This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse: This lecture takes its name from a line in John Keats' poem, "On the Grasshopper and Cricket". Bernstein does not discuss Keats' poem directly in this chapter, but he provides his own definition of the poetry of earth, which is tonality. Tonality is the poetry of earth because of the phonological universals discussed in lecture 1. This lecture discusses predominantly Stravinsky, whom Bernstein considers the poet of earth.
Efter mange år i fængsel bliver den trætte og formodet rehabiliterede Doc (Sam Jaffe) løsladt. Men Doc har planlagt et juvelkup, mens han sad inde, og opsøger nu sin gamle bande, caféværten Gus (James Whitmore), pengeskabseksperten Ciavelli (Anthony Caruso) og den koldblodige dræber Dix (Sterling Hayden). John Hustons berømte kriminalfilm er først og fremmest et psykologisk karakterstudie og er en af de første film, der viser et kup fra kupmagernes side.
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.
Sean Thornton, er en irsk-amerikansk professionel bokser, som kæmper under navnet "Trooper Thorn". Efter at han ved et uheld har dræbt en modstander under en kamp, flytter han fra USA til Irland for at overtage familiens gård. Han ender med at forelske sig i og gifte sig med den iltre Mary Kate Danaher (spillet af Maureen O'Hara), som er søster til den ikke alt for begejstrede lokale storbonde "Red" Will Danaher. Danaher vil ikke give sin søster den fulde medgift, som hun er berettiget til. Sean er parat til at lade sagen falde, men Mary Kate er besluttet på at få sin medgift for enhver pris.
Kort før WW1's udbrud sejler en flok operaelskere ud i Adriaterhavet for at sprede verdens største operasangerindes aske. Virkeligheden rykker ind på deres forgyldte verden, da skibets kaptajn samler en flok serbiske bådflygtninge op, og et fjendtligt skib dukker op og forlanger skibets overgivelse. Det går slet ikke op for de verdensfjerne passagerer, at deres verdensorden er ved at forsvinde, og at skibet sejler mod en skæbne lige så uundgåelig som Titanics.
Den unge pokerspiller Eric Stoner, "The Cincinnati Kid", som forsøger at slå igennem i spillebyen New Orleans ved at udfordre Lancey "The Man" Howard, en af de største mestre udi kortspillets ædle kunst, til pokerduel. Ikke alene er der rigtig mange knaster på højkant, men for The Cincinnati Kid er dysten samtidig en gylden lejlighed til at vippe "The Man" af pokertronen. Lidet aner han, at den betroede, neutrale dealer er blevet afpresset til at "fikse" spillet...
A forged 500-franc note is passed from person to person and shop to shop, until it falls into the hands of a genuine innocent who doesn't see it for what it is—which will have devastating consequences on his life.
A group of young boys develops a crush on a girl, leading to jealousy toward her boyfriend. They scheme to disrupt their relationship, and when the boyfriend catches one of them spying, he punishes him harshly. In retaliation, the boys attempt to make the girl doubt her boyfriend's love.
Box is a story of two people who meet at a crossroad. Two different destinies, two different lives, face to face in a game of sweat, blood and tears. Rafael (19) is a young boxer who dreams to conquer the world; Cristina (33) is a single mother who lost her balance. Two lives; one running very close to the earth, the other trying to fly high up, too high.
Davy Gordon er en professionel bokser ved enden af sin karierre. Han bor ved siden af den smukke danser Gloria Price, som han går forbi hver dag, men aldrig snakker med. En dag ser han hende blive overfaldet af sin boss og elsker og Davy træder ind og forsvarer hende. Glorias boss, Raphello, bliver rasende og sender sine mænd ud for at slå Davy ihjel
Den nyuddannede præst Andreas, den klodsede bagerjomfru Olympia, den beklemte hotelportier Jørgen, den generte damefrisør Karen og den flabede Hal-Finn mødes på aftenskolens italienskhold. Da de som en pludselig indskydelse beslutter at tage på studietur til Italien, sker der noget. I det romantiske Venedig finder de ud af, at lykken er mere snublende nær, end de har været klar over.
The execution was scheduled and the last meal consumed. The coolness of the poisons entering the blood system slowed the heart rate and sent him on the way to Judgement. He had paid for his crime with years on Death Row waiting for this moment and now he would pay for them again as the judgment continued..
Yonosuke Hikura appears to be an ordinary high school student. Yet he has inherited the important role of protecting the harmony between Heaven and Earth. With the help of the magical sword Chitentai, and Tsukinojo Inbe, he courageously battles the demons, sending them back to the Earth World, from which they have escaped.
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe middle-class family. But a big secret is hidden within her heart. Sabina wants to contact again her brother, a University teacher in the US, to try to understand what is happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".
The film tells the story of three best friends named Ako, Aki and Awang, who are well-known in their village for their mischievous and humourous pranks. The trio work for Pak Man. One day, they are assigned to pick up his daughter Misha, who has just returned from overseas and dreams of becoming a doctor. The trio have been in love with her for a long time but she does not pay them any heed. When Misha is robbed by a snatch thief one day, she is rescued by a doctor named Shafiq. Her face reminds the doctor of his late wife, and he begins to pursue her, which annoys the trio.
Luisa De Dominicus is a Milanese piano teacher who moves to Lucca to be with the man she loves: Ferdinando 'Bonci' Marinotti, a city councilman campaigning for mayor on a platform of moral values. She is of the belief that Fernando is single, living with his ailing mother. This, of course, is far from the case. The boys living in her apartment building mistakenly believe Luisa is a call-girl who uses piano teaching as a cover for her true profession, and word soon spreads among the building's dirty old men. The resourceful boys drill a well-concealed hole in the wall between Signorina Luisa's flat and the bedroom of the landlord's son, Marcello Busatti, allowing them a spectacular view of their spectacular neighbor. Marcello quickly becomes infatuated with Luisa, but is also conflicted regarding her supposed profession. Eventually Luisa learns of Fernando's philandering nature, and after a vigorous misunderstanding, satisfies Marcello's unrequited lust/love.
During one of their night stays, three college teens play a silly prank where they randomly call people and tell them that they know who that person is and what they have done. What will happen when things take a dangerous turn?
When Max (Eric Stoltz), urged on by "Risk Management," a self-help book for the hapless, decides to approach his fellow ferry-commuter Rory (Susanna Thompson), he hopes simply saying hello might change his life for the better. But Rory only accepts contact by contract. Max finds he can play along. As the two negotiate a whirlwind relationship on paper, Rory slowly lets down her guard; but when her unresolved personal life intervenes in the form of Donald (Kevin Tighe), Max must manage a little more risk than he bargained on.
Through a haze of smoke, coke, and booze; possible futures, pasts, and presents coalesce chaos inside the mind of a man drifting directionless through life. When your future calls, what will you have to say?