“There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism, in fact you might say that science fiction is escape into reality... It's a fiction which does concern itself with real issues: the origin of man; our future. In fact I can't think of any form of literature which is more concerned with real issues, reality.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
First compilation under title "FASCISM: What it is and how to fight it"
by Pioneer Publishers in August 1944 and reprinted in 1964. This revised
compilation was published in April 1969. Transcribed for the Internet by
Zodiac, the former diretor of the Marx-Engels Internet Archive, in August
1993.
Set in the tumultuous period of 19th century Italy, St. Michael Had a Rooster
tells the story of a romantic idealist and leader of a group of
anarchists, Giulio Manieri (Giulio Brogi). Captured and condemned to
death, Manieri firmly believes in his political convictions while in
prison. After ten years, he meets a group of young revolutionaries who
tell him the movement has changed and his beliefs are no longer valid.
Feeling he has wasted ten years of his life, Manieri finds himself
unable to function in the new outside world.
After having been forced to leave the Soviet Union 1929 Trotsky has
ended up in Mexico 1940. He is still busy with the politics. Stalin has
sent out an assassin, Frank Jacson. Jacson befriends a young communist
and gets an invitation to Trotsky's house.
Allonsanfàn (1974) is an Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani with the score written by Ennio Morricone.
The film is set in early 19th-century Italy and stars Marcello Mastroianni as Fulvio Imbriani, an Italian middle-aged aristocrat-turned-revolutionary, losing his commitment to a secret revolutionary society. The title of the film is the name of a young member of the society (portrayed by Stanko Molnar) playing fatal role in Fulvio's life, which is derived from the first words of La Marseillaise.
CATASTROIKA - Multilingual από infowar
- Russian privatization was the reform consisting in privatization of state-owned industrial assets that took place in Russia in the 1990s, during the presidency of Boris Yeltsin, immediately after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, where private ownership of enterprises had been illegal for a long time. The privatization enabled Russia to shift from the deteriorating Soviet planned economy towards market economy, but as a result a good deal of the national wealth fell into the hands of a relatively small group of so-called business oligarchs (tycoons), and the wealth gap increased dramatically. It was described as "Catastroika" and it was the "most cataclysmic peacetime economic collapse of an industrial country in history".
Many non-industrial assets, most notably, most of the social welfare
and telecommunications, as well as strategic industrial assets,
including much of the Russian military industry,
were not privatized during the 1990s. The privatization of the 1990s is
still a highly contentious and polarizing issue in the Russian society,
stirring up strong sentiments among the population, including the
widespread negative attitude towards Anatoly Chubais, one of the most instrumental figures of the reform, and even calls for its revision.
Nicolas Jack Roeg, CBE, BSC (born 15 August 1928) is an English film director and cinematographer. Roeg was born in London, the son of Mabel Gertrude (née Silk) and Jack Nicolas Roeg.
He started his film career by contributing to the visual look of Lawrence of Arabia and Roger Corman's The Masque of the Red Death, and co-directing Performance in 1970. He would later direct such landmark films as Walkabout, Don't Look Now and The Man Who Fell to Earth.
Roeg's films are known for having scenes and images from the plot
presented in a disarranged fashion, out of chronological and causal
order, requiring the viewer to do the work of mentally rearranging them
to comprehend the storyline. They seem, "to shatter reality into a
thousand pieces" and are "unpredictable, fascinating, cryptic and liable
to leave you wondering what the hell just happened. . . ."
Roeg displays a "freedom from conventional film narration," and his
films often consist of an "intriguing kaleidoscopic multiplication of
images."
A characteristic of Roeg's films is that they are edited in
disjunctive and semi-coherent ways that make full sense only in the
film's final moments, when a crucial piece of information surfaces; they
are "mosaic-like montages [filled with] elliptical details which become
very important later." These techniques, and Roeg's foreboding sense of atmosphere, have influenced later filmmakers such as Steven Soderbergh, Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, François Ozon and Danny Boyle.
Roeg's influence on cinema is not limited to deconstructing narrative. The "Memo From Turner" sequence in Performance predates many techniques later used in music videos. And the "quadrant" sequence in Bad Timing, in which the thoughts of Theresa Russell and Art Garfunkel are heard before words are spoken, set to Keith Jarrett's piano music from the Köln Concert, again stretched the boundaries of what could be done with film.
His work was documented at the Riverside Studios, London from 12-14 September 2008, showcasing nine of his films. He introduced the retrospective along with Miranda Richardson, who starred in Puffball.
The retrospective included Bad Timing, Puffball, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Witches, Eureka, Don't Look Now and Insignificance. The London Film Academy organised this event for Roeg in honour of his patronage of the school.
Films as director
Features
Directed by Roeg
Walkabout (1971)
Don't Look Now (1973)
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980)
Eureka (1983)
Insignificance (1985)
Castaway (1986)
Track 29 (1988)
The Witches (1990)
Cold Heaven (1991)
Two Deaths (1995)
Puffball (2007)
Co-directed by Roeg
Performance, with Donald Cammell (1970)
Glastonbury Fayre (1972)
Aria (1987) (segment: "Un ballo in maschera")
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This song was inspired by films directed by Nicolas Roeg, including Performance (written & co-directed by Donald Cammell), Walkabout, Don't Look Now, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Insignificance. Its lyrics refer directly to many of them. For example:
"Took a trip to Powis Square,
Pop star dyed his hair . . . When mobsters came to flush him out.
Gangland slaying underground, New identity must be found. . .Insanity
Bohemian style" refers to the two main characters in Performance, a retired rock star (played by Mick Jagger) and a gangster on the run (played by James Fox)
"King of brains" - refers to Albert Einstein, a lead character in Insignificance (note also the reference to "relativity" in the chorus)
"Queen of the sack" - refers to Marilyn Monroe, a lead character in Insignificance
"Hall of fame baseball" - refers to Joe Dimaggio, a lead character in Insignificance
"Senator's a hoodlum" - refers to Joe McCarthy, a lead character in Insignificance
"Don't like no aborigine" - refers to one of the main characters in Walkabout, an Aborigine
"Space guy fell from the sky" refers to The Man Who Fell to Earth starring David Bowie
The 2nd verse (from "Met a dwarf who was no good" to "Gets to take the funeral ride") describes Don't Look Now Starring Donald Sutherland
Included throughout the song are dialogue samples taken directly from the 1970 film Performance. These include:
- "Why don't you play us a tune, pal?" - "I don't like music." -
"Comical little geezer. You'll look funny when you're fifty." (Dialogue
between Chas and Turner)
"You know, I don't think I'm going to let you stay in the film business." (Chas)
"Time for a change!" (Chas)
"I like a bit of a cavort, I don't send 'em solicitor's letters. I apply a bit of pressure." (Chas)
"Who do you think you are, the Lone Ranger? (...) You're Jack the Lad!" (Harry Flowers)
"Putting a little stick about. Putting the frighteners on flash, little twerps." (Chas)
"He's an ignorant boy. An out of date boy." (Flowers's associate)
"United we stand, divided we're lumbered." (Harry Flowers)
"At the death, who is left holding the sodding baby?" (Chas)
"I know a thing or two about the clientèle. They're a bunch of liars and wrigglers. (...) Give 'em a bit of stick." (Chas)
- Made in Sheffield is a documentary film on the history of the music scene in the city of Sheffield, England from 1975 until 1983. The film was directed and produced by Eve Wood in 2001. It features bands such as The Human League, Cabaret Voltaire, Clock DVA, Pulp (who would not find success until 1994), ABC, and Heaven 17.
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