animation, movies

1248 – Dumbo (2019)

timespace coordinates: 1919  Joplin, Missouri / Dreamland in New York City

the first of five live-action or photo-realistically computer-generated remakes of prior traditionally-animated films that Disney has slated for release in 2019, along with AladdinThe Lion KingMaleficent: Mistress of Evil, and Lady and the Tramp. (wiki)

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movies

1245 – Reign of Fire (2002)

timespace coordinates: London / Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England 2020 AD

MV5BZTU1ZGE0NmUtZWZjYS00YTI2LTkyMDItNGJlNDM3NjhkMDEwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,670,1000_AL_Reign of Fire is a 2002 post-apocalyptic science fantasy film directed by Rob Bowman and starring Matthew McConaugheyChristian Bale, Izabella Scorupco and Gerard Butler.

The film is set in England twenty years after London tunneling project workers inadvertently awakened dragons from centuries of slumber and the creatures have subsequently replaced humans as the dominant species on Earth. With the fate of mankind at stake, two surviving parties, led by Quinn Abercromby (Bale) and Denton Van Zan (McConaughey), find that they must work together to hunt down and destroy the beasts in a desperate attempt to take back the world. (wiki)

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documentary, Uncategorized

1242 -Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000 documentary)

The Gleaners and I (French: Les glaneurs et la glaneuse; “The gleaners and the female gleaner”, a reference to the director herself) is a 2000 French documentary film by Agnès Varda that features various kinds of gleaning. It was entered into competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival (“Official Selection 2000”), and later went on to win awards around the world. In a 2014 Sight and Sound poll, film critics voted The Gleaners and I the eighth best documentary film of all time. In 2016, the film appeared at No. 99 on BBC’s list of the 100 greatest films of the 21st century.   /   Cinematic significance   (wiki)

imdb: Les glaneurs et la glaneuse (2000)   /   Les glaneurs et la glaneuse… deux ans après (2002)

animation

1239 – Le grand méchant renard et autres contes… (2017)

The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales…  is a 2017 French/Belgian animated anthology comedy film directed by Benjamin Renner and Patrick Imbert, adapted from Renner’s own comic books The Big Bad Fox and Un bébé à livrer. Originally conceived as half-hour TV specials, the three segments are linked together by a frame narrative. (wiki)

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movies

1237 – Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)

timespace coordinates: 1916  – 1941 London / Cotchford Farm, the northern edge of Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, South East England.

Goodbye Christopher Robin is a 2017 British biographical drama film about the lives of Winnie-the-Pooh creator A. A. Milne and his family, especially his son Christopher Robin. It was directed by Simon Curtis and written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Simon Vaughan, and stars Domhnall GleesonMargot Robbie, and Kelly Macdonald. (wiki)

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animation, movies, quotes

1236 – Christopher Robin (2018)

timespace coordinates: 1920s – 1940s London / East Sussex

Christopher Robin is a 2018 American fantasy film directed by Marc Forster. The film is inspired by A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard‘s Winnie-the-Pooh books and is a live-action/CGI follow-up of the Disney franchise of the same name. The film stars Ewan McGregor as the title character, alongside Hayley Atwell and the voices of Jim CummingsBrad GarrettNick MohammedPeter CapaldiSophie Okonedo, Sara Sheen, and Toby Jones. The story follows an adult Christopher Robin as he loses his sense of imagination, only to be reunited with his old stuffed bear friend, Winnie-the-Pooh. (wiki)

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“Don’t underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”
― A.A. Milne

documentary, music, Uncategorized

1229 – Voyage of Time (2016 documentary)

Voyage of Time is a 2016 American IMAX documentary film written and directed by Terrence Malick. An exploration into our planetary past and a search for humanity’s place in the future. Malick has been working on the film for over forty years and it has been described by Malick himself as “one of my greatest dreams”. 

Voyage of Time was released in two versions: a forty-minute IMAX version with narration by Brad Pitt, and a 35-millimetre feature-length edition (also known as Voyage of Time: Life’s Journey) narrated by Cate Blanchett. (wiki)


0:08 – Modern Day Actress 1:51 – 18th Century Death Masks 2:54 – Human Structure 3:54 – Pompeii ( A.D. 79 ) 4:21 – 3.000 B.C. 5:09 – 10.000 B.C.