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Cherd Songsri
Cherd Songsri ( Thai: เชิด ทรงศรี, September 20, 1931 – May 21, 2006) was a Thai film director, screenwriter and film producer. A maker of period films that sought to introduce international audiences to his vision of Thai culture, his best-known work is the 1977 romance film '' Plae Kao'' (''The Scar''), which earned more box-office receipts than any Thai film before it. It won a prize at the 1981 Three Continents Festival in Nantes, France. Biography Cherd was born in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province. He was trained as a maker of ''nang talung'' shadow puppets, which were fashioned out of animal skins. He was also a school teacher in Uttaradit Province and then became an editor of publications for the Express Transportation Organization of Thailand. From there, he became an editor of the ''Movie and TV Weekly'' magazine of ''Lak Muang Daily'' newspaper. Along with writing articles and short stories, he also authored radio and television show scripts. ''Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of The Moving Image (London)
The Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) was a museum of the history of cinema technology and media sited below Waterloo Bridge in London. It was opened on 15 September 1988 by Prince Charles and at the time, was the world's largest museum devoted entirely to cinema and television. The museum formed part of the cultural complex on the South Bank of the River Thames. MOMI was mainly funded by private subscription and operated by the British Film Institute. MOMI was closed in 1999, initially on a supposedly temporary basis, and with the intention of its being relocated to Jubilee Gardens, Lambeth, Jubilee Gardens nearby. Its permanent closure was announced in 2002. Development MOMI was the brainchild of National Film Theatre Controller Leslie Hardcastle. Hardcastle's vision was realised by significant fundraising by then Director of the BFI, Anthony Smith and a development team including David Francis (film archivist), David Francis, David Robinson (film critic and author), David Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Hirszman
Leon Hirszman (22 November 1937 – 15 September 1987) was a Brazilian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter, and one of the main figures of Cinema Novo. A member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), his work was marked by the influence of Marxist ideas, representation of the working class, and the political turmoil of Latin America during the military dictatorship in Brazil. Career He is best known for directing the 1981 film ''They Don't Wear Black Tie'' which won the Special Jury Prize at the 38th Venice International Film Festival. His other films include Fernanda Montenegro's 1965 film debut ''The Deceased'', the 1972 adaptation of Graciliano Ramos's '' S. Bernardo'' and the documentary ''ABC da Greve''. Personal life Hirszman died from complications of HIV/AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency synd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Don't Wear Black-tie
''Eles Não Usam Black-tie'' (internationally released as ''They Don't Wear Black Tie'') is a 1981 Brazilian drama film directed by Leon Hirszman, based on Gianfrancesco Guarnieri's play of the same name. In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted ''They Don't Wear Black Tie'' the 14th greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films. Plot The film revolves around a working-class family in São Paulo in 1980. Otávio, a syndicalist leader, and Romana are the parents of Tião, whose girlfriend, Maria, becomes pregnant. Fearing to be fired and thus unable to support his now fiancée, Tião does not participate on a strike, which starts a series of family conflicts. Cast * Gianfrancesco Guarnieri as Otávio * Fernanda Montenegro as Romana * Carlos Alberto Riccelli as Tião * Bete Mendes as Maria * Milton Gonçalves as Bráulio * Francisco Milani as Sartini * Lélia Abramo as Maria's mother * Fernando Ramos da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorapong Chatree
Sorapong Chatree (; born Pittaya Tiamswate; 8 December 1950 – 10 March 2022) was a Thai film actor. He frequently starred in the films of Prince Chatrichalerm Yukol, as well as in Cherd Songsri's classic romance, '' Plae Kao''. Biography He was born in Tambon Tha To (later separated into Tambon Ban Mai), Maha Rat district, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province. He was the youngest of three children and had an older brother and an older sister. In the past, his house was regarded as the only house in the community with a television set. Chatree became one of the top male stars by the mid-1970s, eventually displacing the older Sombat Metanee from the lead position. As he aged, he retained his popularity until the end of his life, he maintained his popularity and was known as a key supporting actor. Apart from acting, he also released five studio albums with two major labels, RS Promotion and Nititad Promotion, between 1990 and 1997. He also voiced Woody from Toy Story trilog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thainess
Thainess, or the Thai identity (, ), is a conceptual identity regarding the quality of being Thai: characteristics seen as distinctive to the Thai people, Thai culture, and those belonging to Thailand as a whole. It forms the central identity upon which discourses on Thai nationalism have been constructed, with main contributors including King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) during his reign (1910-1925) and Luang Wichitwathakan during the early post-absolute monarchy period (after 1932). Though poorly defined, it is often expressed as devotion to the three pillars of "nation, religion, king", a concept first popularized by Vajiravudh. It was used as a tool by both the absolute monarchy and the People's Party governments to build political hegemony over the country through the process of Thaification, as well as in the anti-communist effort during the 1960s and the 1970s. It has also become a form of promotional representation by which images of the country are presented to international visi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguous states border Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, with the semi-exclave of Alaska in the northwest and the archipelago of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. The United States asserts sovereignty over five Territories of the United States, major island territories and United States Minor Outlying Islands, various uninhabited islands in Oceania and the Caribbean. It is a megadiverse country, with the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest land area and List of countries and dependencies by population, third-largest population, exceeding 340 million. Its three Metropolitan statistical areas by population, largest metropolitan areas are New York metropolitan area, New York, Greater Los Angeles, Los Angel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burbank Studios
The Burbank Studios (formerly known as NBC Studios) is a television production facility located in Burbank, California, United States. The studio is home to ''Days of Our Lives'', ''Extra'', the ''IHeartRadio Theater'', and was formerly home to Blizzard Arena (home of the Overwatch League). History NBC Radio City Hollywood NBC Radio City Hollywood, located at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, opened in 1938 and served as headquarters to the NBC Radio Networks' West Coast operations. It served as a replacement for NBC Radio City San Francisco, which had been in service since 1942. Since NBC never owned a radio station in Los Angeles, the network's West Coast programming originated from its San Francisco station (KPO, which later became KNBC, and is now KNBR). NBC radio network programming was carried on KFI in Los Angeles. The architect for the distinctive Streamline Moderne building at Sunset and Vine was John C. Austin. In January 1949, NBC launched its n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Doniger
Walter J. Doniger (July 1, 1917, in New York, New York – November 24, 2011, in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and television director. A graduate of the Harvard School of Business, early in his career he was a screenwriter. Career In the early 1940s, Doniger started as a scriptwriter with Universal Films. During World War II, he worked on training films for the United States Army. His knowledge of military matters was reflected in some of his later work for television and films. After the war, Doniger worked as a screenwriter, director and producer. He wrote some of the scripts for the NBC-TV series ''Your Show Time'' (1949). He specialized in hard-boiled action pictures, including prison dramas ('' Duffy of San Quentin'', 1954, and ''The Steel Cage'', 1954), as well as war pictures ('' Cease Fire!'', 1953). The latter was one of the first 3-D war films. He directed sports films, including '' Safe at Home!'' (1962, starring New York Yankee greats Mickey Mant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of California Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school then known as the southern branch of the California State Normal School which later evolved into San José State University. The branch was transferred to the University of California to become the Southern Branch of the University of California in 1919, making it the second-oldest of the ten-campus University of California system after the University of California, Berkeley. UCLA offers 337 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a range of disciplines, enrolling about 31,600 undergraduate and 14,300 graduate and professional students annually. It received 174,914 undergraduate applications for Fall 2022, including transfers, the most of any university in the United States. The university is organized into the College of Letters and Science and twelve professional schools. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
