Word: cana
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Magdalene, John and the Simpleton-the Simpleton being the Fool in Christ and also Christ. As with all of Grotowski, this consists of rendering states of being rather than moving in any given plot direction. The play contains stinging parodies of Biblical episodes such as the marriage feast of Cana and the death and resurrection of Lazarus. It also has the sexuality of a wet dream, with one character rubbing a loaf of bread against his groin until he achieves orgasm. Perhaps the most unsettling sight and sound of the evening is that of several characters in turn biting into...
...social setting, so that the deaths ending three of them carry a huge sense of social downfall and unite personal with common tragedy. Griffith opens each story with mass scenes revealing the heart of each society-an elite ball and a company dance in modern times, the wedding at Cana for the Biblica lera. His portrayal of each society is entirely different in dramatic action and shooting style; a unique flavor of each way of life reaches the viewer. Each character is completely one with his society. There's an integration of every character's existence and emotion not equalled...
...periodic checkup of the wine cellar, one carabiniere became suspicious of the pale rose color of the liquid. Investigation revealed that the Biblical miracle of Cana had been reversed-the wine had somehow turned to water. The police were chagrined-and utterly perplexed. How had so vast a quantity of wine been removed from the cellar...
Last week in Geneva, Indonesian Foreign Minister Adam Malik and Economics Minister Sultan Hamengku Buwono faced an extraordinary audience of businessmen.* In a three-day meeting sponsored by Time Inc., top executives of European, Japanese, Australian, Cana dian and U.S. companies gathered to hear just how vital foreign investments can be to the future of Indonesia...
Downtown Landing. Shaped like a stubby blimp with wings, the 78-ft. Breguet 941 can carry 60 people or ten tons of cargo - 51 tons more than Cana da's de Havilland Caribou, the largest operational STOL-type transport. At 270 m.p.h., it also flies faster than any helicopter and has a greater maximum range: 500 miles. Developed as a mil itary assault transport, it can land fully loaded at speeds as slow as 55 m.p.h...