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if you can finish today's assignment in time head to Bunkers tonight. Prince will be there.
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Yesterday there was a post made under ANDROGYNINE titled "just got word" and on Welcome to Life a comment was made that was untrue..
Our computer was hacked and our account here on the org was compromised. We have since changed our password.
Please except my appologies for any incovience this may have caused anyone.
we will do our best to make sure this doesn't happen again.
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ANDROGYNINE here is that assignment you wanted me to finish last night.....
the research paper on the films "Birth of A Nation" and "The Passion of Joan of Arc."
Birth of A Nation & The Passion of Joan of Arc: Two Great Works of Art by DreamFirstBorn, Jew
DW Griffith’s masterpiece Birth of A Nation and Carl Th. Dreyer’s epic film The Passion of Joan of Arc, prove to be 2 of the most influential films ever made. Each film is a documentation of how innovative the creative process was for two of the most influential filmmakers in the history of motion pictures. Birth of a Nation, released in 1915, is one of the first feature length films ever made. The film depicts the rising of The United States of America, as a nation, during the Civil War. It is a 3 hour-long journey that recounts a historical moment in American history. It is in part this story is about the relationship of two families, who are on opposing sides, during and after America’s civil war. The Passion of Joan of Arc, released in 1928, is a film about the trials and subsequent execution of a heroic young lady by the name of Jeanne also known as Joan of Arc. In the film, Joan is brought before judges and is forced to deny that she was under the influence God and was rather under the control of Satan when she lead a revolution to free France from English rule during the 1800’s. The judges succeed in tricking Joan into turning her back against God and sentenced her to life in prison. Soon releasing that she made a mistake, she recounted her admission and was burned alive at the stake for her religious convictions. When The Passion of Joan of Arc was released, there were many different major events going on during that year in France, as well as the world. With a feminist rising going on in France, 10 of the world’s most famous feminist stormed the gates of the Presidential compound, demanding equal rights for women. In an economic move France devalued the franc from 19.3 cents to 3.9 U.S. cents. This action would soon cause havoc on the rentier class, those who were living off of capital in France. Whereas, elsewhere in the world Adolph Hitler’s political power in Germany, was barely on the rise, after only winning a very small percentage of the votes for a seat in Germany’s Reichstag, thus causing him to move his party away from anti-capitalist ideas, which lead the rise of his popularity. Meanwhile, The United States and 62 other world leaders all signed The Kellogg-Braind Pact. This Pact was created to renounce aggressive war and to prohibit the including nations from making war against another nation as a notional policy, with the only exception being self defense. The Passion of Joan of Arc did not reflect the ideas of the time in which it was released. At most it could have been compared to the feminist movement of that time, but with Joan being put on trial and later being executed, because of her religious belief. She was viewed as taking on the role of a man by leading a nation in a revolution for its freedom from another country, as a messenger of God, the film cannot be paralleled to the rise of women’s right in 1928. If anything the film could have been used physiologically to deter women, of that time period, from standing up and expressing their independence, because if they did they could have ended up with the same out come as Joan did. That was quite possible the first time it was realized how much of a mental impact films could have over society. Now what was going on in 1915, when Birth of a Nation was release, the times were so different that what was represented in the movie. The movie was depicting the time of the civil war, whereas in 1915 there were other pressing topics at hand in both The United States and the world. In the US, birth control was a big issue. In New York , Nurse Margaret Higgins Sanger, was arrested for contraceptive methods. She was arrested under the Comstock Act, which made birth control information and data, viewed as obscene in America. She went on to open the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, NY and because so she would go on to spend an additional 30 days in jail. Other major events that were going on in 1915 is that Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Dr. Thomas A. Watson made the first transcontinental telephone call from New York to San Francisco. Germany was heighting its war efforts against England by declaring all waters around the country as a war zone. So the only comparison of what was going on in the world and in the plot of the film Birth of a Nation is war. But that comparison is at a minimum because, in Birth of A Nation the war was a civil war and what was going on in the world was the beginnings of a world war. Carl Th. Dreyer was born the bastard child of a Swedish farmer and a housekeeper, who was employed by his Father. He was given up for adoption by his father and the first 2 years of his life was spent going from one, Danish foster home to several other Danish foster homes. Carl Th. Dreyer, Sr. and his wife Inger Marie would eventually adopt him. They were a strict Lutheran family. Carl, Sr. and Inger were very distant emotionally from Carl, Jr., which caused his childhood to be an unhappy one. Even though he distant himself from his adoptive parents, when he got older, it is very clear that the teachings they instilled on him as a child would later show to be influential in the themes of his films. Carl, Jr. was a considered a conservative and didn’t believe in the idea of revolution. This could be one reason why he treated his protagonist in The Passion of Joan of Arc in such a brutal mannor. He did not believe in revolutions. They were holding back the development of society in a manner that was tedious in there qualities. He started off his career as a journalist in 1910 and his first foray in to the film industry was as a title writer. He moved up to screenwriter and soon following became a director. The first of his films were not considered successful and it wasn’t until Carl moved from Denmark to France, that his career began to take a change for the better. It was after his move to France and working with the likes of Jean Cocteau and Jean Hugo as well as other members of the French art scene Carl would make his first classic film. The Passion of Joan of Arc would be his ninth film and would consist of both an equal amount of emotional realism and expressionism. The Passion of Joan of Arc was received well by the critics mostly due to the performance of Maria Falconetti in the starring role as Joan. In an article published on March 31, 1928 Murdaunt Hall of the The New York Times wrote, “as a film work of art this takes precedence over anything that has so far been produced. It makes worthy pictures of the past look like tinsel shams. It fills one with such intense admiration that other pictures appear but trivial in comparison.” Maria Falconetti performance also went on to become one of the top performances in a film of all time. Her performance was the highest-ranking performance by a silent film star in Premiere magazine’s 100 greatest performances of all times. D.W. Griffith on the other hand was born January 22, 1875 to Jacob and Mary Perkins Griffith, in Crestwood, Kentucky. His father was a Civil War Colonel veteran and a Kentucky legislator, who passed away when D.W. was 10 years old. His mother burden by financial worries uprooted the family and moved to Louisville and opened up a boarding house to make ends meet. During his early years D.W., know as David to his family, was educated by his older sister Mattie in a one-room country schoolhouse. When the boarding house failed to make ends meet David left school and took on odd jobs to help out with the family finances. During this time David was passionate about becoming a playwright and by the time David was 20 years old he was working on various stages acting in Louisville and soon he would be traveling the country working on various productions. When he wasn’t on the stage acting he continued to write. It was in 1907 when he got his first big break as a playwright when his first play, A Fool and A Girl, was produced. The play wasn’t received very well and was considered a flop at that time. David and his wife, Linda Avidson, soon started working in the film industry as a way to make a living. At the end of 1907 David finished his first film, Rescued from the Eagle’s Nest, for the Edison Company. By the end of 1908, David and his wife moved to New York City and started working for the Biograph Company. For this company he acted in films and help developed new story lines for future films projects. Not long after he begin working for Biograph Company, the chief director, at the film company, fell ill and David was hired on to replace him. His first film would be The Adventures of Dollie, which was released in 1908. That is when a whole new chapter in film history began. It would be several years later and countless movies made before D.W. Griffith would make Birth of A Nation. The film was premiered in Los Angeles on February 8, 1915. Birth of a Nation would consist of a never before heard of 3 hour long running time. It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before. The film was release to much controversy. The N.A.A.C.P staged protest, against the film racist portrayal of blacks, at several big city premiers of the film. Because audiences were so passionate about the film, major riots broke out in cities such as Boston and Philadelphia. Other big cities across the nation, such as Denver, Kansas, Chicago and even right here in Minneapolis refused to screen the film because of the race tensions, between blacks and whites, the film was causing. Birth of A Nation was causing whites to go out and murder blacks because of the hysteria it caused when it depicted blacks taking over the white popularity. This is one of the first moments in motion picture history where a film had a huge impact over the society. It’s influence over the masses showed that film now had the power to move it’s audience in a way that would create a passionate respond to what was going on in their environment. It became the first blockbuster movie in history. In the films Birth of A Nation and The Passion of Joan of Arc, something was born out of these two epic adventures. Because of these films a new style of filmmaking was recreated. With Birth of A Nation the cinematography was used in ways never before. The film is shot beautifully with much contrast in every frame. Depth of field was explored in this film as well. Each frame was a work of art. In fact, because of the way Birth of A Nation was film a new standard in filmmaking had been achieved. Story lines were much more developed giving the audiences more to grasp, focus on and stay intoned with. Birth of A nation was a large production even for today’s standards. The film allowed the audiences to connect more with the characters and plot of the film. Most of all artistically Birth of a Nation was more so an art film which emphasized space as much as it emphasized on character development. Birth of A Nation was a film that explored all aspects of filmmaking. The Passion of Joan of Arc was much more focused on close up. The film was shot mostly in either close up face shots or medium shots. It color hue is mostly of the blue spectrum. Which gave a calming effect to the film even thought there was so much turmoil going on through out it. The Passion of Joan of Arc was much more of a character driven film. It focuses in on the emotional expressions of the protagonist during her the final days of her life. Though both of these films where very challenging to the audiences of its time. I find that if this film were release in today society for the first time, there would not be as much controversy attached to the film. Birth of A Nation was perceived as racist but as I watch the film I actually found nothing racist about the film. I didn’t see it as degrading the Afro-American people at that time but rather with exaggeration, depicting what the Afro-American was seen as during that time. I saw the film more so as a non-documentary documentation of what it was like during and after the Civil War in America. Even when the film was shown at the White House, President Woodrow Wilson said that the film was like writing history-using lighting and unfortunately it was true. Because the film involved a lot of evil things against certain people doesn’t make the film racist, but a work of art that brought attention to racist activities during a particular time in our nations history. And as an artist myself I think these films did exactly what it was suppose to do. It incited passion, evoked fears and caused a movement that eventually brought about change.
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2. "The Birth of a Nation (1915) - IMDb." The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). Web. 03 Feb. 2011. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004972/).
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DreamFirstBorn, Jew nice paper i give you a B.
you have good range of researched materials. Next time make more connections with your thoughts and add examples form the films. Posit what the directors were trying to do with the film from his background and social events....
a few questions for you...
1. Why did Dreyer make the film, what was his intent.
2. What were the teachings his adoptive parents instilled on him.
3. Why did Carl Dreyer think that revolutions where holding back the development of society in a manner that was tedious in there qualities.
4. You wrote that Birth of A Nation had caused whites to go out and murder blacks because of the hysteria the film had cause.... was this rumored or actual?
5. Explain how the films allowed the audiences to connect more with the characters and plot of the film.
6. You also wrote that Birth of A Nation was a film that explored all aspects of filmmaking, give examples.
those where just a few things that came to mind as i read your paper. It was written very well and with much thought put into it.
today's assignment is this.
I have prepared a shoot for you. With the script that will be provided film a scene in an eating location. Focus on Lighting, camera angles, and b shots... You will direct a scene and you will act in another scene. edit these short films and turn them in.
when this is complete i have something for you.
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Appologies accepted
Surely it was an 'inside-job' to make ANDROGYNINE look not so reLIEabel, when we know ANDROGYNINE may be abstract at times, but always TRUSTworthy.
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Great Work Dream1stBorn,
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hmmmm... i will get bacYk to you on that one...
ANDROGYNINE mute button is on a quick delay..
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Jeanne D'Arc is MY mother's name....Joan from Arc is really the meaning and Not Ms. Arc as a last name....Defending righteousness............and died believing in the mission that God had spoken to her.....
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Thank you AtenO for your correction, however I am aware Jeanne D'arc is Jeanne de Arc. It was merely a double meaning only meant to be understood by ANDROGYNINE, as a reference to a work of art we created together thru the dear Jamie Starr called 'Ark of Gold' - however the Artwork has been concluded to be way too avantgarde for publicity, and we will let future generations decide what to do with it.
Mademoiselle Jeanne was a smart woman and Dream1stBorn is a smart man, and due to Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women. I was interested in how D felt about J - personally....
Further on,
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NPG records has removed alot of videos from youtube - and many more are to vanish from youtube in a very short future,
as a Welcome to Life and
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I see alot of me in her and vice versa. kinda Of like ANDROGYNINE. OF course our lives are in no comparrison but our lives are of the same source. we both have acted faithfully, she lead the french free and became a french fry.
i on the other hand.... hmmmmm.... how do u spell NPG? make judgement He is pleased.
I could only hope that i could someday be as couragous as she was, personally.
DreamFirstBorn, Jew within this loveletter.
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while he was writing the loveletter i was searching through his phone videos...
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DreamFirstBorn, Jew i have seen the raw footage of the short scenes i had prepared for you i now want you to edit them, both the one you acted in and the one you directed, and of the two tell me which one is your favorite and why?
when editing, keep in mind the flow (the timing of your edits) of the scenes and do as much color corrections as possible.
have this done by the end of the day and something for you will be near,
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Not everyone wants to be a role model. some of us just want to be love, loved and lover and some of us just want to be left alone dicisions are made on a day basis a drug is merely an intoxicate yes dear darling at one time i was addicted to you.
i left my wife for you my child... for you my God
i let my people down.
don't worry or pretend... because of you and others like you my vision is no longer 20/20 but hey we're still cool because this is the only way we are ever gona figure this shit out.
i don't need facebook. i have still have friends.
be young and free.
through, Eric the origin of my friend.
and remember i didn't ask for any of this yet i take on the responsible with honor
come get it.
its Dawn.
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so they didn't want to post it, and tossed it away.
but i found it and now put it on disiplay.
I may not be one of the Artist @ The DownLoad Society which is ok with me.
What i do get is Freedom to post what ever i find. ANDROGYNINE is cool in that regards.
DreamFirstBorn on the other hand........ weirdo. j/k.
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ANDROGYNINE here is that research paper on Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. I know you asked for 4 pages but i couldn't stop writing so hear is 9.
Ignamar Bergman and His Classics: The Seventh Seal & Wild Strawberries
by DreamFirstBorn, Jew
With the release of both The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in 1957, Igmar Bergman became well known as an established and respected writer and director amongst his peers and critics in the cinematic world. The Seventh Seal is a extremely beautiful yet very complex tell of a mans unadulterated passion for the voice of everything that is known. The film is georgus to look at. It takes place just as Antonius Block and his dude Jof as they return back to their native home, Sweden. They had been away for many years waging war, as crusaders, where the plague had taken over what was then known as The Holy Land. Wild Strawberries, also a beautiful masterpiece that has such beauty that it drips with true human emotion. His imagination is untamed as I have become that man who, on a road trip is confronted with his past, as strangers he comes to know along the way remind him of certain situation he encountered throughout his life. Like him I is forced to reevaluate life once again! Both The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries are considered, and well deserved, to this day, classics in the history of motion pictures. Igmar Bergman was born in Uppsala, Sweden on July 14, 1918. His mother, Karin, was a nurse and his father Erik was a Lutheran minister, who’s dedication to his faith later lead him to become the Chaplin to the King of Sweden. Igmar’s early childhood years was filled with lots of religious culture, discussion, and imagery. Though Ingmar’s father was a religious man, he did however, raised his children with strict discipline. For example, at a young age, Igmar was likely to be placed in a small dark closet for several hours, afraid and alone, wet and cold, all because he was a bed wetter. It was because of circumstances like this, Igmar felt ashamed and began to find ways of escaping from his harsh realities, he develop a love of movies. It was through making movies he found his way of expressing the tough realities of his existence I believe his movies were deep representations of who he truly was and who he became to be. Though Igmar loved the cinema he was fascinated by religious art. Being that his childhood was surrounded in a religious home, it was appropriate that he would become enthralled with all the religious artwork he would encounter. He was without a doubt highly influenced by the graphic representation presented in the bible stories and parables, he discovered in old rustic Swedish churches. It was the idea of evil, embodied in Satan, which gave him the most vital interest, in the visual presentation of his ideas. Which is evident with his interpretation of death in The Seventh Seal. Even though Ignmar grew up in a strict and devoted Lutheran household, He would later write, in his autobiography, Laterna Magica, that he lost his faith around the age of eight. Ingmar would continue to write, that while his father was singing and praying in the pulpit, he would become more intensely “interested in the church’s mysterious world of low arches, thick walls, the smell of eternity, the colored sunlight quivering above the strangest vegetation of medieval paintings and carved figures on ceilings and walls. There was everything that one’s imagination could desire — angels, saints, dragons, prophets, devils, and humans.” It was because religion was such a big impact on his upbringing, you can see a lot of its influence in his work. Interesting enough, even though Ingmar had such fascination for movies and religious art, when Ingmar attended Stockholm University, he studied Art, Literature, and history. It was also while he attended the university he discovered his passion for theatre. Ingmar would write and act in various plays. Ingmar would also go on to direct other student productions. He was heavily involved in the theater scene. Ingmar did not graduate from Stockholm University; yet, It was his love of theatre that lead him to become a trainee director at the Mäster Olofsgärden Theatre and the Sagas Theatre. It was there he produced a very unconventional and disastrous rendition of August Strindberg's Ghost Sonata. Ingmar would return to Strindberg’s Chost Sonata several times throughout his career. Ingmar first venture into motion picture was rewriting scripts in 1941. It was a few years later when he achieved his first major accomplishment. He was hired on to write the screenplay for the film Torment/Frenzy, which was directed by Alf Sjöberg. Ingmar was also giving the duties of assistant director to the film. Because the film had such a large international success, Ingmar was given the task of, Crisis, his first film the following year. It would be for the next 10 years Ingmar would spend directing film, honing in on his craft. He would make about a dozen films during this time including, The Devil Wanton, The Naked Nigiht, Sawdust and Tinsel, and Summer with Monika, just to name a few. It was in 1955 when Ingmar’s film Smiles of a Summers night, won best poetic humor at the Cannes Film Festival, achieved world reconigition. It would be another two years, when in 1957, Ingmar would release of both The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries. That year, both films were released in Sweden, ten months apart. The Seventh Seal, originally written as a play by Ingmar, called Wooden Painting, had taken on many variation before it finally was produced as a film. It was first performed publicly on radio in 1954, and then the following spring it was taken to the stage in Malmo City. Ingmar directed both of these productions. In the fall of the same year The Seventh Seal was then produced again as a stage play, directed by Bengt Ekerot, in Stockholm. Bengt would go on later to play death in the film version, directed by Ingmar. When the script for The Seventh Seal was finally completed, surprisingly, studios turned it down and Ingmar feared it wouldn’t be made. It wasn’t until the success of Smiles of a Summer Night, at the Cannes film festival, when Carl-Anders Dymling at Svensk Filmindustri gave Ingmar the go ahead to produce The Seventh Seal. After the script had been rewritten 5 times over by Ingmar, the film was given a budget of $150,00 and a total of 35 days of a shooting schedule. Now in 1956 when The Seventh Seal was being produced, Sweden had survived World War II unscathed. Sweden had refused to join NATO but would become apart of the United Nations. During this time Sweden was celebrating a period of economic and social abundance. It was because Sweden kept its neutralist policy Sweden was able to become, together with Norway, pioneers in creating public health, housing, and job security programs, and while Sweden had kept a neutral stance in the war publicly, it was still secretly keeping strong political ties with the U.S. Sweden was hoping that the United States would use nuclear weapons against the boarding Baltic states occupied by the Soviet Union. Sweden was fearful that the Soviet Union would wage an attack against them. It was during this time both the United States and The Soviet Union were conducting large-scale nuclear testing’s in both the atmosphere and underground. In 1956 there were a lot of things being introduced to the world for the first time. For instance, the first video recording onto a magnetic tape was first broadcast in the United States, the first atomic clock was debuted in New York City, the first polio vaccination by Jonas Stalk was introduced to the public. The first atomic reactor for private research was built in Chicago, IL. The first time a motorcycle ever rode past 200 mph was also in 1956. The Soviet Union launched into orbit the first man made satellite and later that year place the first animal, a dog, in space. So while Sweden was thriving as a nation, around the world there were many new discoveries, technology speaking, being made. Considering that since The Seventh Seal took place during medieval times it didn’t really reflect what was going on in the world at the time. Yet, even though the film takes place in medieval times, it is possible that the film could be viewed as is an indirect representations of modern sensibilities and anxieties that come after the loss of one’s faith. While the film’s theme appears to be, the silence of God and the horror of death and the possibilities of no after life, The Seventh Seal doesn’t really deal with organized religion or God but more so, with the place of the human heart and society in general and where God and religion fit in to it. In fact the only real appearance of organized religion in the film is at the beginning with the reading of Revelation 8 from the bible, during the monks procession and the burning of the girl who was believed to be a witch. Ironically this part of the film reminded me of The Passion of Joan of Arc, as if the two films had interwoven at the point in which Joan was captured and tortured. I also found it quite interesting that Block in his quest to hear the voice of God, never really did anything in way of searching out for God’s voice. He never prayed, fasted, or kept watch for God’s commandments. He did however make an attempt at confession but never once did he confess his sins or express any remorse for his lack of faith. It seemed more so an act of observation or examination if you will of his own mental and emotional state. It was during this moment of doubt when Block was talking with a priest and confides in him that he cries out for God, but sometimes it seems as though no one was really there, it is then death reveals himself to Block, he had tricked Block into believing that he was communicating with a member of the clergy, when in fact it was Death all along. Hmmmm, just a thought, this would only lead one to believe that Block might have associated God with Death subconsciously, therefore he never sought out for God because with Death, God was already there. While the main character in The Seventh Seal was struggling with his faith, there were other characters in the film who weren’t. For instance when Jof had the vision of The Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus in the field, he was ecstatic about it. He truly believed what he saw and didn’t question it what so ever. With Jof being a simple man this is a testament to his simple faith. And Yet while the film depicts Jof’s visions with as much impartiality as Block’s encounters with Death, it never qualifies as God’s existence, nor does it place any special importance over Jof’s faith then on Block’s faith. It just is. Bergman, I suspect, wanted to explore the experience of Jof’s simple faith in a non judgmental and nostalgic way, while leaving it alone and allowing it to grow innocently. I did find it interesting how Ingmar allows Jof’s world and Block’s world to exist side by side without establishing either one over the other as l. They were true opposites that complimented each other’s character, as If it were perfectly planned out by God himself. Is The Seventh Seal, Ingmar’s interpretation of God’s own inner conflict between faith and doubt? Upon it’s release The Seventh Seal was receive with great applaud by the critics. It was praised as a film what was catering to the intellectual side of cinema. Some, such as, Morgon-Tidningen’s Nils Beyer, even went far out by comparing Ingmar’s film with Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc. A comparison to Sweden’s master of cinema is not given out very lightly. Even to this day The Seventh Seal is listed as number 8 in a compilation of the best of world cinema and in the top 100 movies of all time ever, it is listed as number 16, as compiled by Empire magazine. When Ingmar Bergman released Wild Strawberries, he once again presented a masterpiece that cemented his repetition as a genius in the art of story telling. Though completely different than The Seventh Seal, especially in regards to the religious overtones, both films share a few similarities. For instance, Wild Strawberries, more so than The Seventh Seal, is a classic road trip. . Like The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries is a character driven film that does give you a sense of the space that the characters are in. It gives you an interesting perspective of Isak Borg, a seventy eight year old man, who starts the film off introducing himself, as he is to receive an honorary degree the following day. The next morning Isak, while in a dream, has an experience where he is a witness a funeral procession of his own death. This is the beat that changed the remainder of this man’s life. Stubbornly, instead of taking a plane, Isak decides to drive to Lund Cathedral, to except his honors and this begins a journey into his past as he meets various people along the way that ignite certain memories of his past. At certain times of the film, it seems as if these characters he meets are there to help bring him back form dementia spells he is having. For instance, when he and Marriane his riding companion makes a stop to have a lunch break at the location where he spent the first 20 years of his life. Isak goes of into a day dream, remembering a certain time there and he is brought back by the introduction of Sara who, along with her two lover Anders and Viktor are in need of a ride to Italy. Sara is the spitting image of the love of Isak’s life during his youth. Next, the traveling group met up with an older couple after they are forced off the road by Isak’s car. The couple is so full of rage against each other that it reminds Isak of his trouble marriage. He soon part ways with them. As the adventure continues Isak is challenged by the loneliness that haunts him and the detachment that plagues him. He recognizes these traits in his mother as well as his son and Isak is for to deal with this and come to terms with who he was, who he has become and peacefully enough his impending death which is soon to arrive. Isak finds closure and the true meaning of his life and this at the end brings him much joy and comfort. Wild Strawberries is a beautifully film work of art. It is full for rich contrast and characters that are so full of color that you often forgot that you are watching a black and white film. When Wild Strawberries was released it was well received. It went on to win The Golden Globe for best foreign film and was nominated by the Academy for best original screenplay. The Vatican honored the film by placing it on it’s best film list because in Wild Strawberries " Isak’s interior journey from pangs of regret and anxiety to a refreshing sense of peace and reconciliation." It was these two films that firmly planted Ingmar Bergman’s legacy as an important part of cinematic history. His great detail into the human nature is forever an influence on modern day filmmakers like Woody Allen to even future filmmakers such as myself. is here |
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DreamFirstBorn, Jew meet me at the bridge by the sculputre garden, bring your crew and your equipment. I have your next assignment.
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It's been a year now DFB...
so what does life mean to you, now? what is the difference between the time before ANDROGYNINE and with ANDROGYNINE? what have you learned about yourself and your new surroundings? what do you want from this experience? and what do you want to do after this experience?
think these questions over and give up your thoughts,
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ANDROGYNINE That is such a very big question(s) you ask, and i am not sure if there is enough space on this site for me to respond truthfully.
I could give you a snippet of Life, as i know it, but i already have. You can go back for more than 10 years on this site alone and see that i have been consistently revealing my life as it is revealed to me. The artist community is more than a gathering, it is a place to bear witness.
PaperCrayons AsIAm HRH Gregory Alive sexaftertaste and many, many more who have found there way home.
Welcome to life in pure honesty, like honey long after the last sting. This way and that way. ONE way. Still remains a DreamFirstBorn.
i have walked a very long journey for the most part, believing i was all alone. I was lonely. I was dieing of the loneliness ANDROGYNINE.
The more i expressed myself, the futher away i pushed myself from the cure... rediculusly unknowning.
I was so far GONE yet i was still here. The org. and i have documented my journey feverishly. ANDROGYNINE Continues...
I am eager to learn from you, how you do those things you do I want to know that which i am as i am that i am.
without you ANDROGYNINE? i will fair well. my surroundings are that as i dream. I dream Big. Bright beautiful you. i will never be without you.
considering....
without loneliness, can one still be alone?
i was alone,
and of me
Father created ANDROGYNINE.
shit the mute button......
love of my love.
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you know ...... words are sometimes given without meaning. the words we speak define inner being
"light and darkness a very fine line the seperation of which can only be spoken ONCE in time
Let there be light."
i found that on a piece of paper in ANDROGYNINE'S LAIR don't know who wrote it so i thought i would post it.
on my way here.....
i looked up this defination..
–noun
1.
Religion .
a.
b.
one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1.
c.
any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
2.
any follower of Christ.
3.
( initial capital letter
 ) a member of the Disciples of Christ. 4.
–verb (used with object)
5.
Archaic . to convert into a disciple.
6.
Obsolete . to teach; train.
hmmmmmm is there a reason for me?
Madison,
within this loveletter
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lets change the direction...
photos essay of todays events... | |
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ANDROGYNINE i took tons of pictures today... but then i came across this and it made my events seem unimportant...
http://video.l3.fbcdn.net/cfs-l3-snc6/81489/34/1605260179420_2624.mp4?oh=ac31b4d8738221641ba490396dc
take a look and tell me what you think.
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Hey you should start promoting on facebook through notes to your music friends (like me) so that we know what's up with u. i dont come in this forum too often anymore since nobody really reviews much and most people I knew in here are gone after the whole fiasco. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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DreamFirstBorn, Jew what did you mean by a French Fry?
in the mean time.... edit 2 short films, One for Lighting and the other For Media History.
you have until tuesday as,
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I ment it as an ICON.
a globle ICON.
french fry. everyone knows what it is.
Just like Joan of Arc, everyone knows who she is.
Melia Jovich was her last incarnation.... whatever.
riddle me this riddle me that who is the fat boy who has taken my hat unveil me here and unveil me now.
some try very hard to tear apart ones salvation no matter what you do there is no approval send me a hero is here |
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i was with The DownLoad Society assisting them with shooting something in the North East of Minneapolis last night until late. I can't wait to see what this is about......
Madison, within this loveletter Special Thanks 2 Paisley Park and The DownLoad Society | |
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