THE TWISTED FEMMES FATALES OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN | AESTHETICS FOR BIRDS

THE TWISTED FEMMES FATALES OF CHRISTOPHER NOLAN June 1, 2014 by aestheticsforbirds 5 Comments What follows is a guest post by Andrew Kania. Looking at the plots of Christopher Nolan’s films, you might worry about his attitude towards women. At the end of his first feature-length film, Following (1998), the only female character ("The [unnamed] Blonde") is murdered with a hammer by her gangster boyfriend. In Nolan’s first mainstream movie, the revenge thriller Me...

Tenet Meaning Explained: Putting the Title in the Context of the Movie

Christopher Nolan’s latest movie, Tenet, has now arrived in UK cinemas. It’s a great big spectacular espionage film turned sci-fi extravaganza which comes with a lot of questions, the most obvious of which could be ‘what does Tenet even mean?’ In the world of the movie, the word has multiple meanings. Here we break them down. Spoilers for Tenet to follow. Tenet the word Very basically, it means "a principle or belief, especially one of the main principles of a religion or philosop...

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The Nine Enneagram Type DescriptionsClick on any of the titles below to read detailed descriptions about each of the nine Enneagram types. 1 THE REFORMERThe Rational, Idealistic Type: Principled, Purposeful, Self-Controlled, and Perfectionistic2 THE HELPERThe Caring, Interpersonal Type: Demonstrative, Generous, People-Pleasing, and Possessive3 THE ACHIEVERThe Success-Oriented, Pragmatic Type: Adaptive, Excelling, Driven, and Image-Conscious4 THE INDIVIDUALISTThe Sensitive, Withdrawn Type: Exp...

When We Exposed Keith Raniere, The Leader Of The Nxivm ‘Sex Cult’

When We Exposed Keith Raniere, The Leader Of The Nxivm ‘Sex Cult’Illustration by Dan Adel for ForbesBeginning in 1998, Keith Raniere attracted thousands of acolytes to his self-help group’s headquarters near Albany, New York, with the promise of life-transforming classes. Raniere didn’t just promise to unlock clients’ greater potential; he claimed that his methods could abate symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome and even help kids speak up to 13 languages. But in an October 2003 cover story, Forbe...

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Alchemical Symbolism in a Coat of Arms

Adam McLean Alchemical Symbolism An alchemical coat of arms Back to alchemical symbolism indexFrancis Thynne (1545-1608), was a herald and antiquarian who was well connected to the major figures of the Elizabethan age. In the 1570's he developed a particular interest in alchemy. He combined this with his knowledge of heraldry to create his 'Insignia Philosophorum', essentially a coat of arms for alchemical philosophers. He depicted this in a notebook which has survived in the Bodleian L...

Observations on film art : ON THE HISTORY OF FILM STYLE goes digital

ON THE HISTORY OF FILM STYLE goes digital Thursday | May 31, 2018 open printable version Dust in the Wind (1986). DB here: I was born to write this book. So I rashly claim in the Preface to the new edition of On the History of Film Style. That’s not to say somebody else couldn’t have done it better. It’s just that the book’s central questions tallied so neatly with my enthusiasms and personal history that I felt an exceptional intimacy with the project. Baby-boomer narcissism as...

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Space Food Sticks (thing) See all of Space Food Sticks, no other writeups in this node. by Whipster (5.3 mon) CC Rep: 23 ( +25 / -2 ) (Rep Graph) (+) Tue Aug 28 2001 at 12:40:09 (thing) 2 C!s · C? by Whipster (5.3 mon) When NASA began planning for space travel one of its first concerns was getting the astronauts fed. Fresh food was out of the question - it had to be prepared, and when eaten, it could spoil or break apart. NASA turned to food industry specialists for help on ...

Shooting Stance gets man shot by Secret Service

Plenty of puns and storyline concepts in the Secret Service article. Stance and shooting, and shooting stance are great ambiguous gun vs camera examples. -zas

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Examples of Symbolism in Art

Symbolism is to convey the hidden meaning to the reader or listener. It tells us about artistic expression and represents abstract ideas.  However, it is not limited to poetry and literature. Symbolism is one of the most important elements which gives depth to art; it can be the color of the painting or the depiction of characters that are significant to symbolic to some specific themes. A painter uses symbolism when he wants to put emotions and ideas in the picture which we can’t experience ...

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