Sehr geehrte Gemeindebürgerin! Sehr geehrter Gemeindebürger!
Zunächst darf ich Dich heute in den Frühstücksnews mitnehmen zur Überreichung einer Spende unserer Musikvereine an die Wohneinrichtung des Diakoniewerkes für Menschen mit Behinderung in der Sonnensiedlung in Ardagger Markt. Beim gr0ßen gemeinsamen Musikkonzert im Steinbruch Ende August sind nach Abzug der Aufwendungen rund € 1.500,–…
Gabriele (Elisabeth Bergner) ist mit dem Musiker Peter (Anton Edthofer) glücklich verheiratet, als sie während eines Konzerts dem gefeierten Geigenvirtuosen Michael Marsden (Rudolf Forster), einem langjährigen Freund Peters, begegnet. Die Beiden verlieben sich Hals über Kopf in einander und sind dennoch stets von Schuldgefühlen gegenüber Peter getrieben. Gabis Vorhaben, ihren Gatten für ihren Geliebten zu verlassen, erscheint ihr durch eine plötzliche schwere Erkrankung Peters undurchführbar. Der Zwiespalt der Gefühle endet in einer Tragödie ...
Das verinnerlichte Spiel von Elisabeth Bergner und Rudolf Forster - ein traumhaftes Paar, das ein Jahr zuvor bereits in dem ebenfalls von Elisabeth Bergners Gatten Czinner inszenierten Film “Ariane” mit einander glänzte - macht “Der träumende Mund” zu einem faszinierenden Film über die Macht der Emotionen.
i feel like it’s potentially relevant i keep track of these all in a discord channel called nettle spiralling. family portrait of nettle nolastname
@july-19th-club / my nieces is probably the reincarnation of shirley jackson, cj hauser with notes / all about love, bell hooks / where angels fear to tread, e m forster / antichrist, the 1975 / elisabeth hewer / haunted epistemologies, laura westengard / letters to a young poet, rainer maria rilke / sam sifton / the anthropocene reviewed, john green
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1: “simply cannot resist what i call the little mermaid or the tin man or the pinocchio plot, the one about a character who is either inhuman or human but outside in some way, constantly searching for whatever it is that they consider to be the quintessential proof of humanity, preoccupied by it so deeply that they fail to realise the proof is in the act and fact of the search itself”
2: “”What does it mean for the structure of your life to feel menacing? To be imprisoned within it? To feel like it might kill you?”
Haunting is an act of care, care is an act of haunting. Haunting is formed between the trauma, mothers inflict on their daughters.”
3: “We can never go back. I know that now. We can go for-ward. We can find the love our hearts long for, but not until we let go grief about the love we lost long ago, when we were little and had no voice to speak the heart’s longing.” The first three sentences are highlighted in red.”
4: “I seem fated to pass through the world without colliding with it or moving it - and I’m sure I can’t tell you whether the fate’s good or evil. I don’t die - I don’t fall in love. And if other people die or fall in love they always do it when I’m just not there.”
5: “And I swear there's a ghost on this island / And his hands, all covered in blood / And my wife inquired of understanding / But of course, my dear, you can't
She said, How can I relate to somebody who doesn't speak?/ I feel like I'm just treading water
Is it the same for you? / Is it the same for you?”
6: “I want to be eaten alive. I want / to feel wanted.”
7: “cultural anxieties and desires, allowing”for a whole range of specific monstrosities to coalesce in the same form.” The excesses of monstrosity and the hybridity of the living dead help visualize naturalized oppressive structures, making those structures uncanny and therefore intervening in the architecture of oppression. Both haunting and sadomasochism appear in queer thought as expressions of queer temporality that expose a particular type of traumatic temporality. Haunting manifests the swirl-ing, fractured, intersecting temporality of ongoing low-level trauma, not just a single event popping through into the present but a disorienting and overwhelming storm of traumatic intrusion.
The traumatic gothic shadow cast on queer theory is not always made explicit however.” The initial sentence fragment and queer temporality are highlighted in blue. The penultimate sentence is highlighted in purple.
8: “You must realise that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hands and will not let you fall.”
9: “Above all, cook for someone else. Take a moment to prepare food not simply because you’re hungry, but because cooking is an act that makes others feel better. And making the lives of others better is why we are here.”
10: A photo of a page of a book, some lines are highlighted in yellow throughout. “would like that, to show it your belly. There’s something deep within me, something intensely fragile, that is terrified of turning itself to the world.
I’m scared to even write this down, because I worry that having confessed this fragility, you now know where to punch. I know that if I’m hit where I am earnest, I will never recover.
It can sometimes feel like loving the beauty that surrounds us is somehow disrespectful to the many horrors that also surround us. But mostly, I think I’m just scared that if I show the world my belly it will devour me. And so I wear the armor of cynicism, and hide behind the great walls of irony, and only glimpse beauty with my back turned to it, through the Claude glass.
But I want to be earnest, even if it’s embarrassing.”
Dark and Chaotic Academia Book Recs; Perfect for Autumn Vibes
Aesthetic: undone button ups layered over wrinkled graphic tees of bands you love and places you long to be, piles of old books with yellowed pages and worn in spines, red wine sipped straight from the bottle, scribbled notes in the margins of secondhand textbooks, crying in the library the night before finals begin, the echoed ding-dong of a grandfather clock.
SOME NOTES BEFORE READING
Some books come with trigger warnings please read them before reading the book. Storygraph has a great system to sort through trigger warnings.
All of these books are on my TBR list, except for those noted otherwise by a little asterisk (*). If I have read it, I wholeheartedly recommend it. If I have not, it is something that I am anticipating as a new favorite or something quite close (4+ stars read).
The following books are mixed from several genres and age ranges (ya and adult).
Must Haves for Any Dark Academia List
The Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Viscous and Vengeful by V. E. Schwab
Classics
Demian by Hermann Hesse (*)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (*)
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Orlando by Virginia Woolf
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (*)
Anything by Emily Dickens (*)
Anything by Edgar Allan Poe (*)
Contemporary/Modern
Bunny by Mona Awad
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo
Maurice by E. M. Forster
Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (*)
An Attack on Titan OC of mine: Eldian Emperor Matthias Schiffmann
Some lore: Schiffmann was born in Shiganshina, Paradis, in 839, and survived Marley's attack on Shiganshina in 845. He served in the Jaegerist faction of the Eldian military in his youth and due to an injury sustained during the Raid on Liberio, narrowly avoided being sent to the Battle of Southport in 854 in which many soldiers including his superior Floch Forster lost their lives. He later served as Premier of the Eldian Military from 889 until 901 when he and a military-backed coup seized the throne from Queen Historia. Styling himself Emperor of the Neo Eldian Empire, he attempted to expand the Empire into the continental mainland before perishing in the Battle of Victoria in 902. The throne then went to Historia's granddaughter, Elisabeth Fritz.
C.J.: Publishing complete ouvres is an old project.
M.F.: Indeed, as soon as The Will to Power was published, people around Nietzsche-including his oldest friend, Overbeck- denounced the processes, very unscientific, of the sister of the philosopher. But if the publication of the complete works has been postponed until now, it is because it presents overwhelming difficulties.
The mass of Nietzsche's novels is enormous. It can be divided into two main headings:
writings before 1884-the year of publication of Zarathustra-, generally notes or first drafts of works published by the philosopher
then, the manuscripts after 1884, not published by Nietzsche, which include many unpublished works and also those which Elisabeth Forster used for The Will to Power
This impressive mass of unpublished works is one of the explanations for the long wait for the complete works. Political reasons may also have intervened. In fact, the publication of the complete works had been decided in Germany before the war. Five volumes appeared, consisting only of Nietzsche's early writings before the publication of his first book. Works on philology, mainly, but also poems, some of which were written at fourteen on various subjects:
Saint-Just
the French Revolution
etc.
– Michel Foucault, New Millennium, Libertarian Challenges, «Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze want to give Nietzsche his true face» (entretien avec C. Jannoud), Le Figaro littéraire, no 1065, 15 septembre 1966
Kısa bir Nietzsche biyografisine yer verdiğimiz bu makalemizi okuyarak Friedrich Nietzsche'nin biyografisi, hayatı, çalışmaları ve geçmişi hakkında kısa bir genel bakışa sahip olacaksınız. Nietzsche gençliği boyunca kimliğiyle mücadele etti. 1862'de "Kader ve Tarih" adlı bir makale yazdı ve tarihsel araştırmaların Hristiyanlığın merkezi öğretilerini doğrulamadığını savundu. Ayrıca David Strauss'un Life of Jesus'undan derinden etkilenmiştir. Liseden mezun olduktan sonra Nietzsche, Bonn Üniversitesi'nde teoloji ve klasik filoloji okudu. Başlangıçta babası gibi biri olmak istedi. Ancak daha sonra fikrini değiştirdi.
Friedrich Nietzsche, çalışmasında benliğin olumlanması kavramını ortaya koymaya çalışır. Güç istencinin olumlama ilkesi olduğuna ve yıkıcı kipler tarafından mümkün kılındığına inanır. Bu ilke, insanın hayatta kalması için gereklidir. Aynı zamanda varlıklarının nedenini de açıklar: varlığımızın anlamlı olduğuna inanmalıyız. Nietzsche'nin felsefesi bu fikirlere dayanmaktadır. Nietzsche'nin yaşam ve ölüm hakkındaki görüşlerini anlamak için biyografisini okumaya değer.
Friedrich Nietzsche'nin kız kardeşi Elisabeth, zengin bir Yahudi karşıtı olan Bernhard Forster ile evlendi ve ikisi birbirlerinin çalışmalarını ve itibarını etkilemeye devam etti. 25 Ağustos 1900'de öldü ve Leipzig yakınlarındaki Rocken'e gömüldü. Tüm insanlık için son derece etkili bir figürdü ve insan doğası hakkında inanılmaz derecede anlayışlıydı. Kendisi için ablasından daha önemli kimse yoktur.
Friedrich Nietzsche üzerine pek çok kitap var ve biyografisi onun karmaşık kişiliğini ve hayatını ortaya çıkaracak. Daha sonraki çalışmaları, hayatıyla yakından ilgili değildir, ancak kişisel deneyimlerinden türetilen kavramlar geliştirirler. Bu biyografi, yazılarının yanı sıra birçok kadınla olan kişisel ilişkilerini de içeriyor. Kadınlar konusunda tutkuluydu ama güzel ve zeki bir psikanalist olan Lou Andreas Salome'a aşık oldu. Ancak onunla ilişkisi kısa sürdü ve sonrasında derin bir depresyona girdi.(Bknz Nietzche Ağladığında isimli kitap)
1878'de kapsamlı tıbbi tedaviler gördükten sonra Friedrich Nietzsche Basel'e döndü ve öğretmenlik görevine devam etti. 1871 yazında Nietzsche çok hastalandı ve kız kardeşi Johann Heinrich Koselitz ile bir evde yaşamak zorunda kaldı. Kız kardeşi ona çeşitli şekillerde yardım etti. Yıllar geçtikçe, ilk büyük eseri olan 'Menschliches, Allzumenschliches, Ein Buch fur freie Geister'ı yazacak kadar iyileşti.
Felsefesi kültür araştırmalarına dayanırken, Nietzsche'nin yazıları kendi felsefesini yansıtıyordu. Yazıları genellikle ironik bir ton ve aforizmalar sergiler. Felsefesinin özü, çağdaş yaşamda otoriter bir güç olarak dinin reddedilmesidir. Yazar ayrıca bir insan hayatının değerine olan kişisel inancına dayanarak bir "süper-insan" veya bir "Übermensch" fikrini de destekledi.
Biyografi yazarı Elizabeth Gilbert, August Strindberg ve Friedrich Nietzsche gibi ünlü sanatçıların ödüllü biyografilerini yazan mükemmel bir yazardır. Avrupa dilleri ve kültürü konusundaki derin bilgisi, August Strindberg'deki son çalışmasında açıkça görülmektedir. Elizabeth Gilbert'in Nietzsche biyografisi herhangi bir kitapçıda bulunabilir. Nietzsche'nin biyografisi, hayatı hakkında birçok büyüleyici gerçek içerir.
Friedrich Nietzsche'nin biyografisi, birçok Nietzsche araştırmacısı için zorlu bir konudur. Yayıncılık işinde ağabeyinin yerine geçen Elizabeth Nietzsche, kocası Yahudi aleyhtarı bir siyasi hareketin önde gelen bir üyesi olduğu için sorunlu olarak görülüyor. Nietzsche anti-Semitizm'i "toplumsal bir sorun" olarak görürken, filozofun birçok tarihçisi Elizabeth'in kardeşinin itibarı üzerindeki etkisinin sorgulanabilir olduğunu savundu.
Ölmeliyiz der Nietzche, sonra da ekler: Fakat doğru zamanda! İnsan, hayatını dolu dolu yaşayınca, ölüm artık korkunç olmaktan çıkar. Ancak insan hayatını dolu dolu yaşamalıdır. Eğer yaşamamışsa ve başkalarının tasarladığı bir sıradan hayat yaşamışsa acılar ve çilelerle dolu zaman geçirmişse, bu kişi yaşamamıştır ve ölüm onun için korkunç olacaktır.
Zihinlere çivi gibi çaktığı bir düşüncesi daha vardır Nietzche’nin... Der ki doktoruna” günün birinde bir şeytan, gelip sana derse ki; sen şu an yaşadığın kötü hayatının sonsuza kadar tekrar tekrar edeceğini ve kısır döngünün sonsuza kadar gideceğini söylerse ne yaparsın? Ya da mutsuzluğun sonsuza kadar devam edecek derse?” Evet bu kısır döngüden kurtulmak için ipleri kendi eline almalı ve radikal kararlar vermelisin. Kendi hayatının patronu kendin olmalısın. Başkalarının yönlendirmesi ile değil, sırf sen istediğin için yaşamalısın.
Tüm varoluşçu filozofların, insanı sürüklediği yer; ucu bucağı olmayan derin bir dehlizdir. Varoluşçu filozoflarda genel bir karanlık bakış, karamsarlık, umutsuzluk, kaos hakimdir. Hayatın hiçbir anlamının olmadığını savunan Nihilizm felsefesi de ünlü filozofun düşüncelerinin derinliklerinde saklanmaktadır. Her fırsatta da karamsarlığı tetikleyen budur. Hayatın ve dünyadaki bu maceramızın hiçbir anlamı yoktur düşüncesi çok korkunç olduğu için; insan bu sınırsız karanlığa dalmak yerine; zihnini rahatlatmak için ve yaşamaya katlanmak için, kendince hayatı anlamlandırmaya çalışır. Gerçekte ise yaşam, tamamen anlamsızdır der.
Kaynak ; https://www.newstrendline.com/friedrich-nietzschenin-biyografisi/
Well, this was quite the crazy year, especially for movies. While many films that were slated to be released this year were postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year still provided some laughs, tears, and thrills both in theaters and in the living room.
Here are my 25 favorite films of the year:
25. The Trial of the Chicago 7
Oscar-winning screenwriter Aaron Sorkin sits in the director’s chair once again in this courtroom drama about the real-life protesters who showed up in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. With themes that resonate today, The Trial of the Chicago 7 benefits from its sharp screenplay, well-paced editing, and an outstanding ensemble cast that includes Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Yahoo Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong, Frank Langella, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Michael Keaton.
24. Unhinged
In a year plagued by the pandemic, Unhinged led the way to the revival of movie theaters back in August and perhaps in some ways it was meant to be the film to do so as the themes of a rage-fueled society and the lack of human connection carry weight. Russell Crowe stars, as the title suggests, as an unhinged psychopath whose road rage torments a woman and her adolescent son. Unhinged is the epitome of pure entertainment and is why we go to the movies. While it’s not quite the most sophisticated thriller of the year, it’s still one helluva ride.
23. Emma
Anya Taylor-Joy has had quite the year with both highs (The Queen’s Gambit) and lows (The New Mutants). But it began before the pandemic with the release of Emma, which she stars as the iconic Jane Austen title character, a socialite who meddles in the love life of others while refusing to acknowledge her own shortcomings in that department. Supported with a strong ensemble cast, beautiful production design, and comedic charm, Emma is not to be missed.
22. One Night in Miami
Regina King makes her directorial debut adapting a stage play about a fictionalize meeting of Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and Jim Brown. One Night in Miami is one of those films that’s completely carried by its cast and Leslie Odom Jr., Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, and Aldis Hodge all deliver with powerhouse performances as four American icons.
21. The Invisible Man
ln the era of remakes and reboots, very few are as good as Universal’s latest monster flick revival of The Invisible Man. Elisabeth Moss stars as a woman who believes she’s being haunted by her abusive ex-husband, someone she becomes convinced faked his own death and is stalking her without being able to be seen. Filmmaker Leigh Whannell, the writer behind the Saw and Insidious horror franchises, generates good thrills and high-wire tension with the help of high production value and a terrifyingly-good performance from Moss.
20. Dick Johnson is Dead
Documentarian Kirsten Johnson filmed a beautiful, intimate tribute to her father Dick Johnson, who has been suffering from Alzheimer's in the final years of his life. However, instead of dreading his death, both daughter and father embrace it by having him acting out several scenes of his over-the-top demises. Dick Johnson is Dead may focus on the subject manner of death, but this documentary actually celebrates life and the laughs that happen along the way.
19. The Wolf of Snow Hollow
Perhaps one of the littlest-known films of the year, The Wolf of Snow Hollow is not your conventional indie comedy horror flick. Writer/director Jim Cummings stars as an overly-heated police officer who attempts to get to the bottom of a string of murders in his small, snowy Utah town by what appears to be some sort of werewolf, though he remains unconvinced. Featuring one of the final performances from veteran actor Robert Forster, The Wolf of Snow Hollow uses its quirky sense of humor to stand out from the rest of the pack.
18. The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is a fun, action-packed, crime caper from Guy Ritchie about the London turf war of drug kingpins. Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Goulding, Michelle Dockery, and Colin Ferrell all round out the strong cast, but its Hugh Grant that really steals the show as the comedically manipulative Fletcher, whose only allegiance is to himself. If you like a stylish film with well-choreographed violence and a fast-paced plot, The Gentlemen should be your cup of tea.
17. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Some of the best play-to-film adaptations are the films that feel like you’re watching a play, and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is one of them. Produced by Denzel Washington, Viola Davis gives a transformative performance as Ma Rainey, known as the “mother of the blues” and the clash she had with a pair of White music producers, but she also butts heads with her trumpet player (played by the late Chadwick Boseman), who also has his own music ambitions. While Davis obviously gives other Oscar-worthy performance, it was Boseman who was able to show how incredibly gifted he was as an actor. And while the world lost him far too soon, at least his last role ended up being his greatest.
16. Boys State
Boys State is a fascinating documentary about an annual program that brings a thousand 17-year-old Texan boys together where they’re divided into two groups to form their own parties and election campaigns. The biggest takeaway from this teenage social experiment is how much these youngsters pickup the tactics of actual politicians (which in some ways is horrifying). What really carries the film are the select few it focuses on who are still young enough to be humble but cunning enough to know how the game is played. For better or worse, they make great politicos someday.
15. Mank
Citizen Kane is widely regarded as one of the greatest films ever made and Mank is a worthy tribute. Gary Oldman stars as the title character Herman “Mank” Mankiewicz, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind the iconic film. David Fincher (The Social Network, Gone Girl) managed to capture the epic scale of the 1941 classic that would make Orson Welles proud.
14. Soul
Soul is one of those rare existential Pixar films that goes beyond being children’s entertainment. Following in the footsteps of 2015′s Inside Out, Soul depicts what happens to the soul of a jazz musician who’s convinced his time on Earth isn’t over. While the universe created to explain how souls work and the plot that went along with it falls short of its emotions predecessor, Soul is still high-caliber among Pixar films and a great movie for both kids and adults alike.
13. The Kid Detective
One of the biggest surprises of the year was how good a movie starring and produced by Adam Brody was. Brody plays a washed up former kid detective who attempts to revive his once-celebrated career of solving mysteries by getting to the bottom of a murder in his hometown. The Kid Detective is a brilliant dark comedy from newcomer writer/director Evan Morgan with good laughs, plenty of plot twists, and a career-best performance from Brody, who proves he’s more than just the pretty face from The O.C. we all know him as.
12. Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah is an intense historical drama about FBI informant Bill O’Neal who infiltrates a branch of the Black Panther Party led by Fred Hampton, played by an Oscar-worthy Daniel Kaluuya. What felt like a high-wire thriller, filmmaker Shaka King shows he’s full of talent with likely a long, successful career ahead of him.
11 . Wolfwalkers
From the Irish filmmakers behind the Oscar-nominated films The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea comes their greatest animated feature yet. Wolfwalkers is a touching fantasy of an aspiring hunter Robyn who befriends a girl who can magically turn into a wolf in her sleep (aka a wolfwalker), but their relationship faces hurdles as Robyn’s father is hired to wipe out the wolves who live in the woods outside of the town’s perimeter. Wolfwalkers is gorgeous, riveting, and far more sophisticated than the average cartoon. It’s also easily the best animated film of the year.
10. Another Round
Perhaps the greatest work from Danish director Thomas Vinterberg to date, Another Round follows four unsatisfied middle aged men who decide to take a theory of task from a Norwegian psychiatrist, who concluded that maintaining a blood alcohol level of 0.050 will enhance their mental and psychological state. Mads Mikkelsen, who’s best known to American audiences as Hannibal Lecter in the short-lived NBC series Hannibal and the Bond villain in Casino Royale, offers a strong, nuanced performance as one of the four educators who embraces this drinking challenge in a film that provides an equal balance of chuckles, cringes, and emotional gut punches.
9. I’m Thinking of Ending Things
From the crazy mastermind of Charlie Kaufman, the writer behind Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Anomalisa, his latest on Netflix is too a mind-bender. I’m Thinking of Ending Things is a surreal, zany, and at times disturbing examination of the human condition as the nameless female protagonist played by an incredible Jessie Buckley mulls over breaking up with her boyfriend (played by Jesse Plemons) while visiting his parents’ house. Accompanied with a stellar production design and a crazy-good performance from Toni Collette as “Mother,” Kaufman newest cerebral feature lives up to his iconic reputation of filmmaking.
8. Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee is one of the few genius filmmakers who is able to blend multiple genres together and his latest film is no different. Da 5 Bloods is an action adventure, buddy comedy, dramatic character study, and war movie all wrapped up into one about a group of Vietnam War veterans who return to the former battlegrounds to find the remains of one of their fallen soldiers as well as some treasure that they kept hidden years ago. With a strong ensemble cast that includes the late Chadwick Boseman, its longtime character actor Delroy Lindo who steals the show with his powerful performance. Da 5 Bloods is easily one of Netflix’s strongest films to date.
7. The Assistant
One of the first #MeToo-era films, The Assistant offers the day in the life of a low-level female staffer of a production company who is haunted by the presence of her Harvey Weinstein-like boss (who never actually appears in the film). However, rather than depicting the dramatics of sexual misconduct, The Assistant uses the common subtleties and nuances of the workplace yet maintains the same tension and heartbreak. Anchored by the remarkable, devastating performance by up-and-comer Julia Garner (Ozark), The Assistant is as important as it is well-done.
6. Minari
No film this year captures the pursuit of the American dream better than Minari. A Korean man moves his family from California to Arkansas to build a farm, which causes strain on his marriage. Writer/Director Lee Isaac Chung delivers a fulfilling and intimate film that is family drama and part coming-of-age with humor sprinkled throughout. Minari also benefits from a strong cast led by Steve Yeun of Walking Dead fame as the aspiring farmer desperate to provide for his kids, Yeri Han as the mother who struggles to adjust to the new lifestyle, and Youn Yuh-jung as the loose cannon grandmother who desperately tries to seek her grandson’s love and approval after she moves in with her daughter’s family.
5. The Father
The Father is a remarkable drama about an aging man named Anthony who refuses his daughter’s desire to hire a caretaker, but there’s a surprise element of suspense as the audience is essentially in the mind of Anthony, whose sense of reality is on shaky grounds. Anthony Hopkins gives his greatest performance in decades as a vulnerable man who simply wants to be left alone in his flat while Olivia Colman offers a painfully brilliant portrayal of a daughters who feels obligated to take care of her ailing father. With sharp writing and superb editing, The Father is one of the few films of the year that resonates after viewing.
4. Nomadland
Nomadland is an enriching, emotional, beautifully-made film from writer/director Chloé Zhao. Frances McDormand gives yet another stellar performance as a widow who embraces the nomad lifestyle and embarks on a self-discovery journey on the road. The cinematography is so stunning, nearly every shot looks like a painting. Nomadland is full of heart and one the year’s most standout films.
3. Promising Young Woman
What can be described as a #MeToo revenge thriller, Promising Young Woman is a heart-pounding rollercoaster with a dark, biting sense of humor. Emerald Fennell has proven to be a promising young filmmaker with her unique vision that resulted in a smooth, stylish feature debut. Carey Mulligan truly shines in the role she was born to play as the cunning, relentless Cassandra seeking vengeance on behalf of her best friend. Promising Young Woman is one of those rare films so satisfying yet keeps you begging for more even when it’s over.
2. Sound of Metal
Riz Ahmed gives the performance of his career as a heavy metal drummer and former addict whose sudden battle with going deaf upends his life. Sound of Metal is an incredible experience that gives a rare glimpse in the American deaf community which is enhanced by the remarkable sound design that helps the audience actually hear what the musician is going through. It’s truly one of the most rewarding films of the year.
1. The Climb
The Climb takes the generic “man sleeps with his best friend’s fiancé” storyline and turns it on its head. In his feature debut as writer and director, Michael Angelo Covino leads as the not-so-apologetic adulterer Mike and Kyle Marvin, who co-wrote the film, is the good-hearted Kyle who struggles to whether or not to forgive his best friend’s ultimately betrayal. Not only is The Climb is quirky and hilariously written, it’s a remarkably well-made comedy with some of the year’s best cinematography. Between a strong cast, a superb screenplay, and the extremely-high production value, The Climb is at the top of the mountain of 2020′s best films.
To thank you all for following me, being so wonderful, and just surviving a pandemic, here are some gifts from me!
I know I originally said I was going to do 10, but I got a good amount of requests and wanted to add in a few extra favorite audios of mine too. So you get 20! Sorry if I did not post your request; there were many!
If any need to be taken down, do let me know!
Here is the link to all of the audios, cast info is below!
Michael Crawford, Rebecca Caine, Steve Barton
October 10, 1987; London
Listed as being Michael Crawford and Steve Barton's last before heading to New York to start rehearsals for Broadway. Beautiful soundboard audio. This is the complete version; there has previously been an incomplete one traded out.
Eiji Akutagawa, Kyoko Suzuki, Kanji Ishimaru
September 22, 1991; Osaka
Always here for Japanese love.
Hans Peter Janssens, Susanne Duwe, Michael Shawn Lewis, An Lauwreins, William Lynn Dixon, Marc Meersman, Arnst van Looy, Stephanie Tscheppe
June 2, 2000; Antwerp, Belgium
Final show in Belgium. Very nice cast all around.
Hugh Panaro, Adrienne McEwan, John Cudia, Patricia Phillips, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews, Marilyn Caskey, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Heather McFadden
June 16, 2003; Broadway
Hugh in his second Broadway run. Adrienne has become a favorite of mine and I think she never gets the credit she deserves, especially having been in the show for so long.
Hugh Panaro, Susan Owen (u/s), Kyle Barisich
February 20, 2012; Broadway
A lovely audio. Susan has such a sweet, light quality to her voice.
Hugh Panaro, Samantha Hill, Kyle Barisich, Michele McConnell, Greg Mills (u/s), Tim Jerome, Nathan Patrick Morgan (u/s), Carly Blake Sebouhian (u/s)
April 6, 2013; Broadway
More Hugh. You can never have enough Hugh.
Peter Joback, Emmi Christensson, Anton Zetterholm, Karolina Andresson, Glenn Kjellberg, Rolf Lydhal, Sindre Postholm, Sanna Martin, Tehilla Blad, David Ingham, Samuel Jarrick, Martin Kagemark, John Martin Bengtsson
February 1, 2017; Stockholm
I loved this production so much.
Ben Forster, Celinde Schoenmaker, Nadim Naaman, Charlotte Vaughan (u/s, last Carlotta show), Sion Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Paul Ettore Tabone, Joanna Strand (u/s, last Madame Giry show), Daisy Hulbert
August 31, 2017; London
A few days before cast change. One of my favorite audios as of late.
Fred Johanson, Hanna Liina Vosa, John Martin Bengtsson, Hanna Leena Haapamaki, Dardan Bakraqi, David Lundqvist, Anders Wangdhal, Lana Zuzic, Gisela Sjostedt, Lars Hijertner, Marco Stella, Tobja Halsell, Peter Loguin
January 26, 2018; Gotheborg
From the non-replica production. With John as Raoul this time!
Scott Davies, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor, Lara Martins, Sean Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Jacinta Mulcahy
May 31, 2018; London
This is labeled as having Ben Lewis, but if you listen it’s really Scott.
Tomas Ambt Kofod, Sibylle Glosted, Christian Lund, Martin Loft (u/s), Monsieur André, Anna Vaupel (u/s), Rasmus Jupin, Elisabeth Halling, Imogen-Lily Ash, Jesper Paasch, Kim Hammelsvang, Paul Frederiksen, Paul Frederiksen (u/s), Mia Karlsson (u/s)
February 13, 2019; Copenhagen
Compared to other audios, you can tell that Sibylle has really settled in the role and improved wonderfully. She sounds absolutely divine. An absolutely gorgeous cast.
Jonathan Roxmouth, Meghan Picerno, Matt Leisy
September 3, 2019; Tel Aviv
One of Meghan's last shows on the World Tour before she joined the Broadway company. Jonathan and Meghan sound particularly stunning on here, they keep getting better which is insane because they are already so good.
Tim Howar, Amy Manford (alt), Jeremy Taylor, Ross Dawes, Alan Vicary, Kimberly Blake, Paul Ettore Tabone, Jacinta Mulcahy, Georgia Ware
September 7, 2019; London
Amy Manford's last show, the last matinee for the 2018/19 cast. Just to be clear, this audio is different from the other that is NFT. Pretty nice quality too!
Love Never Dies
Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Joseph Millson, Liz Robertson, Summer Strallen, Niahm Perry, Adam Pearce, Jami Reid-Quarrell
June 2, 2010; London
A gift for all my Rierra/LND London fans out there.
Tomas Ambt Kofod, Louise Fribo, Christian Berg, Oscar Diez
January 18, 2013; Copenhagen, Denmark
This is an overlooked and gorgeous production. Also, after 'Love Never Dies' someone in the audience shouts "wow" and I think that captures it perfectly.
Evita
Emma Kingston (Eva), Ramin Karimloo (Che), Robert Finlayson (Peron), Anton Luiting (Magaldi), Isabella Jane (Mistress)
July 4, 2018; Tokyo
Emma as Eva and Ramin as Che. Some great casting there.
Anastasia
Annakathrin Naderer (u/s Anya), Thomas Hohler (Dimitry), Thorsten Tinney (Vlad), Mark Roy Luykx (u/s Gleb), Theresa Holter (Young Anastasia), Patricia Nessy (Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Masha Karrell (Dowager Empress Maria), Katja Hentschel (u/s Tsarina Alexandra), Kirill Zolygin (Tsar Nicholas II/Count Ipolitov), Helena Thordal Christenson (Olga Romanov), Alexandra Yoana-Alexandrovna (u/s Tatiana Romanov/Dunya), Laura Robinson (u/s Maria Romanov/Marfa), Mariana Hidemi (Anastasia, age 17/Paulina)
August 10, 2019; Stuttgart
I have yet to listen to this one yet, but I always love spreading love for foreign productions of shows.
Les Miserables
Kyle Jean-Baptiste (u/s Valjean), Earl Carpenter (Javert), Erika Henningsen (Fantine), Chris McCarrell (Marius), Samantha Hill (Cosette), Brennyn Lark (Eponine), Max Quinlan (u/s Enjolras), Gavin Lee (Monsieur Thenardier), and Rachel Izen (Madame Thenardier)
August 13, 2015; Broadway
A really great cast and Kyle deserves to be heard. He was brilliant and it is such a shame he passed so early on in his life.
John Owen-Jones (Jean Valjean), Michael Ball (Javert), Carrie Hope Fletcher (Fantine), Matt Lucas (Thenardier), Katy Secombe (Thenardier), Bradley Jaden (Enjolras), Craig Mather (Marius u/s), Shan Ako (Eponine), Lily Kerhoas (Cosette) Earl Carpenter (Bishop/Bamatabois)
October 16, 2019; Staged Concert, Gielguld Theatre
Gorgeous.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Sheridan Smith (Narrator), Jason Donovan (Pharaoh), Jac Yarrow (Joseph), Femi Akinfolarin (Brother), Casey Al-Shaqsy (Wife), J.R. Ballantyne (Brother), Thalia Burt (Wife), Richard Carson (Reuben), Michael Cortez (Guard), Vanessa Fisher (Wife), Matt Krzan (Guard), Kelsie-Rae Marshall (Wife), Emily Ann Potter (Wife), Georgina Parkinson (Wife), Michael Pickering (Simeon), Harriet Samuel-Gray (Wife), Carl Spencer (Brother), Joshua Steel (Brother), Jack Wilcox (Brother), Blythe Jandoo (s/w Wife), Hannah Taylor (s/w Wife)
July 17, 2019; London
Jason coming back to the show as Pharaoh this time!
MEINE VORBILDER, IDOLE, HELDEN ODER MENSCHEN, DIE ICH SEHR SCHÄTZE
Natürlich ist diese Liste nicht vollständig. Sicherlich könnte ich sie um viele Persönlichkeiten erweitern. Besonders bei Künstlern, Schriftstellern, Musikern und Schauspielern kämen sicherlich noch viel mehr bewundernswerte Menschen zusammen, die mein Leben mitbegleitet haben. Bei den eher unbekannten Namen habe ich die Funktion in Klammern daneben geschrieben. Einige Namen sind Legendengestalten oder biblische Figuren, zum Beispiel Heilige (HL). Menschen, die ich zum Beispiel während meiner Zeit als Redakteur oder anderwärtig persönlich kennen gelernt habe, sind zum Beispiel auf der Tumblr-Seite fett gekennzeichnet. Unter der Rubrik (Vormärz) versteht man die frühen Akteure der Demokratiebewegung, die leider nicht zum Zug kamen und stattdessen einem autokratischen System weichen mussten, die als Pseudodemokratie bis heute anhält. Im Klartext: Deutschland verträgt keine echte Opposition.
A: Jeanne d´Arc, Hannah Arendt, Ernst Moritz Arndt, Bettine von Arnim, AC/DC, Johann Valentin Andreae (Rosenkreuzer), Alexandra (Sängerin), König Arthus, Adele, Hirsi Ali, Charles Aznavour,
B: Hugo Ball (Schriftsteller), Marianne Bachmeier (Mutter Courage), Sebastian Bach, Gottfried von Bouillon (Kreuzritter), Friedrich Barbarossa, Clemens von Brentano (Dichter), G.L. von Blücher, F.W. von Bülow (Preußische Generäle der Befreiungskriege), Hildegard von Bingen, Beatles, Carl Ludwig Börne (1848ziger), Robert Blum (1848-Rebell), Ludwig van Beethoven, Arnold Böcklin, Max Brodt, David Bowie, Thomas Bernhard, Wilhelm Busch, James Baldwin, M. A. Bakunin (Anarchist), Boetius (Philosoph), Buena vista social Club, Josef Beuys, Samuel Beckett, Sebastian Brandt (Humanist)
C: Cicero, Paul Celan, Carl von Clausewitz (Oberst Befreiungskriege), Leonard Cohen, M. Caravaggio, John Cassavetes (Regis.), Karl August von Cohausen (Archäologe), Charlotte Corday (Rebellin 1790), Robert Crumb, Eric Clapton, Lowis Corinth, Joe Cocker, N.S. Chruschtschow, Sean Connery.
D: Denis Diderot (Aufklärer), Albrecht Dürer, Bob Dylan, Carl Theodor von Dalberg (Aufklärer), Dante, Dido (Sängerin), Alexander Dubcek, Doors,
E: Max Ernst, Hl. Elisabeth, Enya, Eisbrecher (Band), Michael Ende, Umberto Ecco, Joseph von Eichendorff,
F: Gottfried Fichte, Ernst Fuchs, Friedrich der Große, Georg Forster, Caspar David Friedrich, Fleetwood Mac,
G: Theo van Gogh, Franzisko de Goya, Gottfried Grabbe, Che Guevara, Siddharta Gautama, Karoline von Günderode (Dichterin), Georges I. Gurdjief (Mystiker), Matthias Grünewald, Artemisia Gentileschi (Malerin), Gandalf, Brüder Grim, Grimmelshausen, Ralf Giordano (Journalist), Green Day (Band), Florian Geyer (Rebellenanführer), A.N. von Gneisenau (General Befreiungskriege), M.S. Gorbatschow.
H: Hagen, Hermann Hesse, Peter Handke, Hölderlin, Heinrich Heine, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Gottfried Herder, Friedrich Hecker (1848-Rebell), Händel, Villard de Honnecourt (Gotik-Baumeister), Michel Houellebecq, Homer, Herodot, Klaus Heuser (BAB), Gorge Harrison, Andreas Hofer, Johnny Hallyday (Franz. Sänger), Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Werner Herzog, Elmar Hörig (Kultmoderator), Ulrich von Hutten (Humanist), Victor Hugo, Harro Harring (Vormärz),
I: Jörg Immendorff, Henryk Ibsen, Isaias (Prophet),
J. Jesus, Johannes der Täufer, Johannes der Evangelist, Jeremia (Prophet), C.G. Jung (Psychologe), Jennies Joplin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (Turnvater)
K: Karl Kraus, Theodor Körner, Franz Kafka, Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, Charlotte von Kalb (Muse), Lee Krasner (Künstlerin), Rainhard Karl (Bergsteiger), Peter Keuer (Grünen-Gründer), Alfred Kubin,
L: Lukas, John Lennon, David Lynch, Flake Lorenz, Andreas von Lichnowski (1848ziger), Cyprian Lelek (1848ziger), Georg C. Lichtenberg, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Lanzelot, M.V. Llosa (Schriftsteller), Annie Lenox, Königin Luise, Ludwig A.W. von Lützow (Befreiungskriege), M. Lafayette (Fr. Staatsmann und Aufklärer) Franz Liszt, Led Zeppelin, Hanns Lothar (Schauspieler)
M: HL. Maria, HL. Maria Magdalena, Marcus, Matthäus, Matthäus Merian, Maria Sybilla Merian, Amadeus Mozart, Bob Marley, Edward Munch, Claude Monet, Albertus Magnus (Scholastiker), Merlin, Alma Mahler-Werfel (Muse), Meister Eckard (Mystiker), Moody Blues.
N: HL. Nikolaus, Novalis, V. Nabokov (Schriftsteller), Ningen Isu (Band), Nirvana, Agrippa von Nettesheim (Alchimist), Hannah Nagel (Künstlerin),
O: Josef Maria Olbrich (Jugendstilbaumeister), Rudolf Otto (Religionswissenschaftler), Oomph (Band), Oasis, Mike Oldfield,
P: Platon, Plotin, Pythagoras (Philosophen), Jean Paul, Plinius, Parzival, Tom Petty, Daniel Powter, Procol Harum, Pink Floyd,
Q: Queen,
R: Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt, Josef Roth, Ramstein, Philipp Otto Runge, Ludwig Richter, Rio Reiser, Ritter Roland, Rainer Maria Rilke, Erasmus von Rotterdam, Eric Rohmer, Ulrich Roski (Sänger), Rolling Stones, R.E.M. Lou Reed, Chris Rea, Petra Roth (Ex-OB Frankfurt/M)
S: Johann III Sobieski (polnischer König), Sunzi (chinesischer Philosoph), August Schöltis (Schriftsteller), Lou von Salome (Muse), B. Smetanar, Carlos Santana, Sappho (Dichterin), Schopenhauer, Helmut Schäfer (Staatsminister im Auswärtigen Amt) Sokrates, Egon Schiele, Madame de Stael, August Strindberg, Richard Strauss, Philipp Jacob Siebenpfeiffer (Vormärz), Helmut Schmidt, Subway to Sally (Band), Karl Ludwig Sand (Vormärz)
T: B. Traven (Schriftsteller), A. P. Tschechov, Ivan Turgenjev, Ludwig Tieck (Romantiker), HL. Judas Thaddäus, Hermes Trismegistos (Philosoph), P.I. Tschaikowski, William Turner, Lars von Trier (Regisseur)
U: Peter Ustinov, Ludwig Uhland, Siegfried Unseld (Verleger),
V: Luchino Visconti, Leonardo da Vinci, Velvet Underground, Vitruv, Vercingetorix, Francois Villon (Dichter), Walter von der Vogelweide, Robert Vogelmann (Menschenrechtsaktivist)
W: Wim Wenders, Richard Wagner, Otto Wagner (Jugendstilbaumeister) Wagakki-Band, Sara Wagenknecht, Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosoph), Georg August Wirth (Vormärz),
X: Xhol (Band)
Y: Neil Young, Yvonne (Aktivistin der Gegenöffentlichkeit)
LGB Historical Figures I’m Manifesting for Season 14
(yes I know some of these people probably never visited Toronto in their life but that hasn’t stopped them before)
Dr Louisa Martindale (1872-1966) - British physician and surgeon
Frances Loring (1887-1968) - Canadian sculptor
and her partner
Florence Wyle (1881-1968) - Canadian sculptor
E. M. Forster (1879-1970) - British author
Edith Watson (1861-1943) - Canadian photographer, particularly of women
Maud Allan (1873-1956) - Canadian dancer and actress
John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) - British economist
Mary MacLane (1881-1929) - Canadian-born writer, pioneer of confessional memoirs
Margaret Cuthbert (1887-1968) - Canadian-born pioneer radio host and producer
Elisabeth “Bessie” Marbury (1856-1933) - American theatrical and literary businesswoman (friend of Elizabeth Arden, who appeared in 12x02 under her birth name)
and her partner
Elsie de Wolfe (1859-1950) - American actress and interior designer
Marcel Proust (1871-1922) - French author
Dr Lilian Welsh (1858-1938) - American physician, suffragist, advocate for women’s health
and her partner
Dr Mary Sherwood (1856-1935) - American physician, educator, advocate for preventative medicine
Edward Irenaeus Prime-Stevenson / Xavier Mayne (1858-1942) - American author of Imre, the first published gay book with a happy ending (published in 1906, two years before S14)
Bonus: bring back Emma Goldman and have her speak about gay rights, which she did starting around this time