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Friday, 25 May 2012

Rafael Correa for Prime Minister Please


Rafael Correa
Julian Assange, RT, The World Tomorrow 

Can someone please stop the US Military occupation of Australia? 
Posted by Caligula00 at 20:39
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Wells, The Invisible Man (1897) read by Edward Hardwicke (2008)

Wells, The Invisible Man (1897) read by Edward Hardwicke (2008)
Claude Rains (1933)

The Feast of Trimalchio

Fellini, Satyricon, 1969

None Shall Pass

Jacques Tati, Play Time (1967)

Alain Resnais, L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961)

Jørgen Leth, Det perfekte menneske (1967)

Peter Lorre (1904-1964) The Cinematographical Stimulant

One's diet | Logan's Run (1976)

Martin Jacobson (1978-)

Martin Jacobson (1978-)
".... My work is based on the curiosity and fascination of that which is beyond my understanding and experience. I try to see and read the phenomena and objects that come in my way. I search for provisional recipes or methods, which can articulate and activate something in me or in somebody else. ...."

Max Von Sydow (1929-)

Max Von Sydow (1929-)
The Von as Johan Borg, Bergaman's Vargtimmen, Hour of the Wolf (1968)

Rene Magritte (1898–1967)

Rene Magritte (1898–1967)

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There is only One Manifestation

There is only One Manifestation
The Fourth, Baker as Who (1974-1981)

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Hugh Hector Munro (1870-1916)
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Books

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  • Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet (1887) read by Sir Derek Jacobi (2004), Sign of the Four (1890) read by Jacobi (2006), The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (1892-93) read by Jacobi (2009)
  • Anthony Trollope (1815-1882), Doctor Thorne (1858) & The Small House at Allington (1864) both read by Timothy West (2008)
  • Waugh, A Handful of Dust (1934) read by Simon Callow (2000)
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  • Alan Bennett, Poetry in Motion (2001) read by Bennett
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  • Evelyn Waugh, Black Mischief (1932)
  • T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral (1935)

The Master

The Master
Sir John Geilgud (1904-2000)

Waugh, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (1957) read by Michael Cochrane

Waugh, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold (1957) read by Michael Cochrane
Bacon, Screaming Man (1952)

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)

Salvador Dali (1904-1989)
".... The blood of Gala; More symbolic fish ...."

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Ideas

  • Wagner (1813-1883) discussed by John Deathridge, Lucy Beckett & Michael Tanner (2002)
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  • Raymond Geuss, Esther Leslie and Jonathan Rae discuss the Frankfurt School [c1918-1969] (Jan 2010)
  • Yeats & Oedipus
  • Arthur, Merlin and love magic (TLS)

William Storage, Roman Imperial Portraiture

William Storage, Roman Imperial Portraiture
Caracalla (211-217)

Music

  • Masaru Satô 佐藤 勝 (1928-1999)
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Perez Prado, Wild, Savage & Terribly Exciting

Film

  • Masahiro Shinoda 篠田 正浩 (1931-), Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (桜の森の満開の下) (1975)
  • Takashi Miike 三 池 崇史 (1960-), Audition オーディション (1999), Ichi The Killer 殺し屋1 (2001), Gozu 極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 (2003), 13 Assassins 十三人の刺客 (2010)
  • Kaneto Shindō 新藤 兼人, Onibaba, 鬼婆 (1964)
  • Kiyoshi Kurosawa 黒沢 清, Cure キュア (1997)
  • Sergei Ferdorovich Bondarchuk Серге́й Фё́дорович Бондарчу́к (1920-1994), War & Peace Война и мир (1961-1968), They Fought for Their Country Они сражались за Родину (1975)
  • Pavel Semyonovich Lungin Павел Семёнович Лунгин (1949-), The Island Остров (2006), Tsar Царь (2009)
  • Bong Joon-ho 봉 준호 (1969-), Gwoemul 괴물 (2006)
  • Masaki Kobayashi 小林 正樹 (1916-1996), Seppuku 切腹 (1962), Kaidan 怪談 (1964)
  • Ingmar Bergman, Ansiktet [The Magician] (1958)
  • Michael Haneke, Caché (2005), The White Ribbon Das weiße Band, Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)
  • Nagisa Oshima 大島 渚 (1932-) Ai no bōrei 愛の亡霊 (1978)
  • Sakichi Sato, Tokyo Zombie 東京ゾンビ (1999)
  • Shirô Toyoda 豊田四郎, Portrait of Hell (Jigokuhen) 地獄変 (1969)
  • Yasuzo Masumura 増村 保造, Koshoku ichidai otoko (1961)
  • Carl Theodor Dreyer, La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (1928)
  • Satyajit Ray, Jalsaghar (1958)
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  • Alfred Hitchcock, The Lady Vanishes (1938)
  • Fritz Lang (1890-1976)
  • Alain Resnais, L'Année dernière à Marienbad (1961)
  • Patrice Chéreau, Gabrielle (2005)
  • Michael Haneke, La Pianiste (2001)
  • Patricia Mazuy, Saint-Cyr (2000)
  • Jonathan auf der Heide, Van Diemen's Land (2009)
  • Jean-Pierre Jeunet (1953-) & Marc Caro
  • Jacques Tati, Play Time (1967)
  • Okamoto & Katsu, Zatôichi to Yôjinbô (1970)
  • Kurosawa, Yojimbo 用心棒 Yōjinbō (1961)
  • Okamoto, Samurai Assassin 侍 (1965)
  • Kihachi Okamoto 岡本 喜八 (1924-2005)
  • Shintarō Katsu 勝 新太郎 (1931-1997)
  • Zhang Yimou 張藝謀 (1951-)
  • Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
  • Park Chan-Wook 박찬욱 (1963-), Boksuneun Naui Geot 복수는 나의 것 (2002), Oldboy 올드보이 (2003), Thirst 박쥐 Bakjwi (2009)
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