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Pioneering filmmaker Chris Marker has died

The "Farewell Station" from his classic films

At the age 91 years, a day after his birthday, the French pioneer filmmaker Chris Marker died, who was recognized as one of the most important documentarians of post-war cinema.
Born in Neigi on 29 July, Christian Francois Bouchet Villeneuve, as his real name was, began by writing poems and literary essays to later turn to cinema, with the first film "Olympia 52" filmed in 1952.
Marker's film that put him in the pantheon of top filmmakers is his 28-minute masterpiece Farewell Station («La Jetee d’Orly»), production 1962 , a sci-fi war thriller that etched itself into the memory of the cinephile audience and was remade 1997 by Terry Gilliam as the "12 Monkeys". 1978 his film The Deep Sky is Red was a rather negative critical account of the events of May 1968 in a film-memoir on recent political history.
At the end of his decade 1980, 13 Greek words/concepts on which philosophers discuss , mathematicians , artists and intellectuals ,prompted Marker to compose The Owl's Legacy (1989), an embroidery 13 thirty-minute documentary.
The pan-Hellenic premiere of the above composition took place at the 24th "Cinema and Reality" festival.
Source : tovima.gr
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What has Papakaliatis got to do with Kokovikos?

"If είναι" is a love story with a background of today's Athens and with central themes "love" and "loneliness" that remain from the time of ά Antonakis Kokovikos two of the most important chapters in human life.
It was released, Well, the trailer of the first movie of Christoforos Papakaliatis which is expected in the darkrooms on 29 November.

According to the launch of the production, it is "A fairy tale about relationships, starring two young people of today, Dimitris and Christina, and with narrators in this tale two of the most beloved heroes of an earlier era. Antonakis and Elenitsa Kokovikou. Antonakis and Elenitsa, the heroes of the movie "And the woman is afraid of the man" by George Tzavellas, is 45 years later still together, still in love and more relevant than ever. They become the two central narrators for the sake of our history and act as a bridge between the generation of then and today. One generation gives the baton to the next, at a time when everything seems to be violently returning to that time. A love story with obstacles and upheavals caused not by others but by life itself ".

The script of the film entitled "If…" is original and is not a remake or sequel of the film "And the woman is afraid of the man" starring Christoforos Papakaliatis, Marina Kalogirou, Maro Kontou, George Constantine, Themis Bazaka, Maria Solomou, Vassilis Charalambopoulos, Fanis Mouratidis, Takis Spyridakis, Tasos Iordanidis and Akillas Karazisis.

Watch the movie trailer

Source : pkool.gr

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Lewis Hamilton dominates the game

THE Lewis Hamilton with McLaren was the master of the game at the Hungarian Grand Prix and claimed an outright victory having led both free practice and qualifying.

Applying a "two pit stop" strategy, the Englishman won the mid-season race by one second, with nine rounds remaining on the F1 calendar. The Ferrari driver, Fernando Alonso, who finished fifth from sixth place in qualifying, extended his lead at the top of the drivers' standings at 40 points.

And the 10 first drivers started on soft P Zero Yellow tires chosen by Pirelli in combination with medium P Zero White for Hungary. Red Bull's Mark Webber finished eighth – the highest-placed driver to start on a medium tire since 11th in qualifying. The only cars to start with medium White were the two Marussia and HRT's Pedro de la Rosa.

Hamilton led from the start and made a pit stop on lap 18 handing the advantage of first place to the Lotus driver, Romain Grosjean – second in qualifying – but soon regained it due to the Frenchman's delay in the pits.

Hamilton's last stop for a change in the second set of intermediates came on lap 40, which brought Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) briefly at the top. After a very strong second stint 25 soft tire laps where he overtook three cars, Raikkonen's strategy earned him second overall ahead of Grosjean.

With 20 laps to go and the newest P Zero White medium tires, Raikkonen began a thrilling pursuit of Hamilton to the finish. Grosjean finished third, resulting in two Lotus drivers on the podium.

The top three drivers opted for a two pit stop strategy, with Hamilton doing one stint on softs and two on mediums, while the two Lotus drivers did two stints on soft and one on medium tyres. Ο Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) he was the highest-ranked driver of those who followed a three-pit stop strategy, finishing fourth and setting the fastest lap of the race in P Zero Yellow. Two other drivers who adopted a three pit stop strategy were McLaren's Jenson Button and Red Bull's Mark Webber, finishing sixth and eighth respectively.

Pirelli's racing director, Paul Hembery commented: “Due to the mixed conditions to date, the teams had not run enough on soft tyres, that's why everyone started with a lot of questions. Gradual wear of both compounds proved good with the difference between soft and medium tires limited to a few tenths of a second, which gave teams several strategic opportunities combined with remarkable flexibility".

"Lewis Hamilton's pace in qualifying allowed him to save a set of soft tires for the race in which he showed impressive dominance, fighting hard to keep it until the end. As always, overtaking was very difficult on the slow Hungaroring, meaning the teams attempted to overtake their rivals with appropriate pit stop strategies. Due to variety of strategies, the time differences were minimal, despite the fact that with the cars running within breathing distance of each other, tire wear increases, as they slide more due to aerodynamic vortices. The first part of his season 2012 it was unforgettable, with very tough competition where the tires definitely made the difference, that's why we're already looking forward to the rest of the year".

Pit stop summary – Hungarian Grand Prix 2012

Hamilton: SU MN (18) MN (40) 2
Räikkönen: They are They are (20) IN (45) 2
Grosjean: They are They are (19) IN (39) 2
Vettel: They are They are (17) MN (38) They are (58) 3
Alonso: They are MN (17) MN (43) 2
Button: They are MN (15) They are (34) MN (45) 3
Senna: They are MN (16) MN (42) 2
Webber: MN MN (20) SN (39) They are (55) 3
Massa: They are MN (18) MN (43) 2
Rosberg: SN MN (16) MN (40) 2
Hulkenberg: They are MN (15) MN (39) 2
Di Resta: SN MN (16) MN (38) 2
Maldonado: They are MN (15) MN (41) DT (52) 3
Perez: SN MN (21) MN (47) 2
Ricciardo: SN SN (14) They are (34) MN (47) 3
Vergne: They are SN (12) They are (30) MN (46) MN (64) 4
Kovalainen: SN MN (17) MN (36) They are (56) 3
Kobayashi: They are MN (8) They are (40) 2
Petrov: SN MN (18) MN (35) MN (51) 3
Pic: MN SN (20) MN (39) 2
Glock: MN SN (18) MN (40) 2
De La Rosa: MN MN (22) SN (41) 2

Karthikeyan: SN MN (18) They are (39) 2 NC
Schumacher: SN MN (1) DT (4) MN (32) 3 NC

Source : newsbeast.gr

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Pioneering filmmaker Chris Marker has died

The "Farewell Station" from his classic films

At the age 91 years, a day after his birthday, the French pioneer filmmaker Chris Marker died, who was recognized as one of the most important documentarians of post-war cinema.
Born in Neigi on 29 July, Christian Francois Bouchet Villeneuve, as his real name was, began by writing poems and literary essays to later turn to cinema, with the first film "Olympia 52" filmed in 1952.
Marker's film that put him in the pantheon of top filmmakers is his 28-minute masterpiece Farewell Station («La Jetee d’Orly»), production 1962 , a sci-fi war thriller that etched itself into the memory of the cinephile audience and was remade 1997 by Terry Gilliam as the "12 Monkeys". 1978 his film The Deep Sky is Red was a rather negative critical account of the events of May 1968 in a film-memoir on recent political history.
At the end of his decade 1980, 13 Greek words/concepts on which philosophers discuss , mathematicians , artists and intellectuals ,prompted Marker to compose The Owl's Legacy (1989), an embroidery 13 thirty-minute documentary.
The pan-Hellenic premiere of the above composition took place at the 24th "Cinema and Reality" festival.
Source : tovima.gr