Book to the Future: What Book Would You Memorize for Humanity?

What book would you save if books were outlawed and the penalty for keeping them is death?

I've often pondered this question since watching the movie Fahrenheit 451 many years ago. The film is based on Ray Bradbury's novella of the same name (the title refers to the temperature at which book paper ignites when exposed to heat) and it depicts a future where reading is lethal - literally.

The world is on the verge of nuclear war and its human inhabitants, oblivious of the unfolding mayhem, are pacified with state-sanctioned drugs and mind-numbing entertainment.

Anyone found with a book is burned - along with it - by a squad of "firemen", one of whom begins to harbor doubts about his profession after meeting a young girl who is more alive and vibrant than everyone else. She inspires him to question a society that bans reading and keeps its citizens ignorant and docile.

He becomes a fugitive after saving a book from destruction and his wife betrays him to the authorities. He flees the city shortly before it's bombed and heads for the forest where he's heard a small resistance movement lives.

When he finds them, he learns they have memorized - word for word - their favourite book and they keep each volume alive because they recite its contents to one another every day. The idea is that, eventually, books will be valued again and the exiles will be free to transcribe their contents.

Years ago, I tutored students in spelling and grammar. After recounting Bradbury's story, I'd ask them what book they'd save for future generations and this exercise became the basis for most of their literacy work. Each student enjoyed memorizing a beloved book and, in the process, their spelling, grammar and comprehension improved dramatically.

This is because I would have them learn each sentence with meticulous attention to correct spelling and punctuation, as they would have to transcribe it for homework (without looking at the book) exactly as written. If they complained, I would tell them their descendants would be short-changed if they inherited second-rate copies of the original. The protests would stop instantly.

I mention my tutoring experience with Fahrenheit 451 because there's something powerful about Bradbury's story. It resonates with me, as it did with my young students, and perhaps with good reason. Who knows what the next few decades will bring? especially if the human tendency to fanaticism is reinforced by the stress of climate change, overpopulation and environmental degradation. Books - quickly destroyed and forgotten - are an easy target for oppressive governments and their absence allows ignorance to thrive.

So, what book would you risk your life for? What book speaks to you so strongly that you would memorize its contents for future generations? What really matters to you? Is it prose or poetry? If so, would it be the work of a single poet or an anthology of different poets? Is it a fiction or a non-fiction book? Is it practical or humorous? Romantic or scientific?

In my case, I'm sticking with something timeless. In fact, I've already started.

The book I'd choose to save is Ursula K. Le Guin's beautiful translation of Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching. It has a bit of everything: humor, wisdom, practicality and idealism. It's also easy to learn and I never tire of reciting parts of it each day.

It's a hobby for now because memorizing prose and poetry is good for the brain cells - but if books end up on a mass bonfire anytime soon, I'll be ready.

That's the book I'd save. What's yours? Providing useful articles, reviews and writings on movies and films online.

3 Latest Movies Filmed on Location in South Africa

South Africa has been a prime location for film productions for years now, but it is still a novelty to find an international movie or major TV series actually set on the streets of Cape Town or Johannesburg. So it was with great excitement that South African movie goers greeted the release of Safe House earlier this year, and that is not the only movie to be filmed on location in Cape Town recently.

Safe House - This blockbuster box office hit stars Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds and was filmed on location in and around Cape Town. The story of a young CIA agent on the run as he tries to look after a fugitive in a safe house gives lots of scope to the Mother City as a setting. Capetonians get extra thrills from location spotting of their familiar streets and mountain, but from the fact that it scored a huge $40.2 m in its first weekend after release it went down a storm everywhere else in the world too.

Chronicle - Here Cape Town is doubling for Seattle, as three teenagers with supernatural powers find their lives spiralling out of control. The sci-fi thriller is filmed as if it were found-footage put together from video recordings. As well as being filmed on location in the streets of Cape Town, the production used sets constructed on a film studio stage at Cape Town Film Studios. Left hand drive cars were shipped in especially for the production and ingenious special effects produced to show the effects of the heroes' telekinetic powers crushing a car.

Dark Tide is another 2012 release filmed on location in and around Cape Town. This harnesses the power and drama of the ocean as Halle Berry stars as a diving instructor who returns to work in deep waters after an almost fatal encounter with a shark. The crew shot on a small boat with real great white sharks in False Bay. The studio filming in an underwater tank was completed at Pinewood Studios in the UK. The film was released in March 2012 and didn't get very good critical reviews, either for the plot or for the acting, but everyone agrees that the scenery is stunning, as you would expect for any movie filmed with the Cape Peninsula as a backdrop.

And something else to watch out for, though not yet released, is the third TV series of military drama Strike Back, which was filmed in various locations in South Africa earlier this year. Providing articles, reviews and writings on movies online.

Famous Hero Spiderman's Journey to the Big Screen

One of the top grossers in the big screen today is superhero movies and who could forget Marvel's famous hero Spiderman? The boy who got bit by a radioactive spider has charmed the public and was able to sell off its merchandise by storm. Among the many adventures of Spidey and his rise to fame, he was able to come up with three box office movies. And this year, there's yet another follow up that people are surely going to line up for.

Spiderman is a story about a boy named Peter Parker who was bit by a radioactive spider thus giving him his superhuman abilities. Peter Parker was the typical outcast in high school. He was way too smart for his level, he was an introvert and was always bullied in school. Moreover, his foster parents, Aunt May and Uncle Ben weren't financially well-off therefore giving Peter more pressures in life.

When Peter found out he had powers in the likes of a spider, he took advantage of it to earn more money. It made him join fight clubs in disguise by wearing a mask so that he could beat his opponent and win the prize money. However, when his uncle was killed by a robber he has set free earlier, he changed his ways and took his responsibility of fighting crime and enemies that arise in New York.

Spiderman was franchised in the 80s so that it could become a film production. It was moved to various production companies until it finally reached and stayed with the Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Sony thought it would be a smart move to hire a comic book fan to direct the movie so they called Sam Raimi. In the end, he was the director of all the three Spiderman films namely Spiderman, Spiderman 2 and Spiderman 3. The lead role was played by Tobey Maguire and his love interest Mary Jane Watson was Kirsten Dunst. Spiderman's antagonists in the sequel were Green Goblin as Willem Dafoe, Doctor Octopus as Alfred Molina, the New Goblin as James Franco who happen to be Harry, Peter Parker's best friend, the Sandman and Venom.

Raimi's trilogy had a budget of $597 million and was able to gross nearly $2.5 billion dollars worldwide. The first two films were given exceptional reviews however the third one received mixed opinions. Although there were rumors that there would still be a fourth installation, it was discontinued but made way for an upcoming movie, mid-year of 2012.

The Amazing Spiderman is a reboot from Sam Raimi's films and is directed by Marc Webb. The plot takes Peter back to his teenage years and in high school making the production replace Tobey Maquire with Andrew Garfield. Peter's love interest in the movie happens to be Gwen Stacy played by Emma Stone. Providing articles, reviews and writings on movies online.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Marvel Comic's Next Superhero

A few days back while I was watching the celebrity gossip channel TMZ on my TV connected to Dish Network, the promos of the yet to be released Ghost Rider sequel was shown. The sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance follows the life of Johnny Blaze, which is reprised by Nicolas Cage.

The less-than-three-minute trailer was impressive and appealing. Most of the action sequences were worth watchable and awesome. Surprisingly the Marvel Comics and the producers have taken a lot of time for releasing the second installment of this popular franchise. The first installment was released in 2007 and it was a blockbuster hit. After the blockbuster hit and worldwide audience acceptance, the producers planned to release a sequel of the movie in 2009. But due to some reason, it was delayed as Nicolas Cage was not ready to continue the role as Johnny Blaze, the bike stunt daredevil again.

During a press conference, he said that the audience would get bored and will not feel the same excitement in watching the second part when compared to the first one. But he said if the script was interesting and the story was entertaining, he would be happy in reprising his role of Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider. Owing to the lack of interesting scripts or Nicolas Cage being busy with his other films, the film's shoot was delayed and hence the movie will hit the theaters in February 2012. But it does not have Eva Mendes reprising her role as Roxanne, Johnny's girlfriend.

The films Ghost Rider and Spirit of Vengeance are the comic book adaptations of the Marvel Comic character under the same name. The first edition of the book was initially published in 1972 and was active till 1980s. In late 1990s, the publisher of the Marvel Comics brought back the character and the character of Ghost Rider occasionally appears in other Marvel Comics of Spiderman, Iron Man and other notable characters.

The original story as per the comic book is a lot different from the movie but the characters and the plot are the same. In the movie Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze strikes a deal with the devil to cure his father's cancer in exchange for his soul. The devil agrees and cures his father's cancer, but Johnny‘s father dies while displaying a stunt. The devil approaches Johnny and tells him to keep the part of his deal and gave him his soul, which Johnny does not agree to. The devil gets furious and puts a curse on Johnny turning him to a Ghost Rider.

For many years Johnny tries to escape from the hands of the devil, but ultimately the devil catches him and Johnny starts working for the devil. At night, he would turn into the Ghost Rider and travel through the entire city, collecting all evil and devilish souls and helping innocent people side by side. Besides collecting corrupt souls, the devil assigns Johnny the task to retrieve a contract which has the corrupt souls of a thousand people. The contract was taken away from the devil by the previous Ghost Rider and hidden somewhere in the city.

In the final scene of the movie, when the devil offers to relieve Johnny from his burden and gives his soul back, Johnny declines and says that he would use the power given to him against the devil and save the lives of innocent people and avenge his father's death. The devil gets angry and says that Johnny will pay for his imprudent mistake.

The second installment Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance starts from where it was left. The story shows Johnny living somewhere in a remote place in Eastern Europe. Everyday Johnny tries to fight his curse and struggles to repress it. One day an alcoholic warrior monk comes to meet Johnny and informs him that a religious sect had sent him to find Johnny. Johnny goes and meets the sect and the sect informs him that the devil wants to take over the soul of his mortal son and make him as an apprentice of the devil. In order to stop the devil, the sect needs the help of Johnny. The rest of the story is about how Johnny with the help of the alcoholic monk fights the devil and his evil assistant, a criminal who later on turns into a demonic creature later on in the movie.

Watching the promo was thrilling and the film appears to be impressive. The graphics and the stunt sequences are eye-catching and cool. The film will be releasing worldwide on February 12, 2012. Ipad for sale, streaming ipod movies, pc satellite tv, best lcd tv, cruise ships for sale, best lcd tv for sale, guide to fly fishing, golf technique and instructions, stream ipod movies, only fools and horses, psp for sale, rc helicopters, 118 diecast, source.

Watch Hollywood Movie CATCH .44 online free in DIVX STREAM

Watch CATCH .44 online free in DIVX STREAM01DEC. For Tes (Akerman) and her two cohorts Kara (Nikki Reed) and Tara (Deborah Ann Woll), the job sounded simple enough: intercept a double-cross drug shipment for their crime boss Mel (Willis) at an isolated diner. But when an unstoppable chain of events unfolds, everyone soon realizes no one is who they seem and the job may be something other than eliminating the competition.

What started as simple instructions has now turned into a deadly cat-and-mouse game  with large guns pointed at everyone. The rights to Catch .44 have been picked up by Anchor Bay Films.

Independent film producer Cassian Elwes brokered the deal. In response to the deal, Anchor Bay Entertainment president Bill Clark said, "We're extremely pleased to add Catch .44 to our roster, its strong cast crosses many demographics and we're sure it will be a success." According to Amazon.com the movie will be released on December 20, 2011. For Tes (Malin Akerman) and her two cohorts Kara (Nikki Reed), and Tara (Deborah Ann Woll), the job sounded simple enough: intercept a double-cross drug shipment for their crime boss Mel (Bruce Willis) at an isolated diner.

But when an unstoppable chain of events unfolds, everyone soon realizes no one is who they seem and the job may be something other than eliminating the competition. What started as simple instructions has now turned into a deadly cat-and-mouse game – with large guns pointed at everyone. Three women are thrust into an extraordinary situation involving a psychopathic hitman, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.

Darsteller / cast: Forest Whitaker , Bruce Willis , Malin Akerman , Reila Aphrodite , Kevin Beard , Amanda Bosley , Edrick Browne , Ivory Dortch , Brad Dourif Genre: action / drama Regie / directed by: Aaron Harvey Kinostart Deutschland: 2012 Kinostart USA: December 9th, 2011 offizielle Filmsite: Verwendung mit freundlicher Genehmigung von used with authorizationTes, Dawn and Kara are three girls working in jobs with no future and barely enough to live in Las Vegas.

Their lives change dramatically when Tes meets an interesting stranger named Mel. When Mel offers girls the opportunity of a better life through crime they accept the offer to be drawn into a life or death situation involving a psychopathic murderer for hire, a truck driver and an enthusiastic cook.

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Bollywood Events 2011, Shahrukh Khan is playing villain one of the greatest highs

As per Latest Shahrukh Khan Interviews at one of the famous in Bombay, he said that, "Evil or devil, black or little grey characters, be it in books, stories, films or television, have some sort of an attraction. I started with theatre and there was nothing like a heroic character. There was a central character or an important character. I have played good and bad on stage. When I joined films I got a chance to play these characters again."

"Now, after 15-20 years, I got a chance to play a negative character in Don. There is a justification for the character to be negative, to be bad. I enjoy doing it. I am in no way glorifying negative characters. These are stories and characters. But as an actor, it is one of the greatest highs to play a villain," he said.

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"I do consider that many a times. I think an actor will always have this thought. For us, this is our job, but the results of our regular job can be negative or positive, or both. Having worked for so many years, I know there are kids and youngsters and all others out there watching our movies, enjoying it."

"But when I see the documentaries on poverty, things happening on the streets of India, terrorism, attacks in Iraq or things that are happening around the world in terms of drugs syndicate, I feel, in real world, we have enough badness for the people to be get impressed by it. We try to bring focus on these things through our films or characters in a controlled environment of our films. Films and characters should not be taken to heart and home and try to follow."

"Most of the films that we do in India are of goodness, hope and aspirations. Sometimes, we do make edgy films and on the commercial parameters Don is a bit edgy movie. And I would like to clarify that we are a responsible people and we too, are always worried that they don't take bad things, films and characters that we do to entertain them. Don't take away bad things," he added. ch SRK played a negative role. Yash Chopra's Darr (1993), a psychological thriller, was the story of an obsessive lover played by Shah Rukh, to get his lady love Juhi Chawla, who was already married to another man. A similar storyline in Anjaam had the actor play a bad guy opposite Madhuri Dixit in the female lead.

Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar of Excel Entertainment have joined hands with Ganeshshastra and Mango games, two leading gaming companies in India, in their bid to make people aware about the film.

SRK said that, "I feel gaming is a good platform to tell stories of a film and about the characters through this medium. Today, gaming is a biggest platform. They make games according to films. I hope more and more films make use of this growing platform."

Ganeshshastra has developed a game where players can get to play Shahrukh's character and do action sequences similar to those enacted in the film. The game will be launched in March next year.

The other game, developed by Mango Games, will be launched on Facebook on December 23, the day the film releases in cinema houses.

Director Producer Farhan Akhtar said that, "The idea of making a game based on the film's narrative really excited me. It is an interesting way for people to get to do some real action and adventure."

Producer Ritesh Sidhwani said that, "The game looks as real as the film and its characters. This is the best way to keep the hysteria going among the fans."

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Rajapattai, The King's path

Vikram plays a gym trainer in Rajapattai, directed by Suseenthiran. excluding this, he's conjointly a wannabe stunt man in movies who is aiming for the eluding villain roles in films. ChiyaanVikram is one actor who will mould himself physically into any character he plays.

The actor, who walked the additional mile 3 years ago to tone his physique for Bheema, is hitting the gym once more, now for his upcoming film Raja Paatai, directed by Suseendhran. Tollywood actress Deeksha Seth plays his love interest.

While Vikram has admitted that he plays a gym instructor within the film, some additional details have leaked out regarding his character in Raja Paatai. It's said he portrays a gym boy, who involves town with a dream of changing into an enormous villain in Tamil films.

The manner within which he achieves his goal is narrated in a very lighter vein, with a sprinkling of romance. Sources say that the film are along the lines of Kamal Haasan's rollicking comedy Pammal K. Sambandham.

A chunk of shooting passed off recently at an enormous set erected along the lines of Bachelor's Mansion, with a row of adjoining street homes.

An insider reveals that parts of the film, as well as romantic scenes between Vikram's character, who lives within the mansion and Deeksha, who stays in one in all the road homes, were canned.

The Rajapattai press meet passed off at the Hyatt, Chennai. Vikram, Suseenthiran, Dheeksha Seth, and Pradeep Rawat were gift. There was a positive vibe happening and therefore the entire team was kicked regarding the project. Vikram, when a slew of performance – oriented films like Raavanan and DTM is doing a purely industrial film along the lines of Dhil, Dhool, and Saamy. He revealed that the action within the film goes to be wonderful and Suseenthiran's mastery of the industrial format are evident for all to envision.

About his character, Vikram says that he can play a gym instructor who isn't your typical good hero however is human with shades of gray. He also will be sporting seven completely different appearance within the films. Suseenthiran said that the story by Seenu, cinematography by Madhie, and Yuvan's music are the special options within the film.

Vikram starrer movies will perpetually be enjoyed by all age teams. Proving this another time is 'Rajapattai', the actor's forthcoming film, that has been cleared by officers within the Censor Board with a clean U certificate.

According to sources, the Censor authorities appreciated Chiyaan and director Suseenthiran for initiating with a clean business entertainer. "They totally enjoyed the movie and licensed it work all,' sources add.

Produced by Prasad V Potluri beneath the PVP Cinema banner, 'Rajapattai' is simultaneously having a unharness in Telugu too, titled 'Veedinthe'. Deeksha Seth is that the leading woman, whereas Shriya Saran and Reemma Sen have appeared during a special range.

Ace Tollywood filmmaker Vishwanath has played a vital role during this film, that has Vikram within the role of a gym instructor turned cinema stuntman. Music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja and songs from the film, that were released recently, are already topping the charts.

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