series

1818 – Fargo, season 4 (2020)

timespace coordinates: 1950 – 1951,  Kansas City, Missouri

The fourth season of Fargo, an American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley, premiered on September 27, 2020, on FX and concluded on November 29, 2020. It consisted of 11 episodes.

As an anthology, each Fargo season possesses its own self-contained narrative, following a disparate set of characters in various settings and eras, albeit in a connected shared universe centered on the Midwestern United States and the titular city of Fargo, North Dakota.

The fourth season is set in November 1950 in Kansas City, Missouri and follows two crime syndicates as they vie for control. The cast is led by Chris Rock, who plays Loy Cannon, the head of a crime syndicate made up of black migrants fleeing the Jim Crow South who have a contentious relationship with a fictionalized portrayal of the Kansas City mafia. Other cast members include Jessie BuckleyJason SchwartzmanBen Whishaw, and Jack Huston. (wiki)

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<< 0997 – Fargo (1996)   /   0996 – Fargo (TV Series 2014– )

games

1817 – Metamorphosis (2020 video game)

timespace coordinates: 1920’s Prague

Metamorphosis is an adventure/puzzle video game with platforming elements, inspired by the imagination of Franz Kafka. The game was developed by Ovid Works and published by All in! Games on August 12, 2020. Metamorphosis is available on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. (wiki)

What once seemed like mundane dwellings have become an expansive obstacle course, and now you’ll have to chart your path through the dingy nooks and crannies that exist within the cracks of civilization.

Use your wits to unravel the truth, and regain the life you once knew. (steam)


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM): OS: Windows 7, Processor: Intel Core i5 (2nd gen) or AMD FX 6350, Memory: 8 GB RAM, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or AMD R9 270X, Storage: 12 GB available space

movies

1816 – The World to Come (2020)

timespace coordinates: 1856 in Schoharie County – isolated farms on the American East Coast frontier

The World to Come is a 2020 drama film directed by Mona Fastvold, from a screenplay by Ron Hansen and Jim Shepard, based upon Shepard’s story of the same name. It stars Katherine WaterstonVanessa KirbyChristopher Abbott and Casey Affleck, and follows two neighboring couples battling hardship and isolation in mid-19th century America. (wiki)

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documentary, Uncategorized

1796

timespace coordinates: The Flying Train, Germany, 1902


timespace coordinates: A Trip Through New York City in 1911


timespace coordinates: A Trip Through Paris, France in late 1890s


timespace coordinates: San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906


timespace coordinates: A Trip Through the Streets of Amsterdam, 1922


timespace coordinates: Laborers in Victorian England, 1901


timespace coordinates: Views of Tokyo, Japan, 1913-1915


timespace coordinates: Moscow, Tverskaya Street in 1896


The oldest recorded video, timespace coordinates: “Roundhay Garden Scene”, England,1888


 timespace coordinates: 1895 – France, Lyon, place des Cordeliers, – Factory outlet, France, Lyon, Monplaisir, chemin Saint-Victor (today rue du 1er Film) – The Landing of the photography congress in Lyon, 

1896 Launch of a ship, France, – Switzerland, Geneva, National Exhibition, Swiss Village,  – Westminster Bridge, Great Britain, London,  – France, Lyon: Quai de l’Archevêché,  – Panorama of the Grand Canal taken from a boat, Italy, Venice, Grand Canal,  – Arrival of a train in Perrache station, France, Lyon,  – Broadway, United States, New York,

1897 – Jaffa Gate: east side, Jerusalem 1897The pyramids, Egypt, Giza Panorama of the Golden Horn, Turkey, Istanbul Camel caravan, Jerusalem, –  France, Lyon, place du Pont  – Japan, Kyoto, Honshu,

1899 – Biarritz: the beach and the sea, France, Biarritz, – Grande Plage, –  Bad weather at the port, Italy,

1900 View from a whaling boat in motion, France, HyèresPanorama taken from a sedan chair, January 25, 1900, French Indochina (now Vietnam), village of Namo, Annam

1902 Fort-de-France: market, Martinique, Fort-de-France, French Antilles


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books

1793 – The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust #2 – 2019)

timespace coordinates: – journey across Europe and the East The setting is a world dominated by the Magisterium, an international theocracy which actively suppresses heresy. In this world, humans’ souls naturally exist outside of their bodies in the form of sapient “dæmons” in animal form which accompany, aid, and comfort their humans.

The Secret Commonwealth is a 2019 fantasy novel by Philip Pullman, the second volume of his planned trilogy The Book of Dust. The story is set twenty years or so after the events of La Belle Sauvage and ten years after the conclusion of the His Dark Materials trilogy.

Pullman took his title The Secret Commonwealth from a 17th century book of the same name by the Scottish clergyman Robert Kirk, about encounters of country folk with supernatural creatures. (wiki)

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animation

1792 – Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)

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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Spanish: Psiconautas, los niños olvidados; festival title: Psychonauts, the Forgotten Children) is a 2015 Spanish animated drama-horror coming-of-age film written and directed by Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero, based on the comic Psiconautas by Vázquez. It is the follow-up to the pair’s short film Birdboy, following the titular character, a shy outcast in a post-apocalyptic society, and Dinky, a teenage mouse runaway fleeing her desolate island home. (wiki)

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games

1786 – Valheim (2021 Early Access Game)

timespace coordinates: Valheim, the tenth Norse world.

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

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Valheim is an upcoming survival and sandbox video game by the Swedish developer Iron Gate Studio, released in early access on 2 February 2021 for Windows and Linux on Steam. It was made by five people. 

The premise of the game is that players are Vikings in an afterlife where they have to craft tools, build shelters and fight enemies to survive.  The game uses stylized 3D graphics with a third-person perspective and a combat system inspired by action games. Co-operative gameplay with up to nine people and optional PvP gameplay are also supported. 

The game was a surprise hit. Three weeks after its release, it had sold three million copies and was one of the most-played games on Steam.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (Windows / MINIMUM): Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system / OS: Windows 7 or later / Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core or similar / Memory: 4 GB RAM / Graphics: GeForce GTX 500 series or similar / DirectX: Version 11 / Storage: 1 GB available space

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