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<title><![CDATA[Even Brando Loved T-Shirts!]]></title>
<link>http://mindmyblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/even-brando-loved-t-shirts/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[T-shirts have come to signify relaxation, comfort, and a devil-may-care attitude. They are incredibl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>T-shirts have come to signify relaxation, comfort, and a devil-may-care attitude. They are incredibly versatile and are a wardrobe essential for all busy people.</p>
<p>In the 1950s Brando, wore a plain white t-shirt with a black leather jacket. The chain-smoking, t-shirt wearing James Dean also played a part in making the t-shirt essential wear for a cool, rebellious youth. Punk sealed the t-shirts status as acceptable clothing for the new generation of rebels. Then, starting in the mid-1960s, people began using custom tees as placards to express political ideas and humor.</p>
<p>While t-shirts became acceptable as everyday clothing in the 1970&#8217;s it was punk rock that really sealed their position as the standard clothing of a disenfranchised youth. Ultimately, rock t-shirts worn with jeans and sneakers became a uniform of conformist non-conformism. Now the t-shirts from these early days have become one of today&#8217;s hottest-and most costly-fashion trends. Vintage t-shirts and other collectible tees can sell for as much as $500.</p>
<p>Even as late as the 1980s, custom t-shirts were controversial. Their popularity as a garment of defiance came about in the mid 80s. Political custom t-shirts in South Africa were banned as the struggle against apartheid increased.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s custom t-shirts continue to evolve with new styles, colors, piques, knits and new synthetic fabrics. They are showing up everywhere from corporate boardrooms to the golf course.Recent research suggests that sports teams which adorn their players with red t-shirts play better and win more games. While red tees may be associated with competition and winning, earth tone and white remain the most classic and popular choices.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s clear that Americans love their t-shirts. And since anything can be printed on them, custom tees will surely continue to be a means of personal expression. T-shirts signify patriotism, display one&#8217;s attitudes, feelings, product loyalty and political beliefs. T-shirts can be worn as underwear, pajamas and workout clothing. Many women have replaced the traditional blouse under a suit jacket with a nice custom t-shirt, indicating that the t-shirt is becoming more acceptable in the workplace.</p>
<p>There is no doubt that t-shirts are here to stay. No matter your age, size or sensibilities, if you feel the urge to express your view, to tell complete strangers how it is, to point out why you are right and everyone else is wrong, then get a t-shirt.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Blouson Cuir Mac Douglas noir marron et café]]></title>
<link>http://enmodefr.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/blouson-cuir-mac-douglas-noir-marron-et-cafe/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mac Douglas GERRY VACHETTE COLUMBIA cuir acheter Mac Douglas TEDDY GOAT SUEDE CHOCO cuir acheter Mac]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas GERRY VACHETTE COLUMBIA cuir <a title="Mac Douglas GERRY VACHETTE COLUMBIA cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-GERRY-VACHETTE-COLUMBIA">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas TEDDY GOAT SUEDE CHOCO cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-TEDDY-GOAT-SUEDE-CHOCO">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas TEDDY GOAT SUEDE COGNAC cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas TEDDY GOAT SUEDE COGNAC cuire" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-TEDDY-GOAT-SUEDE-COGNAC">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas NEWMAN ONTARIO ANTHRACITE cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas NEWMAN ONTARIO ANTHRACITE cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-NEWMAN-ONTARIO-ANTHRACITE">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas AGO SHEEP BROWN cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas AGO SHEEP BROWN cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-AGO-SHEEP-BROWN" target="_blank">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas AGO SHEEP BLACK cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas AGO SHEEP BLACK cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-AGO-SHEEP-BLACK" target="_blank">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas MONTY COLUMBIA BLACK cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas MONTY COLUMBIA BLACK cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-MONTY-COLUMBIA-BLACK" target="_blank">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas HAYS SHEEP BROWN cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas HAYS SHEEP BROWN cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-HAYS-SHEEP-BROWN" target="_blank">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas MONTY COLUMBIA BROWN cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas MONTY COLUMBIA BROWN cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-MONTY-COLUMBIA-BROWN" target="_blank">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas BRANDO ONTARIO BLACK cuir </strong></span><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong><a title="Mac Douglas BRANDO ONTARIO BLACK cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-BRANDO-ONTARIO-BLACK" target="_blank">acheter</a></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;"><strong>Mac Douglas AVIATOR COLUMBIA BROWN cuir</strong></span><strong> </strong><strong><a title="Mac Douglas AVIATOR COLUMBIA BROWN cuir" href="http://www.en-mode.fr/s/Blouson-Cuir-Mac-Douglas-AVIATOR-COLUMBIA-BROWN" target="_blank">acheter</a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Zelda II Rap]]></title>
<link>http://eriksmind.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/zelda-ii-rap/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kamanashi</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[These guys are amazing, can&#8217;t wait for them to finish the Earthbound one.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[um tiro de diamante]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[‘Apocalypse Now’ faz lembrar ‘A Peste’ de Camus. O filme é existencialista na medida em que mostra a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" src="http://mural.uv.es/inaber/brandonew.jpg" alt="" width="279" height="360" />‘Apocalypse Now’ faz lembrar ‘A Peste’ de Camus. O filme é existencialista na medida em que mostra a guerra, o mundo, o ser humano e a vida, enfim, como um grande absurdo. Camus escreveu, na sua metáfora literária, que a peste era ‘a vida, nada mais’. Coppola define também a vida numa das frases mais famosas do cinema: ‘o horror, o horror’.</p>
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<p>O filme é libelo contra a guerra, e fica claro que não trata desta ou daquela guerra. Baseia-se no livro ‘O coração das trevas’, que Joseph Conrad escreveu em 1902, e refere-se a todas as guerras de todos os tempos. Interpretar o filme literalmente, embora seja tentador e fácil, é desperdiçá-lo. Olhado de mais longe, de fora da dimensão estreita do momento histórico-político que a diegese <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn1">[1]</a> retrata, ‘Apocalypse’, como ‘A Peste’, fala do homem, da invencível incompatibilidade do homem consigo e com os outros.</p>
<p>Para demonstrar que a guerra é a insensatez, Coppola enfileira sequências de pleno nonsense, como a dos soldados surfando sob a metralha, a dos franceses encastelados numa ostentação que destoa da selva e o caos em volta, a do posto avançado onde ninguém sabe quem está no comando. Apresenta também personagens grotescos, como o comandante que adora o cheiro do napalm <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn2">[2]</a> pela manhã. Mas essas sequências e personalidades se integram com tanta naturalidade no contexto em que estão, que essa coerência entre personagens/acontecimentos insanos e a insanidade do entorno confirma que o absurdo é da essência da guerra.</p>
<p>A pirotecnia dos fogos cruzados e explosões é explorada visualmente dando ao filme um ar psicodélico, harmonioso com a trilha sonora, e que tem um significado metafórico. Como o soldado Lance, que se droga e acha a guerra linda, a maioria dos espectadores, anestesiados pela apatia e alienação, também se distrai observando a superfície faiscante do filme, e nem percebe o horror que passeia diante dos seus olhos, seja no filme seja no dia-a-dia fora da sala de cinema. São os prisioneiros da caverna <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn3">[3]</a>, condenados a ver somente as sombras do real. Também o filme de Coppola, para quem quiser, pode ser visto apenas como um enredo sobre um soldado patriota que se embrenha na selva para matar um traidor. Mas abaixo da superfície do filme, a dimensão simbólica e metafórica está escancarada. Não é um filme sobre o clarão do napalm incinerando as matas, nem sobre o estrondo das bombas arrasando aldeias: trata de sombras e silêncio assolando os corações dos guerreiros.</p>
<p>O herói navega rio acima. É um ‘road movie’ aquático, um ‘river movie’. A fábula se organiza numa das estruturas-tipo mais tradicionais e bem-sucedidas do cinema, a da viagem, entendida no duplo sentido do termo: é uma viagem física e emocional; enquanto o protagonista percorre um itinerário físico pleno de dificuldades e imprevistos, sua alma se desloca de um estado de ignorância a um estado de conhecimento. O tema da viagem é clássico na literatura e no cinema <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn4">[4]</a>, e o navegar, o viajar sobre a água, é ainda mais. Lembra a Odisséia, os argonautas, a arca de Noé, os Lusíadas. A água, o rio, o mar, na interpretação junguiana representa o inconsciente, o desconhecido, a incerteza, dúvida, indecisão <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn5">[5]</a>. E é muito eloquente o fato de navegar rio acima, contra a corrente, em direção à nascente, à fonte, à origem, ao princípio das coisas. É a jornada espiritual de um homem em direção ao ‘coração das trevas’, à sua fonte, à sua origem, à sua nascente, ao si-mesmo <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn6">[6]</a>.</p>
<p>Coppola mostra que quanto mais seu protagonista se aproxima do coração das trevas, mais se aprofunda no absurdo: ao longo do rio a disciplina se esgarça, afrouxa e enfim some, a sensação de ordem e o aparente sentido da guerra, visíveis no ponto de partida, vão se desintegrando, o cenário vai se tornando mais e mais caótico. No último posto avançado do seu exército, Willard descobre que não há ninguém liderando, não se sabe mais quem dirige, ele questiona e se questiona. Quando pergunta ‘Quem está no comando?’, respondem-lhe: ‘Não é você?’. Daquele ponto em diante, Willard se descobre no comando da sua vida: toda disciplina, toda ordem, toda lógica, se desintegraram. Mas ele segue em frente, e chega ao seu destino vazio de sentido. Só uma coisa o salva de se tornar mais um fanático nas hordas de Kurtz: ele se atribui uma missão, um sentido para o absurdo da sua jornada. E quando mais adiante ele vacila no seu propósito, e constata a falta de sentido da missão que se atribuiu, Kurtz o salva, dando-lhe uma nova missão, um novo sentido: o de relatar, o de narrar, apresentar o horror aos demais.</p>
<p>Alguns diálogos são repletos de significados ocultos ou simbólicos. No último contato com o mundo pelo correio, Chef acha graça na carta da sua Eva, que diz ter dificuldade para estabelecer um relacionamento com ele; o soldado compreende, e confessa que tem de lutar para estabelecer um relacionamento consigo mesmo. No fim da cena, a voz da mãe fala de amor para o filho morto, o que é também uma metáfora dessa e de outras obras de arte, registros que ecoam uma mensagem para ouvidos que não são capazes de escutar. As falas de Roxane valem por uma aula de filosofia: há dois de você, um que mata, outro que ama; você está vivo, isso é que importa; há soldados perdidos, cujos olhos viram o horror, os estragados, os desiludidos, os expulsos da caverna.</p>
<p>Kurtz, por fim, é um dos personagens maiúsculos do cinema. Está no centro do palco desde a primeira cena, impõe-se desde o começo como protagonista, embora sua imagem só apareça por uns poucos minutos no final. Quando fala do rio Ohio que desceu quando criança, a imagem dos cinco ou seis acres onde parece que o céu caiu sobre a terra em forma de begônias fala da infância perdida: aquelas begônias eram o Rosebud de Kurtz. É belo o contraponto entre a descida do rio, da nascente à foz, da origem ao destino, que Kurtz fez na infância, com o caminho de volta, que ele fez e Willard faz agora, o retorno rio acima, o trajeto da inocência à desilusão. E Kurtz, que sabe ser um renegado, que desertou do exército e da pátria, contudo guarda consigo a farda pendurada e limpa num cabide, a boina preta bem cuidada, as medalhas imaculadas numa caixa, junto com as fotos da mulher e do filho, a bíblia e a metralhadora, o livro de poemas e as cabeças cortadas dos inimigos, a lembrança do campo de begônias e a memória da pilha de bracinhos decepados. Ele não quer esquecer quem foi, não renega nenhuma parte de si mesmo, ele sabe que é o que mata e o que ama. Ele proclama: julgar é o que nos enfraquece, não devíamos julgar. Mas não pode escapar da condição humana: precisa julgar e julgar-se, precisa pensar sobre esse mosaico de vida e morte, amor e ódio, beleza e horror, porque a razão é o prêmio e o castigo do humano, é o braço de Hércules e o calcanhar de Aquiles.</p>
<p>Curioso que no começo da jornada vemos Willard partindo ao encontro da sua sombra, do seu nêmesis, do seu oposto. Mas ao longo da jornada iniciática Willard vai conhecendo, e nos apresentando, o horror, e vai se modificando, vai compreendendo a sua antítese, se identificando com ela, se transformando nela. Quando chega à foz, ele é o homem que perdeu a fé, perdeu as certezas, o norte, o homem que conheceu o horror, que deixou a caverna: na chegada, ele é quase-Kurtz. Depois passa por um típico ritual de iniciação <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn7">[7]</a>, que começa, simbolicamente, quando ele é virado e suspenso de ponta-cabeça <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn8">[8]</a>, e depois espojado na lama <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn9">[9]</a>; passa, a seguir, pelas privações, isolamento e provas físicas que caracterizam tantas iniciações indígenas; é encerrado numa câmara escura como um útero <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn10">[10]</a>, passa pela morte simbólica, e pelo simbólico renascimento <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn11">[11]</a>. O rito termina com um sacrifício mitraico <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn12">[12]</a>: enquanto os nativos abatem o touro, para absorver-lhe a força, Willard sacrifica Kurtz, e termina de absorver-lhe a essência <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn13">[13]</a>. Tese e antítese se identificam, fecham o círculo dialético e se tornam síntese: Willard transforma-se em Kurtz. Por isso é que, quando sai do templo, os devotos o reverenciam como líder. Assim como Kurtz, Willard também recebeu o tiro de diamante <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn14">[14]</a> no meio da testa, e enxergou o deserto do real. Willard compartilha com Kurtz o sintoma que o fotógrafo menciona a certa altura: sua mente está totalmente lúcida, mas sua alma está doente. Contraiu, afinal, a doença do homem contemporâneo.</p>
<p>Mas ao final o protagonista iniciado, desiludido, arrancado da caverna, segue em frente como o herói do monomito <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn15">[15]</a>, que volta ao mundo renascido, transformado e levando seu elixir: larga a foice <a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftn16">[16]</a> e leva consigo só os manuscritos de Kurtz. A história é sua arma, a partir desse ponto. Como escreveu Camus: tudo o que o homem pode ganhar no jogo da peste e da vida é o conhecimento e a memória. Willard transformado segue em frente com as memórias, dele e de Kurtz, que Coppola incorpora às nossas memórias, para transformar-nos.</p>
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<hr size="1" /><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref1">[1]</a> Diegese: a dimensão ficcional de uma narrativa; a realidade própria da narrativa (“mundo ficcional”, “vida fictícia”), à parte da realidade externa de quem lê (o chamado “mundo real” ou “vida real”). O tempo diegético e o espaço diegético são, assim, o tempo e o espaço que decorrem ou existem dentro da trama. Algo é diegético quando ocorre dentro da ação narrativa ficcional do próprio filme. Por exemplo, uma música de trilha sonora incidental que acompanha uma cena faz parte do filme mas é externa à diegese, pois não está inserida no contexto da ação. Já a música que toca se um personagem está escutando rádio é diegética, pois está dentro do contexto ficcional.</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref2">[2]</a> “Napalm é um conjunto de líquidos inflamáveis à base de gasolina gelificada, utilizados como armamento militar. O napalm é na realidade o agente espessante de tais líquidos, que quando misturado com gasolina a transforma num gel pegajoso e incendiário [...]. O napalm foi desenvolvido em 1942 durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial nos Estados Unidos por uma equipe de químicos da Universidade Harvard [...] O napalm foi usado em lança-chamas e bombas pelos Estados Unidos e nações aliadas, para aumentar a eficiência dos líquidos inflamáveis. A substância é formulada para queimar a uma taxa específica e aderir aos materiais. [...] Diversos lançadores foram desenvolvidos para seu uso, culminando nas armas lança-chamas utilizadas contra os exércitos vietnamitas no fim da década de 1960” (fonte: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref3">[3]</a> “O mito da caverna, também chamado de Alegoria da caverna, foi escrito pelo filósofo Platão, e encontra-se na obra intitulada A República (livro VII). Trata-se da exemplificação de como podemos nos libertar da condição de escuridão que nos aprisiona através da luz da verdade. [...] Imaginemos um muro bem alto separando o mundo externo e uma caverna. Na caverna existe uma fresta por onde passa um feixe de luz exterior. No interior da caverna permanecem seres humanos, que nasceram e cresceram ali. Ficam de costas para a entrada, acorrentados, sem poder locomover-se, forçados a olhar somente a parede do fundo da caverna, onde são projetadas sombras de outros homens que, além do muro, mantêm acesa uma fogueira. Os prisioneiros julgam que essas sombras sejam a realidade. Um dos prisioneiros decide abandonar essa condição e fabrica um instrumento com o qual quebra os grilhões. Aos poucos vai se movendo e avança na direção do muro e o escala, com dificuldade enfrenta os obstáculos que encontra e sai da caverna, descobrindo não apenas que as sombras eram feitas por homens como eles, e mais além todo o mundo e a natureza” (fonte: http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mito_da_caverna).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref4">[4]</a> “Os lugares narrativos da fábula. Se a narrativa possui as suas estruturas-tipo, a fábula também se apresenta sob a forma de lugares narrativos bem reconhecíveis. [...] na multiplicidade das construções narrativas, esconde se apenas um número limitado e repetido de situações dramáticas. À primeira vista, e a grosso modo, pensa-se que todo filme conta uma história diferente. Daí vem a necessidade de se aplacar esta impressão de multiplicidade – uma ilusão! – através de um mecanismo redutor que faça esclarecer os arquétipos do gênero fabulístico. Com maior frequência, quatro são os mais utilizados lugares narrativos na fábula: a viagem, a educação sentimental, a investigação, e o elemento deflagrador. (1) A viagem. É o topos – configurações que o material narrável adota no plano da dispositio – que ostenta os mais ilustres precedentes, a começar pela Odisséia, de Homero, até On the road, de Jack Kerouac. É também o mais congenial ao cinema que sempre mostrou uma predileção particular por histórias tendo por tema a descrição de um itinerário físico durante o qual, entre mil dificuldades e imprevistos, o protagonista passa de um estado de ignorância a um estado de conhecimento. Ou, como se pode também dizer: do pecado à salvação. A viagem é pontuada por etapas que se constituem em estações de um percurso interior que conduz do Erro inicial à Verdade final. É isso que se vê, por exemplo, em O Sétimo selo [...], Paisagem sob a neblina, do grego Theo Angelopoulos [...], Quando é preciso ser homem/The soldier blue, 71, de Ralph Nelson [...]”. Fragmento do curso de cinema de André Setaro. Fonte: http://setarosblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/introduo-ao-cinema-14.html.</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref5">[5]</a> Campbell, Joseph &#38; Moyers, Bill. <em>O poder do mito</em>. Trad. Carlos Felipe Moisés. São Paulo: Palas Athena, 1990, p.155. O oceano simboliza o inconsciente, o desconhecido. O mar também simboliza incerteza, dúvida, indecisão, e simboliza o coração humano, lugar das paixões [Chevalier, Dicionário de símbolos, Ed. José Olympio, p.592-3]; simboliza o caos primordial e a essência divina [Chevalier, p.650].</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref6">[6]</a> O self é o símbolo da totalidade psíquica, o núcleo mais profundo da psique. Símbolos do Self para o homem um iniciador masculino, guru, guardião, velho sábio, Merlin, Hermes. O grande homem interior age como um redentor que tira o inconsciente do mundo e dos seus sofrimentos para levá-lo de volta à sua esfera original eterna. É o alvo final da vida. O objetivo principal do homem não é comer, beber, etc., mas ser humano. A orientação extrovertida do ego em direção ao mundo exterior há de desaparecer para dar lugar ao homem cósmico. Isso acontece quando o ego se incorpora ao Self. O fluxo discursivo das representações do ego (que vai de um pensamento a outro) e de seus desejos (que correm de um objeto a outro) acalmam-se quando é encontrado o grande homem interior [Jung <em>et allii</em>. O homem e seus símbolos. Rio de Janeiro : Ed. Nova Fronteira, 2000, p.196-210, passim].</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref7">[7]</a> O ritual de iniciação envolve sempre uma morte simbólica (identidade temporariamente destruída ou dissolvida no inconsciente coletivo) e um salvamento solene pelo renascimento. Entre os jovens o tema mais comum é a prova de força. Na iniciação rompem-se os laços com o mundo infantil. O objetivo fundamental da iniciação é domar a turbulência da natureza jovem. A iniciação tem propósito civilizador (espiritual). Há uma ambivalência, conflito entre aventura e disciplina, mal e virtude, liberdade e segurança. A iniciação envolve um rito de submissão, depois um período de contenção e depois um de libertação. Alguns homens precisam ser provocados, sua iniciação tem a violência do rito de trovão dionisíaco. Outros tem de ser dominados, e a submissão vem da organizada planificação dos templos, religião apolínea. Uma iniciação completa abrange os dois temas. Outro tipo de simbolismo refere-se à libertação do homem (ou sua transcendência) de uma forma restritiva de vida para progredir a um estágio superior mais amadurecido de sua evolução. Símbolo mais freqüente de transcendência/libertação é o tema da jornada solitária ou peregrinação, onde o iniciado descobre a natureza da morte.  No rito da iniciação o noviço tem de renunciar a toda ambição, aceitar a morte, fazer a prova sem esperar sucesso. Geralmente a iniciação é guiada por um xamã, representação do herói mítico Trickster (Joseph L. Henderson, Os mitos antigos e o homem moderno, in Jung et allii. O homem e seus símbolos. Rio de Janeiro : Ed. Nova Fronteira, 2000, pp. 135-160, passim).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref8">[8]</a> A imagem é eloquente como efeito cinematográfico, porque indica visualmente o instante em que o mundo de Willard vira de cabeça para baixo. Mas sua figura, segura no ar de ponta-cabeça, faz imediatamente lembrar do 12º arcano maior do tarô, o Enforcado, que mostra exatamente um homem suspenso, preso pelo pé e com a cabeça apontada em direção à terra. Sobe o simbolismo do Enforcado ensina Chevalier que esse arcano tem origem e derivação de outros dois, o Diabo e o Eremita. A figura de Kurtz, que é a causa de Willard chegar ao ponto em que está, lembra a de um eremita, pois desertou e se escondeu no coração da selva, onde se tornou uma espécie de guru pagão. E a feiúra da guerra que o filme mostra é, seguramente, diabólica. O Enforcado, ensina ainda Chevalier, representa a escravidão psíquica e o despertar liberador, os remorsos, as prisões de toda espécie, o desejo de se libertar de um jugo; simboliza todo homem que, absorvido por uma paixão, sujeito de corpo e alma à tirania de uma idéia ou de um sentimento, não tem consciência da sua escravidão. E conclui: o Enforcado marca bem o final de um ciclo, o homem se invertendo para enfiar a cabeça na terra para restituir o seu ser pensante à terra da qual foi moldado, é o arcano da restituição final, que é a condição da regeneração (Chevalier, Dicionário de símbolos, Ed. José Olympio, p.370-1).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref9">[9]</a> A lama é símbolo da matéria primordial e fecunda da qual o homem foi tirado, segundo a tradição bíblica. Mistura de terra e água, a lama une o princípio receptivo e matricial (a terra) ao princípio dinâmico da mutação e das transformações (a água). Entre a terra vivificada pela água e a água poluída pela terra, escalonam-se todos os níveis do simbolismo cósmico e moral (Chevalier, Dicionário de símbolos, Ed. José Olympio, p.533-4).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref10">[10]</a>  Todos os rituais comportam processos particulares de morte iniciática. O candidato  pode ser posto numa cova cavada <em>ad hoc</em> para ele. O neófito parece operar um processo de regressão, seu novo nascimento é comparado ao retorno ao estado fetal no ventre de uma mãe (Chevalier, Dicionário de símbolos, Ed. José Olympio, p.506).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref11">[11]</a> Iniciar é, de certo modo, fazer morrer, provocar a morte. Mas a morte é considerada uma saída, a passagem de uma porta que dá acesso a outro lugar. À saída, então, corresponde uma entrada. O iniciado transpõe a cortina de fogo que separa o profano do sagrado, e sofre, com esse fato, uma transformação, muda de nível, torna-se diferente (Chevalier, Jean &#38; Gheerbrant, Alain. Dicionário de símbolos. 22ª ed., Rio de Janeiro: Ed. José Olympio, 2008, p.506).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref12">[12]</a> O culto de Mitra, que surgiu na Pérsia, propagou-se na Grécia e ali Mitra foi reverenciado como símbolo do triunfo do bem sobre o mal. Era venerado perto de nascentes ou cursos de água, indispensáveis para a purificação (Arcangeli, Alessandro, <em>et allii</em>. História das religiões. Trad: Carlos Nougué. Barcelona: Ediciones Folio, 2008, ISBN 978-84-413-2488-6, p. 95). No filme, o local do encontro de Willard e Kurtz, e do sacrifício aqui mencionado, é a nascente do rio. “O ritual de iniciação nos mistérios de Mitra era o taurobólio, que consistia em um ritual de sacrifício do touro. Sobre uma forte estrutura em forma de rede entrelaçada de aço ou ferro, era imolado um touro pelos sacrificadores, e seu sangue escorria sobre o iniciado que ficava abaixo desta estrutura, nu, em uma fossa cavada ao chão. Aí, recebia o sangue, piedosamente, sobre a cabeça e banhava com ele todo seu corpo. O iniciando abria a boca para beber avidamente o sangue. [...] A festa continuava após a imolação do touro”. “O matar o touro constitui o motivo principal do culto mitraico. [...] Sacrificado o touro, tem lugar um banquete. Sua carne é consumida e seu sangue, bebido [...]. Acreditava-se que, através da consumação da carne e do sangue do touro, o adepto buscava o nascimento para uma nova vida. A carne e o sangue conferem não somente força corporal, mas também são salutares para a alma e benéficas ao renascimento na luz eterna”. “As sucessivas conquistas dos césares foram a principal causa da difusão da religião mitraica no mundo latino. Por volta de 70 a.C., o mitraísmo penetrou em Roma. Começou a espalhar-se sob o império dos flavianos e no tempo dos antoninos e severos desenvolveu-se enormemente. [...] Devido ao seu caráter de força e beligerância, Mitra obteve a maioria de seus adeptos no Exército Romano. A todos que se engajavam sob as águias romanas, o deus podia prestar seu apoio. A assistência no campo de batalha e a disciplina militar que ele exigia foram importantes na propagação do culto de Mitra e seu reconhecimento oficial. Mitra era o protetor e patrono das armas”. Fonte: http://vonrickhy.sites.uol.com.br/raven050.htm.</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref13">[13]</a> O sacrifício é a idéia central das cosmogonias. Não há criação sem sacrifício. Sacrificar o que se estima é sacrificar-se. a energia espiritual que se obtém com isto é proporcional à importância da perda (Cirlot, Juan-Eduardo. Dicionário de Símbolos. Trad. Rubens Eduardo Ferreira Frias. São Paulo: Editora Moraes, 1984, p.507).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref14">[14]</a> Segundo a psicologia analítica pedras preciosas são frequentemente símbolos do <em>self</em> (M. L. von Franz. O Processo de Individuação. In: Jung <em>et allii</em>. O homem e seus símbolos. Rio de Janeiro : Ed. Nova Fronteira, 2000, p.208). Vide nota 6 acima. No filme, Kurtz recebe o tiro de diamante no centro da testa quando percebe o que pensa ser a natureza do inimigo. O diamante aparece nos emblemas como centro místico irradiante, um símbolo dos conhecimentos morais e intelectuais, do coroamento de um processo construtivo (Cirlot, Juan-Eduardo. Dicionário de Símbolos. Trad. Rubens Eduardo Ferreira Frias. São Paulo: Editora Moraes, 1984, p. 209). Essa claridade no centro da testa faz lembrar imediatamente o terceiro olho, o olho de Xiva, da sabedoria, do Dharma, do coração, da alma. Enquanto o olho direito corresponde ao sol e à visão da atividade e do futuro, o esquerdo representa a lua, a passividade, a visão do passado, o terceiro olho corresponde ao fogo, e seu olhar reduz tudo a cinzas, porque exprime o presente sem dimensões, permitindo que as coisas sejam apreendidas simultaneamente, criando a percepção unitiva, a visão sintética (Chevalier, Jean &#38; Gheerbrant, Alain. Dicionário de símbolos. 22ª ed., Rio de Janeiro: Ed. José Olympio, 2008, p.654).</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref15">[15]</a> O antropólogo e ensaísta estadunidense Joseph Campbell é um dos maiores responsáveis pela divulgação da narratologia, com suas obras “A Jornada do Herói”, “O Herói de Mil Faces”, “O Poder do Mito” e o conceito de monomito (adaptado de James Joyce), segundo o qual todos os grandes mitos-fundadores das culturas humanas seriam, em última análise, um só. Para Campbell, a imensa maioria dos mitos trabalha com heróis arquetípicos Esta abordagem estende uma visão estruturalista das narrativas, procurando nelas determinados paradigmas e estruturas que se repetem, a despeito de contextos culturais e históricos. Ele se baseou nas idéias de Carl Jung sobre o simbolismo na interpretação dos sonhos e na pesquisa de Wilhelm Stekel sobre a aplicação de temas do imaginário e do inconsciente humano à ficção (em literatura, teatro e cinema). O etnógrafo Franz Boas e o antropólogo Leo Frobenius também influenciaram a visão de história cultural do pesquisador. Em breve resumo as etapas características da jornada do herói são: 1. Mundo Comum &#8211; O mundo normal do herói antes da história começar. 2. O Chamado da Aventura &#8211; Um problema se apresenta ao herói: um desafio ou a aventura. 3. Reticência do Herói ou Recusa do Chamado &#8211; O herói recusa ou demora a aceitar o desafio ou aventura, geralmente porque tem medo. 4. Encontro com o mentor ou Ajuda Sobrenatural &#8211; O herói encontra um mentor que o faz aceitar o chamado e o informa e treina para sua aventura. 5. Cruzamento do Primeiro Portal &#8211; O herói abandona o mundo comum para entrar no mundo especial ou mágico. 6. Provações, aliados e inimigos ou A Barriga da Baleia &#8211; O herói enfrenta testes, encontra aliados e enfrenta inimigos, de forma que aprende as regras do mundo especial. 7. Aproximação &#8211; O herói tem êxitos durante as provações. 8. Provação difícil ou traumática &#8211; A maior crise da aventura, de vida ou morte. 9. Recompensa &#8211; O herói enfrentou a morte, se sobrepõe ao seu medo e agora ganha uma recompensa (o elixir). 10. O Caminho de Volta &#8211; O herói deve voltar para o mundo comum. 11. Ressurreição do Herói &#8211; Outro teste no qual o herói enfrenta a morte, e deve usar tudo que foi aprendido. 12. Regresso com o Elixir &#8211; O herói volta para casa com o “elixir”, e o usa para ajudar todos no mundo comum. Vide, a respeito: Campbell, Joseph &#38; Moyers, Bill. O poder do mito. Trad. Carlos Felipe Moisés. São Paulo: Palas Athena, 1990.</p>
<p><a href="http://sobrefilmes.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#38;post=74&#38;message=6#_ftnref16">[16]</a> A foice é atributo de Saturno e das alegorias da morte. A foice é também símbolo da colheita, da nova esperança de renascimento, da dualidade do princípio como fim e vice-versa (Cirlot, Juan-Eduardo. Dicionário de Símbolos. Trad. Rubens Eduardo Ferreira Frias. São Paulo: Editora Moraes, 1984, p. 260).</p>
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<p>“Es una falta de respeto eso que hace usted”, me increpa fríamente una señora con acento alemán y de unos sesenta años en el supermercado. “Señora, ¿qué le molesta que me tome mi tiempo para poner la comida en las bolsas. ¿Ha visto todas las cosas que llevo? No sufro de estrés así que no veo la prisa”, le comento amablemente. “Pero están las personas esperando, debe hacerlo más rápido porque quedamos pendientes de pasar”, me dice elevando la voz. “Señora, he esperado que el cliente anterior ponga sus cosas en las bolsas y no me ha impedido ir guardando mis cosas. Puede usted hacer lo mismo y no esperar que yo termine”, le contesto en un tono firme. “Es una falta de respeto que no se apure y no haga eso de forma rápida”, grita esta vez la señora. “Señora, la que está faltando el respeto es usted al ofenderse porque yo no asumo una actitud de persona estresada y con prisas. No se puede ofender que las personas no tengan sus mismos tiempos. Cada persona escribe, camina y pone la comida en las bolsas al tiempo que considera oportuno para su ritmo corporal”, concluí nuevamente de forma amable. </p>
<p>Ante la ira de la señora, debí apelar a todo mi control emocional para no reaccionar reactivamente y ser un reflejo de su ira y su agresividad. Lamentablemente, día a día, estamos sujetos a este tipo de reacciones de las personas que nos rodean. La intolerancia, el egoísmo y la falta de empatía es un caldo de cultivo del estrés que nos rodea. Pero para dominarlo, debemos reconocer esas emociones que están circulando. </p>
<p>Durante la última década y sobre todo gracias a los aportes de Daniel Goleman, autor del libro “Inteligencia emocional”, han aparecido muchas investigaciones científicas sobre la emoción. No sólo por la aparición del escáner cerebral que nos permite ver cómo pensamos, sentimos, imaginamos o soñamos según el momento sino por los aportes de la ciencia certificando la influencia de las emociones positivas en la salud y el bienestar. </p>
<p>En el lenguaje popular, las palabras “sentimientos” y “emociones” se utilizan indistintamente pero no son lo mismo. Los sentimientos son la parte consciente de las emociones. En realidad, las emociones básicas son las que nos vienen por herencia biológica y son universales. Todas las culturas reconocen al miedo, la ira, la tristeza, la alegría, la sorpresa y el asco. Luego aparecen emociones más complejas, que se componen de las emociones básicas pero con influencias culturales. De ahí surgen los celos, la envidia, la vergüenza. Estas emociones son más individuales, ya que unos sienten celos con ira mientras otros lo mezclan con tristeza. El país influye mucho. Por ejemplo, una emoción típicamente española y latinoamericana es la vergüenza ajena o también considerado sentido del ridículo. Esta emoción compleja prácticamente no existe para los ingleses y franceses. </p>
<p>En el último tiempo, muchos políticos españoles han señalado una especie de vergüenza ajena ante cada nueva actuación del gobierno español. Ante el nuevo programa de gobierno dispuesto por el presidente español José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, que incluye su intención de aumentar la inversión en innovación y en tecnología, promover los lemas “menos ladrillo y más ordenadores” o “menos petróleo y más energías renovables”, surgen emociones como el “miedo al cambio”. “¿Cómo lo vamos a hacer si la construcción mueve al país?”, dicen los escépticos. “¿Pero qué sucederá con el futuro de tantos arquitectos, constructores y obreros?”, cuestionan otros. “¿Y las personas que dependen económicamente del oro negro?”, preguntan otros. Aunque luego también aparecen apoyos que hablan de tiempos dinámicos y sostenibles. Sin duda, cualquier propuesta de acción económica a seguir no está exenta de una reducción de beneficios en otros ámbitos y un inevitable “miedo” ante lo imprevisto. Por lo demás, en estos tiempos de cambio y crisis, no siempre los empresarios y trabajadores están preparados para la carga psíquica, física y psicológica que implican esas novedades. Más allá de enseñarles a regular sus emociones a los trabajadores y empresarios, también sería bueno comenzar con el problema desde la raíz. El autoconocimiento, el autocontrol, la proactividad, la interdependencia, la empatía, el arte de escuchar, resolver conflictos y cooperar con los demás deberían ser habilidades de aprendizaje en las escuelas tanto como el inglés, catalán, Matemáticas. </p>
<p>Pero mientras las instituciones y los organismos del gobierno se ponen de acuerdo, desde Single Coach renovamos nuestro curso de &#8220;Inteligencia Emocional&#8221; que combina la Gestión del tiempo y técnicas de coaching para perder el miedo a hablar en público. Al mismo tiempo porque creemos que el amor es una de las emociones más positivas del ser humano, seguimos presentando el libro “Las mujeres y los hombres que no aman demasiado. La hipermodernidad y las consecuencias de los cambios de roles”(**). </p>
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<description><![CDATA[Objetivo general: Adquirir conocimiento y práctica para conocer los procesos de la mente que estruct]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Objetivo general:</strong> Adquirir conocimiento y práctica para conocer los procesos de la mente que estructuran los diferentes comportamientos, generando pensamientos y comunicaciones efectivamente positivas. </p>
<p><strong>Objetivos específicos:</strong> </p>
<p> Conocer los procesos de la comunicación humana.<br />
 Crear empatía.<br />
 Mejorar las relaciones.<br />
 Poner en práctica técnicas y estrategias efectivas de comunicación.<br />
 Mejorar el liderazgo. </p>
<p><strong>Dirigido a: </strong><br />
Líderes, directivos, mandos intermedios y responsables de motivar y gestionar equipos de trabajo. </p>
<p><strong>Duración:</strong> 6 horas</p>
<p><strong>Dónde</strong>: CINC, calle Llull 321, Barcelona, España. </p>
<p><strong>Fechas: </strong><br />
Martes 24/11/2009. 18:30 a 21:30<br />
Martes 1/12/2009. 18.30 a 21:30 </p>
<p><strong>Inversión:</strong> 90 euros</p>
<p><strong>Marco teórico:</strong> Talleres y cursos presenciales con ejemplos y presentaciones inspiradoras, seguidas de reflexiones personales en pequeños grupos de trabajos, uso de role playing y de técnicas de PNL y coaching. La originalidad de nuestra propuesta es combinar la terapia sistémica, el management, el coaching y técnicas de meditación.  El enfoque del trabajo se centra en modificar los hábitos negativos, reconocer el talento del equipo, combatir el miedo al cambio, fomentar un mejor rendimiento y un clima laboral productivo.</p>
<p><strong>Contenidos: </strong></p>
<p> Introducción a la comunicación en el ser humano.<br />
 La comunicación interna.<br />
 La comunicación consciente e inconsciente.<br />
 La interpretación de los hechos.<br />
 Calibración y acompasamiento.<br />
 La sintonía y visualización. </p>
<p><strong>Facilitadora: </strong></p>
<p>Leticia Brando De Camilli es la fundadora de la consultora de desarrollo personal Single Coach. Especializada en Desarrollo Organizacional, Liderazgo y Valores, cuenta con más de 10 años de experiencia como psicóloga, consultora, conferencista y facilitadora en España y América Latina. Licenciada en psicología y periodista, tiene posgrados y máster en Recursos Humanos, Comunicación, Literatura, Terapia sistémica (Modelo de Escuela de Palo Alto, California). Además es escritora y coach ejecutiva. Autora del libro “Las mujeres y los hombres que no aman demasiado. La hipermodernidad y las consecuencias de los cambios de roles”, Letras Difusión, 2009. </p>
<p><strong>Consultas e inscripciones: </strong><br />
info@singlecoach.es<br />
CINC: <a href="http://www.cinc.com/es_ES/eventos/evento.php?id=56">http://www.cinc.com/es_ES/eventos/evento.php?id=56  </a></p>
<p><strong>INSCRIPCIÓN Y FORMAS DE PAGO Para inscribirse se podrá hacer personalmente en CINC o transferencia a La Caixa: 2100 3003 5121 0952 9501. Imprescindible incluir referencia COMUNICACIÓN CON PNL.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.singlecoach.es/subsec1.php?id=38"></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Heart of Darkness]]></title>
<link>http://oatmealateleven.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/heart-of-darkness/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Indeed it was a &#8220;Filmmakers Apocalypse.&#8221; Until last night I don&#8217;t recall ever hear]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Indeed it was a &#8220;Filmmakers Apocalypse.&#8221;   </p>
<p>Until last night I don&#8217;t recall ever hearing Frances Coppola talk about his film making.  The documentary is focused on the making of Apocalypse Now and more specifically how hard it was to get that film done.  It took several years to complete and dealt with political pressures, a typhoon, press bashing and was way over budget.  This movie made me feel like I haven&#8217;t accomplished anything in my life. </p>
<p>I think at some level everyone wants or thinks they can direct a film.  I have done it on a small short-film level but to take that to a major film is possibly one of the biggest challenges I can imagine.  The shit Coppola had to put up with during the filming of that movie was heart wrenching.  He literally was on the brink of insanity.  </p>
<p>Simulating sets from Vietnam and living in that environment for 3 years is not the picture I have for a Hollywood director.  He lived in a jungle, witnessed, and later incorporated, animal sacrifice into his film.  They filmed Marlon Brando&#8217;s scenes toward the end and Coppola was under enormous stress because he only had three weeks with Brando.  He hated the film at that time and had no ending or lines for Marlon to read.  They talked about the character for several days.  Brando came in overweight, so they had to re-define the character.  They talked and talked before deciding that Brando, Martin Sheen, and Dennis Hopper should just start ad-libbing to see what came up.  The results were powerful, but took the film in a different direction.  </p>
<p>Coppola was working around the clock, writing, blocking, creating and nothing felt right.  He was known for this haphazard style.  Winging scenes and letting actors go their own way, so most people thought it was unfolding in the right way.  But Coppola was genuinely freaked out.  The movie had to have an end before Brando left and he was on a firm 3 week stint.  Anything after that would cost huge bucks to keep him.  </p>
<p>The ending came to Coppola.  The film was about 10 million over budget, much of it his own money, but grossed nearly 200 million dollars.  It was a major accomplishment for the acclaimed director, but it really took its toll on him.  It changed his life, literally.  </p>
<p>Where does the drive to push so far come from?  At one point Coppola decided that he was going bankrupt so it didn&#8217;t matter at that point.  And since it was his project, he couldn&#8217;t &#8220;quit himself.&#8221;  I suppose that is a metaphor for killing yourself.  </p>
<p>The creative process had no where to go.  They were there.  Immersed in the scene, the set, the project.  They couldn&#8217;t leave.  They couldn&#8217;t quit. </p>
<p>I talked about this with my friend the other day with regard to music.  We&#8217;re planning to go to her family&#8217;s remote cabin in Colorado for a week to write and record songs.  We did this before for a couple days and pretty much wrote our album.   We didn&#8217;t have the distraction of phones or the real world.  It was just us&#8230; and our project.  </p>
<p>This is why I will sometimes go to Starbucks and write.  I have no internet and that has proven to be a major distraction for me over the years.  I just told a friend that I am consciously making the effort to be disconnected.  My habitual drive for excitement will have to be filled in other ways outside of the virtual world.  It brings me back to reality.  And it seems, at least for now, that reality is where things happen.    </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pensando estratégicamente]]></title>
<link>http://letbrando.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/pensando-estrategicamente/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cada día que pasa, somos conscientes de las dificultades de la comunicación que subyacen en las rela]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Cada día que pasa, somos conscientes de las dificultades de la comunicación que subyacen en las relaciones laborales y personales. Muchas de estas distorsiones vienen provocadas por una utilización poco efectiva de la mente. Nacemos con una mente racional y una mente emocional pero nadie nos asegura la eficacia personal si nos dejamos dominar por alguna de ellas.</p>
<p>Quizá por nuestro interés en la excelencia comunicativa, Single Coach realizará dos acciones que vinculan la comunicación y el pensamiento positivo. Por un lado, el 14 de noviembre haremos el seminario “Coaching y pensamiento estratégico. De la visión al logro de objetivos” y el 24 de noviembre realizaremos el seminario “Comunicación efectiva. Técnicas de coaching y PNL para adaptarse al cambio”. Inscripciones en Single Coach(T.932187581 y por el mail info@singlecoach.es) o en CINC: http://www.cinc.com/es_ES/eventos/evento.php?id=56 </p>
<p><strong>Por Leticia Brando(*)</strong></p>
<p>Mario es empresario y suele gritar para hacerse entender a su equipo. Clara es secretaria y se siente agobiada porque acepta diariamente una gran cantidad de tareas que trascienden su horario estipulado. Pere es abogado y tiene pánico a hablar en público cada vez que debe presentar un caso ante un tribunal. Roser es fiscal pero le sudan las manos cuando se cruza con un profesor de la Universidad. Luis es comercial y reconoce que cuando un cliente no le contesta sus llamadas, suele reaccionar impulsivamente. Ni el predominio de la amigdala(núcleo de neuronas que procesan y almacenan nuestras reacciones emocionales) ni el reino del neocórtex(zona racional de nuestro cerebro) nos pueden dar la felicidad. En la escuela, nos han enseñado Matemáticas, Lengua, Historia, Geografía pero en la escuela se han olvidado a enseñarnos a pensar y a responder asertivamente ante las demandas del medio. Una persona asertiva domina el arte de poner límites y evita las manipulaciones propias o ajenas. Una persona insegura suele dejarse influir y en tiempos de crisis, adopta el miedo como un compañero de viaje.</p>
<p>En realidad, los pensamientos, las palabras, las acciones y la gestión del tiempo son las claves para una existencia relajada. Estudiar una carrera, iniciar una empresa, organizar un viaje, planificar una familia han comenzado con un pensamiento. “Quiero ser médico”, “quiero vender mi producto en China”, “Me iré a recorrer África porque quiero y puedo”, “Quiero a esta persona para construir mi familia”. Todos han sido pensamientos racionales que nos hacen tomar decisiones emocionales. En cada opción meditada que tomamos, estamos dándole valor y emoción a nuestra vida. Dependiendo de nuestra perspectiva, tendremos alegría, felicidad, miedo, sorpresa, vergüenza. En realidad, gestionar las emociones de forma positiva y creativa es nuestro desafío en este siglo XXI.</p>
<p><strong>Pensamientos que nos conectan con nuestro poder</strong></p>
<p>¿Cómo podemos pensar estratégicamente y conectarnos con nuestro poder en tiempos de crisis y de contratos temporales? En los últimos meses, España se presenta como uno de los países que más sufre la crisis económica mundial. Hace unos años, Jeremy Rifkin escribió un libro casi profético llamado “El fin del trabajo. Nuevas tecnologías contra puestos de trabajo: el nacimiento de una nueva era”. Recuerdo que lo tuve que leer como estudiante de psicología y me había alarmado en ese momento pensar que esa realidad podía ser posible aunque ya estaba sucediendo en Estados Unidos. La tesis principal de Rifkin se centra en las consecuencias de la tercera revolución industrial en la generación de empleo. Según el economista, las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación han provocado la sustitución de hombres y mujeres por máquinas.</p>
<p>Una vez que el mundo parece adecuarse a esta revolución, nos encontramos entonces cerca del año 2010, con ejecutivos, directivos, profesionales, secretarias, obreros, administrativos que se ven fuera del mercado laboral. Entonces la profecía de Rifkin suena más cercana que nunca. Ciertamente, los únicos puestos de trabajo que parecen crearse son los cercanos a las nuevas tecnologías: se buscan responsables 2.0, programadores informáticos, diseñadores con conocimientos de todos los lenguajes de la ingeniería de sistemas. Los analfabetos informáticos no tienen cabida en este nuevo mundo hasta que alguien diga lo contrario. En eso están los que luchan y crean: creando un nuevo discurso que vaya más allá de los mensajes apocalípticos.</p>
<p>Crece la tasa de paro, cierran empresas, los políticos siguen discutiendo y el gobierno adopta medidas de emergencia que cambian sobre la marcha. ¿Alguien ha propuesto alguna medida para crear empleo y evitar la precariedad y la economía sumergida? ¿Alguien piensa en los emprendedores a los que los bancos han cerrado el grifo? Los expertos en la gestión del cambio y del talento siguen buscando soluciones en este mundo dinámico y contradictorio. Desde nuestra consultora, ha salido una nueva línea de trabajo que consiste en reorientar profesionalmente a directivos que hoy se encuentran en paro y que se encuentran extraños en un mercado, que poco los comprende. Esta es una nueva línea de trabajo que puede reforzar los valores y mejorar las creencias de personas que sienten que ya no pueden continuar en esta nueva configuración.</p>
<p>Poco a poco, sobreviene la conciencia que este paradigma económico debe redibujarse para dar cabida a los nuevos desplazados. Pero antes de esperar que el paradigma cambie, debemos anticiparnos al cambio y renovar nuestro modelo. Reforzando valores como la flexibilidad, la disciplina, la voluntad, la visión estratégica nos permitirán caminar hacia donde queremos ir. Cuando más oscuridad veamos en el camino, más responsabilidad y firmeza debemos adoptar para encontrar la luz. Recordar los momentos difíciles que atravesamos en nuestra vida y evocar las soluciones que aplicamos para salir del trance, nos conectará nuevamente con nuestro potencial. Últimamente salen una gran cantidad de coaches o facilitadores que predican una noción omnipotente del ser humano. Por supuesto que si tengo pensamientos positivos, me conectaré más con mis posibilidades. Pero tampoco ayuda la autosugestión superficial. La estrategia mental más eficaz tiene una parte mágica pero también real. Básicamente, deberíamos poder enumerar qué necesito para tener éxito en este mundo, qué valores debo reunir, qué creencias debo mejorar, qué objetivos debo diseñar para llegar a ese plan de reinserción en el mercado laboral. Principalmente, debo ser audaz y no temer las tinieblas porque aun en los túneles más profundos siempre hay una salida al sol.</p>
<p> ¿Quieres opinar sobre este artículo? Envíanos tu opinión a info@singlecoach.es</p>
<p>Link  al arículo: <a href="http://www.singlecoach.es/subsec2.php?id=26"></p>
<p> (*)Psicóloga, coach, periodista, escritora y directora de Single Coach,<a href="http://www.singlecoach.es"></p>
<p> (**)Jeremy Rifkin: El fin del trabajo. Nuevas tecnologías contra puestos de trabajo: el nacimiento de una nueva era. Barcelona: Paidós, 1996.<br />
<img src="http://letbrando.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/fotolia_855134_xs.jpg" alt="extraordinary business team" title="extraordinary business team" width="424" height="283" class="alignright size-full wp-image-84" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Warme Weihnachten]]></title>
<link>http://11tech.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/warme-weihnachten/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jirmann</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Da trägt unser beliebter USB-Unfug-Anbieter Brando aber mal wieder dick auf: Diese weihnachtlich ver]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://11tech.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/usb-weihnachtshandschuhe.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-7694" title="usb-weihnachtshandschuhe" src="http://11tech.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/usb-weihnachtshandschuhe.jpg" alt="usb-weihnachtshandschuhe" width="500" height="375" /></a>Da trägt unser beliebter USB-Unfug-Anbieter Brando aber mal wieder dick auf: Diese weihnachtlich verzierten Handschuhe, die an einen USB-Port (auch bei Konsolen wie Wii und Xbox 360) angeschlossen werden, sollen dank integriertem Heiz-Pad binnen fünf Minuten Temperaturen bis zu um die 50 Grad  Celsius garantieren.<!--more--></p>
<p>Das Wunder der Technik, das sämtliche Frostbeulen auch im Winter munter weiterdaddeln lässt, wenn die Zentralheizung längst zusammengebrochen ist (sonst machen sie ja keinen Sinn), soll 18 Dollar kosten.</p>
<p>Und ein kleiner Tipp noch: Nur weil man ein Thermometer davor hält, auf dem man 50 Grad ablesen kann, galuben wir noch lange nicht, dass das auch so stimmt. [dieter]</p>
<p>[<a href="http://usb.brando.com/usb-x-mas-heating-gloves_p01256c045d15.html" target="_blank">Brando</a>]</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Godfather]]></title>
<link>http://ntnblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/the-godfather/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8220;An offer you can&#8217;t refuse.&#8221; Ano: 1972 Uma enciclopédia de como fazer bom cinema. ]]></description>
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<p>&#8220;An offer you can&#8217;t refuse.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ano: 1972</p>
<p>Uma enciclopédia de como fazer bom cinema.</p>
<p>O filme obrigatório em todas as listas de melhores filmes de sempre.</p>
<p><!--more-->Trailer:</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Hollow Men T.S. Eliot How Cultures Die]]></title>
<link>http://reaktorplayer.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/1091/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>reaktorplayer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://reaktorplayer.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/1091/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The Hollow Men T. S. Eliot Mistah Kurtz—he dead. A penny for the Old Guy I We are the hollow men We ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[He Ain't Nothing But A Hounddog]]></title>
<link>http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/he-aint-nothing-but-a-hounddog/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[by Jillian Leigh, Ampersandology I&#8217;ve never been what you call an Elvis &#8220;fan.&#8221; I d]]></description>
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<div style="font:normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif;text-align:left;width:auto;border-color:initial;border-style:initial;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:3px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Jillian Leigh, </span></span><a href="http://goodbyegirlstatic.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ampersandology</span></span></a><br /><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I&#8217;ve never been what you call an Elvis &#8220;fan.&#8221; I didn&#8217;t dislike him or his music, quite the opposite. But he became a kind of cultural-of-course, like the Beatles or, to a lesser extent, Duran Duran: how can you </span></span><i><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">not </span></span></i><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">like them? My biggest respect for Elvis came from his sweetly-intentioned film career&#8211;he began wanting to be Marlon Brando but ended up closer to Robert Pattinson. But honestly, I didn&#8217;t really get the big deal.&#160;</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Until I stumbled across </span></span><a href="http://welcomebooks.com/elvis1956/index.html"><i><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Elvis in 1956</span></span></i></a><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, a photo/essay collection exploring the brief window when Elvis was poised on the brink of superstardom.&#160;</span></span><span style="line-height:18px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Photojournalist Alfred Wertheimer followed Elvis around for a few weeks, capturing the 21 year-old in an unguarded candidness that would all but impossible in the months following the session. He wouldn&#8217;t be able to travel by train a few weeks later, or walk down the street without starting a riot. Wertheimer, working on a hunch, managed to capture the last time Elvis was just Elvis, a kid from Memphis who managed to catch a break.&#160;</span></span></span><br /><span style="line-height:18px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="line-height:18px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I looked through the pages of this book, and I got it, man. Elvis is way bigger than Elvis. He&#8217;s the ripening sexuality of rock and roll, and the lost innocence of a generation. He is also very, VERY pretty.&#160;</span></span></span><br /><span style="line-height:18px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><br /><span style="line-height:18px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In Werthetimer&#8217;s photos, when a boyish Elvis jumps from the train (which has traveled 27 hours to take him home) he waves goodbye to the camera&#8211;and with the street empty, fans nowhere in sight, and his triumphant homecoming concert still hours away, it&#8217;s not hard to imagine that he&#8217;s waving goodbye to that nameless kid in the process.&#160;</span></span></span><br /><span style="line-height:18px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span>
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<p><span style="line-height:18px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span>
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<description><![CDATA[by Jillian Leigh, Ampersandology Part One is here. In the last post, I talked about some possible or]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="separator" style="clear:both;text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">by Jillian Leigh, </span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://goodbyegirlstatic.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ampersandology</span></a></span></span></div>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span>
<div style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:100%;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:left;width:auto;border-width:0;margin:0;padding:3px;"><span style="font-size:large;font-style:italic;"><a href="http://goodbyegirlstatic.blogspot.com/2009/09/thin-line-between-homage-and-knockoff.html"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Part One is here</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> </span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In the last post, I talked about some possible origins of the homage—the old boys of New Hollywood, and their love of referencing &#160;their heroes and peers on the screen. Now, to start off this look at actual homage, let’s dive into 2003’s </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dreamers</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/YU1brBVMBkM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/YU1brBVMBkM&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dreamers</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, set in 1968 during the student rebellion in Paris, follows Matthew, a young American student and blossoming cinephile. Every day he sits in the front row at the Cinémathèque Française, describing what takes place in the synapses of the patrons there as something near religious in its estacsy. He eventually befriends Theo and Isabelle, brother and sister who claim to be twins. Exotic and intelligent, the pair absorb Matthew into their home, and the days devolve into a lazy game of obscure film trivia and sexual one-upmanship.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The film was based on Gilbert Adair’s novel </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Holy Innocents</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, but Bertolucci insisted on infusing the screenplay with references to his favorite films. </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Dreamers </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">therefore becomes a love song to the films of long-forgotten eras&#8230;and Bertolucci ain&#8217;t subtle. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The characters are explicit in their debates (the slapstick ballet of Buster Keaton versus the pathos of Charlie Chaplin) and reenact scenes from their idolized films in an attempt to stump each other. They let Matthew know he’s part of the group by chanting the “one of us” refrain from </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Freaks </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1936). The three race through the Lourve to beat the record in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bande à part </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1964), pin up foreign posters of </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blowup</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&#160;(1966) and, in my favorite moment, wrap themselves into their favorite narratives: Isabelle claims that she was born on the Champs Elysees and that her first words were “New York Herald Tribune, New York Herald Tribune.” This is, of course, a direct conscious reference to the heroine of Jean Luc Godard’s </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Breathless </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1960), helpfully accompanied by the exact scene in question.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It&#8217;s built in with the reverence that many of these films inspire, and when the reality that they have created in their self-referential cinematic crashes around them, the trio disbands. I always wonder what kind of message this is really sending about film lovers and their passions—is it really the purest kind of devotion, or is it a self-aware mockery of the same, suggesting it can only exist in a vacuum?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A little theorizing gives us three basic types of homage: by frame, by character or by theme.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Being a visual medium, frame homage is the most obvious and easily recognizable way to reference another film.&#160;Take </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Crowd</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, made in 1928 by director King Vidor. It was a groundbreaking film, and ahead of its time, depicting the metropolitan workspace as a cold, unfeeling place where dreams are squandered. John Sims (James Murray) is a cog in the machine, once believing he was destined for great things but now resigned to his neutered existence as #137 out of who knows how many. He marries, has kids, and is doomed to watch his children repeat his same mistake. Born on the fourth of July, I like to think of Sims’ character as Vidor&#8217;s sly dig at the American Dream—after all, what’s more American than capitalistic obscurity?</span><br /><a href="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/homagev2.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/homagev2.jpg?w=300" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A landmark film, and this image from the film has become iconic: a visual representation of Sims’ obscurity and wasted potential. So Billy Wilder chose to famously pay tribute to it in his 1960 masterpiece </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Apartment (</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">yes, I said masterpiece!</span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. He even gives his lead, C.C. Baxter, a number to underscore how minuscule he is in comparison to the big scheme; “I work on the 19th floor,” Baxter says in his opening monologue. “Ordinary Policy Department, Premium Accounting Division, Section W, desk number 861.”</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What’s key here is not the similarity of these two shots, but how they differ. </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Crowd </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">places the camera high above the ant-like employees,&#160;emphasizing&#160;their detachment from the real world and their&#160;identical&#160;station. But Wilder chooses to angle the lens on the ground, framing the scene so that the vast scope of the space is truly realized, with row after row of diligent employees and bright, unflattering lighting (here’s some trivia for you: this set was actually only about a third of a the size it appears—Hollywood magic and trick perspective gave the illusion of an expansive office space). What </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Crowd </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">started, </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Apartment</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> finishes, rescuing Baxter from obscurity by plucking him off the corporate ladder and turning him into a self-aware, happily unwound cog. Sims couldn&#8217;t escape his lot in life, but Baxter fights for his freedom (and the girl).</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dressed to Kill/Psycho</span></i><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Director Brian de Palma has often been accused of ripping off Hitchcock like it was going out of style, and none is the senior director’s influence more clear than in 1980’s </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dressed to Kill</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Watch the trailer—the moody lighting, the densely weighted dialogue, the ramshackle editing of murder scenes (the execution of which, by the way, never seem to match the wounds on the victim’s body)&#8211;you can find it all done first (and quite frankly, done better) in 1960&#8217;s </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Psycho</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. And then there’s this shot—not to spoil either film, but come on, Brian. Did you really think we wouldn’t notice?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><a href="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/recentlyupdated.jpg" style="clear:right;float:right;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:1em;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/recentlyupdated.jpg?w=180" /></span></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rashomon/Now, Voyager</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Two drastically different films—</span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Now, Voyager</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> (1942) and&#160;</span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rashomon </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(1950)— made years apart but bearing uncanny similarities. A mysterious woman, face hidden by an unusually large headpiece, tilts up her chin for the potent reveal of a lovely face. Trying to trace a line of connection between these drastically different films may be a shot in the dark— but what strikes me here is the symbolic threads between them: in the latter, the samurai’s wife is introduced in the film for the first time, in one of several retellings of the same event, and still no closer to revealing the truth. In the former, we’ve already seen Bette Davis, but only as a hollow echo of her inner self: here, stepping out from the shadow of her mother, she is the girl underneath finally reaching the surface. Both shots delve into the art of&#160;revelation, attraction and&#160;identity. Plus, great hats!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">CHARACTER</span></div>
<p><b><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> </b><br /><b><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Down With Pillow Talk</span></b><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Evoking a famous character can be its own shorthand—put any surly kid in a red leather jacket and blue jeans and suddenly you’re channeling James Dean. Sometimes the character reference is more obscure, daring the film to pick apart the reference to get some hidden clue to the themes and influences of the film at large. And rarer still, it’s a loaded commentary on a certain era or film genre, and serves as the jumping off point for a mouthful of cultural criticism.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><a href="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/downwithpillowtalk.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/downwithpillowtalk.jpg?w=300" /></span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"></span>No film proves this like 2004&#8217;s </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Down With Love</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Barbara Novak is the author of a new book that glorifies having sex like a man (in this case, without love) that&#8217;s taken the world’s female population by storm, empowering housewives and single gals alike. Catcher Block is the journalist determined to take her down and get things back to normal so he can happily continue his life as a cad. So he poses as an out of town bumpkin and seduces her with a false identity, hoping to trick her into falling for him and thus invalidating her book’s philosophy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It was advertised as a send-up of all those Doris Day/Rock Hudson pairings of the 1950s and 1960s, but what everyone failed to point out how it was less a send-up than the unofficial remake of </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pillow Talk</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, perhaps one of the most famous Day/Hudson outings. The idea of switching&#160;identities&#160;to trick the female love interest.&#160;Rock Hudson did it first,&#160;right down to the fake accent. But the translation, for the most part, works; with the freedom to explore issues that would have been taboo, or at the very least, </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">unfashionable</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> for a mainstream romcom&#160;in the late 1950s, </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Down With Love</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> manages to both shed light on the assumptions of &#160;its&#160;predecessor&#160;and muddle up commentary on the role of gender in society&#8211;both&#160;&#160;past and present.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everything—from sets, costumes, credits and visuals (note the split screen effect during phone calls—straight out of the playbook)-is lovingly reproduced, but none so thoroughly as the characters of Catcher Block and Barbara Novak, standing in for Hudson and Day, respectively. Zelleweger nails Doris Day’s throaty, pursed lip caricature of exasperation, doing her best to act like her attraction to the scandalous Catcher is nothing more than a buzzing gnat. And McGregor manages to edge Hudson’s traditional masculinity with a hint of mischievous, wide-eyed schoolboy.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But what these two characters really accomplish, besides bringing to life a pretty neat cinematic experiment, is a fulfillment of the kind of gender explorations that the older vehicles couldn’t match. A Rock Hudson/Day picture of the late 1950s and early 1960s promised a battle of the sexes, sure, but only guaranteed it for the first two thirds, at which the female character would give in just in time for the two to happily pair off. But in the updated version, their counterparts are free to explore the innuendo and inequality lying underneath those nearly-stock characters. Watch the scene where Barbara and Catcher converse on the phone, with the split screen cleverly edited to simulate every sex act in the book; can you call it innuendo when the gag is so explicit?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rachael in Blade Runner/Mildred Pierce in Mildred Pierce</span></i><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The first time I saw Rachael’s hairdo in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blade Runner</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, I knew I’d seen it somewhere before. And that somewhere was on top of Joan Crawford&#8217;s frankly terrifying visage in 1946&#8217;s </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mildred Pierce.</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> And this got me thinking: what were they going for here? Mildred Pierce is a woman who builds her life around making her snotty, entitled brat of a daughter, Veda, happy. What exactly does that have to do with a 21st century replicant programmed to believe she&#8217;s actually a human being? But the more I thought about it, the more it made sense: Rachel is channeling the kind of rigid, business-like exterior that Mildred later relied on to run her life.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><a href="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/homagev5.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/homagev5.jpg?w=212" /></span></a><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mutt Williams in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull/Johnny in The Wild One</span></i><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Honestly? I can’t say much more about this one without blushing. Why do I blush? Because I feel personally embarrassed for Spielberg, and partly responsible. This isn’t a character inspired by another, this is tracing paper and an old copy of the studio stills. But bless him: I can’t blame the guy, because he’s so love with film that he probably just thought he was sending a Valentine to the hungry, angry ghost of Marlon Brando. But look, Brando didn’t tolerate his shtick being stolen the first time (by James Dean, who used to study the way the older actor sat in a chair and then ripped it wholeheartedly for his starring role in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rebel Without a Cause</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> a few years later) and I really don’t think putting SHIIIIIA on a harley would get him tickled pink. I&#8217;m just saying. I don&#8217;t think the ghost of Marlon Brando is going to be any more sane and/or genial than his corporeal being. Marlon Brando could eat Shia LeBeouf for breakfast and save the magnificent embers of his arrogant youth for lunch.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">THEME/STYLE</span></div>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Wes Anderson</span></b><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">More common, and more touching, I think, is when a director chooses to embrace or continue the themes that their cinematic heroes began. And one director who has turned this into a sweetly childlike habit is Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson’s influences are usually bolded on the screen—his work has shared qualities with J.D. Salinger’s novels, Charles Schultz’s Peanuts comic strip, the French New Wave and the 1970s auteur crowd. But one influence that stands out is the oeuvre of Orson Welles. Welles and Anderson share a handful of thematic haunts, revisiting them over and over. There is the pervasive exploration of the once great family name, tarnished by years of scandal, misuse and betrayal. Welles, of course, went epic, because I&#8217;m fairly certain he didn&#8217;t know any other way, using </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Magnificent Ambersons</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to cover an entire generation of the embittered, Southern family. For Anderson, it was more localized: in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Royal Tenenbaums</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, he creates an alternate New York City and sets up scene in a single household over a period of roughly two weeks. But the strains are echoed throughout both films: the betrayal of blood and the closed sense of space.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Matt Zohn Seitz breaks it down succinctly in his essay </span><a href="http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/the-substance-of-style-pt-1-20090330"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Substance of Style</span></a><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br />
<blockquote><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anderson and Wilson’s script for </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Royal Tenenbaums</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> contains many acknowledgments of Welles’s second feature, </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ambersons</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, an adaptation of Booth Tarkington’s novel about a prominent small-town family in decline. There’s a similarly palatial, cone-topped family home, significant action blocked on and around imposing wooden staircases, and a sense of collective anxiety born of the feeling that time has passed a once-important family by and the community knows it. Both movies feature novelistic third-person narration, by Welles in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Ambersons </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and Alec Baldwin in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tenenbaums</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then there’s the fixation on tracing the fall those who live under great scrutiny and crumble with the pressure. These films, more often than not, center around great men and their steep decline—it’s a pattern both directors indulge often and with abandon. Welles, obviously, did it loudest with </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Citizen Kane</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, his magnum opus right out of the gate, and his examination of a life from every angle. </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Citizen Kane</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> may be the flashiest digression on the subject, but he revisited the idea often, with </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Touch of Evil</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Othello</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Stranger</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">&#8212;even his documentary&#160;about infamous forger Elmyr de Hory,&#160; </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">F for Fake</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, deals with the same sense of glorious, inevitable decline.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anderson, too, revisits this idea over and over again—you get the feeling that Mr. Blume in Rushmore and Steve Zissou have more in common than simply being played by Bill Murray. His male leads all bear the smudged luster of a bright past: they’re over the hill, with their best days are behind them, and to make matters worse, they’ve got a generation of upstarts nipping close at their heels. With Anderson’s interpretation, it’s usually the families that suffer most acutely from the fall of their patriarchs. In </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Darjeeling Limited</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, a trio of brothers are left broken and in search of some piecemeal idea of their father’s legacy. </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou </span><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">explores a son&#8217;s desire connect with his absentee&#160;</span></span><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">father at the cost of his own personal idenitity. And in </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Royal Tenenbaums</span><span style="font-style:normal;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, three children have been left orphans of neglect thanks to a father who never thought to make amends until he needed a place to stay.</span></span></i><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
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<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What makes that last comparison even more potent is the fact that the Tenenbaum children are failed child prodigies returning to their childhood home: wunderkinds who fizzled out under the weight of their family’s damages. I can’t help but think of Welles himself, who directed </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Citizen Kane</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> when he was 24*, and famously spent the next forty years battling bloated expectation, studio interference and a rather persuasive alcoholism. In the end, the boy genius was crippled by his own heady potential and never really made anything to truly rival his first film, notoriously remarking, “Everybody denies I am a genius &#8211;but nobody ever called me one.”</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> 
<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">OTHER NOTABLE REFERENCES</span></div>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><b><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blade Runner/Metropolis</span></b><br /><a href="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/metropolisrunner.jpg" style="clear:left;float:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-right:1em;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" src="http://ampersandology.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/metropolisrunner.jpg?w=300" /></span></a><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Let&#8217;s break down the thematic strings tying these two together: both are set in the&#160;dystopian&#160;future, both deal with the reality of robots among civilization, and the perils of losing touch with our humanity and relying on slaves. But more importantly, both portray the creators of these robots as something near god-like, with the robots believing in their divinity and trusting that he (Rotwag in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Metropolis </span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and Tyrell in </span><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Blade Runner</span></i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">) can solve the woes of their short,&#160;dependent&#160;lives.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><i><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Good German/Casablanca</span></i><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Exhibit A:</span>
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<div><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Enough said.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Next: Now that we&#8217;ve seen how homage can work in film, let&#8217;s move onto the prince of thieves himself: one Quentin Tarantino.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <br /><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> </div>
<p><span style="font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">*Yeah, I know: 24. Orson Welles makes the rest of us look like lazy slobs. Until he became one himself, of course.</span></div>
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<li><strong>Tiger Tom:</strong> many, many people have commented that he was born to be a publicist. Now he&#8217;s finally working it out for himself&#8230;</li>
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<p><a href="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs162.snc1/6053_225512065633_796010633_7760539_6162008_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs162.snc1/6053_225512065633_796010633_7760539_6162008_n.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="483" /></a></p>
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<li><strong>Crap chat up lines:</strong> our previous intern Ellie used to work the line &#8216;,come back to mine, I&#8217;ve got some tinnies in the fridge&#8217; &#8211; we&#8217;re glad this retro chat up is working for dating pro <a href="http://www.raw-material.co.uk/sam.html" target="_blank">Sam Young</a> too!</li>
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<p><a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6826_1218427215769_1081553132_30706257_1584192_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs201.snc1/6826_1218427215769_1081553132_30706257_1584192_n.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" /></a></p>
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<li><strong>Gary Berman:</strong> the Reverend Mr B of <a href="http://www.brando-world.com" target="_blank">Brando Towers</a>, we salute your work&#8230;(and Diplo&#8217;s mix of Bonkers is the only one allowed!)</li>
<li><strong>Charli Morgan:</strong> we love you, we love your cats, we love your bat tattoo and did we say we love you&#8230;?</li>
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<p><a href="http://photos-d-2.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs270.snc1/9724_185375133384_673413384_3778603_1534398_n.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://photos-d-2.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs270.snc1/9724_185375133384_673413384_3778603_1534398_n.jpg" alt="" width="453" height="604" /></a></p>
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<li><strong>Nick Delaney:</strong>  great photographer, diamond bloke &#8211; follow him on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nickdelaney" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li>
<li><strong>The <a href="http://www.thedukeofwellingtonpub.com" target="_blank">Duke of Wellington pub</a> on Portobello:</strong> Tom and I think it might be the new &#8216;fit man&#8217; spot in West London but what&#8217;s going on with the massive plates of sausages&#8230;?</li>
<li><strong>The Crobar:</strong> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mariadreams" target="_blank">Maria Von Murtagh</a> and I have a soft spot for this Soho goth bolthole but it&#8217;s especially funny when full of Americans&#8230;And also the &#8216;all drinks are £2.50&#8242; bar by Ladbroke Grove station&#8230;</li>
<li><strong><a href="http://www.mveshops.co.uk" target="_blank">Notting Hill Record Exchange</a>:</strong> everyone loves this place, but we love it even more for separating the &#8216;grebo&#8217; and the &#8216;crusty&#8217; sections of vinyl</li>
<li><strong>The <a href="http://www.mutatebritain.com" target="_blank">Mutate Britain</a> gang:</strong> it&#8217;s lovely to be back! Hope to see lots of people at the press launch on Thursday &#8211; email Tom or Dan for more info&#8230;</li>
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<p><a href="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/mutatebritain-exhibit-front.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/mutatebritain-exhibit-front.jpg" alt="" width="540" height="350" /></a></p>
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<li><strong>The West London fashion police:</strong> East London chicks look like they&#8217;ve been out all night even when they haven&#8217;t. If we owned any scarves Ronnie Joice has probably long since stolen them. But some darker force insists that thou shalt not walk &#8217;round Notting Hill on a Sunday without some sort of pointless neck attire&#8230; Move on!</li>
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<p><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aRIDhe4WZ4c/SCf4DbFf_tI/AAAAAAAAAbE/WJ2HUV5X5AE/s320/Pashmina2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aRIDhe4WZ4c/SCf4DbFf_tI/AAAAAAAAAbE/WJ2HUV5X5AE/s320/Pashmina2.jpg" alt="" width="320" height="320" /></a></p>
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<li><strong>Anyone who buys vintage in Portobello:</strong> if you think it&#8217;s fine to pay £750 for a coat then we have a little tip for you: <a href="http://www.qxmagazine.com/pdf/new_maps/shoreditch.pdf" target="_blank">Paper Dress on Curtain Road</a> is not only a tenth of the price but the lovely Hannah who runs it will make you a cocktail or serve you a cupcake whilst you try it on&#8230; Or even just let you borrow it for a bit!</li>
<li><strong>The decks at Barrio North:</strong> come on, hands up who spilled beer on them&#8230;?</li>
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<li><strong>Falafels:</strong> garlic and onion and all sorts of non-snog friendly ingredients&#8230; bring us canapes or mini burgers any day! (we really like the little sausage and mash pots at<a href="http://www.britishsausages.co.uk/" target="_blank"> GBS on Portobello</a>)</li>
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<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Existem coisas nesse mundo que não se misturam: água e óleo, chocolate e batata frita, games e rap]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Existem coisas nesse mundo que não se misturam: água e óleo, chocolate e batata frita, games e rap&#8230; Pense bem, os games nasceram como algo tipicamente nerd, e o rap como tipicamente mano, então são duas coisas totalmente diferentes, certo? Se essa pergunta fosse feita para os artistas Duane e Brando, eles provavelmente ririam da sua cara.</p>
<p>Duane e Brando fizeram o que parecia ser impossível: juntar games e rap de forma perfeita. O interessante dessa mistura inusitada não é apenas a música, e sim as imagens dos games que são utilizadas para contar a história do jogo. As músicas da dupla são baseadas em games antigos como Megaman 2, Ninja Gaiden, o Final Fantasy original e muitos outros títulos famosos, e o ritmo delas será extremamente familiar para quem jogou os jogos. </p>
<div id="attachment_198" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 351px"><img class="size-full wp-image-198" title="50%20cent" src="http://joguepense.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/5020cent1.jpg" alt="Duane e Brando inspiraram outros rappers, como esse tal de 50 cent" width="341" height="446" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Duane e Brando inspiraram outros rappers, como esse tal de 50 cent</p></div>
<p>Os vídeos conseguem parodiar tanto os games quanto o rap: eles contam a história do jogo de forma engraçada, muitas vezes apontando as bizarrices do jogo, e com muitos palavrões, algo que se tornou clichê em diversos raps. Em muitos vídeos, como os do Final Fantasy e Megaman, há diálogos hilários entre os heróis e os vilões, que se xingam e se  provocam a todo momento. </p>
<p>O melhor de tudo? As músicas são ótimas! Eu já sei o rap do Megaman de cor de tão bom que é (e também porque eu assisti ao vídeo umas 503735789 vezes&#8230; sim, é realmente muito bom). O único problema dos vídeos é que eles estão em inglês, então quem não entende o idioma infelizmente não vai poder aproveitar. Para conferir o trabalho dos nerds mais manos (ou manos mais nerds, você escolhe) de todos os tempos, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAdventuresOfDnB">clique aqui</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_199" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 360px"><img class="size-full wp-image-199" title="bill-gates-speech" src="http://joguepense.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/bill-gates-speech.jpg" alt="Bill Gates não teria criado a Microsoft não fosse por Duane e Brando" width="350" height="350" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Bill Gates não teria criado a Microsoft não fosse por Duane e Brando</p></div>
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<p><strong>Meus vídeos favoritos da dupla:</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Megaman 2</strong></p>
<p>Esse é de longe o melhor, na minha opinião. O vídeo mostra Megaman superando os desafios de todas as fases e acabando moralmente com os chefes nos diálogos ótimos.</p>
<p> <span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/QUEO9Mfmn4M&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/QUEO9Mfmn4M&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p><strong>Ninja Gaiden</strong></p>
<p>Esse vídeo é bem menor que o do Megaman e não conta a história do jogo; ao  invés disso, eles mostram o quão incrível é o personagem principal. Também pudera, o personagem se chama Ryu, ele tinha que ser ótimo! Além disso, a música é ótima e vai ficar na sua cabeça por um bom tempo.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Chillin' With Marlon Brando]]></title>
<link>http://johnnycat.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/chillin-with-marlon-brando/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>johnnycat</dc:creator>
<guid>http://johnnycat.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/chillin-with-marlon-brando/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I love this piece featured on The Selvedge Yard about Brando&#8217;s rented home in 1954.  Just chec]]></description>
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<p>I love<a href="http://theselvedgeyard.wordpress.com/2009/01/22/hollywood-icon-marlon-brandos-canyon-home/"> this piece featured on The Selvedge Yard</a> about Brando&#8217;s rented home in 1954.  Just check him out, enjoying himself like a normal person.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-581" title="Brando3" src="http://johnnycat.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/brando31.jpg" alt="Brando3" width="450" height="390" /></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Un Tranvía Llamado Deseo]]></title>
<link>http://lobech.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/un-tranvia-llamado-deseo/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lobech</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lobech.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/un-tranvia-llamado-deseo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Semana Temática: “Aquí Dentro Están Todos Locos” (y 5) Hoy, “Un Tranvía Llamado Deseo”, por Elia Kaz]]></description>
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<p>Semana Temática: “Aquí Dentro Están Todos Locos” (y 5)</p>
<p>Hoy, “Un Tranvía Llamado Deseo”, por Elia Kazan (1951).</p>
<p>Que la felicidad y la perfección están en los pequeños detalles es algo que jamás me cansaré de decir. Que he visto tal o cual película aun sin haberla visto, también.</p>
<p>Yo creía que sabía de qué iba esta peli, tan acostumbrado como estoy a leer sobre los grandes clásicos, en lugar de verlos y ya está. Así, cuando decidimos darle una oportunidad en lugar de a &#8220;Inocentes Desde El Principio&#8221; o &#8220;Tormento Adolescente Con Twist&#8221;, creía que afrontaría el clásico tratado sobre el deseo, lo prohibido, lo imposible y la fuerza del ser humano contra el destino. Craso error.</p>
<p>&#8220;Un Tranvía Llamado Deseo&#8221; no es la entrada por la puerta grande en el mundo del cine de Marlon Brando como icono chulazo, ni una lección de interpretación de las que sientan cátedra por parte del padre de Superman, no. El guión escarba poco a poco en la aparente lucidez de una profesora de escuela recien llegada a la ciudad para terminar destapando las miserias de una pobre mujer a quien la circunstancias han superado, llevándose cualquier atisbo de cordura en el proceso.</p>
<p>Una Vivian Leigh que merecería que se inventaran los Oscar si no le hubieran dado ya otro se echa a la espalda toda la película y retrata ella solita ese descenso a los infiernos que es el amor perdido y la incomprensión por parte de tu entorno, por encima de la fábula de la culebrilla en la gran ciudad. Sin necesidad de sobreactuaciones, mimetizaciones o calcos de estudiadas patologías o excesos actorales; simplemente, interpretando. Lo que pasará, empero, al imaginario colectivo son los torneados y grasientos biceps de Marlon Brando, su vozarrón llamando a Estela y a los Mocedades cantando &#8220;Le Llamaban Loca&#8221; con letra de José Luis Perales.</p>
<p>Qué hijo de puta, el imaginario colectivo.</p>
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<p>En otro orden de cosas, dentro de mi crónica de la España de verdad, la que se escribe con doble &#8220;p&#8221;, pasado Luco de Bordón he estado a punto de llevarme por delante a dos Bambis que venían de estrenan la cornamenta, apenas unos huesecillos que asomaban por sus cabezas. A otra especie de animal pertenece el imbécil a quien ayer estuve a punto de pasar por encima cuando, paraguas en ristre, decidió incorporarse a la carretera, en bicicleta y sin mirar, mientras caía una tormenta de proporciones bíblicas.</p>
<p>He estado toda la mañana tarareando &#8220;We Wish You A Merry Christmas&#8221;. Extraña elección. Al llegar a casa de mis padres y cuando estábamos a punto de irnos he sorprendido a mi padre tarareándola también. No es necesaria una prueba genética para saber que no soy hijo del butanero.</p>
<p>En la foto, ese cartel estuvo colgado en mi habitación durante mucho tiempo. Ya de pequeño encontraba pertubador el hecho de que el gesto del mono se repitiera en el poster de su cuarto de baño, bien porque sabía que donde se caga no se come, bien porque sospechaba que había algo en el gesto de la mujer que era raro, aunque no terminara de entenderlo. Aunque a día de hoy ya pueda comprender los matices e implicaciones de ese gesto, no comprendo muy bien quién lo ha elegido para decorar los pasillos de un colegio de primaria.</p>
<p>Número de familiares en el extranjero: 1. The Resistance is here.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cubicle Wars, mit Kugelschreibern]]></title>
<link>http://11k2.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/cubicle-wars-mit-kugelschreibern/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fritz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://11k2.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/cubicle-wars-mit-kugelschreibern/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nordkoreanische Kugelschreiberwerferbatterie, für 18 nordamerikanische Kugelschreiberdollars. ( bran]]></description>
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<p>Nordkoreanische Kugelschreiberwerferbatterie, für 18 nordamerikanische Kugelschreiberdollars. ( <a href="http://gadget.brando.com/stationery-troop-anti-aircraft-missiles-pens-holder_p01024c033d001.html" target="_self">brando</a> via <a href="http://www.gearfuse.com/stationary-holder-launches-attack-against-you/" target="_blank">gearfuse</a>)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Heroes and Villains]]></title>
<link>http://therawmaterials.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/heroes-and-villains-13/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>firgas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://therawmaterials.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/heroes-and-villains-13/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This week I&#8217;m devoting the entire section to our beloved Cordy House &#8211; RIP Cordy, you ha]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>This week I&#8217;m devoting the entire section to our beloved Cordy House &#8211; RIP Cordy, you have such a special place in our hearts&#8230;</p>
<p>And we loved:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>the 2717 people who RSVP&#8217;d and came to the party last night</strong>: including Cordy party regulars Jaime and Alfie,plus all the great DJs who gave their time for free, the <a href="http://www.redbull.com" target="_blank">Red Bull</a> and Vitamin Water people who gave so much support over the last couple of years and so many of the artists.</li>
<li><strong>Our Cordy family: </strong>Garfield, Andi and Miquita, Marg, Ronks, Joe and his kids, Grumpy Liam, Charlie, Alex, Dave,Ted, Bobby, Tim, Security Tony, Jason, Ruby Blue &#8211; we might all fight sometimes but we are proud to be part of the crew and looking forward to taking it West-side to the new <a href="http://www.mutatebritain.co.uk" target="_blank">Mutate Britain</a> site from Sept 24th</li>
<li><strong>Our pink wall in what was our office:</strong> let&#8217;s hope it&#8217;s the last thing to be knocked down by the developers!</li>
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<p><a href="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2600/97/101/796010633/n796010633_6283991_1014553.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2600/97/101/796010633/n796010633_6283991_1014553.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="483" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The top roof:</strong> my little tea break spot&#8230;plus the spot Drizzle Tit, her brother John and I spent many,many hours watching planes&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>The back roof:</strong> where we had the &#8216;hub&#8217; of <a href="www.whos-jack.co.uk/shuffle.html" target="_blank">Shoreditch Shuffle</a> last year and where we tried to have a BBQ in February&#8230;</li>
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<p><a href="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2394/97/101/796010633/n796010633_6084098_6374284.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2394/97/101/796010633/n796010633_6084098_6374284.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="483" /></a><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/eRtFRyqHFWI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/eRtFRyqHFWI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<li><strong>The &#8216;out of bounds&#8217; roof:</strong> from where Gary from <a href="http://www.brando-world.com" target="_blank">Brando</a>, Xander and I pelted <a href="www.splendidcomms.com" target="_blank">Splendid&#8217;s</a> offices with snowballs&#8230; japes!</li>
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<p><a href="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2149/97/101/796010633/n796010633_5819365_1106.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2149/97/101/796010633/n796010633_5819365_1106.jpg" alt="" width="604" height="453" /></a></p>
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<li><strong>The top floor: </strong>where Lu and I had our epic birthday party (we had karaoke, vodka luge, champagne tower, Mr Bling and Dann Summers&#8230;and someone called &#8216;Messy George&#8217; had sex in the kitchen&#8230;)</li>
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<li><strong>The second floor:</strong> The Shuffle after party including the trolley racing and Maxxy&#8217;s bin jumping</li>
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<p><a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v333/97/101/796010633/n796010633_4250505_9581.jpg"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v333/97/101/796010633/n796010633_4250505_9581.jpg" alt="" width="480" height="384" /></a></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The photoshoots:</strong> Cordy has a special magic when it comes to making photos look good. Memorable shoots include <a href="http://www.twitter.com/thelondonbuzz" target="_blank">Luke Blackall</a> in the Gossip Garage, the topless girls in the lift in freezing Winter and <a href="http://www.zoegriffin.co.uk" target="_blank">Zoe </a>on the velvet rope, held up by Emma and I &#8211; plus more recently <a href="http://www.raw-material.co.uk/sam.html" target="_blank">Sam Young </a>on the roof.</li>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1574" title="lukecover" src="http://therawmaterials.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/lukecover.jpg" alt="lukecover" width="200" height="283" /></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The Xmas tree:</strong> it was up in the office from October til Feb and brought us much joy. As did the snowglobe, before it sadly broke in the move&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>The dogs: </strong>Max, Rudy, Coco&#8230; plus Ted&#8217;s stencils on the walls&#8230;And of course, THE FOXHOLE!</li>
</ul>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/KO7Win7Y3n4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/KO7Win7Y3n4&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>And we didn&#8217;t love:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The Slumber Rave: </strong>some crazy hippies took over the top floor with an adult take on a sleepover which resulted in our office being trashed and a knife wielding transsexual running the stairwell&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>The &#8216;borrowing&#8217;: </strong>we lost count of how many heaters, fans, cups, glasses and sets o f keys went walkabout&#8230;</li>
<li><strong>The stairs:</strong> we might have had thighs of steel but we don&#8217;t miss 116 stairs every morning&#8230;</li>
</ul>
<p>We&#8217;ll miss the graffiti, the randoms, people cooking curry, the health and safety inspections, the stove, the red bull fridges and the fact that it was all one big playground&#8230;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s hard to know how it&#8217;s possible to care about a building so much, but we can truly say that the heart of Cordy House is more than just concrete and steel&#8230;</p>
<p>RIP.</p>
<p><strong>Firgas</strong></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/CFWN4uSwqsI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/CFWN4uSwqsI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Couldn't help but notice...]]></title>
<link>http://talariawalk.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/couldnt-help-but-notice/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Marisa Young</dc:creator>
<guid>http://talariawalk.wordpress.com/2009/09/04/couldnt-help-but-notice/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230;the resemblance: &#8230;and Brando lived at Neverland.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://talariawalk.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/image.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-594 alignleft" title="image" src="http://talariawalk.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/image.jpg" alt="image" width="235" height="270" /></a><a href="http://talariawalk.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/article-1198105-05a14828000005dc-106_634x919.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-595" title="article-1198105-05A14828000005DC-106_634x919" src="http://talariawalk.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/article-1198105-05a14828000005dc-106_634x919.jpg" alt="article-1198105-05A14828000005DC-106_634x919" width="240" height="270" /></a></p>
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<link>http://therawmaterials.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/making-telly/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>firgas</dc:creator>
<guid>http://therawmaterials.wordpress.com/2009/09/03/making-telly/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Jack TV&#8217; has been long in the making. But as we&#8217;re nearing the light at the end o]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.thisisjack.tv" target="_blank">&#8216;Jack TV&#8217;</a> has been long in the making. But as we&#8217;re nearing the light at the end of the tunnel, I thought I&#8217;d jot down a few lines about the process that has taken us to the other side of hell, made us laugh, smile, cry and scream at each other. The process that has enabled us not just to learn about making a new concept in online telly but also learn about investor capital, website infrastructure, filming, editing, presenting and whether or not we are funny&#8230;</p>
<p>About this time last year Lu, myself and many of the <a href="http://www.whos-jack.co.uk" target="_blank">Who&#8217;s Jack</a> crew were being filmed for a documentary for <a href="www.channel4.com" target="_blank">Channel 4 </a>which never came to light. They&#8217;d wanted a cross between <a href="en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Press_Gan" target="_blank">Press Gang</a> and <a href="www.channel4.com/programmes/nathan-barle" target="_blank">Nathan Barley</a>. We thought we were hilarious, but director Jonty wanted gritty realism. He wanted anger, tension, tears and drama. We wanted Mr Bling!</p>
<p>So armed with Lu&#8217;s &#8216;we can do this ourselves, goddamit&#8217; answer to everything, our dear friends and contacts, a sense of positivity and a few ideas written on the back of our hands we skipped off to pitch &#8216;Jack TV&#8217; to brands, sponsors, investors and third parties.</p>
<p>With a vision in our heads but no idea whether the technology would support the concept we had of cool programming with product placement that was also available to buy. Most of our early meetings involved Lu or I drawing a picture of some boxes and arrows to describe it &#8211; in fact &#8211; until we had the first screen grab a few weeks ago we were still doing this, just our drawings got a bit swifter!</p>
<p>Then in came hero number one: Rob, my brother&#8217;s oldest school friend, whom a chance midnight conversation on facebook led to a blathering excited chat over a beer (thank god he has years of practice understanding what I&#8217;m on about!) and finally led to him taking on the job of building the platform.</p>
<p>Next came an investor, who started talking to us about bandwidth. &#8216;What&#8217;s bandwidth?&#8217; We soon learned and realised it would be key to making our dream a reality. As a result of what can only be described as a &#8216;faustian pact&#8217; we ended up with a swanky amount of bandwidth but all sorts of communication issues with a host company based in Lichtenstein, a medieval CMS and learning the true meaning of &#8216;cash in hand&#8217; deals.</p>
<p>Hero number two came in the form of a darling friend of ours who managed to wangle us a camera from a TV channel whom we shan&#8217;t name but for which we are eternally grateful. We learned the following about carrying a Sony Z1: pubs don&#8217;t like you for it, if you don&#8217;t have any sound thru the headphones there may not be sound on the film and they don&#8217;t fit that well into bags (American Apparel do a huge holdall that does the trick).</p>
<p>Next heroes were our presenters: Jeff Leach, Zoe Griffin, Max Thurlow, Luke Blackall, Stuart Semple, Tamlin, Marco, Paolo, the girls from Girl Management, Emma Boom &#8211; plus everyone who ventured into our office and was thus foisted in front of the camera.</p>
<p>Tim from <a href="http://www.heartofgoldstudios.co.uk" target="_blank">Heart of Gold </a>gave us some music&#8230; Then executive producer James (hereafter known as &#8216;Grumpy James&#8217;) explained &#8211; with little tact &#8211; that our editing (although hilarious to us) showed all the skills of a blind chimp wearing mittens. We then learned about cutaways, about camera angles, about reverse shots&#8230; then we threw all of that out of the window and stuck to our guns!</p>
<p>Then came the brands. We had some early adopters who *got* the concept straight away. Schuh, Vitamin Water, the chaps at <a href="http://www.brando-world.com" target="_blank">Brando,</a> Nick Ede and the <a href="http://www.edencancan.com" target="_blank">EdenCanCa</a>n guys, Ali and Adam at <a href="http://www.slampr.com" target="_blank">Slam PR</a>&#8230; you all made us happy! The rest have been trickling through with some help from John our new ad sales guy who has been hitting the phones and spreading the word.</p>
<p>Third party content providers came next. Poison Pen films (where The Rev from Towers of London now works!) gave us video content and Girl Management gave us glamour models with a sense of humour.</p>
<p>Then came all the bad stuff: the let downs, the horrible office break in, the hidden costs, the lost tapes, the data transfer issues, barely having time to see our family and friends, scary stalkers, people we know<a href="http://www.knowhere.co.uk/Liphook/Hampshire/South-East-England/messages" target="_blank"> slagging us off on website</a>s, the &#8216;rival&#8217; channels sending spies, the 20 hour working days, the stream of interns who didn&#8217;t work out and Lu and I nearly coming to blows.</p>
<p>We kept ourselves going not just with the vision but with the following (the unsung heroes of &#8216;Jack TV&#8217;): all our great staff, nachos from cafe El Paso, our legendary Friday drinks and Cordy parties, the Jackers, Lu&#8217;s Mum and Dad, my ipod, <a href="http://www.victoriahart.com" target="_blank">Victoria Hart&#8217;s</a> cupcakes, Tom&#8217;s tiger suit and loads of <a href="http://www.redbull.com" target="_blank">Red Bull</a>.</p>
<p>We honestly can&#8217;t explain how much blood, sweat and tears have gone into this project and how close it is to our hearts. We&#8217;re able to show you the beta site at the moment and once Rob, the Lichtenstein posse, huge amounts of cash and a few other bits and bobbins manage to fall into place then the real site will be live.</p>
<p>In the meanwhile, <a href="http://www.thisisjack.tv/" target="_blank">have a look at what&#8217;s to come</a>&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Firgas</strong></p>
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<link>http://houndstooth.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/tim-brando-an-uneducated-dullard-classism/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matt Mitchell</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Tim Brando understands that not everyone likes him, that some people are really, really going to dislike him. He knows that. He said so on the <a href="http://www.finebaum.com">Paul Finebaum Show</a> last Monday. What he didn&#8217;t say, but became apparent during his rant, was how much he really hates everyone who doesn&#8217;t belong to his elevated social class. But that&#8217;s okay, because last week he said as much on his own radio show, the ever-dull <em>Timmy B</em> show.</p>
<p>This is all very interesting to me because I used to support the guy. I genuinely thought he was a decent guy. I thought he had a crap show and was generally incompetent, but I thought he was a decent guy. Until Monday.</p>
<p>For starters, he attacked&#8211;on his own show&#8211;a blogger who made a tongue-in-cheek reference to Brando&#8217;s toupee and placed Brando at the top of his &#8220;<a href="http://capstonereport.com/?p=2352">Top Ten Media Wackos</a>&#8221; list. He took that&#8211;what Brando considered to be a &#8220;personal attack&#8221; (give me a frikkin break you oversensitive sack of <em>feelings</em>)&#8211;and turned it into a tirade against all bloggers, explaining maniacally that bloggers are &#8220;<em>what&#8217;s wrong with the worl</em><em>d</em>.&#8221; He said that the &#8220;<em>Blogosphere is filled with nothing but hate</em>.&#8221; He went on to call the <a href="http://capstonereport.com/?p=2352">blogger in question</a> &#8220;<em>cornpone</em>&#8221; and said he &#8220;<em>belonged in the bottom of a hole</em>&#8220;&#8211;and he was screaming the entire time. Like a baby who wost his widdle bwanky. And it was an obviously tongue-in-cheek comment about the toupee, because there&#8217;s never been a toupee crafted that looked quite so much like a thin, furry banana <em>combed over</em> someone&#8217;s head.</p>
<p>The blogger pointed out that it was tongue-in-cheek, too, and Brando, in all his superiority, proclaimed (screamed) that he knew that&#8211;&#8221;<em>Don&#8217;t you think I know that?!&#8221;</em>&#8211;but refused to back down or apologize for his extremely personal and vicious attacks against the blogger.</p>
<p>In Brando&#8217;s mind, for anyone to have an opinion and write that opinion down in a public forum or broadcast that opinion over the airwaves, they must have a degree from a reputable journalism school. Like his degree in Television/Radio Management from <em>Northeast Louisiana University</em>. (I suppose if you don&#8217;t have a degree from Culinard you shouldn&#8217;t be allowed to cook, either. Should a person who is mechanically competent be allowed to change my oil without a degree? Or maybe there are jobs that should be done by lower class people who have no degrees, and leave the better jobs to the upper class folk who do have degrees. Brando should disperse this list as soon as he can so we all know where we should be allowed to work.) He believes they should be accountable to a degree calculated by him for the words they speak or write. Which is fine, but correct me if I&#8217;m wrong here&#8211;didn&#8217;t the print media get started in this country by a scattering of individual entrepreneurs who bought their own printing press and began writing their own commentary and opinions for distribution? How many of those entrepreneurs had degrees in journalism? Would media exist today without properly educated, degreed people to keep it afloat? How is it possible that the media exists at all if the original writers had no degrees in journalism or <em>television management</em>?</p>
<p>What you have here is a classic case of classism. Brando, blessed as he was with the resources to continue his education beyond high school and attend Podunk U, has decided that he&#8217;s better than those of us who didn&#8217;t have the same opportunity. Those of us who, like me, went to war for our country instead, because we lacked those resources for school, and learned a trade in the military to help us succeed in life. He believes he is of a better class of people than me.</p>
<p>I know an old man who lives down the road from me who never went to Agricultural school, and yet has run a successful cattle farm for over fifty years. One day a doctor from Birmingham was visiting the farm with his wife and two daughters. They were considering buying the farm (which wasn&#8217;t for sale) to build a house on. He had gotten so far into the process that he was walking around in a hay field trying to decide if the house should face this way or that way. Soon enough, the old man&#8211;who I worked for at the time&#8211;grabbed the doctor by the shirt collar and dragged him a good five feet away from where he was standing. The doctor screamed and flailed his arms, protesting like a child being dragged by his ear to the wood pile. The doctor shook his fist at the old man and yelled at him once he had his feet back under him, and stormed away, his wife and daughters in tow. The old man just shook his head and chuckled, then walked over and kicked the top off of the ant bed that had a distinct wing tip shoe impression buried right in the middle of it.</p>
<p>Point being: there are varying levels of intelligence and varying levels of expertise. If you think you&#8217;re better than everyone else because of your degree, then you are the one who is woefully incompetent. Truthfully, I would have considered your 30 years experience in your field a much more significant accomplishment and a better gauge of your expertise than the degree you got at Podunk U. But maybe that&#8217;s just me. My point is this: be careful, Tim, not to flaunt your superiority too often, or it&#8217;s possible no one will help you when you step into an ant bed.</p>
<p>You wailed at one point that the blogosphere was &#8220;<em>filled with nothing but hate</em>&#8221; and that&#8217;s as ignorant a statement as was spoken all day long. Spoken like a true uneducated dullard.</p>
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<link>http://gianmichele.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/brando-sfida-la-apple-tv-con-un-semplice-hd-media-player/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gianmichele</dc:creator>
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