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Key idea: I mean, in our small circle, yes, it was a hit but certainly not of that caliber at all. The melody came right away. I was on my way to the dentist.Most inspiring.By the way, get a gold filling. So the melody came pretty quickly, but when we finished it, I had this session with Mark [Sonnenblick]my writing partner, came right after, and Mark was so excited. I said, βI have this melody.β He heard that and said: Oh…
π₯ Check out this awesome post from Culture Latest π π Category: Culture,Culture / Movies,Anti-Climax π‘ Main takeaway: Somewhere up Upon reaching the North American North Pole, a nuclear bomber flies in a squadron, awaiting its orders. When a secret code appears on a machine in the cockpit, the crew looks at each other, stunned. The code commands them to attack. The pilot opened a sealed envelope marked βTop Secretβ and read the name of his target: Moscow. They have set their course. The end of the world has begun.Or so they think. It's actually a big mistake - the…
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Hereβs what youβll learn: JRR Tolkien the Lord of the Rings Novelsβand their associated βmythsβ of characters, histories, legends, maps, and constructed languagesβhave served as the bedrock of so-called βnerd cultureβ since their publication in the mid-1950s.With its vivid characterizations, and the (more or less) clearly defined lines between good and evil, Tolkien's imagined Middle Earthβa vast, geographically diverse world teeming with elves, dwarves, wizards, dragons, orcs, and halflingsβcan be described as archetypal. It's a kind of modern myth that can be adapted…
π₯ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Musicals,Stage,Paddington,Acting,Culture,Books,Children,Theatre,West End,UK news π‘ Key idea: Paddington Musical Bear Revealed - Video Paddington stands nearby. His fur flutters when he turns, his elegant nose sniffs the air, and his eyes soften with a smile. For years, details of the bear's design in Paddington the Musical, directed by Luke Sheppard, were kept top secret. And here he is now wearing his blue coat and red hat. A quiet theatrical marvel. βWhat we're doing has never been done before,β says producer Sonia Friedman.The bear is about 1.2 meters (just…
π₯ Check out this trending post from Culture Latest π π Category: Culture,Culture / Movies,Monstrosity π Main takeaway: Guillermo del Toro He loves a challenge. Nothing the 61-year-old director does can be described as 'sloppy', as each of his films is planned, written and shot with great attention to detail.This discipline is evident in... Frankensteinan adaptation of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel. It's a film del Toro has been trying to make for years, and it turns out. The elaborate sets and costumes - as well as some embellishments of Shelley's story - could only have been the work of someone…
π₯ Explore this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Horror films,Halloween,Film,The Shining,Midsommar,Paranormal Activity,The Innocents,Culture π‘ Main takeaway: Innocent people Photo: Everett Collection/AlamyβSometimes one can only imagine things.β Truman Capote helped adapt Henry James's ghost story The Turn of the Screw into the 1961 film The Innocents, directed by Jack Clayton, which remains one of the most disturbing horror films. To remember the unsettling rush of fear this film evoked, I only need a glimpse of Deborah Kerr's sweaty face or her handshake. She plays a nanny to two traumatized children in a remote home where life…
β¨ Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Games,Culture,Action games,Indie games,Halloween π‘ Key idea: TThe sound came first. In the San Francisco BART train tunnel, Don Fica took out his tape recorder and captured the train's metallic roar β "like demons in agony, beautifully ugly," he recalls. This recording became one of the most chilling sounds of 2008's Dead Space.βWe dropped that loud industrial noise at full volume right after the vacuum silence β creating one of the most controversial audio inconsistencies in the game,β recalls Vika, who made horror history as the sound director…
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Key idea: Peter Watkins, the radical British director who won an Oscar for his controversial documentary drama The War Game, about a nuclear attack on Britain, has died at the age of 90. He died in hospital on Thursday in Burganeuve, near the small town of Fletin in central France, where he lived for 25 years, his family said in a statement. They added: "The world of cinema is losing one of its insightful, innovative and unclassifiable voices. We…
β¨ Check out this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Oasis,Music,Culture,Melbourne,Pop and rock,Liam Gallagher,Noel Gallagher,Australia news π Main takeaway: TThe first time Oasis played a show in Australia in 1998, controversies accumulated to the point that some journalists speculated it was a media strategy. Liam was hit with a lifetime ban from Cathay Pacific due to the band's alleged bad behavior during the flight. (The ban was imposed when Liam told an Australian reporter: βI don't care about flying... I'd rather walk.β) Noel faced hot water over comments he made about Princess Diana, and Liam was…
β¨ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian π π Category: Culture,Television,Film,Books,Music π Key idea: televisionIf you only watch one, do it...Down Cemetery RoadApple TV+Summarize in a sentence Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson star in a fast-paced, twisty thriller based on Mick Herron's first novel in the Slow Horses series.What references do we have? He said "Down Cemetery Road is great. There's not a wasted moment, not a wasted word. Everything is there for a reason." Lucy ManganRead the full reviewFurther reading Slow Horses author Mick Herron: 'I like doing things that break the rules'Choose from the restPhysical:…
