One of the most intriguing films made, is Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), by Director Alain Resnais (1922-2014) and Marguerite Duras (1914-1996), French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Duras’ script earned her a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards. The script, its visuals and editing, as well as both protagonists’ roles embodied by Emmanuelle Riva and Eiji Okada, has left an indelible mark, so much so, that ten years ago, having read the script by Duras over and over, I assembled my recollections and those of other female survivors of WW-II & the Greek Civil War, into 27 poems that formed a basis for directing the film I was about to create at the time, as well sampling the voice-over, of a first experimental film – or filmpoem, 'Sweet Terror of Memory' (2018, 15'); the poem titled 'BLANK / Hiroshima Mon Amour', part of 'Poems for A Scenario', threads words of Duras together with those of my family's and other women's innate memory of being uprooted, of loss and pain, into a poem that represents a void that is left, though still an echo of remembering and wanting to forget, is there. War, is devastating, and has its effect, on many generations hereafter. We will not forget. After President Roosevelt died on April 12th, 1945, it became Harry Truman’s job to decide how to end WW-II. The thought of invading Japan gave Truman and his advisors pause. [..] Upon becoming president, Harry Truman learned of the Manhattan Project, a secret scientific effort to create an atomic bomb. After a successful test of the weapon, Truman issued the Potsdam Declaration demanding the unconditional surrender of the Japanese government, warning of “prompt and utter destruction.” Eleven days later, on August 6, 1945, having received no reply, an American bomber called the Enola Gay left the Tinian Island in route toward Japan. In the belly of the bomber was “Little Boy,” an atomic bomb. At 8:15 am Hiroshima time, “Little Boy” was dropped, causing approximately 80,000 deaths in just the first few minutes. Thousands died later from radiation sickness. On August 9, 1945, another bomber was in route to Japan, heading for Nagasaki with “Fat Man,” another atomic bomb. After the first minute of dropping “Fat Man,” 39,000 men, women and children were killed, 25,000 more injured. This, in turn, forced Japan to surrender to the United States. Today, historians continue to debate this decision. Was there another way to end the war? Presently, 9 nations possess an estimated total of roughly 13,000 nuclear weapons, whereas 32 other states are part of the problem, either hosting (5) or endorsing (27) their use. December 2017, Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow, representatives of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), deliver the Nobel Peace Prize lecture:https://lnkd.in/eDMDY2gH https://lnkd.in/eppPSjkV #hiroshimamonamour #hiroshima #nagasaki #cinema #ICAN
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"Waiting for Godot", by Samuel Beckett This work is considered one of the most important (and thus creative) plays of the 20th century, a pivotal moment in modern drama. It earned Beckett a Nobel Prize. We consider it today because the English version of the play premiered on August 3, 1955. With the help of the BBC Culture website, we consider "why has Waiting for Godot proved so durable? How has Beckett's work outlasted the other iconoclasts and angry young writers of the 1950s and 1960s? "'I would suggest the answer lies in its ambiguities. So much is suggested rather than explicitly stated,' says [one scholar]. "'People can read into it what they want to read into it.' "This openness to interpretation has helped the play to avoid becoming dated, he says. For a play that's about the passing of time, it's curiously timeless. "It asks all the big philosophical questions - about life and death and the uncertain purpose of what goes on in between - but in a way that isn't limited to a particular place or era. ... "The underlying humour is also part of the continuing appeal of Waiting for Godot ... It's often a peculiarly bleak comedy of resistance, but the thread of humour is always there to leaven the gloom. ... "A key reason for this growing resonance with audiences ... is the visual appeal. Beckett's strong images appeal to a design-conscious, visually-literate culture. ... "... there is a direct link between the plays and Beckett's interest in painting. "'He was passionately involved in painting, not just that he loved to be with painters, but he was a real expert on 17th Century Dutch painting.' ""He knew these pictures so well, he was so engrossed in these scenes. It seems to me that these pictures are really echoed in Waiting for Godot." You can judge for yourself. Find a full movie version of the play at the link. Creativity happens every day. You may have your own images in your head that can be translated into great art. Whatever your gift, act creatively today to realize it. https://lnkd.in/eQcDg3wb
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