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‘All hope abandon, ye who enter here …’
This is the entry to Alfredo Jaar's The Divine Comedy looking at Dante's great work. It is described as, "Mona’s answer to the afterlife: a journey through hell, purgatory and paradise (via Dante, of course)."
Given the constraints of time on this short visit, I was not able to experience what was behind that door at the top of the stairs. So I am unable to verify whether or not people ever return from visiting here. But the entrance does look suspiciously like a Mark Rothko painting.
Honestly, I think the only reason he came in this costume was to try to get into the Slave Leia group shot at 2PM.
Before you say it, no I did not copy off of TheMoosefigs, I took this photo around 8 hours ago and planned to do a thoughts picture after I saw the movie a second time, and that was 3 hours ago.
Honesty I don't know why I should be talking about that
Guardians Vol 2, wow is was really good. So I might to think it over, but this may be my favorite MCU film (not favorite Marvel film, Spiderman 2 is like a masterpiece). This movie had everything, a nice plot, great humor, great soundtrack, and great characterization. This is more of "character" film than the big budget sequel that most sequels aim for. We get to learn a lot about these characters and their relationship with one another. Quill has some problems with his dad, and Gamora, Gamora and Nebula have some complications, Drax talks a little more about his past, and Yondu talks a lot more about his past and his past eight the ravagers, Rocket and Groot....we're there really for comedic purposes. Speaking of which, I laughed like crazy in this film, even seeing it a second time I was laughing a ton.
So I want to talk about the villain which (Imo) the best mcu villain ever.
also SPOILERS
Ego was really well developed, he had a great Interaction with quill that really stands out against pad much villains. The twist with ego killing quill's mom made for a great purpose for quill to stop him. Also I love Kurt Russell
The films pacing, I do admit, does have a little struggle near the end with them about to destroy ego, and the gold people were really just...there. Saying that, the humor really carried the film and made it really enjoyable. And Yondu's death felt really sad and I actually cried. (I wasn't bawling like I was in Toy Story 3, but a couple tears were shed) And the ravagers coming to his funeral really completed Yondu's arc.
This movie was a complete blast and I highly recommend it.
visual ID: circle PARADISO (young directors, new peformances) / 5th Divine Comedy International Theatre Festival in Krakow / 2012
designed and folded by me.
I used 2 tissue-foil squares, 22*22 for each mask.
Diagrams will be available soon.
DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 23JAN15 - Sarah Jones , Playwright, Actress and Poet, USA captured during the session Comedy and Empathy in the congress centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2015.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/Benedikt von Loebell
"TIME named the National Comedy Center one of its 'World’s Greatest Places,' — one of only '100 new and newly noteworthy destinations to experience right now' and one of only nine attractions to visit in the United States." It opened in 2018.
Jamestown, New York
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With Irene, and friends Rachelle and Buzz
A pair of ancient Greek theatre masks reflect the ups & downs (joys & sorrows) of our human lives . Also called the Sock & Buskin as an actor in a tragic role wore a type of boot (buskin) to elevate him above the other actors who only wore socks on their feet. Grapes on the comedy mask suggest the joyful influence of wine & the horns for devilish fun !!
Be a bit of a devil & look at my masks album .
Hello, ladies and gentlefigs!
If you're wondering why there is a variety of Batman characters surrounding a webcam in front of a physical backdrop, well, wonder no more! Also, congratulations on missing the title of the photo entirely! All sass aside, I am putting out a casting call for the purposes of making a brickfilm to upload to my youtube channel, BaneShake. I have made a small handful of stop-motion films over the last couple of years, just with basic equipment and mostly just for fun, although there were a couple made to enter into "just for fun" contests. However, I'm wanting to step up my game- thus the new webcam- and doing so means I'm going to want more voices than just my own.
This is where this comes in; right now, I am specifically casting these characters (Harley Quinn, Riddler, Catwoman, Robin, Catman, Batman, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Two-Face, Penguin, and Deadshot) for a standalone video. This will be something of a loving parody, and each character has only one or two lines a piece.
If you are interested in voicing any of the characters, send me a message on here, and I'll be very glad to discuss things further with you on an individual basis, such as specific things I'm looking for in each role. Additionally, while I am only needing this selection right now, I am also keeping an eye out for talent in future projects,DC comics and unrelated, both comedic and serious. So even if I don't cast you here, I may have offers for you down the road. Feel free to message me if you have any questions, too; you don't have to feel pressured or obligated to participate if you do decide to message me.
Until next time, happy building!
--Charlie
A wonderful night at the Comedy Store on the Sunset Strip. Always gonna love these neon caricatures and, yes, I do recognize all of them!
French postcard, no. C 460.
Sharon Stone (1958) is an American actress, producer, and former fashion model. With her role in Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct (1992), she became one of the most talked about actresses of the 1990s, earning both admiration and infamy for her on- and off-screen personae. Cast as an ex-prostitute in Martin Scorsese's Casino (1995), she won an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe for her work, as well as the general opinion that she was capable of dramatic acting.
Sharon Vonne Stone was born in 1958 in Meadville, a small town in Pennsylvania. Her parents were Dorothy Marie (née Lawson), an accountant, and Joseph William Stone II, a tool and die manufacturer and factory worker. She was the second of four children. At the age of 15, she studied in Saegertown High School, Pennsylvania, and at that same age, entered Edinboro State University of Pennsylvania, and graduated with a degree in creative writing and fine arts. While attending Edinboro University, Stone won the title of Miss Crawford County, Pennsylvania and was a candidate for Miss Pennsylvania. One of the pageant judges told her to quit school and move to New York City to become a fashion model. In 1977, Stone left Meadville and moved in with an aunt in New Jersey. She was signed by Ford Modeling Agency in New York City. Stone, inspired by Hillary Clinton, went back to Edinboro University to complete her degree in 2016. After modelling in television commercials and print advertisements, she made her film debut as "pretty girl in train" in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Stardust Memories (1980). Her first speaking part was in Wes Craven's horror film Deadly Blessing (1981), and French director Claude Lelouch cast her in Les Uns et les Autres (1982), starring James Caan. She had a supporting role in Irreconcilable Differences (Charles Shyer, 1984), starring Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long, and a young Drew Barrymore. In 1984, she married Michael Greenburg, the producer of MacGyver (1985), but they divorced two years later. Throughout the 1980s, Stone went on to appear in films such as King Solomon's Mines (J. Lee Thompson, 1985) with Richard Chamberlain, Cold Steel (Dorothy Ann Puzo, 1987) with Brad Davis, and Above the Law (Andrew Davis, 1988) as the wife of Steven Seagal. Stone was often cast as the stereotypical blonde bimbo. She finally got a break with her part in Paul Verhoeven's Sci-Fi action film Total Recall (1990), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. She played the role of Lori Quaid, the seemingly loving wife of Schwarzenegger's character, later revealed to be an agent sent by a corrupt and ruthless governor to monitor him. The film received favourable reviews and made $261.2 million worldwide, giving Stone's career a major boost. She also posed nude for Playboy, a daring move for a 32-year-old actress. But it worked.
Sharon Stone became a sex symbol and international star when she played Catherine Tramell, a brilliant, bisexual author and alleged serial killer in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992). Several actresses at the time turned down the role, mostly because of the nudity required. Her interrogation scene has become a classic in film history and her performance captivated everyone, from MTV viewers, who honoured her with Most Desirable Female and Best Female Performance Awards, to a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. She headlined the erotic thriller Sliver (Phillip Noyce, 1993), based on Ira Levin's eponymous novel about the mysterious occurrences in a privately owned New York City high-rise apartment building. The film was heavily panned by critics and earned Stone a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actress but Sliver became a commercial success, grossing US$116.3 million at the international box office. She starred alongside Sylvester Stallone in the action thriller The Specialist (Luis Llosa, 1994), portraying May Munro, a woman who entices a bomb expert she is involved with (Stallone) into destroying the criminal gang that killed her family. Despite negative reviews, the film made US$170.3 million worldwide. In the Western The Quick and the Dead (Sam Raimi, 1995) with Gene Hackman and Russell Crowe, she obtained the role of a gunfighter who returns to a frontier town in an effort to avenge her father's death. She received critical acclaim with her performance as the beautiful but drug-crazy wife of Robert de Niro in Martin Scorsese's crime drama Casino (1995), garnering the Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. In 1998, she married newspaper editor Phil Bronstein but they divorced in 2004. Sharon Stone received two more Golden Globe Award nominations for her roles in The Mighty (Peter Chelsom, 1998) and The Muse (Albert Brooks, 1999).
In 2000, Sharon Stone starred opposite Ellen DeGeneres in the made-for-HBO drama If These Walls Could Talk 2 (Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche, 2000), portraying a lesbian trying to start a family. Stone appeared in two embarassing flops, Catwoman (Pitof, 2004), and the sequel Basic Instinct 2 (Michael Caton-Jones, 2006). In between, she played one of Bill Murray's ex-girlfriends in Jim Jarmusch's Golden Palm winner Broken Flowers (2005) - and walked away with the most memorable and endearing role in the picture - a role that showcases her skills as a disciplined thespian. She was also in the American drama Bobby (2006), written and directed by Emilio Estevez. In the biographical drama Lovelace (Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman, 2013), Stone obtained the role of the mother of porn actress Linda Lovelace, played by Amanda Seyfried. Later films include Fading Gigolo (John Turturro, 2013) with Woody Allen, the Italian dramedy Un ragazzo d’oro/A Golden Boy (Pupi Avati, 2014) and The Disaster Artist (James Franco, 2017). In 1995, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2005, she was named Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters in France. On television, Stone has had notable performances in the mini-series War and Remembrance (1987) and the made-for-HBO film If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000). She made guest-appearances in The Practice (2004), winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series, and in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2010). She has also starred in the action drama series Agent X (2015), Steven Soderbergh's murder-mystery Mosaic (2017) and the series The New Pope (Paolo Sorrentino, 2019) with Jude Law. Sharon Stone is the mother of three adopted sons: Roan (2000), Laird (2005) and Quinn (2006).
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DAVOS/SWITZERLAND, 23JAN15 - Sarah Jones , Playwright, Actress and Poet, USA captured during the session Comedy and Empathy in the congress centre at the Annual Meeting 2015 of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 23, 2015.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/Benedikt von Loebell
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The Masonic Initiation Well at Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra. The well contains nine platforms, which are said to be reminiscent of the Divine Comedy by Dante and the nine circles of Hell, the nine sections of Purgatory and the nine skies which constitute Paradise.
A fascinating place and very photogenic although quite difficult to shoot due to the contrasting light. Best suited to high ISOs and an overcast day!