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Chance Encounters #003

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Lucy Railton, Adam Matschulat, Gordon Hempton, Ilia Belorukov & Vasco Trilla, Red Wine & Sugar, Mabe Fratti with Kit Schluter, Gazelle Twin, Vladimir Ussachevsky, Henning Christiansen, Phil Tanner, Roger Eno, Siobhán McKenna, Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshihide, John Butcher, Eiko Ishibashi, Coil, Félix Blume, Ian William Craig, Foresteppe, Bernard Parmegiani

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Siobhán McKenna photographed by Gjon Mili in Ireland, 1956.

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is very little option, however, together with The Handmaid's Tale, that has been adopted by"The Opposition" as a chillingly cautionary look at what might happen to women when the nascent Republican government is allowed to get its own way. Web site: CTVA US Anthology - "Way Out" (Talent Associates/CBS)(1961) hosted by Roald Dahl.Web site: BFI Screenonline: Grainer, Ron (1924-1981) Biography.Web site: BFI Screenonline: Tales of the Unexpected (1979-88).See main article: List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes. It used some stories that would later be adapted for Tales of the Unexpected. It was similar in concept and themes to The Twilight Zone, and ran for 14 episodes on Friday nights (as the lead-in for The Twilight Zone).

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Way Outĭahl had hosted a similar series for the American CBS network called Way Out in 1961. The third and fourth series featured two episodes apiece adapted from Dahl stories, and a fifth, titled "The Surgeon", featured in the final series in 1988. The series-three episode "Parson's Pleasure" was the final regular episode to feature an on-screen introduction by Dahl, although he did return to provide introductions to the series-eight episodes "In the Cards" and "Nothing Short of Highway Robbery" and gave a brief voice-over introduction to the series-four episode "Shatterproof". The title reflected this change when it became Tales of the Unexpected – Introduced by Roald Dahl – Dahl ceased providing introductions for episodes after the programme had reached series three. The second series featured four episodes from other writers. Later episodes were set in different locations outside the United Kingdom, with many being made in the United States. This is exemplified in the story " The Landlady", the written version of which only hints at character Billy's fate, while the televised adaptation has a more resolved conclusion. Unlike other horror anthologies such as The Twilight Zone, Tales of the Unexpected features few supernatural, science-fiction, or fantasy elements and instead takes place in entirely realistic settings (exceptions include the series-one episode " William and Mary", the series-two episode "Royal Jelly", and the series-four episode "The Sound Machine").Īlthough many of Dahl's stories are left open to the reader's interpretation, the television series usually provided a generally accepted conclusion. Corbett, Zoë Wanamaker, Charles Dance, Michael Ontkean and Timothy West.ĭahl introduced most of his own stories himself, giving short monologues explaining what inspired him to write them. Despite being produced on a low budget, the series attracted notable guest stars, including Susan George, Siân Phillips, José Ferrer, Joseph Cotten, Janet Leigh, John Gielgud, John Mills, Wendy Hiller, Denholm Elliott, Katy Jurado, Joan Collins, Rod Taylor, Ian Holm, Brian Blessed, Siobhán McKenna, Brad Dourif, Michael Gambon, Cyril Cusack, Julie Harris, Michael Hordern, Derek Jacobi, Anna Neagle, Elaine Stritch, Andrew Ray, Harry H. The series originally adapted various stories from Roald Dahl's anthology books. The theme music for the series was written by composer Ron Grainer. The series was made by Anglia Television for ITV with interior scenes recorded at their Norwich studios, whilst location filming mainly occurred across East Anglia. Every episode of series one, eight episodes of series two, and one episode of series three were based on short stories by Roald Dahl collected in the books Tales of the Unexpected, Kiss Kiss, and Someone Like You. Each episode told a story, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, with an unexpected twist ending. Tales of the Unexpected (Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected) is a British television series that aired between 19.

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2020: Isa Stoppi, top modella degl’anni sessanta. Musa di straordinari fotografi. Fu il volto di maison come Valentino. Nel 1972, all’apice del successo, si ritira dalle scene per sposare Gian Germano Giuliani, ex patron dell’azienda che produce l’omonimo amaro medicinale. Fino all’arrivo del secondo figlio continua a lavorare per Vogue come fashion editor. Nel 2016 viene pubblicata la sua…

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King of Kings, den ersten ernstzunehmenden Versuch eines Leben-Jesu-Bibelschinken seit Mr. de Milles von 1927 (auf den ich mich in diesem Bibelschinken-Beitrag beziehe, der sonst aber noch gar nicht vorkam) haben wir immer zugunsten von George Steven’s lustigem Star-Suchspiel The Greatest Story Ever Told ignoriert. Mit dem Starspotting ist es hier nicht so weit her, alles eher so zweite-dritte Liga, Hurd Hatfield, der vormalige Dorian Gray, gibt einen arg genervten Pilatus, Jeffrey Hunter als Jesus ist allerdings immerhin fast 20 Jahre jünger als H. B. Warner, und nicht nur besser gelaunt als Max von Sydow (was zugegebenmaßen keine Kunst ist), sondern auch attraktiver, und er hat ein reizendes rotes Kapuzenkittelchen, um das ich ihn etwas beneide. Die Geschichte käme ihm bekannt vor, sagt der Tobi, doch gibt es es einiges zu sehen, was man in einem Jesusfilm nicht zwingend erwarten würde, die Eroberung Jerusalems 63 v. Chr. beispielsweise, oder ein unerwartetes Bonusgemetzel am Palmsonntag. Überhaupt führt die Anwendung gängiger Hollywood-Drehbuch-Regeln gelegentlich zu einigen Überraschungen, warum sollen die Pilatussens nicht mal bei den Herodessens zum Weinchen vorbeikommen oder Jesus Johannes den Täufer in seiner Gefängniszelle besuchen?

Andererseits erzählen sie einige recht beliebte, erwartbare Stellen eher beiläufig. Um der Gefahr der Verzettelung diverser etwas ausufernder Neben-Handlungsstränge zu entgehen, ist (ähnlich unwahrscheinlich wie Leo & Kate auf der Titanic) bei sämtlichen bemerkenswerten Ereignissen vom Kindesmord in Bethlehem bis zur Kreuzigung der Römer Lucius (3. v. links) zugegen, der dafür in der Bibel verblüffend selten erwähnt wird. Ein marginal erkennbarer Wille zur Kitschvermeidung wird von Miklós Rózsas monströsem Score und der Technicolor-Farbberatung für die Wölkchen am Himmel gezielt unterwandert, so daß letzlich das Beste, was man im Vergleich zum Konkurrenzprodukt darüber sagen kann, es sei vielleicht etwas unterhaltsamer gescheitert.

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Siobhán McKenna photographed by Gjon Mili in Ireland, 1956.

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Siobhán McKenna photographed by Gjon Mili in Ireland, 1956.

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Siobhán McKenna photographed by Gjon Mili in Ireland, 1956.

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The first theatre person to display an interest in The Bishop's Bonfire was actor Cyril Cusack. Having recently formed Cyril Cusack Production he had staged Arms and the Man and The Playboy of the Western World at the Gaiety, Dublin, and had brought Playboy to Paris in June 1954. He had a good company, which included Walter Macken, better known as playwright and novelist, Siobhán McKenna, and Cusack's wife Maureen, an actress of considerable power and versatility. Just before the Paris trip Cyril wrote requesting the script of the new play.

[...] Cusack was a man of amazing courage and artistic commitment. He was anything but a prude. He knew from the first reading that the Bonfire was in every sense hot stuff, and yet he never flinched from the flames.

[...] On Monday [28th February 1955], opening day, one of the visiting critics stirred the pot with the headline, 'Police called to stand by at O'Casey's new play'. The rumour circulated that O'Casey was afraid to come to Dublin. From 2 p.m. a queue formed outside the Gaiety for the 300 unbookable seats in the 'gods'; by 7 p.m. close to 2000 people jammed South King Street and around the corner to Mercer's Hospital. Clearly, for most of these no seats were to be had, for even members of the diplomatic corps could not get tickets. The gardaí were called to maintain order. [...] Inside of the packed house there was tension, there was noise [...] Cusack later described the disruption:

Came a clattering of up-turned seats and shouting voices — 'This is blasphemy!'... 'This is sacrilege!' and other cries of protest. In the tradition of the stage the play went on, while the demonstrators, a small right-wing Roman Catholic group, waving programmes and showering pamphlets on the stunned audience, made for the exit-door, at which point, out of the bewildered silence, from the gallery the little Dublin voice was heard — 'Get out, ye dirty Protestants!'

[...] There was certainly more widespread abuse hurled at Cusack when he made his curtain speech in his best histrionic style, mock innocence combined with arch humour. He first arranged a pause while he laced his boot to collect his thoughts. Then he began in Irish and as cries of 'speak English!' drowned his words he turned to English. In ever-so-polite tones, punctuated by ambiguous sniffs, he thanked the audience for holding their 'heretical hisses' to the end.

— Sean O’Casey’s Biography, by Christopher Murray

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February 9, 2021: Doctor Zhivago (1965) (Part 1)

Ahem.

Россия — священная наша держава, Россия — любимая наша страна. Могучая воля, великая слава — Твоё достоянье на все времена!

Yup. Russia. I’m definitely in for one hell of a ride, and it’s all set around the Russian Revolution and World War I. But, just like yesterday’s entry, that’s not the only reason I’m watching Doctor Zhivago.

Fun fact! The English Patient ay have won more awards, but if one were to adjust for inflation, Doctor Zhivago DEFINITELY made more money. It’s the eighth most successful film of all time (again, adjusted for inflation), and would be the highest grossing movie of its year, if it hadn’t been beat out by the same movie that won 4 of the 5 Academy Awards it was nominated for. And what movie was that?

Yeah. OOF. The Sound of Music is the THIRD most successful film, when adjusted for inflation. Oh, and in case you guys were wondering, Avengers: Endgame is number 16 on that list. Yeah. Get the picture? So, shall we start the Recap? TO MOTHER RUSSIA!!! SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Recap (Part 1/3)

OH YEAH, THAT’S GODDAMN RIGHT. This movie, just to be clear, is THREE HOURS AND 20 MINUTES LONG. Yeah. I’m in this one for the long-ass haul. As I’m typing this, though, the Overture is playing, which is just some Russian choral singing over a painted background of a birch forest.

So...I could skip...but goddamn if I’m not enjoying the music so far. It’s composed by Maurice Jarre, apparently. He was a French composer who scored all of the films of director David Lean. That includes Lawrence of Arabia...oh. Wait. IT’S THAT GUY? Oh boy, OK, definitely in for the long haul. Oh, and WHOOPS, Overture’s over...ture.

Oh...it’s just the opening credits. OK, so where was I? Right, so Jarre composed the music for a LOT of films, but the most famous are LoA, this one, Jesus of Nazareth, Ghost, Fatal Attraction, Dead Poets Society...MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME?!? Wait, WHA-OH shit, the movie’s started.

We start off in post World War II Russia, with General Yevgaf Andreyevich Zhivago (Alec Guinness) looking for his half-brother’s daughter. His brother is a now-famous author. With the help of a co-worker, he bring in a young woman, Tanya Komarova (Rita Tushingham), whom he suspects of being this girl.

From here, we go back to a burial somewhere in the Russian countryside, where a young boy, Yuri, watches on, sadly. He’s been taken in by his mother’s friends, Alexander and Anna Gromeko (Ralph Richardson and Siobhán McKenna), who have a daughter, Tonya. 

Soon grown to adulthood, in the year 1913, Yuri Zhivago (Omar Sharif) is now a doctor (I mean, yeah, of course) in Moscow. In the same city, the Russian Revolution is on the horizon. A 17-year old young woman, Lara Antipova (Julie Christie), goes to rescue her fiancée, Pasha Antipov, from being captured by the police, as he is in favor of the Revolution. She appears to work in a shop, owned by her mother, and attended by Victor Yppolitovich Komarovsky (Rod Steiger). One day, while her mother is sick, he takes her to a dinner and dance hall of some kind.

Meanwhile, a protest is taking place, with Pasha attending it. Yuri and his adopted mother look on it favorably, seemingly in support of the upcoming Revolution. The protesters begin to sing, which is heard outside of the dinner hall where Lara and Komarovsky are having dinner. However, the bourgeoisie inside appear to mock the protesters. Well...that seems like our conflict for the evening.

Well, that’s not all the conflict. As Komarovsky takes Lara home (and kisses her, might I add, and it IS weird), the protesters are met by members of the city guard. This leads to the guard attacking and slaughtering many peaceful protesters. Pasha, for his part, is injured. Yuri comes outside, bereaved at the injured, and tries to help treat them. However, the authorities come and haul many of them away before that happens.

Pasha makes his way to Lara, and she at first feels guilty about her dalliance with Komarovsky. However, that ends when she sees his facial wound, and brings him in to care for him. And now, Pasha’s no-nonsense. He gives her a gun to hide, angered about the fact that the guards cut down women and children in the crowd. The next day, Yuri’s adopted sister Tonya (Geraldine Chaplin) arrives from Paris, telling her brother that his poetry is famous in Paris. Oh, Yuri’s a poet by hobby, by the way. Seems like her mother is hoping that they get together.

Lara continues to feel guilty about betraying Pasha with Victor, but continues her relationship with him secretly. He’s unsurprisingly a DICK, treating her like a plaything. You know the deal, he’s an entitled asshole. But then...something happens. Victor rushes out of the shop of Lara’s mother, Amalia (Adrienne Corri), and tells a messenger to get a friend of his.

That friend is Boris Kurt (Geoffrey Keen) a medical professor currently at a concert with his wife, Yuri, and Tonya. He gets the message and brings Yuri along for the ride, as he goes to attend to...someone. I assume that it’s Lara, but they don’t show it. Anyway, she’s drunk a poison of some kind, and Victor’s asked Boris to come over and take care of it discreetly. And OH SHIT! It’s Amalia! Amalia tried to commit suicide? The question now is why? Anyway, Yuri goes to find Lara and let her know. And he sees more than he bargained for.

Yuri catches Victor, and Victor sees him as well. They learn about each other, and it would seem that Amalia did what she did in suspicion of the two sleeping together. YIKEROOO. 

Good place to pause! I am INDEED splitting this one up into three parts, because...come on. It’s a long-ass movie, and these things shouldn’t be 80 years long. See you in Part 2!