Voyageur Diurne
Étienne O’Leary, tourné à Paris, 1966, 9 min
Le dvd Étienne O’Leary : films 1966-1968 est disponible via l’Institut pour la Coordination et la Propagation des Cinémas Exploratoires (ICPCE) & la trame sonore via Tenzier (on en parlait brièvement ici). L’édition dvd comprend l’ensemble du travail cinématographique d’Étienne O’Leary. Figure de proue de l’underground et initiateur d’un nouveau language cinématographique, les images évanescentes et incandescentes du cinéma de O’Leary ont été tournées à Paris dans l’effervecance de la deuxième moitié des années soixante. Y apparaissent de nombreux acolytes lumineux tel Pierre Clémenti, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou et Pierre Molinier …
Baron Prášil (The Fabulous Baron Munchausen)
Karel Zeman, Czechoslovakia, 1961, 83 min, Czech w/ English Subtitles
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (Czech: Baron Prášil) is a 1961 tinted Czechoslovak romantic adventure film directed by Karel Zeman, based on the tales about Baron Münchhausen. The film combines animation with live-action and is heavily stylised.
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Résidents de Montréal p.Q. vous serez ravis d’apprendre que le film sera présenté sur ‘moyen écran’ au Cinéma Blue Sunshine mardi prochain (le 20 août) à 20:30. Plus de détails ici.
Avant les perles innovatrices de la Nouvelle Vague tchèque telles THE FIREMAN’S BALL (1967) de Milos Forman et VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970) de Jaromil Jire, se trouve ce magnifique film de science fiction datant de 1961 et racontant les histoires du Baron Munchausen de Gottfried August Bürger. Karel Zeman est un magicien de la pellicule criminellement sous-estimé, provenant de la Tchéchoslovaquie chez qui l’utilisation de médias mixtes est renversante. Lorsque le réalisateur Terry Gilliam vit ses films à la British Film Institue, ce dernier flippa et décida de refaire le tout sous le nom de THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN (1988). Mais les visions de l’ex-Python ne furent que très pâles en comparaison de l’immense travail stylistique mélangeant animation et action en directe par le Méliès tchèque. Un chef d’œuvre coloré et hallucinant. En programmation double avec un film Nouvelle Vague tchèque surprise!
With 90 drums and 90 cymbals arranged like a brass and aluminum mountain on a stage in a converted gymnasium in Lakeville, Livingston County, you might think Dr. Mark Temperato’s drum set is poised for a packed rock concert.
You’d be wrong.
“I play for an audience of one,” says Temperato. “They call me ‘God’s Drummer’”…
The first time Mark played drums in a Church was in 1978. Since that time God has used his drumming, teachings with signs & wonders to touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. God uses Dr. Marks, high energy teaching style. And his unique abilities to declare the Word of God. At times the Holy Spirit may instruct him to minister on the drums or play the symphonic gong. During these moments, people often experience a sudden manifestation of the Glory of God. It is an experience people never forget and lives are deeply touched…
BENJAMIN ALBRECHT VIERLING (…) paints work that looks as if it could have been painted several hundred years ago, portraying contemporary subjects in a majestic, mythic light
A myth tells an eternal story, a drama that is timeless because it is always happening. The tradition of classical painting provides forms that reflect these epic human experiences. The painter endeavors to depict the myth as a tangible point for contemplation. In the spirit of this pursuit, Vierling presents (…) unique visions. The structure of these compositions acknowledge centuries of painting, from the Renaissance to the Fin de siècle, but the inspiration comes from the mundane. Real subjects, intimately rendered, provide the foundation of a living Mythos.
‘It is easy to find examples of how religious thinking among lay or fundamentalist Christians can result in profoundly irrational ideas. But the evidence that reason is abandoned in Christianity equally comes from the mouths of « sophisticated » theologians, leaders, scholars and spokespersons practising it.’
Speakers in order of appearance:
1. Professor George Coyne, Astronomer, Vatican Observatory
2. Robin Collins, Professor of Philosophy
3. Dr Benjamin Carson, Paediatric Neurosurgeon
4. John Lennox, Oxford Professor of Mathematics
5. Francis Collins, National Human Genome Research Institute Director
6. John Polkinghorne, Cambridge Professor of Mathematical Physics
7. JP Moreland, Professor of Philosophy, Biola University
8. William Dembski, Research Professor of Philosophy
9. Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
10. Dinesh D’Souza, Hoover Research Fellow, Stanford
11. Dr Ravi Zacharias, Renowned Christian Apologist
12. Brian Leftow, Oxford Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion
13. Dr William Lane Craig, Renowned Apologist and Philosopher
14. Nicholas Saunders, Science and Religion Scholar, Cambridge
15. NT Wright, Leading New Testament Scholar
16. Alvin Plantinga, Notre Dame Professor of Philosophy
17. Alistair McGrath, Oxford Professor of Historical Theology
18. Freeman Dyson, Physicist, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
19. RJ Berry, Professor of Genetics, UCL
20. Denys Turner, Yale Professor of Historical Theology
