . salman aristo was approached by producer shanty harmayn to write the screenplay , a task which he accepted .
3 . 4 . 73
parts of rajas [ in mahat of 12 parts ] : one part of tamas , ten parts of rajas , one part of sattva - twelve parts in all .
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1 . 111 . 22 . the king who transgresses the injunctions of scriptures and the dictates of reason perishes here in this world and forfeits the right to heaven .
2 . 7 . 14 hearing the singing of crickets and the hooting of owls , he moved forward about five steps .
1 . 115 . 53 . the best among men is the brahmana ; the best among luminaries is the sun ; the best among the organs is the head and the best among the sacred rites is the truth .
1 . 115 . 41 . a king is the support for the weak ; crying constitutes the strength of a child ; the strength of a fool lies in silence and that of a thief is falsehood .
1 . 114 . 67 . the man who robs someone though he uses the money to make a charitable gift goes to hell . the fruit of the meritorious deed goes to the original owner of the wealth .
for hotel garuda , it’s obvious that each new song comes organically , and with ease . they’ve dropped only three original tracks thus far ( most recently , “till it burns out” ) and have spent the majority of their time in the spotlight remixing for the likes of lana del rey , kiiara , and lorde ( to name just a few ) . if it wasn’t obvious , this pair’s about as busy as they come ; get a peep inside the minds of both artists ( plus their new single ) below .
1 . 115 . 3 . blessed are they who do not witness the destruction of their family , ruin of their lands , the sexual dalliance of their wives with other men and the infamous indulgence of their sons in vice .
2 . 15 . 16 - 17
he observes the dreadful form of yama even when he is on the verge of death . he sees yama ' s servants beating the wicked with the cane . he sees the attendants of visnu cheering the good .
2 . 42 . 4
gold is the first offspring of fire , land of visnu and cow of the sun . he who gifts gold , cow and land actually makes a gift of three worlds .
3 . 24 . 14
rare is the diffusion of devotion in the iron age . those who are devotees of the lord but still not detached from worldly pleasures cannot easily get the sight of lord visnu .
3 . 24 . 51
in the epithet kesava , the letter ' k ' denotes the primeval being brahma which again signifies the lord of all beings . the word isa denotes the worthy lord rudra who instigates dissolution of the universe .
2 . 49 . 43
split with the needle of greed , soaked in the oil of passions , cooked in the fire of anger and envy , man is eaten up by death .
2 . 22 . 75 when the brahmana spoke thus , the beating of drums was heard in the sky . the gods showered flowers over the brahmana .
1 . 110 . 13 . a man of stuff will have access to one of the two goals like a bunch of flowers . either he is at the head of everyone or he fades in a forest .
1 . 112 . 1 . servants are of various types - the excellent , the middling and the base . they should be employed befittingly in the three types of jobs .
2 . 22 . 78 on hearing this anecdote , the lord of birds quaked like the asvattha tree . he asked the lord again , for the benefit of human beings .
3 . 26 . 92
one should donate the holy stone of salagrama to a brahmana well versed in the vedas . the gift of salagrama destroys all sins , even those accruing from the slaughter of a brahmana .
3 . 3 . 39 - 40
the seekers of eternal wisdom should know that the material objects consist of infinitesimal particles . you should know , o bird , that in the categories of the material objects there is a category called visesa of which the final visesa is the paramanu . [
the smallest
, atomos ]
2 . 32 . 100
in this shadowy world of unsurmountable difficulties , the following six incite devotion : meditation on visnu , observance of vow on the eleventh day of the month ( ekadasi ) , listening to the bhagavadgita , worship of the sacred plant tulasi , brahmanas and cows .
1 . 226 . 3 - 5
the tree of ignorance sought by the worldly minded for the sake of happiness and peace has the great basin round it in the form of riches and food grains . its root is sin . the germinating sprout is the feeling of egoism . the great main trunk is the feeling of ' my - ness ' . houses , fields , etc . , are its branches . wives , sons , etc . are the tender leaves . those who imbibe the divine brahmarasa free from dusts ( of rajoguna ) and are thornless hew it down with the axe of learning and merge themselves in the [ consciousness of the ] supreme god .
2 . 49 . 89
the word of guru alone can grant release . all knowledge is in vain . among thousands of scriptures the word of guru alone is vivifying .
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1 . 112 . 16 . who is not afraid of the wicked who is furious without provocation ? it is the wicked from whose mouth the poison of a great serpent in the form of unbearable words flows out continuously .
2 . 5 . 83
the body [ of deceased person dragged by yamadutas ] attains a form like air . born out of pinda it assumes a shape different from the one born from the womb of the mother .
3 . 23 . 31
the sin accruing from the worship of lord without devotion can be wiped off by the repeated uttering of the vedic mantra for the purpose or by meditating upon visnu . whatever is performed by way of worship without devotion is a sheer waste . thus say the learned devotees of visnu .
1 . 108 . 26 . forsake the contact with wicked people , resort to the assembly of the good ; do meritorious acts day and night and remember the unstability of everything .
2 . 32 . 18 - 19
on the night auspiciously selected for the intercourse , the pair should chew betel leaves and apply scents and sandal paste over their bodies . the ideas and thoughts that hover in the mind of the man [ 12 - the parents ] at the time of intercourse have a lasting influence in molding the character of the conceived child .
1 . 109 . 8 . a friend can be found out if he is genuine or otherwise in times of danger ; the test of valour is the battlefield ; the test of purity of a man is his conduct in isolated places . loss of wealth puts fidelity of the wife to a test and famine provides an opportunity to test whether a man is fond of entertaining a guest or otherwise .
even though diverted from berlin , tamils continue to slip into europe . they often travel on false or borrowed passports , saying they are from the indian ocean island of mauritius or are dutch citizens from the moluccas , an island group , formerly a dutch colony , that now is part of indonesia . often the tamils land in frankfurt in hopes of making it to canada . denmark was obliged to change its visa stamp after 146 tamils showed up in frankfurt with bogus danish visas after a flight from new delhi on garuda indonesian airways .
3 . 28 . 85
intellect is the wife of purusa . she has twofold nature , o lord of birds . one is wicked ; the other is pious . of the two the younger one is wicked , the elder one is pious .
3 . 28 . 34
sudarsana [ presiding deity of disc ] , pradyumna [ son of krsna ] , bharata [ brother of rama ] , samba [ son of krsna ] , sanat - kumara [ son of brahma ] and skanda [ son of rudra ] - these six are the incarnations of kama [ cupid ] .
2 . 15 . 76
on the thirteenth day , the soul of the dead is taken to the high way . now he assumes a body of the pinda and feels hungry by day and night .
3 . 19 . 41
rare is the tantric worship conducted for the lord . rare is the recitation of his name . rare is the worship of his devotees . rare is the dialogue with him .
2 . 22 . 77 the ghosts were relieved of their sins after the pious speech of that brahmana . they all achieved the highest region ( vaikuntha ) .
1 . 110 . 1 . if a person forsakes things of sure results in his pursuit of things of uncertain results he loses both - the certain as well as the uncertain .
2 . 7 . 30 simply by the dint of my presence , o bird , that brahmana felt the pleasure of riding a palanquin .
3 . 18 . 21
suka , the son of vyasa , who had been influenced by vayu , was the incarnation of rudra .
3 . 29 . 16
( . . . ) the wife of yama is syamala . she is also the wife of kali .
3 . 2 . 65
o hari , you are of the nature of consciousness ( cit sakti ) . you throw sinful daityas and evil - minded persons in the dungeon full of intense darkness . they say you are of the nature of suffering , o hari , since you are distressed [ as parent ] by that act of yours .
1 . 115 . 17 . five incongruent things that we meet in the world are : the poverty of the benevolent , the opulence of the miser , disobedience in a son , compulsion to serve a wicked man and death of persons engaged in helping others .
3 . 16 . 84
being the presiding deity of the vedas , she [ bharati ] is the veda herself . she is the mistress of vayu , the great meditator . [ same as v . 89 ]
3 . 26 . 17
o mother , cut off your illusion with the weapon of knowledge and fix up your mind on hari . o mother , the devotional remembrance of the name of hari alone can destroy the sins for ever .
1 . 110 . 2 . no thrilling pleasure is felt by a man bereft of the mechanism of speech though he may be learned as in the case of a coward holding the sword in his hand or of a blind man wedded to a beautiful wife .
2 . 15 . 74
on the eleventh day and the twelfth , the soul of dead eats to his fill .
1 . 98 . 14
the giver of the vedas ( in manuscript ) attains the region of brahma not accessible even to gods . those who transcribe the vedas with meanings , yajna sastras , dharma sastras , on payment , also attain the region of brahma .
1 . 114 . 36 . cutting of grass frequently , writing on the ground with the toes , chafing of the feet , neglect of the cleaning of teeth , wearing dirty clothes , keeping the hair rough , sleeping at dawn and dusk , lying down naked , eating and laughing excessively , drumming on one ' s own limbs or on the seat - these may destroy the affluence of even lord vishnu .
1 . 113 . 21 . even ravana perished at the hands of time . ravana whose fortress was the mountain trikuta , the moat - the very ocean ; soldiers - raksasas ; the action of the highest order ; and the sastra propounded by usanas [ sukra ] .
1 . 81 . 24
he who takes a holy dip in the tirtha of manasa ( mind ) that has the eddy of jnana ( pure knowledge ) and the pure water of dhyana ( meditation ) that removes the dirt of raga ( passion ) and dvesa ( hatred ) attains the supreme goal .
1 . 114 . 43 . the dust of a goat , the dust of an ass and the dust from a broom - these are unholy and conducive great sin .
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3 . 24 . 73
the maid sat in front of the principal deity and said : ' o noble jaigisavya , please tell me how shall i have the audience of the lord . '
2 . 49 . 28
even after seeing the distressed , the dead , the fallen and the aggrieved , people do not even fear having drunk the wine of infatuation .
1 . 113 . 5 . like the honeybee that sucks honey but does not cause the fall of the flower the king should take revenue from the realm without harming it . the cowherd leaves something for the calf and milks the rest . similarly , the king should milk the earth but leave plenty for the calves , i . e . the subjects .
1 . 227 . 23
he who does not listen to the songs of praise of the divine qualities of the discus - bearing lord of lords ( visnu ) , is no better than a deaf man . he is to be banished from all religious activities .
3 . 18 . 23
born of drona , asvatthama was rudra himself . he was born to reap the fruits of the seeds of his actions sown in former births [ 22 - as durvasa ] and to illumine ( by contrast ) the virtues of his enemy .
2 . 24 . 18
if one neglects both , dana , japa , homa , study of the vedas or the worship of gods on a certain day that is a day wasted in the life of that man .
2 . 26 . 52
if she [ a woman ] is separated from her husband and dies elsewhere she cannot attain the region of her husband till the day of final deluge [ at the end of kalpa ] .
1 . 221 . 23
even the very sight of good men purifies one . it is better than the holy places of pilgrimage . the benefit from a holy place is derived later but that from the contact of good men is immediately effective .
3 . 28 . 44
svayambhuva manu , at par with brhaspati , the preceptor of devas , was the first son of the creator . he was born to propitiate lord visnu . he formulated laws of the state [ manu - samhita ] .
on the wall of the family ' s cramped room , which is provided rent - free by the government , was a calendar showing an armed leader of the liberation tigers of tamil eelam , one of the principal tamil guerrilla organizations . the man , who like other tamils interviewed asked to remain anonymous , displayed a receipt showing that he had donated $ 12 . 50 of his $ 450 monthly allowance from the hamburg authorities to the tigers . tight restrictions
2 . 7 . 41 as they were going to kill that brahmana on the mountain they remembered their previous birth . it happened by the glory of my position and by the nobility of the brahmana .
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2 . 22 . 74 a man hating his brother , a murderer of a brahmana , a slayer of the cow , a wine addict , a defiler of the preceptor ' s bed , one who casts off customary rites , or one who is fond of telling lies , a stealer of gold or one who takes possession of plots of land illegally - all these are born as ghosts .
1 . 5 . 14 - 16 . . . sumati , the wife of kratu , gave birth to balakhilyas ( valikhilyas ) . sixty thousand in number , resplendent like the blazing sun , although they were of the size of thumb - they became sages of sublimated vitality .
1 . 114 . 66 . the collection of a number of even insignificant things may be terrific in their effect . a number of blades of grass twisted into a rope may be strong enough to bind even an elephant .
1 . 115 . 28 . it is said that man ' s span of life is a hundred years . it is too short . half of that period is spent as nights . half of the remaining half is spent in infancy and childhood or grieving over the separation or death of kinsmen or in service rendered to the king . the remaining period is as fickle as the waves in water . of what avail is the sense of prestige and dignity ?
3 . 28 . 20 - 21
arjuna , the son of kunti , was the incarnation of mantradyumna [ mantradruma , 6th of 14 indras ] , visnu and ananta . among the four , vayu was prominent in arjuna .
a saintly woman , clara , guides three recent acquaintances in a journey of self - discovery with the help of tonton , an elder man who has reached an enhanced state of connection with the universe .
1 . 109 . 15 . men of sense will never disclose loss of wealth , mental anguish , illicit actions in the house , deception ( of which they had been the victim ) and disrespect .
1 . 115 . 36 . days come and go to a man devoid of virtue , wealth and love . although he may breathe , his life is like that of the bellows of the blacksmith .
2 . 22 . 69 if a priest officiates at the sacrifice of an unworthy person and neglects that of worthy sacrificer , if a man lives in the company of despicable people he becomes a ghost .
3 . 20 . 28 - 29
in the village , where there is no recital of the bhagavata purana , no follower of the bhagavata cult who can taste the flavor of the bhagavata verses , where there is no exegesis or commentary on the supreme songs of the lord or his one thousand names , where there are no people who understand the substance thereof , one should not live even for a moment .
1 . 109 . 23 . amassed and deposited wealth of the miser is ransacked by others frequently like that of the mouse and is conducive to sorrow .
2 . 20 . 18
from the beginning of satya - yuga to the end of dvapara , nobody became a preta and nobody suffered from preta .
2 . 43 . 2
either the mother or a kinsman can perform the expiatory rite of behalf of a boy less than twelve but above four .
3 . 28 . 8
revati , the daughter of raivata , became the wife of balabhadra along with varuni and sauparna . ( . . . )
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2 . 6 . 19 - 21
a bull . . . of white color is vipra , that of red color is ksatra , that of yellow is vaisya , and that of black is sudra , just as the colors of four castes have been prescribed . . .
1 . 110 . 20 . the children of an enemy shall never be neglected or treated with indifference by sane men in spite of the fact that they may be speaking sweet words . after the lapse of some time they may be very dangerous and terrible like vessels of poison .
1 . 111 . 1 . i should now mention the characteristic features of the king as well as the servants . a king should examine the following carefully .
2 . 7 . 32 i said to the lord of yaksas to be active and destroy the ghosts and take away the corpse .
1 . 109 . 5 . one should unhesitatingly abandon a country infested with men of evil conduct , a residence of harassing environment , a king of miserly temperament , and a friend of deceptive disposition .
1 . 113 . 27 - 28 . neither the son with pinda - dana and other rites nor the father with various rites for the welfare of the son can ward off the adverse influence of karma . in the physical bodies born as a result of karma , different kinds of illness , physical or mental , fall in quick succession like the shafts discharged by a skilful archer . hence , a courageous man should view objects in the light of shastric injunctions and not otherwise .
2 . 7 . 24 - 26 thus taking hold of the body cut by themselves , they went up again in the sky . then seeing himself being borne in the heaven , the brahmana praised the lord in his mind . ' i bow down to lord visnu , the holder of discus , who is supreme consciousness , who kept away the crocodile by throwing his discus and released the elephant from the noose of crocodile . may he release me from the noose of my actions .
1 . 113 . 24 . the learning of bygone days , the money made over as gift and the actions done before - these run ahead of a person who walks at speed .
1 . 115 . 70 . the height of a lotus is in proportion to the quantity of water in the pond ; a servant becomes proud if his master is strong and influential .
2 . 21 . 24
he is never afflicted by bhutas and pisacas or other sort of ghosts . by performing the rites of oblations to narayana with the ancestors in view he shall be freed of all sorts of affliction . this is my sworn statement .
1 . 111 . 21 . he who has acquired the valuable support of the three sons , servants and kins has actually conquered the earth girdled by the four oceans along with the kings .
2 . 10 . 81
o bird , this type of body the deceased can have out of the pinda ( rice - ball ) offered to him .
3 . 3 . 36
the devotees of visnu and their followers are exempt from censure and reproach . he who bears malice to them cannot receive the pleasure of visnu . even in the state of release he cannot enjoy perfect bliss .
3 . 28 . 46
he took monkeys , the incarnations of devas , across the ocean of life and death . he narrated the mighty exploits of lord rama . he was known as nara who incarnated to be absorbed in rama .
1 . 115 . 29 . days and nights in the garb of old age traverse the earth . death swallows the living beings like the serpent taking in air .
1 . 113 . 13 . knowledge is an ornament to a brahmana ; a king is the beautifier of the world ; the moon is an ornament of the sky ; a good conduct is an ornament to everyone .
1 . 115 . 68 . how can these have peaceful sleep ? the poor , the slave , the man fond of another man ' s wife and the wretch who wants to rob another man of his wealth .
3 . 7 . 15
[ daksa said : ] the dust from the lord ' s feet [ in the form of ganga ] on the matted locks of hair made siva auspicious . ( . . . )
2 . 22 . 76 five celestial chariots arrived there and took the ghosts away , the ghosts having taken leave of the saintly brahmana .
1 . 115 . 59 . the prosperity of a kingdom comes to an end with the curse of a brahmana ; the spiritual power of a brahmana comes to an end with his sin ; all decency in conduct of life comes to an end if residence is taken near cowsheds ; the family is ruined if women rule .
1 . 114 . 12 . the body of a courtesan is prized in the world ; the body that is held at stake always with the neck torn by the hoofs of debauches and hence always agitated and anxious . her sleep is dependent on others ' convenience ; she has to follow the wishes of others and without a show of sorrow she has to laugh and sport always .
2 . 24 . 31
when the actions of previous births ripen , man succumbs to death . from the time of conception to the fifth year even a slight sin may cause death .
1 . 227 . 12
a person who has mastered all the systems of vedanta is better than thousands of mantrayajins ( those who perform sacrifice reciting mantras ) . a devotee of lord visnu is better than ten millions of such vedantins .
1 . 109 . 36 . it can be said with certainty that even during the period of celibacy the god of love is busily active . on seeing a man pleasing to her heart the vagina of a woman becomes wet with profuse secretion .
1 . 110 . 18 . none shall deign to serve the wicked or the base even if unfortunately deprived of wealth of fallen from a high position . even though oppressed by hunger the lion does not stoop to graze the grass . it is satisfied only when it drinks the hot blood of elephants .
3 . 16 . 66 - 67
o lord of birds , i shall explain to you the total incarnations of vayu . listen . of the fourteen indras , the second is called virocana who is identical with vayu . with his eyes expanded all around , he , the partial incarnation of marut , is also called rocana .
3 . 28 . 75
[ lord krsna said : ] in this body two organs are the strongest of all . they are two ears and two eyes . the two are interrelated . o lord of birds , i shall tell you the real nature of the two .
2 . 7 . 53 ' once an aged woman of the brahmana caste went to the holy place bhadravrata .
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1 . 115 . 61 . if one wishes the return of the guest he shall not be followed very far at the time of farewell . he can be followed upto a pond or well or a tree with plenty of shade and colourful leaves .