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...Government by crony goes back much farther . . . Tacitus, Roman historian, speaks of Felix, governor of Judea in the ist Century: "This man did not think it necessary to impose any restraint on his desires. He considered his connection with the emperor's favorite as a license for the worst of crimes...
Many years ago Hans Christian Anderson wrote a fairy tale about a Chinese Emperor and his golden-voiced nightingale. Jiri Trnka has taken the classic folk story and transformed it into a charming, sophisticated screen production. To compare this Czechoslovakian movie with any other would be impossible, for here is not only a fine picture, but a completely new art form in the theatre...
...Emperor's Nightingale" tells the story of a poor little rich boy, shut off from the world outside his home and imprisoned in a room filled with amazing toys. Dreaming of the far off woods, he suddenly see his playthings come to life and enact the Anderson story...
Because of its nature, "The Emperor's Nightingale" is not a movie with mass appeal, nor has it any moral significance--except perhaps as a satire on useless routine. Nevertheless, this is a brilliant and truly creative picture, and I left the theatre feeling quite happy and relaxed...
...floor stood a "float": a block of stone with a handle on it, that was used to smooth stonework or stucco. Archaeologist Lehmann likes to think that the float was in use when Emperor Theodosius' edict (and probably the Emperor's soldiers) arrived in the sacred valley, and that it has remained there ever since the day the Great Gods died...