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1054 – Staying Connected (a practical book)

Staying Connected: How to Continue Your Relationships with Those Who Have Died is a collection of selected talks and meditations (1905-1924) by Rudolf Steiner, edited by Christopher Bamford.

“We are the books the dead read. Our thoughts and feelings are the works of art that brighten and instruct their lives.”


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1048 – Enemy (2013)

timespace coordinates: 2000’s Mississauga, Ontario

“Chaos is order yet undeciphered”

imageEnemy is a 2013 Canadian-Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve, produced by M. A. Faura and Niv Fichman and written by Javier Gullón, loosely adapted from José Saramago‘s 2002 novel The Double.  The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal in a dual role as two men who are physically identical, but different in personality. Mélanie LaurentSarah Gadon, and Isabella Rossellini co-star. (wiki)

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1036 – Stan & Ollie (2018)

timespace coordinates: 1953 music hall tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland 

Stan & Ollie is a 2018 biographical comedy-drama film directed by Jon S. Baird and written by Jeff Pope. Based on the later years of the lives of the comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, the film stars Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. (wiki)

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1032 – The Last Samurai (2003)

timespace coordinates: 1876 – 1877 California > Japan25b37ffea8d32331The Last Samurai is a 2003 American period action drama film directed and co-produced by Edward Zwick, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz. The film stars Tom Cruise, who also co-produced, with Timothy SpallKen WatanabeBilly ConnollyTony GoldwynHiroyuki SanadaKoyuki, and Shin Koyamada in supporting roles.

Tom Cruise portrays a United States Captain of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, whose personal and emotional conflicts bring him into contact with samurai warriors in the wake of the Meiji Restoration in 19th Century Japan.

The film’s plot was inspired by the 1877 Satsuma Rebellion led by Saigō Takamori, and the westernization of Japan by foreign powers, though in the film the United States is portrayed as the primary force behind the push for westernization. To a lesser extent it is also influenced by the stories of Jules Brunet, a French army captain who fought alongside Enomoto Takeaki in the earlier Boshin War and Frederick Townsend Ward, an American mercenary who helped Westernize the Chinese army by forming the Ever Victorious Army. (wiki)

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1029 – Vice (2018)

timespace coordinates: 1963 – 2012 Wyoming > The White House, Washington, D.C

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Vice is a 2018 American biographical comedy-drama film written and directed by Adam McKay. The film stars Christian Bale as former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, with Amy AdamsSteve CarellSam RockwellTyler PerryAlison PillLily Rabe, and Jesse Plemons in supporting roles. The film follows Cheney on his path to become the most powerful Vice President in American history. (wiki)

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1028 – The Notorious Bettie Page (2005)

timespace coordinates: 1936 – 1958 Tennessee / New York City / Miami

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The Notorious Bettie Page is a 2005 biographical film directed by Mary Harron. The screenplay by Harron and Guinevere Turner focuses on 1950s pinup and bondage model Bettie Page, portrayed by Gretchen Mol.

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1027 – Beneath Hill 60 (2010)

timespace coordinates: 1916 – 1917 Queensland > Belgium, Western Front (World War I) MV5BMTMxMzExNTA0OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMTg1MDgxMw@@._V1_SY1000_CR0,0,674,1000_AL_Beneath Hill 60 is a 2010 Australian war film directed by Jeremy Sims (credited as Jeremy Hartley Sims) and written by David Roach.

Set during World War I, the film tells the story of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company’s efforts in mining underneath Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front. During the war, a series of mines filled with explosive charges were placed beneath German lines to aid the advance of British troops. The screenplay is based on an account of the ordeal written by Captain Oliver Woodward, who is portrayed by Brendan Cowell in the film. (wiki)

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