Handy scissor hands
The BBC broadcasts a week before Halloween Edward Scissorhands out. Johnny Depp plays the title character, a good-natured variation on Frankenstein’s monster. His inventor and mentor (horror icon Vincent Price) died before he could shake hands with Edward, so he has to go through life with temporary scissors. He is lovingly adopted into the family of a make-up representative who lives in the suburbs. Edward Scissorhands is a sweet fairy tale about eccentrics. Because it’s not just Edward who is weird, everyone is a little crazy. Director Tim Burton created a pastel-colored palette against which Edward, dressed in black, stands out. And why be afraid of someone with scissor hands when you can cut the hedge with them and provide women with an imaginative hairstyle?
Master storyteller Scorsese
Director Martin Scorsese is a master storyteller. Not just in his films, from Taxi Driver to Killers of the Flower Moon but also about his life. In the documentary series Mr. Scorsese you hang on his every word for five hours. When you hear his stories one after the other, Miller makes one thing clear: Scorsese’s life and work merge seamlessly. And: Scorsese is truly a unique case in film history. The passion for his work can only be compared to religious devotion (he wanted to become a priest for a while). And the quality and inventiveness of his work is unparalleled in all his 27 feature films and 7 documentaries. There was also a price: he wore out wives and his daughters only saw him if they managed to get a role in his films.
Knock out enemy levels
The French DotEmu was successful for years with games based on classic game series such as Ninja Gaiden and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Of Absolute they have come up with their own, beautifully drawn game world for the first time. It plays like classic beat ’em ups from the eighties, such as Streets of Rage and Double Dragonin which you walk from area to area to whack countless enemies out of the level. But where in those old classics you were ‘game over’ and had to start over with nothing, you save up Absolute upgrades that make your next game just a little easier. This way you can always get a little further and discover new secrets.
Presentation of History Prize
This Sunday, during the last broadcast in the context of History Month, in OVT awarded the Libris History Prize. The program comes directly from the Amsterdam Public Library. The nominated books are: The storm we call progress from Arianne Baggerman, Thievesland from Janna Coomans, The last days of Barbary from Erik de Lange, The sadness of Tilburg by Maarten van Riel and The ten of The Hague by Stephan Steinmetz. Presenters Laura Stek and Christianne Alvarano hold discussions with the jury and the nominees and just before noon the winner will be announced and the prize will be presented by jury chairman Ronald van Raak. There is live music by Roufaida. She draws inspiration from existing poetry, the stories of Riffian women, and her own experiences.
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