STAR WARS and BRIGHT LIGHTS FILM JOURNAL

Leitura obrigatória.
http://brightlightsfilm.com/star-wars-the-force-awakens-archetype-gilgamesh-joseph-campbell-hero-mythic-myth-deepens/#.VpN8G_mLSM-

Light and Dark / Rey and Kylo...

And she even faints in his arms, like in romantic stories...

He is so obsessed with her that he even forgets the droid... then he kidnaps her, and takes her in his arms (PERSONALLY)  to that awesome shuttle...

Yes, it looks like he's unique...

"I’ve written four ‘Star Wars’ movies now, and there’s never been a character quite like the one that Adam plays."

―Lawrence KasdanYes, it looks li

Heathcliff was haunted by Cathy, Kylo is haunted by Rey...

Excelente. Já se percebeu que ele vai ter que fazer uma escolha, e essa escolha está entre salvá-la ou matá-la... mas também já se percebeu que um não pode viver sem o outro. Acho que está lá tudo, neste primeiro filme da nova trilogia... o ponto vai ser restaurar o equilíbrio na força, e já se viu que o ponto de equilíbrio está entre estes dois.

A cena é crucial para clarificar o que se passa... se isto não é o ponto de equilíbrio na Força, não sei... Ele parece já saber tudo sobre o que pode haver entre eles, mas quer dominá-la. Ela ainda não, mas vai descobrir em breve. De qualquer forma, já estão ligados para sempre.
Haunted, amigos, haunted and binded forever. Assombrados e ligados para sempre, porque já descobriram que sentem a mesma coisa.
Só falta perceber quem é que vai salvar quem, ele a ela ou ela a ele...

Este site é engraçado...
http://use-the-force-rey.tumblr.com
http://use-the-force-rey.tumblr.com/tagged/otp%3A-you-need-a-teacher

Kylo and Rey dialogues from the novelization... from Alan Dean Foster

A ler, a ler, claro que vou comprar os livros assim que saírem...

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/3y1dvd/every_moment_of_kylo_and_ren_together_from_the/?limit=500

Strange Kylo Ren...

I like this analysis...

[Star Wars] A Close Analysis of Kylo Ren: Why Kylo Ren is the Most Developed, Complex, Ambitious Characters in All of Star Wars; What Everyone Needs to Know

«On one hand, he desires to pursue and fulfill his ambitions, and on the other hand, he is still just a kid with emotions and an attachment to his family. There also exists a slightly more tender side, such as when he first meets Rey and complies with her request for him to reveal himself to her, exposing his weaknesses but also connecting on a more personal level with her -- before she resists and enrages him. He is forced to balance all of these different aspects of his being as these pressures weigh on him and shape his identity. What we witness in the film is a deliberately flawed individual who overestimates his abilities, whose idea of himself contradicts the reality, and who pays the ultimate price. He is the most three-dimensional, multifaceted, intricate, realistic character that the Star Wars franchise has ever seen.»

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/3zgy8n/star_wars_a_close_analysis_of_kylo_ren_why_kylo/

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace...

A caminho do Dia de Reis, boas leituras...

Sharon's Love of Books: Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace--On S...: A lively advertisement for the stage production of Ben-Hur  in theaters in Chicago September 2, 1901. [1] BEN HUR: A TALE OF THE CHRI...

Adoro Cartazes...

       Autor: Tom Beauvai

OUVIR A MÚSICA TODINHA...

COMPLETÍSSIMO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8lNjBu_Cao&index=3&list=PL924DFB59EB36FA1A

TOLKIEN

Amigos, Tolkien, o homem que nos deixou os mais belos dragões da atualidade,  nasceu em 3 de janeiro de 1892.

LEITURAS SOBRE RICHARD WAGNER...

Uma interessante publicação de 2015...

MY LIFE WITH WAGNER by Christian Thielemann 
Wagner is venerated and reviled. How do we deal with his notorious anti-Semitism and his savagery of Mendelssohn’s music?  Whenever something went wrong he would blame the Jews. But can Wagner be blamed for the fact thatRieziand Lohengrin were Hitler’s favourite operas and that the music from The Mastersingers was played at the Nazi rallies in Nuremberg. 
Diz-nos Thielemann:
“I can’t hold Wagner musically responsible for the misuse of his works by the Nazis,”
Também nos diz outras coisas mais polémicas..., como refere a nota do site da AMAZON.
«...the German conductor, who thinks only German speakers with a native-level understanding should perform Wagner.»
Mas enfim, nos gostamos de polémicas. 

Notas em inglês retiradas do site da AMAZON.

LOR SAN TEKKA FIRST WORDS...

 This will begin to make things right...  um idoso entrega a um jovem um testemunho. Valorizando a contra-luz, o plano mostra-nos um diálogo rápido e breve entre duas pessoas, sucedendo-se um clássico campo contra-campo. Um começo eficaz, antes dos momentos de ação da primeira parte do filme. 

STAR WARS SERIES AND WAGNER RING...

Divulgo uma vez mais o excelente artigo... do The Wagnerian.

http://www.the-wagnerian.com/2011/06/star-wars-series-and-wagners-ring.html

THE FORCE AWAKENS QUOTES...

Excertos de The Force Awakens...

Kylo Ren: Look how old you've become.

Lor San Tekka: Something far worse has happened to you.

Kylo Ren: You know what I've come for.

Lor San Tekka: I know where you come from, before you called yourself "Kylo Ren".

Kylo Ren: The map to Skywalker. We know you found it. And now you're going to give it to the First Order.

Lor San Tekka: The First Order rose from the Dark Side. You did not.

Kylo Ren: I'll show you the Dark Side.

Lor San Tekka: You may try. But you cannot the truth that is your family.

Kylo Ren: You're so right.

Supreme Leader Snoke: A scavenger resisted you?

Kylo Ren: The Force is strong in her!

Kylo Ren: Forgive me. I feel it again... the call from light. Supreme Leader senses it. Show me again the power of the darkness, and I'll let nothing stand in our way. Show me, grandfather, and I will finish what you started.

[looks at Darth Vader's helmet]

Supreme Leader Snoke: There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?

Kylo Ren: Yes.

Supreme Leader Snoke: The dark side, and the light. The droid you seek is aboard the Millennium Falcon in the hands of your father, Han... Solo.

Kylo Ren: He means nothing to me.

Supreme Leader Snoke: Even the Knights of Ren have never faced such a test.

Kylo Ren: By the grace of your training I will not be seduced.

Supreme Leader Snoke: We shall see, Kylo Ren. We shall see.

Han Solo: Ben!

Kylo Ren: Han Solo. I've been waiting for this day for a long time.

Han Solo: Take off that mask. You don't need it.

Kylo Ren: What do you think you'll see if I do?

Han Solo: The face of my son.

Kylo Ren: Your son is gone. He was weak and foolish like his father, so I destroyed him.

Han Solo: That's what Snoke wants you to believe, but it's not true. My son is alive.

Kylo Ren: No. The Supreme Leader is wise.

Han Solo: Snoke is using you for your power. When he gets what he wants, he'll crush you. You know it's true.

Kylo Ren: It's too late.

Han Solo: No, it's not. Leave here with me. Come home. We miss you.

Kylo Ren: I'm being torn apart. I want to be free of this pain. I know what I have to do but I don't know if I have the strength to do it. Will you help me?

Han Solo: Yes. Anything.

IN SEARCH of DARTH...

O nome de Darth Vader analisado, e não só...

file:///C:/Users/USER/Downloads/Darth_Vader_Masks_Power_and_Meaning.pdf

WELCOME TO THE HYPERSPACE...

                         


A primeira vez que vimos isto foi todo um novo conceito de espaço que se abriu perante os nossos olhos...

NOT EVIL ENOUGH...

Partilho aqui. O que eu não consegui ler foi a notícia original...

http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/12/21/vatican_newspaper_reviews_star_wars_the_force_awakens/1196031

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-the-vatican-star-wars-force-awakens-review-20151220-story.html

JOSEPH CAMPBELL AND STAR WARS...

Sobre  os encontros de George Lucas, Joseph Campbell, Phil Cousineau e Bill Moyers.

«To understand Campbell's view of Star Wars, one must have some sense of his overall philosophy of religion. Campbell had very little formal education in religious studies. He studied Medieval European literature, Romance philology, and modem literature, especially the works of James Joyce and Thomas Mann. His main encounter with religion began through editing the posthumous writings of Indologist Heinrich Zimmer and through working with Swami Nikhilananda translating and editing the Upanishads. On the subject of mythology, he was an autodidact without formal training. 3 When one looks at Campbell's assessment of religions in his published writings, this background is evident. Many of his examples come from modem or medieval literature with little explicit reference to religion. When he does speak of religions, he shows a decided preference for Hinduism's conception of the divine and salvation, and in particular, the traditions of monistic Vedanta. He degrades the western religions, Judaism in particular, for sharply distinguishing God from the world. "The Biblical image of the universe simply won't do any more,4 writes Campbell, and he also claims that in eastern religions the ultimate divine mystery is sought beyond all human categories of thought and feeling, beyond names and forms .... Anthropomorphic attributions of human sentiments and thoughts to a mystery beyond thought is--from the point of view of Indian thought--a style of religion for children.»

Eis uma passagem de um artigo de John Lyden The Apocalyptic Cosmology of Star Wars disponível no The Journal of Religion & Film, em: 
http://www.cinematictheology.com/ApocalypticCosmologyStarWars.pdf.

SEI RECONHECER OS GRANDES ROMÂNTICOS À DISTÂNCIA ...

Os avatares do herói romântico são misteriosos... veremos o que o futuro nos reserva,. Para já, neste caso retomou-se o filão bíblico e Byroniano do verdadeiro anjo caído, ainda que em dose menos midicloridiana do que o seu antecessor familiar: Darth Vader.

Who the hell is Captain Phasma?

Também se vai falar muito da comandante dos stormtrooper, braço direito de Ren...