The Ron Clark Story

I have to deal with this thematic field of "education" during studying term; and this film is very important tool for understanding the inner world of teacher's heart and mind and his daily struggle against rebellious children. An excellent, extremely interesting film of a teacher in the New York City school system.While the movie is terrific and a joy to watch, it is unfortunately unrealistic.The New York City school system is in a quagmire and no one has been able to solve the problems.Nevertheless, we have a true story of a teacher who did make a difference. From North Carolina, Ron Clark had a definite calling for teaching. He comes to New York and takes on a class that no one wants. The students are way out of control. Clark gets it right by putting down the rules. Did you notice how quickly most of the class turned from being recalcitrants to ardent listeners? Unfortunately, this does not happen in 99% of our classrooms in the city. In addition, teachers do not get the support of supervisors as at first shown in the film. The latter does an excellent job of showing the home environment of the pupils. Obviously, from dysfunctional homes, this type of environment is not at all conducive to learning. Mat Perry is excellent as the idealistic teacher who certainly is so sure of himself except for that moment when he temporarily lost it. It is also obvious that the students that Clark had were capable of doing the work but were severe behavior problems. Notice that everyone must have been reading on level or knew how to read to be able to comprehend what he was discussing. Yes, he brought the material, including the rap music on the presidents to their level but there had to be an innate ability to begin with. Clark tried to work with the abilities of his students by concentrating on the positive. Speak to our New York City teachers. It's not happening the way it happened in Clark's classroom. Isn't it unfortunate that someone with Clark's talent left the city to form an academy in Georgia? Another problem in this system is that the most creative teachers are leaving to the world of supervision or just plain quitting.I would like the producers of this film to do a follow-up on the rest of the system. It should only be as good as this film. This film did not show the role of the assistant principal and guidance counselor in the school. For sure, these students were in need of professional help. A therapist was needed as well. The movie did bring out that the principal was solely interested in exam scores. Notice that he chewed the teacher out in front of the students. How do you expect students to show any kind of respect when that occurs? I also observed that there was no talk of co-operative learning. The bulk of the instruction came from Mr. Clark itself. Try that today in a New York City classroom and your headed for trouble. Am sure that the teacher of the honors class had to answer to the principal when Clark's class did better on the statewide exams. I wouldn't want to be in that teacher's place. This film was created to show us the real problems of education and up-bringing. Withing the surface of clarity and calmness there is a huge stream with rapid flow of problems. And Ron Clark was born to stop the river's anger and roar and turn it into peaceful lake of harmony and student's dedication.

Dangerous Minds

I have to pass this way, to be a teacher for several months of my practice and then decide whether to choose this way or not. And such films can either kill your desire to give the knowledge or just improve in thoughts of higher mission.The film Dangerous Minds" is not as original a title as "My Posse Don't Do Homework," the name of the book on which it is based, but it is probably a more accurate reflection of the film, anyway. It hasn't a shred of originality. The title suggested something like a crime/gangster film to me, and of course the song in the opening sequence is a bit of an odd choice, but it was still a good film. Based on a true story, the story sees ex-marine Louanne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) hired as a teacher at Parkmont High School, for a class of street-wise teens, involved with gangs and drugs. Rap has a bad reputation in white circles, where many people believe it consists of obscene and violent anti-white and anti-female guttural. Some of it does. Most does not. Most white listeners don't care; they hear black voices in a litany of discontent, and tune out.Yet rap plays the same role today as Bob Dylan did in 1960, giving voice to the hopes and angers of a generation, and a lot of rap is powerful writing.The first day Louanne gives up pretty quickly, but by the second she is determined to get through and try to teach them English, i.e. poetry, but she is using very unconventional methods to do so. Even though she is questioned by the head and stuff, it does seem to be working, and the students are beginning to trust and respect her, and get on with the work. It is only when a student is shot and killed that this ends, and overwhelmed with guilt, Louanne wants to quit her job, and the students are insisting she stays, but in the end, she still left. Also starring George Dzundza as Hal Griffith, Courtney B. Vance as George Grandey, Robin Bartlett as Carla Nichols, Bruklin Harris as Callie Roberts, Renoly Santiago as Raul Sanchero, Wade Dominguez as Emilio Ramirez, Beatrice Winde as Mary Benton and Lorraine Toussaint as Irene Roberts. So, I should say, that this film worth watching – it’s not a stone of genius, but good cinema, connected with my today’s issue of problem children.

Lab. Work 1

School Education

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Educational Institutions in Order	England	the USA	Australia
1	primary school (age 5 - 11)	kindergarten elementary school (age 6 - 11) 1st grade up to 6th grade	Preps Than kindergarten
2	Secondary or comprehensive school (age 11 – 16) GCSE at 16 years	Junior high school (age 11 - 14) 7th – 9th grade	Primary education Primary school (up to 11)
3	Vocational course	Senior high school (age 14 - 16 10th – 12th grade	Intermediate school (age – for a couple of years)
4	Leave school and start work	Leave school (age 16)	High school (age – start at 12 or 13 – 15 or 16) 3rd form General exam Some State School Certificate – general qualification
5	Stay for 2 years (the 6th form) (age 16-18) A-level and Finish education	High school (age 16-18) 1st freshman 2nd sophomore 3rd juniors 4th seniors	Leave school (age - 16)
6	Higher education in College or University (age 18-21)	Colleague or University 1st degree – for 4 years Junior college 2 year course	University entrance examinations Be omitted to university
7			Various sorts of higher education

2. Listen again and check your knowledge of the education systems in Britain and the USA. Fill in the gaps in these sentences.

1.    Before they start school, very young children in Britain may go to a kindergarten where they play with other children and learn to socialize.

2.    British children start primary school at the age of 5 and move to a secondary school at 11 or 13. At the age of 18 or 19 they may go on to higher education at a university, polytechnic or college.

3.    At the age of 16, British pupils take GCSE exams. They may stay on at school to take more two years later when they are in the sixth form.

4.    A British school or university year is divided into three terms; in America the year is divided into two terms.

5.    In Britain, private boarding schools are known as private schools – in the USA, this term refers to the normal kind or state schools.

6.    At the end of a university course, graduates are awarded a degree - probably a BA (Bachelor of Arts), BSc (Bachelor of Science) or Bed (Bachelor of Education); post-graduates can take a further course or do research and write a diploma in the hope of getting an MA (Master of Arts) or a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy).

3. What are the main differences between the education system in Russia and those described in the recording? Give a brief account of the education system in Russia.

I Pre-school educational establishment

1. day nursery (1-2)

2. kindergarten (3-7)

II General educational organization

(1-4 classes) (age 6-7 – 10-11)

(5-9 classes) (age 10-11 – 15-16)

(9 – 11 classes) (age 15-16 – 17-18)

1. Elementary School

2. Progymnasium

3. School

4. Gymnasium

5. National Gymnasium

6. Lyceum

7. Educative Complex

8. School with A Special Profile

9. Profession-oriented School

10. Cadet Corps

III Qualified Educational Establishment - after 9 class at the age of 15 or 16 up to 18 or 19

or after 11 class at the age of 17 or 18 up to 18 or 19

1. Vocational school

2. Trade School

3. College

4. Elementary Vocational Training

IV Higher Education - After 11 class or leaving qualified educational organizations, pupils take Uniform state exam to enter the step of higher education

Old system

1^st – 5^th or 6^th courses (18-19 up to 22- 23 or 24)

1. Academy

2. Institute

3. University

4. Postgraduate Studentship (to be an Assistant Professor, Candidate of Science, Doctor of Science or Professor)

New system

1^st – 4^th courses (18-19 up to 21-22) - Bachelor of Library Science

1 – 2 degree (doesn’t matter) - Holder of a Master's Degree

1. You’ll hear two accounts of a first day at school – one from a little boy’s point of view, the other from a young teacher’s point of view. The first extract is taken from ‘Cider with Rosie’ by Laurie Lee (1959), the second extract is from ‘Decline and Fall’ by Evelyn Waugh (1928). How did the two protagonists feel about the first class before the day started and after it finished? Sort the adjectives in the table to characterize the emotions of the main characters on the first day at school. You will not need to use ALL the adjectives.  

EMOTIONS	LAURIE LEE	PAUL PENNYFEATHER
Agreeable – приятный Angry – злой Bewildered – смущённый Brave – храбрый Calm – спокойный Clumsy – неуклюжий Defeated – побеждённый Delightful – восхитительный Eager – нетерпеливый Embarrassed - смущенный Fierce – жестокий Grumpy - сварливый Happy – счастливый Helpless – беспомощный Jolly - весёлый Lively –живой Nervous – нервный Obedient - послушный Obnoxious – неприятный Panicky – паникующий Proud – гордый Relieved – освобождённый Repulsive – отталкивающий Scary – жуткий Thankful – благодарный Thoughtless – необдуманный Uptight – встревоженный Victorious – победоносный Worried – обеспокоенный Zealous - ревностный	Angry – злой Bewildered – смущённый Clumsy – неуклюжий Defeated – побеждённый Eager – нетерпеливый Embarrassed - смущенный Grumpy - сварливый Happy – счастливый Helpless – беспомощный Nervous – нервный Obedient - послушный Panicky – паникующий Relieved – освобождённый Scary – жуткий Uptight – встревоженный	Angry – злой Bewildered – смущённый Fierce – жестокий Grumpy - сварливый Nervous – нервный Obnoxious – неприятный Repulsive – отталкивающий Scary – жуткий Thoughtless – необдуманный

2. Comment on each emotion in the above task using the information in the audio stories.

a) Lee was angry, bewildered because he ought to go to school. His parents’ wishes made him defeated. Though the boy was eager for that event in the bottom of his soul. He went to school his clumsy footsteps. The pupil felt embarrassed to appear in a new society, in a strange world of education. All in all he was happy, because his proud sister made some food for him. During the school time, Lee was helpless at school, waiting for the bell. All in all the boy was nervous. But he has no choice, he was to be obedient. On his way to school, he was panicky, thinking about his future first day. But having come home he understood that he was relieved that time. Those hours seemed really scary for he was uptight, as he didn’t know what to think it would be, the first day at school.

b) Paul Pennyfeather

The man was angry for his pupils, he was shouting at them. There was something in his life what made him so bewildered. Paul was fierce at his attitude to students. His general mood was grumpy. During the whole lesson the teacher was nervous. It’s an open secret, that such a behavior was obnoxious for pupils. The man was repulsive for them. All his manners were scary, all his words were thoughtless.

3. Here are some excerpts about school from ‘Decline and Fall’ by Evelyn Waugh. What impression about school education do you get after reading the excerpts? Give a small account of the school, the staff, and pupils described by the author.

‘Augustus Fagan, Esquire, Ph.D., Llanabba Castle, N.Wales, requires immediately junior assistant to teach Classics and English to University Standard with subsidiary Mathematics, German and French. Experience essential; first-class games essential...’

'Might have been made for you,' said Mr. Levy.

'But I don't know a word of German, I've had no experience, I've got no testimonials, and I can't play cricket,' said Paul.

This excerpt shows us, that the teacher doesn’t pay attention to wishes of the pupil. They can’t come to conclusion. They don’t have common issues. It doesn’t matter for the teacher the position of the pupil.

"We class schools, you see, into four grades: Leading School, First-rate School, Good School, and School. Frankly," said Mr. Levy, "School is pretty bad..." (Part One, Chapter One)

If you are on a job, you are supposed to love it, or the rhetorical question arises, why you are here.

'But what am I to teach them?' said Paul in sudden panic.

'Oh, you shouldn't try to teach them anything, not just yet, anyway. Just keep them quiet.' (Part One, Chapter V)

The level of pupils’ knowledge is not seemed interesting and important for the teacher. The teacher doesn’t want to help, he is eager to stay everything on its place

LIVE AND LEARN

1. In your opinion, what are the reasons students stay away from school? Think about boredom, influence of friends, problems at school, family problems. What problems can truancy cause a student?

In my opinion, there are a lot of reasons why pupils stay away from school:

a) they may have problem with their study, it doesn’t manage to them to study a subject

b) they may have psychological problems with their teachers, who may not understand them and their individuality – so called misunderstanding

c) they may have problems within family, that’s why they decided to miss classes to be alone and have time to think

d) a pupil may have conflicts with his classmates

e) there are lots of children who are under the influence of some particular sub-cultural groups

From my point of view, following problems can truancy cause a student:

a) Students want to feel themselves grown-enough to be near parents’ wing and so want to work

b) We think that her are many subjects which won’t be necessary for your future life

c) there are a lot of more interesting things at the age of 20 or higher than to sit and learn

d) sometimes we are sure that it will be no problems to take an exam or credit, because of the loyalty of professors.

2. You are going to listen to the interview with headmaster of East Crompton Comprehensive School Dr. Charles Greenway. For questions 1-7 choose the correct answer (A, B or C).

1 – b;

2 – с (a);

 3 – a;

4 – b;

5 – a;

6 – c;

7 – b.

3. Which of the following things would be most effective in combating truancy? Rank them and give a short account describing your choice.

a)      more interesting lessons – if a teacher wants pupils not to truant his classes, so he should make it interesting and captured

b)      teaching students to respect school – each school has its own traditions and customs, that’s why a teaching staff are to explain to each pupils that he has o respect his school and follow his teachers’’ instructions

c)      more responsible parenting  - parents are also play a great role, concerning this question, they have to have a discussion with their child, according to this certain problem, letting him know, that it’s bad to miss classes.

d)     strict punishment – punishment is not an ideal variant, but there are cases when this method can stimulate children

e)      police involvement – police officers must find burglars, murderers and other criminals, and, in this case, parents will be calm, it is not police’s business to pay attention to the school system

MP3 AUDIO 3.4

MP3 AUDIO 3.4

 Major advantage of a state school is that it’s free, while public schools can be quite expensive.Public schools have better instructors and facilities, but what is great about state schools is a mix of students.The big advantage of going to public schools is the connections you make, moreover, better employers look for people first at public schools, if they can’t find anyone at public schools only then they might look for someone in a state school. However, public schools cost a lot.

a) the education system in your country/the education system in the UK or the USA

It is an open secret, that the UK and USA systems are similar to each other, though our is only on its way to them.

b) wearing school uniform/wearing what you like

When I was a pupil we faced this problem, but actually we don’t wear uniform, though it was out of the question to wear jeans and t-shirts.

More over there are lots of school which have their own traditions. By the way, uniform can illustrate your belonging to a certain specialty.

All in all, uniform is not bad, but it is not necessary to wear it, but clothes should be elegant and classical

Individual Reading - Part 5

The death came to Strickland with the name of leprosy. After the news of his infection he wanted to go deeper to the jungle of Tahiti, but Ata didn’t want to let him go. They just continued to live as a couple, with the full isolation from the society and local people. Even after the blindness, which was caused by the final stage of his leprosy? Nevertheless, he had continued his working progress, painting and writing on the walls of his house. Only the doctor of Strickland, who actually came to that place too late (Charles was already dead) could see this on - wall painting. And he was extremely devastated by this work – so miraculous and marvelous was this painting, full of world’s grace and sense of whole humanity – the work of the man, who could transform the thought of the Universe to the Art Form and did it with such greatness and blessing light. Charles could escape from the prison of this damned creature, which gave him this bless and this curse, but his last words were connected with his final wish- to burn this house and Ata couldn’t disagree with her husband. After the return back to London the narrator decided to visit Miss Strickland.  She was in a good material status, after the death of her sister and forgot about previous years of life in the house, which was full of her husband’s paintings. During the conversation with her, the narrator remember young son of Ata and James – and maybe the spirit of a furious genius of his father and the splendid pure calmness of his mother would reunite in this boy and the story about another Master would be risen Who knows.

Individual Reading - Part 4

The time for Strickland to uncover the veil of mistery over his works had come and he was ready to show them to the narrator. And the narrator was admired by these paintings – the power of the Universal Mind was visible on these canvases, as the pattern of life was inside Strickland’s body and mind and these powers  strangled and poisoned artist’s soul. The narrator had known, that the last days of his life, Strickland spent on Tahiti .The people told him, that Charles travelled from Paris to Marcel , without any money, and was suppressed by the unknown criminal , he had to use fake papers and escape to Australia ( he was hired as  a common worker ) and then he went to Tahiti. Local people thought, the he was just a typical hobo, and they were upset, that they had to interest to his pictures , as at the day of his death and worldwide popularity , the prices on them were on the top level. An old Tahitian woman found a beautiful young girl for him, a native citizen of that place, named Ata – they were relatives. Soon after the short ceremony of wedding, they came deeply through the forest to settle down and live a quiet life. The future several years were perfect for them, they had a child ,and Ata lived a life without giving the artist some troubles, leaving him for his life’s duty – to be an artist.

Individual Reading - Part 3

But the time for a certain occasion had come during the period of Strickland’s serious illness ( the disease , which was caused by the street way of living, outside infections and the lack of normal food and living capabilities ). Dirk had saved his body and mind, took him to his home and helped him to cure for a long period, with help of his wife Blanche, with whom he was in a great love. After the killing the disease , the angel-patronage of Dirk was “awarded with a gold”. Charles Strickland , full of life and  fresh powers had some “relationships” with Dirk’s wife, Blanche  and she decided to leave his little Dutchman and go with Strickland  ( Dirk was absolutely stunned with “a bland of Blanche”.  But Charles couldn’t understand that, as he lived in his own world an the world of peoples’ emotions was far-far away from him, he was the man of love, but the love to art. After some time Blanche had committed a suicide. She actually loved Charles, but he couldn’t live with a woman, which wanted to be his personal supporter, friend and helper. As soon as he was ready to finish his work with her as a sitter, he went away from her. And Blanche couldn’t return back to her ex-husband Dirk, as she was paralyzed by the awkward words of Strickland ( that she was just a governess, pregnant by another man ). 

Individual Reading - Part 2

And after the arrival of the narrator to Paris and after the finding location of Strickland personality, we knew that the ideas and thoughts of Miss Strickland weren’t so accurate. Charles Strickland was living alone, in a very poor hotel, in a dirty room, actually without money enough to be stable in a different city. He told the narrator, that he did a horrible thing, leaving his wife and children ( but despite that fact, he just broke his chains and spread his wings, as his only desire was to become a real master of art – to be a professional and prominent painter and artist.) It was like a sacred power, which helped him to choose such way. The narrator returned back home and had a meeting with Charles’s wife. Miss Strickland was shocked , it was so poison for her, that her husband had to leave his family not for a woman, but for a real art passion ( even with her love to the art itself). After some years the narrator had to visit Paris again and he occasionally met his old friend, Dirk Stroeve , an ordinary Dutchman, stocky, diminutive, comically cut, who was the author of some Italian genre plays. Dirk was the fond of art, and he actually could interpret it on a high level , as his knowledge about the art itself was rather broad. He knew Charles Strickland , he saw his paintings and he thought, that Charles was a really prominent artist with his nice style and experience. And that’s why he gave him a material support to continue his work ( without a thought to be paid back or something like that ). But despite this support, Charles was starving and wandering with  a place to live for a certain period of time – but he screwed all this miserable things, as he could only one aim – to write his pictures and improve his skills and abilities in paintings, even without a wish to be well-known and well-paid master – because after the finishing his work, he just put off his pictures and didn’t show it to anyone.

Individual Reading - Part 1

Soon after the death of an artist  Charles Strickland, his personality as a professional artist was accepted and to recognize him as the artistic genius of painting. And after some time of the lack of the interest to that man, the society had a great splash of news and ideas , connected with this man and the desire to write some essays, memoirs and so on strongly was founded in the core of peoples’ mass. Some of them wrote some dirty things, chained with his personal life and private details, unflattering characteristics (and sometimes even deceitful fiction). The other part was improves in a thought, that Charles was the man of kind heart and open soul  , with lovely family unit and the wish to useful for the society. But the narrator’s mission was to write the real truth about that man, because only he knew him well, and he could just to uncover this dark veil of artist’s bio. The main setting of the story was in the early XX century, when the narrator, an amateur talented writer, who was success in his last novel and was admitted by the literature society of that time, was invited to the house of Strickland,  just because it was very important and stylishly for the aristocratic society of the world to  give some theme parties and gatherings according to the interest. And so Miss Strickland was such a woman. But the evening was paralyzed by the strange occasion, Mister Strickland left his home and wife in order to travel to Paris ( actually, he don’t like such evenings, as he was rather grey and boor man during them, but the reason of his rapid escape was unknown). Miss Strickland was afraid, that his husband left her for beautiful jazz vocalist and she wanted narrator to find the truth.

Film Review - Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot (1959)

Director: 

 Billy Wilder

Writers:

 Billy Wilder (screenplay), I.A.L. Diamond,

Stars:

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon 

PLOT: 

The story begins in the USA at the time of US prohibitions period, the city of Chicago of 1929. Detective Mulligan with the help of his intelligencer successfully completed his mission ,  which was connected with the eliminating of an illegal drinking establishment, owned by Spats" Colombo, a mobster from Chicago. And two young musicians , Joe and Jerry, saxophonist and contrabassist , who were without any job in that time had to wander around the city and one day they just saw the moment of assassination of Mulligan’s intelligencer – and they had to escape from this place from the massive powers of gangsters, so the had become the witnesses of a murder. Without any idea, Jerry and Joe had to transforms their persons into female ones, changing their appearance and bio, becoming Daphne and Josephine . The were hired as a jazz members to the touring jazz orchestra, consisting of young ladies. Sweet Sue and Her Society Syncopators started their tour with the map’s point to visit – Florida, to the hotel of Ritz. During their adventure by the train to the southern state , they met  Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk, the leader of vocal troop of this orchestra. Joe (Josephine) felt in love with this pretty young girl and knew , that she wanted to find the man of brave and money in Florida, in order to marry him. The jazz crew stayed in a hotel, and giving jazz performances every evening . Joe, with the help of hotel administrator impersonated himself as a Shell Oil Junior, an oil tycoon, just to attract Sugar’s attention and he did and they had some sweet relationships. Osgood Fielding III, an old millionaire also felt in love – in Daphne ( who was actually Jerry ). One evening they had a pair-date, and stunned with such controversial situation Joe and Jerry had to relocated and planned their future actions – and Sugar with Osgood had to stay in the restaurant to dance all day long . And the next time their pair-date was on the board of a marvelous cruise liner . Sugar Kane cured Joe from the “disease” , which stopped him in the communication with the women , on the board of this beautiful Fielding’s machine. Osgood wanted Daphna to marry him , and Jerry had to accept his proposal. And the next day the hotel became the gathering point to all the mafia from the USA. Joe and Jerry had to escape, because Colombo and his dogs  found them and followed by the gangster gang , Jerry and Joe had to see another murder – the murder of Colombo. And so, they were attacked by the Godfather of US mafia - "Little Bonaparte". Joe , as an oil magnet had to say good-bye to Sugar and rapidly escaped from this place with the help of an old Osgood. Joe had to uncover his secret to Sugar and they finally gave words of love to each other and the heroes used Osgood’s cutter to save themselves. In the epilogue , Jerry was ready to open his “little secret”, saying that he was a man , and the answer of Osgood was, that nobody’s perfect and the heroes flew away.

Billy Wilder, the film director could create a real masterpiece , this film is a unique USA example of the film beauty, the mastery of acting , jokes and funny actions, so smooth life stories. Each moment of “ Some Like It Hot” film is an undisputed classic today.Six of his screenplays were nominated for Oscars between 1941-1950. Three of his eight Best Director nominations came during this period. Billy Wilder claimed the American Dream; he was successfully playing by his own rules. And such rules were the greatest things of his life.

The film was such a big success - thank to superior acting of the three main performers. Tony Curtis as Joe makes a parody of  the man of kind heart – the man of act and strong emotion. Jack Lemmon with the role of Jerry( Daphne ), played brilliantly with all his man’s humor in a appearance of a woman . He also had a wonderful co-operation with Wilder (7 movies, including 'The Apartment'). And of course, Marilyn Monroe. The woman of so extremely acting clarity Sensual.With all her charm and sensitivity – with the help of her acting the stereotype of “blonde woman” was born, but in that time – such woman were deprived of banality and vulgarity, dirt and frank evil – thanks to this woman.  This film can cause only positive thoughts and ideas, as it’s a  Foundation of the American cinema – the cinema of live people, with their emotions and thoughts, their wins and fails, with love and sincere dedication to the world of peoples’ hearts and minds.

Film Review - The Artist

The Artist (2011)

Director:

 Michel Hazanavicius

Writer:

 Michel Hazanavicius

Stars:

 Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman 

PLOT:

The story was started in the year of 1927, when the film star of silent movies George Valentin was at the premiere day of his new film, which was called “Russian Business”. As a star, he had to be near the entrance with the public to give some autographs to his fans and during that time he unconsciously punched a young woman, Peppy Miller and the next day the photo with these two people being closely together was posted on the pages of Varity magazine. Soon after that , Miller came on the casting of a new movie as a professional dancer and our main hero George forced filming crew to hire this girl as an actress. Depsite El Zimmer’s angry words, the girl was hired and her role was successful and after that her career had made a huge leap. The time has passed and the era of silent films was at the edge of extinction , but despite that Valentin was confident in the thought of last silent film creating and production and so he decided to make the film. The premiere date was similar to his friend’s Miller first sound film appearance.  George was under great pressure and his material status was destructed and moreover his lovely wife Doris made him to escape from the home and to accept her divorce rules. Valentin went to a poor flat to his friend-valet Clifton. In order to be financially stable he had to sell all his personal items and to eliminate Clifton. His cruel wife had an attempt to burn out his photographic films at their own house, and the house was surrounded by the fire , but George’s dog helped his master to save, loudly barking near the building. Peppy Miller  knew, that George was at the hospital with some light burns and she decided to take his back to her house and support his for a little. After some time , his health was raised on the common level and Peppy gave him a scenario of a new sound film and wanted him to play with her, but the director Zimmer was absolutely against that idea, thinking , that Valentin was the man of mediocrity. But Peppy started to blackmail famous director and he finally said his words of acceptance. Poor man George had lost all his life opportunites and decided to commit a suicide, but Peppy rapidly punch out the revolver out of his hands. Peppy could persuade Valentin to dance in a new musical film of Zimmer, and their dance shocked the whole filming crew with its mastery and fresh ideas. In the end of the film Zimmer asked this couple to dance again and George Valentin anwered in a real sound with his voice of a French man , that he would do it with a great pleasure.

It was very strange to know about such "silent movie" in the year of 2011. When I first heard about The Artist, I had a feeling that this will be a movie experience unlike any other: A black-and-white silent film. Now, a lot of people might not know this, but the last black-and-white silent film was Charlie Chaplin's 1936 movie, Modern Times. Then, after that, the black-and-white silent film genre decided to take an extremely long break right until today, where it had made its return with The Artist. And this return was really marvelous. The film gives us the space to fly out from the modern cinema and to admire the blessed epoch of silent film. The direction by Michel Hazanavicious was fantastic, and this movie looks downright gorgeous in black and white. Black and white movies can have more deeper emotions than some movies that are made in color. If we speak about acting, Jean Dujardin really deserved his Best Actor win for his outstanding work as George Valentin. Bérénice Bejo could have won Best Supporting Actress for her terrific performance as Peppy Miller.

Rendering - Week 16

This article was published on the May 3rd, 2013, 2013  on the site of

Revolver Magazine by Paige Montgomery and called  " Revolver Golden Gods Awards 2013 " which tells us about the biggest names in rock and metal gathering together at Club Nokia in Los Angeles Thursday night to celebrate the genre and honor their peers at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards 2013.

It's necessary to point out, that hard rock and metal’s answer to the Grammys, Revolver Magazine’s Golden Gods Awards is metal’s chance to show the world the strength of the genre and the camaraderie amongst its artists.

Moreover, Alice Cooper said, that they don’t get invited to the Grammys that often and it’s something different than anything else.

In addition to that, Marilyn Manson, who was Cooper’s tourmate for the 2013 Masters of Madness jokingly added, that they get to see a lot of people we usually tour with and such awards I don’t usually care about unless I get one.

Montgomery  emphasizes the fact, that Five Finger Death Punch front man and Denver-native Ivan Moody made a rare appearance on the black carpet to talk about the band’s upcoming two-album release.

In addition to that, the author can't deny the fact, that the biggest musical moments of the night were the multitude of on stage collaborations and cameos from some of hard rock and metal’s most legendary performers and Anthrax kicked off the show with the night’s first collaborative effort, bringing Pantera’s Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown on stage for “This Love” (Pantera) and Slayer’s “Raining Blood”, which was dedicated to Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman; who tragically passed away earlier on Thursday.

Moreover, the author proves the fact, the night was full of memorable performances, collaborations and some surprising winners including the award for Best Drummer, which Halestorm’s Arejay Hale took home, beating out Rush’s Neal Pert.

To draw the conclusion, the author says, that the night ended with the award show’s highly anticipated performance by Metallica. Moreover, the recipients of the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award also took home the nod for biggest metal moment of the night as award-goers crowd-surfed across the Club Nokia floor and the set featured another Rob Halford cameo for a cover of the Judas Priest classic “Rapid Fire.”

Personally, such awards and shown are more warmer , then Grammy and so on, because there is no any extreme censure and banning for some hard words or actions. People here are opened with their minds and hearts and can give us the real emotion of music – rock music in any it’s wave and style.

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The article was published on April 15, 2013 on the site of New York Times by Ann Powers and which is called “Marilyn Manson, Forever Young and Miserable” and tells us about Marilyn Manson, who performed at Hammerstein Ballroom on Friday and Saturday nights and his tour progress at all.

The author points out , that Manson’s  nuances are stifled by a world view growing as tight as the leather corset that pinched his waxy flesh on Friday as he sang and that on his new album, ''Holy Wood,'' (Nothing/Interscope) Mr. Manson revisits the epiphany that resonates with his young fans: the realization that life is unfair, powerful people (high school teachers, for example, or presidents) can be corrupt, and striving does not guarantee success or even simple freedom.

It’s also necessary to admit, that this is the moral crisis of the bright adolescent, and Mr. Manson's hard music, alternately soporific and purgative, lets fans dwell in such green despair and then scream it out. Moreover, he sang on giant stilts, in clerical robes at a pew decorated with mannequin heads, behind a gun-adorned altar and from a platform that made him look like a titan encased in rock. , roaring :''I am a revolution,''.

Moreover, the reader should not forget that author clearly gives us a thought, that Mr. Manson's discontented howls form a cogent response to family values-based attacks on rock and his concept of the ''Wormboy,'' hated for embodying society's darker side, rings true, as do his surprisingly tender views of disenfranchised youth.

It's necessary to admit the fact, that despite all this ,Mr. Manson has been hounded by authorities on tour and in the press, and now knows the price of playing the nation's nightmare - instead of going beyond mere outrage, he has furrowed deeper in and in add to this his negativity is inching toward thoughtless conservatism: at the concert he cursed the homeless as well as priests and teachers.

The author draws conclusion, telling us, that when the band locked step on Friday, the ensuing noise had a certain gut-wrenching grandeur and it's easy to see why Mr. Manson is loath to give up such an easy rush.

In my opinion, Marilyn and the whole band could create the ideal image of dark group, with so elliptically charged music, but there is no evil inside such genre of rock – it’s just a symbol, a label with an extremely fresh ideas and lovely rhythms .

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The article, which was published on billboard.com site on May 23, 2013 by Georg Szalai and called “ Sharon Osbourne With Return To U.K.’s 'X Factor' as Judge” and tells us about Ozzy’s wife back to the chair of X factor judge.

The author tells us, that Sharon Osbourne will return to the U.K. version of Simon Cowell's The X Factorfor its 10th season later this year and adds, that Osbourne will replace Tulisa Contostavlos.

Szalai  emphasizes the fact, that  she will join Take That superstar Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger and Svengali manager Louis Walsh in the search for the nation’s next big singing sensation. Host Dermot O'Leary will also come back and gives us a thought, that the outspoken Osbourne was one of the original X Factorjudges in Britain from 2004 through 2007.

Moreover, the author proves the fact, that it’s the first format change announced for the 10th season, hopefuls will have to survive two sets of auditions, because they will face the judges in an intimate audition room.

It's necessary to point out, that  if they receive three or more yes votes, they will have to perform for the judges in an arena "to prove they can also impress an audience before securing a place at the next stage in the competition," according to the producers.

The author can't deny Sharon’s words, as she said, that she couldn't be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of X Factor and that she can't wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis.

The author draws the conclusion, telling us, that according to the words of Peter Fincham, X's crew delighted to confirm our fantastic panel, who will bring an incredible combined wealth of experience to our 10th series of The X Factor.

In my opinion such show like that has a unique chance to gather all these talented people from all the Albion to be put on public view - and to use their mastery in order to be judged and valued. 

Said Osbourne: “I couldn't be happier about coming back for the 10th anniversary of X Factor. I can't wait to give Gary Barlow a big hug, sit next to the gorgeous Nicole, and of course throw water on dear Louis. Yay!"

Peter Fincham, director of television at ITV, said: "We're delighted to confirm our fantastic panel, who will bring an incredible combined wealth of experience to our 10th series of The X Factor. I know I speak for all of us when I say we're looking forward to bringing viewers a brilliant series this autumn."

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The article was published on the website of “Rolling Stones" magazine on May 20, 2013, by Andy Greene, which is called "Ray Manzarek, Doors Keyboardist, Dead at 74"" and tells us about Doors co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek died today  in Rosenheim, Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer at the age of 74

It's necessary to point out, that Robby Krieger,  Doors guitarrist, said, that he was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of his friend and bandmate Ray Manzarek today . In addition  to that, he said, that he just  was glad to have been able to have played Doors songs with him for the last decade and that Ray was a huge part of his life and he will always miss him.

It would be unfair for Cavendish , not to mention, that Manzarek grew up in Chicago, then moved to Los Angeles in 1962 to study film at UCLA. Moreover it was there he first met Doors singer Jim Morrison, though they didn't talk about forming a band until they bumped into each other on a beach in Venice, California in the summer of 1965 and Morrison told Manzarek that he had been working on some music.           

The author tell us, that they quickly teamed up with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger and began playing gigs around Los Angeles and about a year later, the Doors recorded their debut album for Elektra Records. In addition to that , the group carried on for two more albums after Jim Morrison died in July of 1971, but they split in 1973 and Manzarek remained extremely busy, producing albums for X and playing with Iggy Pop, Echo and the Bunnymen and others. In 2002, he began touring as the Doors of the 21st Century with Krieger and Cult frontman Ian Astbury. To draw the conclusion, Andy Greene tell us , that Without Jim, everybody started shooting off in different directions inside the band. The Doors was the perfect mixture of four guys, four egos that balanced each other and  there were never any problems with 'You wrote this' or 'I wrote that”, but after Jim died the whole dynamic was screwed up, because the fourth guy wasn't there - and the structure have to be broken completely .

In my opinion, the living organism of the band has no major component and we should understand, that such bands can work only in a complete mode – but the loss of such great talents and individuals is a great failure for all the music world, fans and just for ordinary people . Manzarek was the man of creativity  and was one of those , who could “light people’s lives”