Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Cordelia » Thu Sep 21, 2017 10:57 am

^^^You're welcome!

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Above, and others 'in action':


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDZsYpCskHc


Wow--fascinating 30 minutes viewing the history of Automata:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzOgsaXO7BE
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Postby Grizzly » Sat Sep 23, 2017 12:35 am




“The more we do to you, the less you seem to believe we are doing it.”

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Cordelia » Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:15 am

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Postby Cordelia » Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:27 am

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Cordelia » Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:33 am

Dreamlike tour of the Hermitage Museum, guided by French nobleman and writer Marquis de Custine as he walks about giving clever, dry criticisms to an unseen 'dreamer' about the art, Russia, its aristocracy, history, culture, St. Petersburg, people from history..... Features a huge troupe of actors wearing 19th Century finery, some portraying historical figures. It's a visual feast, filmed (before 'Birdman') in one uninterrupted take.

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Mortals must not chase royalty.


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Postby Jerky » Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:37 am

Russian Ark is magnificent.
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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Cordelia » Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:07 am

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Jerky » Mon Feb 19, 2018 11:45 pm

Oh, Lord. The Godfather. As close to perfection as film can get. Everybody says Godfather II is better, but I disagree. It's great, but The Godfather... that's art of world historic importance, IMO.

I'm a huge Kubrick nut, as some of you know. I'd like to share one of his favorite pieces of music. He never used it in any of his films, but he played it over and over again on the set of 2001, to set the mood. It's Ralph Vaughan Williams' Sinfonia Antarctica.

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Cordelia » Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:37 pm

Jerky » Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:45 am wrote:Oh, Lord. The Godfather. As close to perfection as film can get. Everybody says Godfather II is better, but I disagree. It's great, but The Godfather... that's art of world historic importance, IMO.


:thumbsup Agree! (And who can forget the brilliant editing in the baptism/Corleone revenge-massacre scene?)


What was with all those oranges?

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Was Coppola planning to grow oranges w/his proceeds before settling on grapes?

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Jerky » Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:12 pm

Oranges used to be of greater cultural significance than they are nowadays... a semi-decadent treat for the well off and middle classes. They were popular Christmas gifts up to the late 60's.

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Jerky » Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:21 pm

I recommend the book "Rooted in America: Foodlore Popular Fruits and Vegetables". It's got a ton of great back-stories and historical context. There's an extensive chapter on oranges being seen as a symbol of youth, vigor, sexuality and matrimony, as well as other facts that may or may not be germane to the subject at hand.

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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Elvis » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:39 pm

I think I've posted these guys before, but they're good. Most of all I love the choirmaster—watch his joy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYbtAZjB8QM

They have numerous videos, I really get a kick out of them.

As I recall, when I posted them before my thought was that all militaries should be turned into institutes of music & dance.
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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Elvis » Wed Feb 21, 2018 9:42 pm


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJPgveHnMd0

"ya, electric guitar! — is Russian invention!" :wink
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Re: Culture, The Arts, beautiful things: only.

Postby Cordelia » Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:38 pm

Currently watching other classic films; after I finished 'The Godfather' Sunday night, woke, Monday morning craving orange (color, not juice). I'm not much of a fruit eater, except citrus, and esp. clementines, they're so damn tasty, thirst-quenching and aromatic.

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Very interesting about the cultural significance of oranges; reminds me of 'Women In Love', another earlier film, and a scene where one of the main characters, Berkin, mansplains the sexual symbolism of figs to Hermione (seated to his left), her guests and to signal the death of his affair w/her.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIANJivmw_Q

Too bad there aren't more clips from the film, inc. one w/Gudrun and homosexual artist, Loerke, playing dress-up for their fantasy ride on the Trans-Siberian Express.


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Another great scene-- Hermione's ostentatious, self-aggrandizing dance (ultimately hijacked by her audience) of grieving Naomi, Orpah and Ruth; casting herself in the lead, flanked by Ursula & Gudrun.

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