achtergronden [ 2 ]

CGI backgrounds uit Robots (2005)
robotcity
verschillende views op Robotcity (2005)
The story was created by Chris Wedge and Bill Joyce, a well-known children’s book author/illustrator. The two were trying to create a film version of Joyce’s book Santa Calls but instead they came up with a movie about robots. Joyce served as producer and production designer for the film. The DVD of Robots was released on September 27, 2005. The MPAA rated the film ‘Parental Guidance Suggested’ in most countries, it is suitable for all ages.
 
Bron: Robots [ en.wikipedia.org ]


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het Rome van de Rede

Washington, DC is gebouwd volgens principes uit de vrijmetselarij

Toen ik dinsdag naar de inauguratie in Washington, DC keek, viel mij weer op hoe strak en symmetrisch de National Mall gebouwd is. s’ Avonds keek ik nog naar Simon Schama’s documentaire The American Future, a History over de relatie en geschiedenis van religie en politiek in de Verenigde Staten. De derde president Thomas Jefferson bijvoorbeeld, was typisch een man van de Verlichting die vol overtuiging en op bijna mathematische wijze geloofde in de idealen van vrijheid, gelijkheid en broederschap. Jefferson was een zeer veelzijdige man: naast politicus en filosoof was hij ook wetenschapper, jurist, uitvinder, schrijver én architect. De gebouwen die hij ontwierp, waren eigenlijk tempels gewijd aan de Rede, de ‘god’ van de Verlichting.

het Capitol in Washington
strenge symmetrie beheerst Capitol Hill
Come let me lead thee
o’er the second Rome…
This embryo capital,
where Fancy sees
Squares in morasses,
obelisks in trees;
Which second-sighted seers,
ev’n now, adorn,
With shrines unbuilt
and heroes yet unborn…

The City of Washington
(Thomas Moore, 1804)

Met de bouw van het heiligdom van Democracy , het Capitol in Washington DC werd in 1791 begonnen. Pas in 1863 zou de imposante koepel voltooid worden. Bekroond met een enorm beeld dat de Vrijheid symboliseert, zou je het Capitol als een uitgesproken ‘tempel van de Rede’ kunnen beschouwen. En het gaat nog verder, want de hele omgeving van het Capitol is ontworpen volgens strenge principes. David Ovason heeft hier het boek The Secret Architecture of our Nation’s Capital over geschreven.

Washington
plattegrond van de National Mall
met de Sephroth uit de Kaballah
Washington
satellietfoto van de National Mall

David Ovason - The Secret Architecture of our Nation's CapitalToday, there are more than twenty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., each one pointing to an extraordinary mystery. David Ovason, who has studied these astrological devices for ten years, now reveals why they have been placed in such abundance in the center of our nation’s capital and explains their interconnections. His richly illustrated text tells the story of how Washington, from its foundation in 1791, was linked with the zodiac, with the meaning of certain stars, and with a hidden cosmological symbolism that he uncovers here for the first time. Fascinating and thoroughly researched, The Secret Architecture of Our Nation ‘s Capital is an engrossing book that raises provocative questions and otters complex insights into the meanings behind the mysterious symbols in Washington. (Bron: harpercollins.com)

The Secret Symbols of the Dollar BillDo you know the true meaning of a dollar? Few people do. Now an expert on arcane symbolism uncovers the fascinating secret meanings behind the design of the money we use every day. In The Secret Symbols of the Dollar Bill, David Ovason explores the visual complexity and magic behind the world’s most influential currency. Lively and readable, this extraordinary book invites you to take a dollar bill in hand and set off on a visual adventure. You will discover dazzling explanations of its secret contents — from the symbols derived from the Great Seal to the extraordinary strands of numerology interwoven into its structure, to sur-prising hidden alignments. Once you discover the magic and mystery revealed in The Secret Symbols of the Dollar Bill, you will find that the dollar in your wallet is worth so much more than what you can buy with it.(Bron: harpercollins.com)

David Ovason cannot be labeled an anti-mason. In fact he is careful to disassociate himself from those who hold a negative opinion of Freemasonry and has, since publishing this book, become a freemason. But he is an astrologer by trade and inclination, and his perspective is strongly influenced by his own beliefs. This leads him to conclusions about Freemasonry and freemasons that are not contained within the rituals and teachings of Freemasonry. Unfortunately a number of his unsubstantiated claims can be used by those who do wish to condemn Freemasonry. For that reason a brief overview of his book is included here.
 
Bron: freemasonry.bcy.ca

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een droom in zwart-wit

vanavond om 23.25 op Nederland 2: La Antena (2007)

In augustus was bij Zomergasten de keuzefilm Eraserhead (1977) van David Lynch te zien: een duistere en broeierige zwart-wit film, precies zoals surrealistische cinema hoort te zijn. Vanavond zendt de NPS weer een surrealistische zwart-wit film uit waarin de klassiekers uit de jaren twintig en dertig in de herinnering worden geroepen. Evenals Eraserhead speelt La Antena (2007) van Esteban Sapir zich af in een toekomstige verstedelijkte en dus deprimerende maatschappij. Deze wordt beheerst door Mr. TV…

fragmenten uit Antena van Esteban Sapir
After first few minutes of “La Antena“ revealed itself, I didn„t know what to say. I only knew that I was in for a ride through an all too familiar surreal version of our own world. “La Antena“ is an amazing spectacle of sight and sound. The film is done in silent film fashion with influences of German Expressionism with high regards to Spain’s Bunel, Germany’s Lang, Murnau and France’s Méliès. Accompanied with an exhilarating modern tango soundtrack from Juan Aguirre and Federico Rotstein, it dances across the screen, communicating with fashioned visual words that emit and resonate from the characters mouths. You will see words get squashed, pushed aside, obliterated and float away,much like an animated comic book.
 
Bron: cinemawithoutborders.com

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