Wagner as Hitler, Ringo Starr as the pope, and an anatomical anomaly that suggests an unfortunate mishearing – this film just gets worse and worse
Lisztomania (1975)
Director: Ken Russell
Entertainment grade: Fail
History grade: Fail
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer. He became famous across Europe as a pianist.
Fame
Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) is at a party. "Liszt, my dear fellow!" says a fellow composer. "Oh, piss off, Brahms," Liszt sneers, and adds to his companion Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas): "He's a right wanker." This is the high point of both intellectualism and wit in the film's dialogue. Afterwards, Liszt plays the piano to a throng of screaming teenagers. In the 1840s, long before Elvis, Beatlemania or Justin Bieber, Heinrich Heine coined the term "Lisztomania" to describe the hysteria of Liszt's fans. Women shrieked, swooned, took cuttings of his hair, collected the dregs from his coffee cups, and...
Lisztomania (1975)
Director: Ken Russell
Entertainment grade: Fail
History grade: Fail
Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a Hungarian composer. He became famous across Europe as a pianist.
Fame
Franz Liszt (Roger Daltrey) is at a party. "Liszt, my dear fellow!" says a fellow composer. "Oh, piss off, Brahms," Liszt sneers, and adds to his companion Richard Wagner (Paul Nicholas): "He's a right wanker." This is the high point of both intellectualism and wit in the film's dialogue. Afterwards, Liszt plays the piano to a throng of screaming teenagers. In the 1840s, long before Elvis, Beatlemania or Justin Bieber, Heinrich Heine coined the term "Lisztomania" to describe the hysteria of Liszt's fans. Women shrieked, swooned, took cuttings of his hair, collected the dregs from his coffee cups, and...
- 2/6/2013
- by Alex von Tunzelmann
- The Guardian - Film News
If you stuck through the end credits of Ridley Scott's Prometheus, did you see the question "What is 10-11-12"? in there? If not, the answer to the question is delivered in part by a newly discovered viral website promoting the world of Prometheus, and a new video featuring Guy Pearce as Peter Weyland.
If you ask me, it looks like a moment or two before Weyland stepped out into the audience to deliver his Ted 2023 talk.
The website whatis101112.com takes you to a previously undiscovered Prometheus viral website. On the page there is a book with a quote from Thus Spake Zarathustra, the book by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. "What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end," reads the book's cover jacket.
What happens on October 11, 2012, if that is the date 10-11-12 is supposed to mean? Could that be...
If you ask me, it looks like a moment or two before Weyland stepped out into the audience to deliver his Ted 2023 talk.
The website whatis101112.com takes you to a previously undiscovered Prometheus viral website. On the page there is a book with a quote from Thus Spake Zarathustra, the book by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. "What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not an end," reads the book's cover jacket.
What happens on October 11, 2012, if that is the date 10-11-12 is supposed to mean? Could that be...
- 6/11/2012
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Roger Ebert called Prometheus, “a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn’t have the answers. It’s in the classic tradition of golden age sci-fi, echoing Scott’s Alien.” With an estimated weekend haul of $50 million at the box office, the marketing campaign shows no signs of stopping – especially the viral one.
Just as mysterious as Prometheus itself, here comes the next stage of 20th Century Fox’s elaborate scavenger hunt. Those who stayed until the end of the credits caught a date – 10.11.12 – and a link to the Weyland Industries timeline. When you scroll down to that date, it reads:
Weyland Incorporates
Weyland Corporation is recognized as a legal entity and corporation under United States law and receives their Certificate of Incorporation from the Companies House in the United Kingdom. Due to the combined value of Sir...
Just as mysterious as Prometheus itself, here comes the next stage of 20th Century Fox’s elaborate scavenger hunt. Those who stayed until the end of the credits caught a date – 10.11.12 – and a link to the Weyland Industries timeline. When you scroll down to that date, it reads:
Weyland Incorporates
Weyland Corporation is recognized as a legal entity and corporation under United States law and receives their Certificate of Incorporation from the Companies House in the United Kingdom. Due to the combined value of Sir...
- 6/11/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Well, "Prometheus" is a success (at least financially), openingly strongly this weekend with the best R-rated numbers since "Paranormal Activity 3" last fall. But if you've now seen the movie and think that's all there is, guess again. The viral campaign for the movie continues with a new video, a book and a mysterious date to keep the chatter going.
For those that stuck around for the end credits, they were directed to a new website: www.whatis101112.com What will you find there? A brief video with Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) saying “I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all” and for some reason a big book cover for Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical classic "Thus Spake Zarathustra" with the quote "What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not the end" gracing the cover. How this all ties into...
For those that stuck around for the end credits, they were directed to a new website: www.whatis101112.com What will you find there? A brief video with Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce) saying “I am a law only for my kind, I am no law for all” and for some reason a big book cover for Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical classic "Thus Spake Zarathustra" with the quote "What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not the end" gracing the cover. How this all ties into...
- 6/11/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Here at PopWatch we’re committed to keeping you informed about the things you may not need to know, but that you want to know. So yes, go ahead and guess which of your favorite actresses was just another fish in the sea for Hobie Buchanan…
The slow jogger in question is is My Week With Marilyn star Michelle Williams. According to GQ’s February cover story, the Academy darling made her television debut playing the love interest of Hobie (Jeremy Jackson) just a week after her 13th birthday.
Two years later, Williams was emancipated from her parents (a business...
The slow jogger in question is is My Week With Marilyn star Michelle Williams. According to GQ’s February cover story, the Academy darling made her television debut playing the love interest of Hobie (Jeremy Jackson) just a week after her 13th birthday.
Two years later, Williams was emancipated from her parents (a business...
- 1/17/2012
- by Lanford Beard
- EW.com - PopWatch
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!).
Hey Zoners! Happy Early Spring! Hmm..although from the looks of the snow I’ve seen here in the south, I’m beginning to doubt the scientific accuracy of Punxatawney Phil’s predictions. One of my favorite segments was about Big Flats beer, because I worked at a pharmacy for many years, so it made me laugh a little harder. Others (especially the interview with Sean Dorrance Kelly) really got my brain pumping – and nothing beats a good brain workout! What were some of your favorites?
Monday:
Un-American News – Kim-Jong-ils Furry Hat
My first decree: bring back Mash! Oh Hawkeye, how can you be so funny in surgery?
Captain...
Hey Zoners! Happy Early Spring! Hmm..although from the looks of the snow I’ve seen here in the south, I’m beginning to doubt the scientific accuracy of Punxatawney Phil’s predictions. One of my favorite segments was about Big Flats beer, because I worked at a pharmacy for many years, so it made me laugh a little harder. Others (especially the interview with Sean Dorrance Kelly) really got my brain pumping – and nothing beats a good brain workout! What were some of your favorites?
Monday:
Un-American News – Kim-Jong-ils Furry Hat
My first decree: bring back Mash! Oh Hawkeye, how can you be so funny in surgery?
Captain...
- 2/7/2011
- by Toad
- No Fact Zone
Not since the arrival of Vincenzo Natali's Cube in 1997 has Canada produced a genre talent as distinct as Firas Momani proves himself with The Adder's Bite. Momani's first stab at live action - he has two previous animated shorts to his credit - takes its inspiration from Nietzsche but I certainly don't recall anything quite like this in Thus Spake Zarathustra. A world of bizarre creatures lives nestled, hidden just out of site where they ... feed? mate? hunt? Momani takes the surrealism of peak era Lynch and weds it to the gothic sensibilities of Dark City era Alex Proyas with some disturbingly squishy effects thrown in for good measure. Yow.
The Adder's Bite screens at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Short Cuts Canada Programme 3 on September 12th and 13th.
The Adder's Bite screens at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Short Cuts Canada Programme 3 on September 12th and 13th.
- 9/10/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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