Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Current Influences on Planet Susannia /January 2012

WATCHING:
George Harrison: Living In The Material World by Martin Scorsese
about the "silent" Beatle.



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Narcissus and Psyche with Udo Kier and Patricia Adriani directed by Gabor Body. Hungary, 1980 



Gábor Bódy (30 August 1946 – 25 October 1985) was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter, theoretic, and occasional actor. A pioneer of experimental filmmaking and film language, Bódy is one of the most important figures of Hungarian cinema.
In 1985 Bódy died under sketchy circumstances. No official investigation followed and Bódy's fate remains a mystery to this day.
In the last days of his life he works on new video genres.

His movie films:
1975 : Amerikai Anzix / American Postcard
1980 : Nárcisz és Psyché / Narcissus and Psyche
1983 : Kutya éji dala / The Dog's Night Song
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And last but not least the biopic of Temple Grandin, (we saw it on ARTE) an autistic woman who overcame the limitations imposed on her by her condition to become an expert in the field of animal husbandry. She developed an interest in cattle early in life while spending time at her Aunt and Uncle's ranch. She did not speak until age four and had difficulty right through high school, mostly in dealing with people. Her mother was very supportive as were some of her teachers. She is noted for creating her 'hug box', widely recognized today as a way of relieving stress and her humane design for the treatment of cattle in processing plants, even winning an award from PETA. Today, she is a professor at Colorado State University.


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