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And you'll see the orchestra in a kind of sullen revolt.
The people will revolt, they predicted, because the very best music was no longer available, because they had shifted to the second best public domain provided by BMI.
Well, they didn't revolt, and in 1941, ASCAP cracked.
Instead, what we've seen is something much worse than a revolt.
Going back to the beginning of the usage of the term robot, the play "RUR," there was always a concept that if we developed machine intelligence, there would be a cybernetic revolt.
One major consequence of this work is that maybe all of these decades, we've had the whole concept of cybernetic revolt in reverse.
And if you think your poverty is the result of oppression and domination, then you rise up in revolt.
The story featured automated machines with distinctly human features that, until they revolt, catered to the whims of the people of Earth.
In the 5th century, a mercenary revolt lead by a soldier named Odoacer captured Rome and deposed the Western Emperor.
Why do some people go along with it, while others revolt against it?
But the hero will revolt against this disorder, fight those powerful forces, against the odds overthrow them and restore harmony to the land.
But the heroes of the story, us, we'll revolt against this disorder.
And all of Tucson could be like this if everybody would just revolt and throw away the rake.
There is not much to say about this one except that it is probably the worst of the early spate of zombie movies (I may get to watch another one, REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES [1936], before the month is out).
The days of slavery can't be over, or surely, actors of this calibre would have been in revolt, at such a travesty of the story.
This flick is so poorly done that the parts that "should" shock and revolt you come across as laughable at best.
Moreover, we also get some rousing rough'n'ready fisticuffs and an exciting climactic slave revolt.
Eisenstein builds upon each scene of the movie leading to the the sailor's revolt and the massacre at the town.
Eisensteins portrayal of the revolt on the Battleship Potempkin offers the viewer insight into the message of the Soviet elite.
The story of a mutiny aboard a warship in 1905 does have the feeling of Soviet propaganda, but does a good job showing the conditions that led to the revolt.
Seeing Les Amants Reguliers calls immediately for comparison with Bertolucci's movie 'The Dreamers', in my opinion the best film made about the 1968 revolt of students in Paris.
In a 19th century castle in Southeastern Europe, a Countess falls for her sworn enemy, the leader of the Hungarian revolt; she's aided by her ancestor, whose painted image magically comes to life.
This "epic" about Nazis in Africa trying to incite an Arab revolt against the British isn't much different.
REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES (2 outta 5 stars) No, this is not a long-lost ancestor to the classic George A. Romero zombie flicks.
Then of course towards the end the slaves revolt and there's the bloody standoff.
At only about an hour in length Revolt of the Zombies still feels too long.
The author lives with the impression that his sanctimonious revolt against some generic and childishly termed social ills ("Moldavia is the most pauper region of Europe", "I don't believe one iota in the birds flu", "Romanian people steal because they are poor; Europeans steal because they are thieves") are more or less close to a responsible moral and artistic attitude - but he is sorely off-target!
My personal favorite: "Back in the time of slaves, they didn't have hats to protect them from the sun, so at the end of the day they were too tired to revolt.
Hotel Du Nord is a gripping drama of guilt in which Marcel Carne portrayed an entertaining tale of ill-fated love which also functions as a revolt against the cruel world.The film is based entirely on a pair of hapless lovers.Pierre and Renee were mistaken when they believed that suicide would put an end to their misery.Hotel Du Nord has its own inimitable charm as its inhabitants have become an essential part of the establishment.There is an element of togetherness as everyone flocks to Hotel Du Nord to eat,chat etc.Marcel Carne has remained true to the spirit of the films produced in 30s and 40s as Hotel Du Nord has a certain kind of nostalgic feel.Carne,while recreating the life of Parisian roads was able to create a sort of nostalgia for black and white giving a unique genre of poetic realism to his oeuvre.Hotel Du Nord can be termed as a quintessence of cinematographic populism.The 14th July ball scene on the banks of Saint Martin canal remains a magnificent sequence.The film's immense popularity can be judged from the fact that Hotel Du Nord has been declared as a national monument.
I blame others for the over emphasis on the student revolt sequences at the start but have to say that from there on in this is one of the directors most beautiful looking pictures and he certainly got the very best out of the man made and natural landscapes.
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