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Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004)
Born: November 22, 1921 in Deer Park, Long Island, New York, USA Died: October 5, 2004 (age 82) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Made 70 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
[in a 1986 interview, explaining the origin of his “no respect” routine] I had this joke: “I played hide and seek; they wouldn’t even look for me”. To make it work better, you look for something to put in front of it: “I was so poor, I was so dumb”, so this, so that. I thought, “Now what fits that joke?” Well, “No one liked me” was all right. But then I thought, “A more profound thing would be, ‘I get no respect!’ “.
Caddyshack 1980 dir. Ramis starring Bill Murray Chevy Chase Rodney Dangerfield
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John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)
Born: May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA Died: November 22, 1963 (age 46) in Dallas, Texas, USA
Married to: Jacqueline Kennedy (12 September 1953 – 22 November 1963) (his death) (4 children)
[6/26/63, speech in West Berlin, Germany] Two thousand years ago, the proudest boast was “Civis Romanus sum”. Today, in the world of freedom, the proudest boast is “Ich bin ein Berliner”. All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin, and, therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words “Ich bin ein Berliner!”.
I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics but for our contributions to the human spirit.
[6/10/63, in a commencement address] The United States, as the world knows, will never start a war. We do not want a war. We do not now expect a war. This generation of Americans has already had enough–more than enough–of war and hate and oppression.
We shall do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are just. We are not helpless before the task or hopeless of its success. Confident and unafraid, we must labor on–not towards a strategy of annihilation but towards a strategy of peace.
[June 11, 1963] If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public, if he cannot send his children to the best public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who will represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us want, then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place? Who among us would then be content with the counsels of patience and delay?
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C.S. Lewis (1898–1963)
Born: November 29, 1898 in Belfast, Ireland [now in Northern Ireland], UK Died: November 22, 1963 (age 64) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Married to: Helen Joy Davidman (23 April 1956 – 13 July 1960) (her death)
A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic – on the level with a man who says he is a poached egg – or he would be the devil of hell. You must take your choice. Either this was, and is, the Son of God, or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to. – from Mere Christianity
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bodies that fight, 3min., Chile Directed by Catalina Ibañez The meeting between the performance and the crowd. The idea embodied in everyone’s gaze. Happiness by own judgment carried out. The meeting of the ideal with reality, embodied in the woman’s body.
OUT OF HAND, 3min., South Africa Directed by Justin Daniel When one-armed mad scientist, Dr. Victor von Thalamus, completes his mechanical arm creation, he tasks his moronic monster assistant, Bunsen, to watch over the arm while he runs errands. Bunsen is stunned upon the realization that the arm is alive and is on a mission to create havoc. Comedic struggles and failure ensue as Bunsen tries to capture the arm resulting in the destruction of the laboratory.
HISSY FIT, 3min., South Africa Directed by Kyra Cross Leeora is an anxious witch looking for a quiet place to sit in her school’s library. Leeora is shushed by the librarian and walks off. Leeora bumps into a fellow witch, Maddie. They fall and Leeora’s anxiety grows, she runs to the back of the library. Leeora hides and Maddie pops around the corner. Leeora is frightened and transforms into a cat. Both confused, a big chase erupts. The library is destroyed. During the aftermath, Maddie pulls herself and Leeora’s book from the rubble. Realising Maddie’s intentions Leeora transforms back. The girls laugh and get caught by the angry librarian.
LIGHTS OUT!, 3min., South Africa Directed by Atiyya Mayet Luna is exhausted as she works late into the night, aided by her desk-side lamp. The lamp (Laaitie) comes to life and suggests that she get some rest. Luna dismisses Laaitie and resumes working. They go back and forth flipping Laaitie’s light switch on and off. Eventually, Laaitie flips his switch off, runs away and Luna chases after him. After catching him Luna flips his switch, revealing that she is standing on a ledge, atop her apartment building. Realizing the danger, she has put herself in, she makes the conscious decision to go to bed and turns the light out.
BY TWO, 4min,. South Africa Directed by Wiam Botma A stubborn old man goes about his daily routine, struggling with every task due to his age. He hears a ring from the doorbell and finds a robot has been sent to aid him in his old age. As he goes about his daily routine the robot continually tries to aid him, much to his annoyance. A mishap in the bathroom is the final straw for the man, unaided he tumbles down the stairs and gets stuck in a pot, and the robot comes to his aid. The man now visibly relaxed enjoys the help of the robot in his life.
re:connection, 8min., USA Directed by Kristina Tran A 3D animated short film about a mechanic, her robot companion, and the path they take to reconnect their relationship.
CHERRY ON TOP, 15min., Brazil Directed by Laura Reis A girl with a bunny head tries to escape from her hunted reality when she discovers a group of colorful and hungry girls to be a part of…but things are not as sweet as it seems
I can think that my motivation came from the desire to send an environment message about animal’s safety, global warming, and the problems our future is warning us about. Obviously, I wanted to do this in my own way, full of visual astonishing images and satire, targeting horror movie fans that can walk out of the section and rethink their views of the world. Another part of me wanted to make this film to honor my inter child that always dreamed about becoming a filmmaker and creating my very unique universe were everything is possible, even magical forests filled with pink, cakes and weird girls scouts to be a part of.
What were your initial reactions when watching the audience talking about your film in the feedback video?
Not gonna lie, I cried a bit. Is a fantastic feeling to watch people from another part of the world talking about your film, and specially to understand everything you wanned to express. Cherry on Top is a non-dialogue short film, I wanted it to be that way so it was easier to start conversations all around the world, and I’m so beyond happy that is happening. Right after watching the feedback video, I sent it to the entire crew and cast so we could exchange of the same exited feelings.
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Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo (Harriet, Broadway’s The Color Purple) as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.
Directed by Jon M. Chiu
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
Rodney Dangerfield (1921–2004)
Mae West (1893–1980)
Born: Benjamin Sherman Crothers
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963)
C.S. Lewis (1898–1963)
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