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  • Billie Piper's first film as director to premiere at Venice film festival 19 Jul 2019 11:50 The Guardian Rare Beasts, the directorial debut of actor and musician Billie Piper, will receive its world premiere at the Venice film festival. She also wrote and stars in the film. Rare Beasts is billed as an “anti-romcom”. Its synopsis reads: “Mandy (Piper) is a …
  • SeaShorts Film Festival to make Melaka debut in September 19 Jul 2019 11:03 Malay Mail The annual film festival now in its third year will feature emerging and renowned talents in South-east Asia in celebration of short films. — Picture courtesy of Next New Wave PETALING JAYA, July 19 — The SeaShorts Film Festival will be held in Melaka for …
  • Alejandro Amenabar, Ricardo Darin, Paco Cabezas Bound for San... 19 Jul 2019 10:33 Stamford Advocate Alejandro Amenabar, Ricardo Darin, Paco Cabezas Bound for San Sebastian MADRID  –  Alejandro Amenábar, Ricardo Darín and Paco Cabezas, director of episodes from “Peaky Blinders” and “American Gods,” look set to join Penelope Cruz, already confirmed as a …
  • Movies review / ‘The White Crow’ (M) 19 Jul 2019 10:31 City News “The White Crow”… The whole cast is great. The locations are dazzling. “The White Crow” (M) ***** IN Russian, the term “white crow” denotes somebody who doesn’t conform to the behavioural norms of the many (albino corvid birds sometimes occur in nature but …
  • Catherine Deneuve, Ethan Hawke film The Truth to open Venice Film Festival 19 Jul 2019 09:42 Indian Express Catherine Deneuve, Ethan Hawke and Juliette Binoche star in Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film The Truth. (AP Photo) The 76th Venice Film Festival is opening with Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s The Truth. Festival director Alberto Barbera …
  • The Lion King - how to get £10 off the cost of your cinema tickets 19 Jul 2019 09:22 Daily Record It’s finally here! The eagerly-anticipated live-action remake of Disney’s The Lion King will officially be released across cinemas in Scotland today. The animated classic features the voices of Donald Glover as adult Simba and Beyonce as Nala, and is …
  • Cheap way to get Lion King tickets this weekend at ANY UK cinema 19 Jul 2019 08:58 Manchester Evening News A cinema trip could be on the cards for many families this weekend. The highly anticipated remake will officially be released in the UK on 19 July , and now there may be a way to get tickets a little cheaper. After all, a trip to the cinema can cost a …
  • At the Movies: ‘Lion King' returns but it's harder to feel the love 19 Jul 2019 08:54 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce The Disney worlds of cartoon and nature documentary have finally merged in the remake of "The Lion King," directed by Jon Favreau. Life moves in a circle, “The Lion King” tells us, and, increasingly, so does studio moviemaking.   . . .
  • ​Vidya Balan: Glad our movies are celebrating our achievements 19 Jul 2019 08:21 The Times of India Vidya Balan on Thursday said real life stories like the successful launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) should be celebrated by the society and cinema. The actor, who plays one of the scientists behind the 2013 …
  • Colson Whitehead and the monsters in his writing 19 Jul 2019 08:07 WA Today While The Nickel Boys is inextricably linked to The Underground Railway in its portrayal of the appalling predicament of African Americans – this time under the Jim Crow laws that were institutionalised in the southern states after the defeat of slavery in …

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Οι Άρχοντες των Μυγών

Ιούνιος 4, 2019 Posted in ART&SOCIETY

Της Σώτης Τριανταφύλλου

Το μυθιστόρημα του Γουίλιαμ Γκόλντιγκ “Ο άρχοντας των μυγών”, που εκδόθηκε το 1954, είναι μια αλληγορία για την ανθρώπινη φύση και την αντιπαράθεση ατομικού και κοινού συμφέροντος. Το ακατοίκητο νησί που περιγράφει ο Γκόλντιγκ μοιάζει με την Ελλάδα των τελευταίων 35 χρόνων: τα παιδιά έχουν εγκαταλειφθεί χωρίς ενήλικες και προσπαθούν να κυβερνηθούν – με καταστροφικά αποτελέσματα. Το βιβλίο περιγράφει τη βύθιση στη βαρβαρότητα: παιδιά “καλών” οικογενειών (ποιες είναι άραγε οι “κακές” οικογένειες;), με σχολική μόρφωση και μουσικές αναζητήσεις, παλινδρομούν σε πρωτόγονη κατάσταση...

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