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churchofsatannews Β· 2 years ago
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To a Vigilant New Year!
To a Vigilant NewΒ Year!
Tomorrow begins year LVIII, Anno Satanas. We live in a time of social upheaval. Global economies are in spasms, kept in drastic flux by an ongoing aggressive war which has again raised the specter of possible military nuclear detonations. This chaos has provided an open season for authoritarian power grabs. While Christianity had played the role of a domesticated belief systemβ€”their most…
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aschenblumen Β· 4 months ago
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (atribuido), Β«Gli tre cicisberi ridicoli: Tre giorni son che Nina in letto senestaΒ». Pese a la atribuciΓ³n canΓ³nica, actualmente se le atribuye a Vicenzo Legrenzo Ciampi. Kurt Masur, director Elly Ameling, soprano
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flammentanz Β· 11 months ago
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β€œFreude, schΓΆner GΓΆtterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken Himmlische, dein Heiligtum. Deine Zauber binden wieder, Was der Mode Schwert geteilt; Bettler werden FΓΌrstenbrΓΌder, Wo dein sanfter FlΓΌgel weilt.” (Friedrich Schiller)
Am 31.12.1918 dirigierte Arthur Nikisch in der damaligen Alberthalle des Kristallpalastes unweit des Hauptbahnhofes in Leipzig die Neunte Sinfonie von Ludwig van Beethoven. Das Konzert begann um 23 Uhr, damit exakt zum Jahreswechsel Friedrich Schillers β€œOde an die Freude” erklingen konnte. Nach Beendigung des Ersten Weltkrieges sollte Beethovens und Schillers bewegende Friedensbotschaft die Menschen mit Hoffnung erfΓΌllen.
Dies begrΓΌndete eine Tradition, alljΓ€hrlich am Silvesterabend Beethovens Neunte Sinfonie in Leipzig aufzufΓΌhren, die nach Beendigung des Zweiten Weltkriegs fortgesetzt wurde und seit 1978 im Fernsehen ΓΌbertragen wird.
Es kann keine schΓΆnere Botschaft zu Beginn eines neuen Jahres geben als Schillers β€œAlle Menschen werden BrΓΌder” in Beethovens unsterblicher Komposition.
Der Dirigent dieser AuffΓΌhrung ist Gewandhauskapellmeister Professor Kurt Masur (1927 - 2015), der am 09.10.1989 das durch die Niederschlagung der friedlichen Demonstration in Leipzig befΓΌrchtete Blutbad durch sein couragiertes Handeln und durch den ganz persΓΆnlichen Einsatz seines immensen Renommees, der in der Verlesung des β€œAufrufs der Leipziger Sechs” (β€œWir bitten Sie dringend um Besonnenheit, damit der friedliche Dialog mΓΆglich wird.”) ΓΌber den Leipziger Stadtfunk gipfelte, verhinderte.
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sunset-supergirl Β· 4 months ago
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Happy birthday Kurt Masur
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machazer Β· 6 months ago
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Kurt Masur is from my hometown πŸ‡΅πŸ‡±
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Filmbühne Capitol Leipzig Filmbühne Capitol Leipzig Grâßtes Filmtheater der DDR - Festivaltheater der alljÀhrlich im November stattfindenden Internationalen Leipziger Dokumentar- und Kurzfilmwoche
DTVL (III/18/197 L 24/67)
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moodypeacock Β· 1 month ago
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The Music Tastes of US Outpost #31
R. J. MacReady: CHICAGO BLUES
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Childs: HARD ROCK
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Blair: BAROQUE-ERA CLASSICAL
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Palmer: 70'S PUNK
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Windows: ACID ROCK
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Nauls: FUNK
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Clark: COUNTRY
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Dr. Copper: TRAD POP
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Fuchs: ROMANTIC-ERA CLASSICAL
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George Bennings: BOSSA NOVA
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Norris: OLDIES RADIO FORMAT
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M.T. Garry: Doesn't listen to music
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esqueletosgays Β· 9 days ago
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THE THING (1982)
Director: John Carpenter Cinematography: Dean Cundey
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filmjunky-99 Β· 7 months ago
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t h e t h i n g, 1982 🎬 dir. john carpenter
'Was that dog, the Norwegian dog?' - blair
'I just can't comprehend any of this. It was just a dog.' - garry
'tweren't no dog, Bwana.' - childs
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damienkarras73 Β· 3 months ago
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This trailer idea has been knocking around my head for a couple years now, and now I have the means and skills to do so. I love The Thing to death, and while it's a paranoid, dread-inducing movie, it's also quite frequently a goofy one, and I wanted a trailer to reflect that beautiful paradox.
Made in Reaper
Film and song credits:
The Thing, dir. John Carpenter, 1982
"Superstition," Stevie Wonder, 1972
"Humanity, Pt. 2," Ennio Morricone, 1972
Freesound credits:
Ratachewy remix of strangehorizon's freesound #668381.flac by Timbre -- License Creative Commons 0
Squelching SFX [5] by SoundDesignForYou -- License: Creative Commons 0
walking and running through harsh snow 3 different speeds sound effect by Garuda1982 -- License: Attribution 4.0
Windy Window.wav by Pedaling Prince -- License: Attribution 3.0
A ruger 10/22LR rifle being shot further away w/ forest reverb by serøtōnin -- License: Creative Commons 0
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ruleof3bobby Β· 10 days ago
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THE THING (1982) Grade: B
Loved the script. The special effects haven't aged well, but doesn't distract from the plot and characters. Great ending as well.
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horrorcrypt12 Β· 1 month ago
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Day 23 πŸŽƒ:
The Thing (1982)
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cultfaction Β· 3 months ago
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Cult Faction Podcast Ep. 123: The Thing
In this weeks episode we turn our spotlight on the John Carpenter horror/sci-fi classic The Thing! https://cultfaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ep23.mp3 Β 
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mrcowboysmovieroom Β· 1 year ago
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The Mean Season (1985)
Directed by: Phillip Borsos Genre: Crime, thriller
CW: None
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The Mean Season is a movie you've likely never seen personally (I mean especially in this day and age, good god) but you've definitely seen it somewhere else. Which is to say, you've probably seen a movie damn similar and likely better. What The Mean Season fails to give you in execution, it gives you in potential, which makes for a disappointing and rather lackluster watching experience.
So, to be transparent, I will admit right now that the reason I was watching this movie was entirely because it stars Kurt Russell. It also turns out I have already seen this film, which is not a promising revelation to have. You sort of want your thrilling crime drama to be memorable.
In any case the best way to illustrate the issues this movie has is to describe them in agonizing detail.
Kurt Russell plays Malcolm Anderson. He's a journalist who's feeling pretty burnt out by his job, but gets pulled into do one last big story when a serial killer who Malcolm recently reported on, contacts him about continuing to write about his future exploits.
So honestly, a promising start but I wouldn't call it groundbreaking. The dynamic is interesting though, and you can tell as the movie goes on that there was meant to be something more intriguing to their relationship.
See, the killer calls Malcolm after one of his murders so that Mal can get the scoop first. The killer likes his writing style, and in calling him, is giving him more veracity and also making the murders more sensational.
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The killer's agenda, so far as we will ever understand, is to be the story. He gets mad later when more attention is on Malcolm's relationship to the case/killer later on in the film.
He also reportedly feels a certain sort of kinship with Malcolm, or feels as though Malcolm understands him and this is interesting in concept. Like obviously. The dichotomy between the killer and the journalist who writes for him is a great idea. Journalists in media have had a lot of varying stereotypes about them. At once they might be noble truth seekers, and then again, they are corruptible sensationalists who are motivated by a good story and nothing more. Think like Ace in the Hole (1951).
So it makes sense that a story would take advantage of those conflicting values.
Throughout the movie we get the impression that Malcolm's morals are supposed to be called into question. I mean characters do literally call them into question but it doesn't actually feel like anything about his character is really controversial or even slightly questionable.
His girlfriend, Christine (Mariel Hemingway), on a couple occasions talks as if he's becoming an entirely different person but we don't actually see any sort of transformation in his character so it makes her character feel weak as a result.
I should say now that acting wise, everyone does a good job. The issue isn't so much with any performance but with the story itself. It doesn't spend enough time exploring the character development of Malcolm and we don't really see his personal values get compromised.
Just that difference alone would have made this film significantly better than it is. The ending climax sees the killer, now known as Alan Delour (Richard Jordan), confronting Malcolm and accusing him of knowing him best. And even later Malcolm suggests that Alan can't kill him because who else gets him like he does?
And this scene falls flat because we keep getting told that something has happened with Malcolm, but we never see it. Despite the lack of character going on in the writing, Kurt Russell does a very good job playing a despondent man worried his girlfriend is dead. Of course, Kurt Russell is pretty good at this as Breakdown (1997) and Unlawful Entry (1992) will prove.
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So all in all, is it worth watching? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh I mean it depends... If you're watching it so that you can see Kurt Russell- yes :) But also there are better movies with him in it playing a very similar character.
Do you just want to see a crime/mystery movie? Well, there are way more of those than there are Kurt Russell films so I won't say no, but there is less reason to see this if that's the case. It's not a horrible movie, but it's also not groundbreaking, and as I said before, you've likely seen a better version of this film already.
So given that, I'm feeling a 6/10.
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flammentanz Β· 2 years ago
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Like every year since 1945 the Symphony No. 9 by Ludwig van Beethoven is performed by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra to celebrate the new year with Friedrich Schiller’s β€œOde to Joy”: β€œAlle Menschen werden BrΓΌder” (”All people become brothers”)
The idea to this concerts came from Arthur Nikisch, then conductor of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, after the terror of the First World War. The first concert took place on New Year’s Eve in 1918. Later the concerts took place at irregular intervals. After the Second World War the tradition Β was revived.
The concert is broadcast by television since 1978. Since 1981 the concert takes place at the Gewandhaus concert hall in Leipzig. It is broadcast every year and to watch it has become a New Year’s Eve tradition in Saxony.
The performance in the video took place in 1995. Gewandhaus Kapellmeister Professor Kurt Masur (1927 - 2015), who campaigned so courageously in 1989 for the peaceful course of the demonstrations in Leipzig against the tyranny of the GDR, conducted the Gewandhaus Orchestra.
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sidonius5 Β· 1 year ago
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byneddiedingo Β· 2 years ago
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Keith David, Richard Dysart, T.K. Carter, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, and Kurt Russell inΒ The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan, Peter Maloney, Richard Masur, Donald Moffat, Joel Polis, Thomas G. Waites. Screenplay: Bill Lancaster, based on a story byΒ John W. Campbell Jr. Cinematography: Dean Cundey. Production design: John J. Lloyd. Creature design: Rob Bottin. Music: Ennio Morricone.
John Carpenter'sΒ The ThingΒ is one of those movies that have undergone radical re-evaluation over the years since it was released to mediocre box office and mostly scathing reviews. In theΒ New York Times, for example, Vincent Canby panned it as "foolish, depressing, overproduced" and "instant junk." Today, however, it's regarded as a classic of the horror sci-fi genre and has an 83% "fresh" ranking onΒ Rotten Tomatoes, with a whopping 92% audience score. My own evaluation would fall somewhere in between:Β The ThingΒ does what it sets out to, i.e. scare us, with efficiency, but unlike the films to which it is often compared -- the Howard Hawks-producedΒ The Thing From Another WorldΒ (Christian Nyby, 1951), which was based on the same short story, and the more recent predecessor in the genre,Β AlienΒ (Ridley Scott, 1979) -- it lacks heart.Β The ThingΒ doesn't give us characters to root for. When successive members of its all-male cast are gobbled up by the monster, we don't feel any sense of loss -- except perhaps for the dogs, there's no one we feel a connection with. Kurt Russell is a very good action hero, but Bill Lancaster's script gives him no wit, no memorable lines other than shouting, "Yeah, fuck you, too!" at the monster when it roars at him. The real star of the film is Rob Bottin's creature, all gooshy innards, tentacles, and crablike legs. But once the monster gets going, there's no let-up. InΒ Alien, for example, Ridley Scott very smartly created pauses in the action to lull us into complacency before pulling another shocker. Carpenter, however, gives us no time to breathe, and the piling-on of attacks becomes tiresome. Ennio Morricone's score is skillfully laid on, but unless you're in the mood for a freakout,Β The ThingΒ offers few other lasting rewards.
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