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Home · September 11 Digital Archive Harvard film archive Panic Movement The movement's violent theatrical events were designed to be shocking,[2] and to release destructive energies in search of peace and beauty.[3] One four-hour performance known as Sacramental Melodrama was staged in May 1965 at the Paris Festival of Free Expression. The "happening" starred Jodorowsky dressed in motorcyclist leather and featured him slitting the throats of two geese, taping two snakes to his chest and having himself stripped and whipped. Other scenes included "naked women covered in honey, a crucified chicken, the staged murder of a rabbi, a giant vagina, the throwing of live turtles into the audience, and canned apricots. References[edit] Bibliography[edit] Arrabal, Fernando (1973).

Freedom Archives Home 100 Essential Films | Film In response to the American Film Institute's list of the 100 greatest American movies, film scholar Jonathan Rosenbaum took the AFI to task for what he saw as a product "symptomatic of an increasingly dumbed-down film culture that continues to outflank our shrinking expectations." Of course, any list of this kind (including Sight and Sound's decennial roster and the Village Voice Film Critic's Poll from a few years back) is not without its blind spots. Participants are often forced to pick a select group of favorites and make a number of concessions ("Well, if I want Antonioni to make it into the collective top 10, I'd better hedge my bets with L'Avventura instead of my personal favorite Zabriskie Point."). Consequently, underdogs and obscure gems have little chance of being represented on a composite list that's typically unveiled with little-to-no "justification for any of its titles" (to borrow again from Rosenbaum). Les Vampires (Louis Feuillade, 1915) Broken Blossoms (D.W.

Overdrive: The Films of Léos Carax - Harvard Film Archive February 15 - February 24, 2013 “It’s incredible how much cinema can do. We forget.” – Leos Carax When he released his first film in 1984 at the age of 23, Leos Carax was heralded as some sort of cross between Rimbaud and Antoine Doinel (of The 400 Blows) – part prodigy and part enfant terrible, a creature of the cinema. The film’s lead actor, Denis Lavant, reappeared in Carax’s next two films, always playing a romantic young man named Alex. As if the bigger-than-life ambition of The Lovers on the Bridge had brought this cycle to fruition, and the difficulties of the film’s production taken their toll, Carax waited several years before making another movie, Pola X, his only work without Lavant. Initially Carax was often compared to two other French filmmakers from the 1980s: Jean-Jacques Beineix (Diva) and Luc Besson (Subway). A critics’ favorite here and in France, Carax also arouses cult-level enthusiasm in his fans on both sides of the Atlantic, and it’s not hard to see why. Pola X

Index: if-archive/games/zcode This directory contains games in Infocom Z-Machine format, NOT games published by the company Infocom. The games here can be played with an Infocom game interpreter; look in infocom/interpreters for a version for your system. Source code of the games, if available, can be found in games/source/inform. 404-Life_not_found.zblorb [25-May-2011] 404- Life not found, by Evan Derby. 69105Keys.zblorb [02-Mar-2009] 69,105 Keys, a one room game by David Welbourn. 905.z5 [02-Aug-2012] 9:05 by Adam Cadre, Version 1.1 (2012.0724). 905notes.txt [03-Jan-2000] Brief notes on 9:05, by Adam Cadre 9Dancers.zip [18-Jul-2004] The Nine Dancers (Larsoft Adventure number 4). aasmasters.z5 [10-Apr-2003] AAS Masters, in which all is revealed, by "David Banner." Accuse.zblorb [22-Mar-2007] Accuse, a small replayable puzzle by David A. Acheton.z8 [15-Nov-2011] Acheton, by David Seal, Jonathan Thackray and Jonathan Partington (Cambridge University, 1978-80). acorncourt.z5 [04-Sep-1997] Acrobat.zblorb [11-Jan-2009] Danger! Dr.

Image Archive on American Eugenics Movement he philosopher George Santayana said, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." This adage is appropriate to our current rush into the "gene age," which has striking parallels to the eugenics movement of the early decades of the 20th century. Eugenics was, quite literally, an effort to breed better human beings – by encouraging the reproduction of people with "good" genes and discouraging those with "bad" genes. Eugenicists effectively lobbied for social legislation to keep racial and ethnic groups separate, to restrict immigration from southern and eastern Europe, and to sterilize people considered "genetically unfit." We now invite you to experience the unfiltered story of American eugenics – primarily through materials from the Eugenics Record Office at Cold Spring Harbor, which was the center of American eugenics research from 1910-1940. You may find some of the language and images in this Archive offensive.

Amazing world Archive Edge walk on world’s tallest building Toronto’s Edge Walk at the CN Tower has become Toronto’s most extreme action for adventure seeking people; tourists are guided to literally walk on the edge of one of the world’s tallest buildings, 116 storeys (1168 feet). Source Read full post... Spectacular photos of storm in Russia Amazing photos of storm captured by Russian Oleg Ivanov, an amateur photographer. Read full post... Amazing seafood restaurant on a rock Rock Restaurant, an awesome seafood restaurant located on a rock near the Michanwi Pingwe beach in Zanzibar, Tanzania, can offer guests stunning views of the Indian Ocean and delicious seafood caught live from the sea, customers can watch how the diver to find and catch what they want from the sea. Read full post... Amazing beach in grasslands At the grasslands near the LIanes town north of Spain, people were surprised to find a beach and named it Gulpiyuri. Read full post... Beautiful ice caves in the Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve

Assassination Archives and Research Center Digital Collections and Services: Access to print, pictorial and audio-visual collections and other digital services Historic Newspapers Enhanced access to America's historic newspapers through the Chronicling America project. Historic Sound Recordings The National Jukebox features over 10,000 78rpm disc sides issued by the Victor Talking Machine Co. between 1900 and 1925. Performing Arts Collections, articles and special presentations on music, theater and dance materials from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia. Prints and Photographs Catalog of about half of the Library's pictorial holdings with over 1 million digital images. Veterans History Project Experience first-person stories of wartime service through personal artifacts, audio and video interviews.

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