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From those primordial faults, humanity has been lying for eons under the influence of two opposing forces and struggles between them: Good and Evil. The Bible is revealing to those who know how to discern the true from the false. The true origin of evil in the world and Lucifer's hatred towards Creation, its harmful consequences on nature, on man and on every aspect of life on this planet are explained in this book and have ancestral origins.
This book explores the role of music in the some five hundred feature-length films on the Middle Ages produced between the late 1890s and the present day. Haines focuses on the tension in these films between the surviving evidence for medieval music and the idiomatic tradition of cinematic music. The latter is taken broadly as any musical sound occurring in a film, from the clang of a bell off-screen to a minstrel singing his song. Medieval film music must be considered in the broader historical context of pre-cinematic medievalisms and of medievalist cinema’s main development in the course of the twentieth century as an American appropriation of European culture. The book treats six perva...
A world-leading military strategist and an IDF insider explain the improbable success of the Israeli armed forces. When the Israel Defense Forces was established in May 1948, it was small, poorly equipped, and already at war. Lacking sufficient weaponry or the domestic industrial base to produce it, the newborn military was forced to make do with whatever it could get its hands on. That spirit of improvisation carried the IDF to a decisive victory in the First Arab-Israeli War. Today the same spirit has made the IDF the most powerful military in the Middle East and among the most capable in the world. In The Art of Military Innovation, Edward N. Luttwak and Eitan Shamir trace the roots of th...
Secondo le dottrine tradizionali, quella che stiamo vivendo sarebbe l'epoca della decadenza. Negli ultimi due secoli, infatti, a fronte di un considerevole progresso materiale, si è assistito alla graduale perdita di etica, morale e spiritualità: requisiti, questi, che stavano alla base di tutte le civiltà precedenti. Partendo dall'esegesi di alcuni Testi sacri d'Oriente e d'Occidente, e scandagliando il pensiero di Tradizionalisti come Guènon, Evola, Burckhardt, Zolla, Koomaraswamy e Davila, questo libro si prefigge lo scopo di fornire un confronto tra le epoche passate, forgiate da virtù e valori, e l'inarrestabile degrado della nostra civiltà attuale. Secondo l'autore sarebbe, dunque, necessario un veloce recupero dei valori fondamentali della Tradizione, al fine di contrastare la deriva moderna caratterizzata da uno sfrenato materialismo, un relativismo generalizzato e, non ultimo, un nichilismo esasperato. Il libro prospetta quindi una rinnovata visione del mondo, mutuata dallo sguardo disincantato delle antiche civiltà, e un approccio più consapevole e sacrale alla vita al fine di favorire un progressivo rinnovamento della nostra società.
A History of Italian Cinema, 2nd edition is the much anticipated update from the author of the bestselling Italian Cinema - which has been published in four landmark editions and will celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2018. Building upon decades of research, Peter Bondanella and Federico Pacchioni reorganize the current History in order to keep the book fresh and responsive not only to the actual films being created in Italy in the twenty-first century but also to the rapidly changing priorities of Italian film studies and film scholars. The new edition brings the definitive history of the subject, from the birth of cinema to the present day, up to date with a revised filmography as well as more focused attention on the melodrama, the crime film, and the historical drama. The book is expanded to include a new generation of directors as well as to highlight themes such as gender issues, immigration, and media politics. Accessible, comprehensive, and heavily illustrated throughout, this is an essential purchase for any fan of Italian film.
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THE ITALIAN CINEMA BOOK is an essential guide to the most important historical, aesthetic and cultural aspects of Italian cinema, from 1895 to the present day. With contributions from 39 leading international scholars, the book is structured around six chronologically organised sections: THE SILENT ERA (1895–22) THE BIRTH OF THE TALKIES AND THE FASCIST ERA (1922–45) POSTWAR CINEMATIC CULTURE (1945–59) THE GOLDEN AGE OF ITALIAN CINEMA (1960–80) AN AGE OF CRISIS, TRANSITION AND CONSOLIDATION (1981 TO THE PRESENT) NEW DIRECTIONS IN CRITICAL APPROACHES TO ITALIAN CINEMA Acutely aware of the contemporary 'rethinking' of Italian cinema history, Peter Bondanella has brought together a diverse range of essays which represent the cutting edge of Italian film theory and criticism. This provocative collection will provide the film student, scholar or enthusiast with a comprehensive understanding of the major developments in what might be called twentieth-century Italy's greatest and most original art form.