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Asa Nisi Masa
"Asa Nisi Masa" is a well-known nonsense phrase used during a key scene in Federico Fellini's 1963 film ''8½''. Context In the film ''8½'', at about the 36 minute mark, Guido Anselmi, the fictional film director played by Marcello Mastroianni and representing Fellini's alter ego, is attending a party on the grounds of the resort where he's staying. There is a clairvoyant Maya (played by Mary Indovino) who is using her assistant Maurice (played by Ian Dallas) to move from guest to guest attempting to read their minds. When Maurice sees Guido begin to leave, he runs up to him (it turns out they’re old friends). Guido asks Maurice "Can you transmit anything?", and Maurice agrees to try. Maya writes on her blackboard "ASA NISI MASA", which Guido confirms is the phrase he was thinking of. "But what does it mean?" Maurice asks, and the film immediately transitions in a flashback to Guido's childhood. Flashback Guido is a little boy, being pampered by the women in his life; bathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time. His films have ranked highly in critical polls such as that of ''Cahiers du Cinéma'' and ''Sight & Sound'', which lists his 1963 film '' '' as the 10th-greatest film. Fellini's best-known films include ''La Strada'' (1954), ''Nights of Cabiria'' (1957), ''La Dolce Vita'' (1960), ''8½'' (1963), ''Juliet of the Spirits'' (1965), the "Toby Dammit" segment of ''Spirits of the Dead'' (1968), ''Fellini Satyricon'' (1969), ''Roma'' (1972), '' Amarcord'' (1973), and ''Fellini's Casanova'' (1976). Fellini was nominated for 16 Academy Awards over the course of his career, winning a total of four in the category of Best Foreign Language Film (the most for any director in the history of the award). He received an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bondanella
__NOTOC__ Peter Bondanella (1943–2017) was Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Italian, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies at Indiana University, United States. Selected publications *''Federico Fellini: Essays in Criticism''. Ed. by P. Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1978. 315 pp. . *''The Eternal City: Roman Images in the Modern World''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1987. 286 pp. * Vasari, G. ''The Lives of the Artists''. Translated with an introduction and notes by J.C. and P. Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford World's Classics, 1991. . *''The Cinema of Federico Fellini''. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. "Foreword" by Federico Fellini. 396 pp. Translations into Italian and Chinese. *''Umberto Eco and the Open Text: Semiotics, Fiction, Popular Culture''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. *''The Films of Federico Fellini''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. 205 pp. . *''Hollywood's Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quotations From Film
A quotation is the repetition of a sentence, phrase, or passage from speech or text that someone has said or written. In oral speech, it is the representation of an utterance (i.e. of something that a speaker actually said) that is introduced by a quotative marker, such as a verb of saying. For example: John said: "I saw Mary today". Quotations in oral speech are also signaled by special prosody in addition to quotative markers. In written text, quotations are signaled by quotation marks. Quotations are also used to present well-known statement parts that are explicitly attributed by citation to their original source; such statements are marked with ( punctuated with) quotation marks. Quotations are often used as a literary device to represent someone's point of view. They are also widely used in spoken language when an interlocutor wishes to present a proposition that they have come to know via hearsay. As a literary device A quotation can also refer to the repeated use of un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonsense
Nonsense is a communication, via speech, writing, or any other symbolic system, that lacks any coherent meaning. Sometimes in ordinary usage, nonsense is synonymous with absurdity or the ridiculous To be ridiculous is to be something which is highly incongruous or inferior, sometimes deliberately so to make people laugh or get their attention, and sometimes unintendedly so as to be considered laughable and earn or provoke ridicule and derisi .... Many poets, novelists and songwriters have used nonsense in their works, often creating entire works using it for reasons ranging from pure comic amusement or satire, to illustrating a point about language or reasoning. In the philosophy of language and philosophy of science, nonsense is distinguished from sense or meaningfulness, and attempts have been made to come up with a coherence (linguistics), coherent and consistent method of distinguishing sense from nonsense. It is also an important field of study in cryptography regarding se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silberman Quartet
Silberman or Silbermann is a German surname meaning "silver man". Notable people with the surname include: Silberman *Benedict Silberman (1901–1971), composer and conductor *Charles E. Silberman (1925–2011), American journalist *Curt Silberman (1908-2002), attorney and member of Jewish organizations in Germany and the U.S. * Jerome Silberman (1933–2016), American actor known professionally as Gene Wilder *Laurence Silberman (1935–2022), American federal judge *Linda J. Silberman, American lawyer *Neil Asher Silberman (born 1950), archaeologist and historian * Robert S. Silberman (born 1957), a U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Army *Rosalie Silberman Abella (born 1946), Canadian jurist *Serge Silberman (1917–2003), French film producer *Steve Silberman, American journalist and author Silbermann *Alphons Silbermann (1909–2000), German Jewish sociologist, musicologist, entrepreneur and publicist *Ben Silbermann (born 1982), co-founder of Pinterest *Gottfried Silbermann ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhoon (American Band)
Typhoon is an American indie rock band based in Portland, Oregon. Led by singer-songwriter Kyle Morton since its founding in 2005, the band is anchored by bassist Toby Tanabe, guitarist Dave Hall, drummer Alex Fitch, and violinist/vocalist Shannon Steele and has been noted for its large size, boasting up to fourteen members in its past. They have released five albums and two EPs, also contributing to a number of compilations. Their most recent album, ''Underground Complex No. 1'' was released on April 15, 2022. History Typhoon was formed in Portland in 2005 by high-school friends Kyle Morton, Toby Tanabe and Dave Hall who had relocated from Salem, Oregon. The band's name, originally a working title, references a dinner conversation Kyle, Toby and Dave shared in Japan as teenagers. Typhoon's self-titled debut album was recorded and self-released in 2005. Over the following five years, the band was active in the Portland house party scene and incorporated new members from the Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nervous Cabaret
Nervous Cabaret is an American punk-cabaret band from Brooklyn, New York, which formed in 2002. History The singer Elyas Khan's stage creation ''Fragmented Devotion To You'', an operetta he conceived, wrote, and scored the surrounding music for, debuted at the 2001 DUMBO Arts Festival in Brooklyn, and was the final stage in the development of his band Nervous Cabaret. The band has also performed with Amanda Palmer and Sxip Shirey at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and Jil Is Lucky at La Cigale theatre in Paris, France Additionally, Nervous Cabaret performed on the same stage with Sonic Youth at Les Escales Festival in Saint-Nazaire, France. Nervous Cabaret also supported Amanda Palmer on tour at the Bijou Theater in Knoxville, Tennessee, as mentioned on p. 210 of Tara Prescott and Aaron Drucker's book ''Feminism in the Worlds of Neil Gaiman'' (Gaiman is Palmer's husband). In 2008, Nervous Cabaret was invited to perform at the Louvre museum in Paris. Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grindstone (album)
''Grindstone'' is the fourth studio album by the Norwegian band Shining, released in 2007 by Rune Grammofon. Track listing Notes *The title of track 10, "-... .- -.-. ...." spells out 'Bach' in morse code. *The title of track 11, "1:4:9" is the proportions of the black monolith from the film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey''. *" Asa Nisi Masa" is a gibberish phrase found in the film ''8½''. As a child, the main character Guido Anselmi is told by a fellow orphan that uttering this phrase at night will bring to life a certain portrait, and reveal a secret treasure hidden within the orphanage. *"In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster" is a reference to the novel ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' and is also the title of Shining's previous record. Personnel Shining * Jørgen Munkeby – saxophone, flute, clarinet, guitars, vocals * Andreas Hessen Schei – keyboards, synthesizer * Morten Strøm – bass guitar * Torstein Lofthus – drums Additional personnel * Danny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shining (Norwegian Band)
Shining (stylized as SHINING) is a Norwegian band from Oslo. Thirteen musicians have been a part of the band's lineup in its history, with singer, guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter Jørgen Munkeby as its leading force and only constant member. The band is also called SHINING (NOR) to avoid confusion with the eponymous Swedish black metal band. Shining was created in 1999 as an acoustic instrumental jazz quartet consisting of Munkeby, drummer Torstein Lofthus, pianist Morten Qvenild, and double bassist Aslak Hartberg. They released their first albums ''Where the Ragged People Go'' and '' Sweet Shanghai Devil'' in 2001 and 2003 respectively. Their 2005 album ''In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster'' led the band into a more avant-garde, electric, and rock-oriented sound, with Qvenild playing synthesizers and other electronic keyboards and Hartberg mostly using bass guitar instead of double bass. Qvenild and Hartberg both left the band before or following the releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NISI MASA
NISI MASA is a nonprofit organization promoting young professionals in the European film industry. It is formed from 28 national member bodies. The non-profit organization is supported by the European Union: Youth, Civil Society and MEDIA Programme, the Council of Europe, the European Cultural Foundation, Fondation de France and the French Ministry of Youth, Sports and Associative Life. It is most widely known for ''Nisimazine'', a daily magazine produced during the Cannes Film Festival and several other film festivals, and European Short Pitch, an annual event that combines a scriptwriting workshop in residency and a co-production forum. Origins NISI MASA was founded in 2001 by three film enthusiast friends who wanted to create a Europe-wide platform for cooperation between young filmmakers. More than eleven years later, the number of countries in the network has increased to 26. Currently there are 28 member associations with over 1500 individual members. The name 'NISI MAS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MacGuffin
In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin) is an object, device, or event that is necessary to the plot and the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself. The term was originated by Angus MacPhail for film, adopted by Alfred Hitchcock, and later extended to a similar device in other fiction. The MacGuffin technique is common in films, especially thrillers. Usually, the MacGuffin is revealed in the first act, and thereafter declines in importance. It can reappear at the climax of the story but may actually be forgotten by the end of the story. Multiple MacGuffins are sometimes derisively identified as plot coupons. History and use The use of a MacGuffin as a plot device predates the name MacGuffin. The Holy Grail of Arthurian legend has been cited as an early example of a MacGuffin. The Holy Grail is the desired object that is essential to initiate and advance the plot. The final disposition of the Grail is never revealed, suggesting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
