The Line, the Cross and the Curve
The Line, the Cross and the Curve is a 1993 British musical short film directed by and starring singer Kate Bush, co-starring Miranda Richardson and choreographer Lindsay Kemp, who had served as dance mentor to Bush early in her career.
This short film is essentially an extended music video featuring songs from Bush's 1993 album," The Red Shoes", which in turn was inspired by the classic movie musical- fantasy" The Red Shoes".
In this version of the tale, Bush plays a frustrated singer- dancer who is enticed by a mysterious woman( Richardson) into putting on a pair of magical ballet slippers.
Once on her feet, the shoes start dancing on their own, and Bush's character( who is never referred to by name) must battle Richardson's character to free herself from the spell of the shoes.
Her guide on this strange journey is played by Kemp.
The film was released direct- to- video in most areas and was only a modest success; Kate Bush later expressed her displeasure with the final product, calling it" a load of bollocks".
Soon after its release, Bush effectively dropped out of the public eye until her eighth studio album," Aerial", was released in November 2005.
Two years after the UK release, due to late promotion in the US, the film was nominated for the Long Form Music Video at the 1996 Grammy Awards.
The film continues to be played in arthouse cinemas around the world, such as a screening at Hollywood Theatre in 2014 where the film was screened along with modern dance interpretations to Bush's music.
Tangent
In geometry, the tangent line( or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is the straight line that" just touches" the curve at that point.
Leibniz defined it as the line through a pair of infinitely close points on the curve.
More precisely, a straight line is said to be a tangent of a curve at a point on the curve if the line passes through the point on the curve and has slope, where" f" is the derivative of" f".
A similar definition applies to space curves and curves in" n" -dimensional Euclidean space.
As it passes through the point where the tangent line and the curve meet, called the point of tangency, the tangent line is" going in the same direction" as the curve, and is thus the best straight- line approximation to the curve at that point.
Similarly, the tangent plane to a surface at a given point is the plane that" just touches" the surface at that point.
The concept of a tangent is one of the most fundamental notions in differential geometry and has been extensively generalized; see Tangent space.
The word" tangent" comes from the Latin," to touch".
The Cross and the Switchblade (film)
The Cross and the Switchblade is a 1970 Crime film starring Pat Boone as David Wilkerson and Erik Estrada as Nicky Cruz, the teen gang member whose life was transformed by Wilkerson's ministry.
The film was based on a non-fiction book of the same name," The Cross and the Switchblade".
The Cross and the Switchblade (film)
The Cross and the Switchblade is a 1970 Crime film starring Pat Boone as David Wilkerson and Erik Estrada as Nicky Cruz, the teen gang member whose life was transformed by Wilkerson's ministry.
The film was based on a non-fiction book of the same name," The Cross and the Switchblade".
The Curve
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Oru Small Family
Oru Small Family is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Rajasenan, starring Rajasenan, Seetha, Kailash and Ananya.
Curve-shortening flow
In mathematics, the curve- shortening flow is a process that modifies a smooth curve in the Euclidean plane by moving its points perpendicularly to the curve at a speed proportional to the curvature.
The curve- shortening flow is an example of a geometric flow, and is the one- dimensional case of the mean curvature flow.
Other names for the same process include the Euclidean shortening flow, geometric heat flow, and arc length evolution.
As the points of any smooth simple closed curve move in this way, the curve remains simple and smooth.
It loses area at a constant rate, and its perimeter decreases as quickly as possible for any continuous curve evolution.
If the curve is non-convex, its total absolute curvature decreases monotonically, until it becomes convex.
Once convex, the isoperimetric ratio of the curve decreases as the curve converges to a circular shape, before collapsing to a single point of singularity.
If two disjoint simple smooth closed curves evolve, they remain disjoint until one of them collapses to a point.
The circle is the only simple closed curve that maintains its shape under the curve-shortening flow, but some curves that cross themselves or have infinite length keep their shape, including the grim reaper curve, an infinite curve that translates upwards, and spirals that rotate while remaining the same size and shape.
An approximation to the curve -shortening flow can be computed numerically, by approximating the curve as a polygon and using the finite difference method to calculate the motion of each polygon vertex.
Alternative methods include computing a convolution of polygon vertices and then resampling vertices on the resulting curve, or repeatedly applying a median filter to a digital image whose black and white pixels represent the inside and outside of the curve.
The curve- shortening flow was originally studied as a model for annealing of metal sheets.
Later, it was applied in image analysis to give a multi-scale representation of shapes.
It can also model reaction – diffusion systems, and the behavior of cellular automata.
In pure mathematics, the curve- shortening flow can be used to find closed geodesics on Riemannian manifolds, and as a model for the behavior of higher- dimensional flows.
Cross and flame
The cross and flame is the official symbol of the United Methodist Church since 1968.
Color of the Cross 2: The Resurrection
Color of the Cross 2: The Resurrection is a 2008 direct- to- video religious film directed by, and starring Jean- Claude La Marre.
The film is a direct sequel to the film" Color of the Cross", and centers on the resurrection of Jesus following his death by crucifixion.
End of the Line
End of the Line or The End of the Line may refer to:

Question: Which film was released earlier, Oru Small Family or The Line, The Cross And The Curve?
Answer: The Line, The Cross And The Curve