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Rat Catching
''Rat Catching'' () is a book by actor and filmmaker Crispin Glover. The book is a form of collage, reworked from ''Studies in the Art of Rat Catching'' by Henry C. Barkley, an 1896 book now in the public domain. Pictures from the book, as well as the book itself, were shown in the opening credits of the 2003 film '' Willard'', starring Glover. The book forms a segment of Glover's live slideshow readings, performed during particular screenings of his self-produced films ''What Is It?'' and '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.''. Overview The original book, ''Studies in the Art of Rat Catching'', was written partially as an informative guide about the practicalities and methods regarding vermin control during the late 19th century, apparently directed at students within the English public school system with the intention of educating those particular pupils. The Neglected Books Page argues that the book is, in fact, more than a non-fiction guide book, but also a collage containing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rat Catching
''Rat Catching'' () is a book by actor and filmmaker Crispin Glover. The book is a form of collage, reworked from ''Studies in the Art of Rat Catching'' by Henry C. Barkley, an 1896 book now in the public domain. Pictures from the book, as well as the book itself, were shown in the opening credits of the 2003 film '' Willard'', starring Glover. The book forms a segment of Glover's live slideshow readings, performed during particular screenings of his self-produced films ''What Is It?'' and '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.''. Overview The original book, ''Studies in the Art of Rat Catching'', was written partially as an informative guide about the practicalities and methods regarding vermin control during the late 19th century, apparently directed at students within the English public school system with the intention of educating those particular pupils. The Neglected Books Page argues that the book is, in fact, more than a non-fiction guide book, but also a collage containing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crispin Glover
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for portraying eccentric characters on screen, such as George McFly in ''Back to the Future'' (1985), Layne in ''River's Edge'' (1986), Andy Warhol in ''The Doors'' (1991), Bobby McBurney in ''What's Eating Gilbert Grape'' (1993), the Thin Man in '' Charlie's Angels'' (2000) and '' Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle'' (2003), Willard Stiles in '' Willard'' (2003), Grendel in ''Beowulf'' (2007), The Knave of Hearts in '' Alice in Wonderland'' (2010), Phil in ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (2010), and Mr. World in the Starz television series '' American Gods'' (2017–2021). In the late 1980s, Glover started his company, Volcanic Eruptions, which publishes his books and also serves as the production company for his films, such as ''What Is It?'' (2005) and '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' (2007). Early life Glover is an only child, born in New York City. He moved to Los Angeles with his family at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collage
Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pastiche, which is a "pasting" together.) A collage may sometimes include magazine and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paint, bits of colored or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas. The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of novelty. The term ''Papier collé'' was coined by both Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century when collage became a distinctive part of modern art. History Early precedents Techniques of collage were first used at the time of the invention of paper in China, around 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Domain
The public domain (PD) consists of all the creative work A creative work is a manifestation of creative effort including fine artwork (sculpture, paintings, drawing, sketching, performance art), dance, writing (literature), filmmaking, and composition. Legal definitions Creative works require a cre ... to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission. As examples, the works of William Shakespeare, Ludwig van Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci and Georges Méliès are in the public domain either by virtue of their having been created before copyright existed, or by their copyright term having expired. Some works are not covered by a country's copyright laws, and are therefore in the public domain; for example, in the United States, items excluded from copyright include the for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willard (2003 Film)
''Willard'' is a 2003 American psychological horror film co-written and directed by Glen Morgan and starring Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey and Laura Elena Harring. It is loosely based on the novel ''Ratman's Notebooks'' by Stephen Gilbert, as well as on the novel's first film adaptation, '' Willard'' (1971), and its sequel, ''Ben'' (1972). It was not billed as a remake by the producers, who chose instead to present it as a reworking of the themes from the original with a stronger focus on suspense. Plot Social misfit Willard Stiles, who cares for his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta in a musty old mansion, is constantly humiliated and mercilessly taunted in front of his co-workers by his vicious and cruel boss, Frank Martin, who took over the Stiles family company after Willard's father Alfred committed suicide in 1995. After discovering and failing to exterminate a growing rat colony in the basement, Willard befriends and quickly becomes obsessed with a whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Is It?
''What Is It?'' is a 2005 American surrealist film written, edited, co-produced and directed by Crispin Glover and starring Glover, Fairuza Balk, and Steven C. Stewart. Background ''What Is It?'' is the first entry in a planned trilogy directed by Glover, followed by '' It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' (2007) and continued with ''It Is Mine''. Synopsis The "adventures" of a young man with Down syndrome whose principal interests are snails, salt, a pipe, and how to get home, who is tormented by a hubristic, racist inner psyche. Production Production of the film started in 1996 as a short film that was to be used as a proof of concept for the as of yet unproduced third film in Glover's ''It'' trilogy, ''It Is Mine''. After completing the filming of the initial short, Glover decided to turn it into its own feature film and filmed an additional eight days over two years. Release The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and played at several other film festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine
''It is Fine! Everything Is Fine.'' is a 2007 American independent drama film directed by David Brothers and Crispin Glover. It was written by and stars Steven C. Stewart. It also stars Margit Carstensen. ''It Is Fine'' is the second in a planned trilogy of films directed by Glover (all of them under the amplificated title "A Crispin Hellion Glover Film"), with the other two entries being ''What Is It?'' (2005) and '' It Is Mine'' (TBA). Synopsis A psycho-sexual, fantastical retelling of the life of a man with cerebral palsy and a fetish for girls with long hair. Production The film was completely funded by Crispin Glover, through his production company Volcanic Eruptions. It was written by and stars Utah writer-actor Steven C. Stewart, who also appears in ''What Is It?'' (2005). Glover and co-director and production designer David Brothers were working on an eventually unfinished project together in the late 1980's when Brothers passed Stewart's screenplay on to Glover, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent School (United Kingdom)
In the United Kingdom, independent schools () are fee-charging schools, some endowed and governed by a board of governors and some in private ownership. They are independent of many of the regulations and conditions that apply to state-funded schools. For example, pupils do not have to follow the National Curriculum, although, some schools do. They are commonly described as 'private schools' although historically the term referred to a school in private ownership, in contrast to an endowed school subject to a trust or of charitable status. Many of the older independent schools catering for the 12–18 age range in England and Wales are known as public schools, seven of which were the subject of the Public Schools Act 1868. The term "public school" derived from the fact that they were then open to pupils regardless of where they lived or their religion (while in the United States and most other English-speaking countries "public school" refers to a publicly-funded state school). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Neglected Books Page
''The Neglected Books Page'' is a book review website. The site features reviews of books that have been, according to the site, "neglected, overlooked, forgotten, or stranded by changing tides in critical or popular taste." The site was founded in 2006. Volume 256 Issue 5. Brad Bigelow is the author of the website, he reportedly has had a lifelong interest in finding and reading neglected books, typically by browsing used books stores. He says he was inspired by David Madden's book ''Rediscoveries'' (1971), a collection of essays by a variety of writers about little-known or long-forgotten books. Bigelow said it provided the model for how to write about forgotten books. Bigelow is unnamed on the website, only as "Editor", he says he does not seek publicity or fame, rather he sees the project as a hobby like stamp collecting. Bigelow worked for the U.S. Air Force for 25 years; at the time the site started in 2006, he was an IT project manager for NATO. Some of the books rediscove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obfuscation
Obfuscation is the obscuring of the intended meaning of communication by making the message difficult to understand, usually with confusing and ambiguous language. The obfuscation might be either unintentional or intentional (although intent usually is connoted), and is accomplished with circumlocution (talking around the subject), the use of jargon (technical language of a profession), and the use of an argot (ingroup language) of limited communicative value to outsiders. In expository writing, unintentional obfuscation usually occurs in draft documents, at the beginning of composition; such obfuscation is illuminated with critical thinking and editorial revision, either by the writer or by an editor. Etymologically, the word ''obfuscation'' derives from the Latin , from ''obfuscāre'' (to darken); synonyms include the words beclouding and abstrusity. Medical Doctors are faulted for using jargon to conceal unpleasant facts from a patient; the American author and physicia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appropriation (art)
Appropriation in art is the use of pre-existing objects or images with little or no transformation applied to them. The use of appropriation has played a significant role in the history of the arts (literary, visual, musical and performing arts). In the visual arts, to appropriate means to properly adopt, borrow, recycle or sample aspects (or the entire form) of human-made visual culture. Notable in this respect are the Readymades of Marcel Duchamp. Inherent in the understanding of appropriation is the concept that the new work recontextualizes whatever it borrows to create the new work. In most cases, the original "thing" remains accessible as the original, without change. Definition Appropriation, similar to found object art is "as an artistic strategy, the intentional borrowing, copying, and alteration of preexisting images, objects, and ideas". It has also been defined as "the taking over, into a work of art, of a real object or even an existing work of art." The Tate Gall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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