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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
United States, 2004 Release Date: 9/17/04 (wide) Running Length: 1:47 MPAA Classification: PG (Science fiction violence) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: :1 Cast: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael…
Red Lights
France, 2004 U. S. Release Date: beginning 9/10/04 (limited) Running Length: 1:45 MPAA Classification: Unrated, similar to an "R" (Violence, profanity) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: :1 Cast: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Carole Bouquet,…
Shark Tale
United States, 2004 Release Date: 10/1/04 (wide) Running Length: 1:30 MPAA Classification: PG (Mild profanity) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: :1 Cast (voices): Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Renée Zellweger, Jack Black,…
Friday Night Lights
United States, 2004 Release Date: 10/8/04 (wide) Running Length: 1:57 MPAA Classification: PG-13 (Violence, profanity, sexual situations) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: :1 Cast: Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Garrett Hedlund, Derek…
Silver City
United States, 2004 Release Date: 9/17/04 (limited) Running Length: 2:10 MPAA Classification: R (Profanity, sexual situations, violence) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: :1 Cast: Danny Huston, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Maria Bello,…
Motorcycle Diaries, The
USA/UK/Argentina/Germany, 2004 Release Date: 9/24/04 (limited); 10/1/04 (wider) Running Length: 2:08 MPAA Classification: R (Profanity) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: :1 Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Rodrigo De la Serna, Mia Maestro, Jorge…
Napoleon Dynamite
United States 2004 Release Date: 6/11/04 (limited); 6/25/04 (wider) Running Length: 1:26 MPAA Classification: PG-13 (Mature themes) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: :1 Cast: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell,…
The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography – Part 2 – A Brief History of Pre Cinema
Cinematography is defined simply as the illusion of movement by projecting in rapid fashion, many still pictures. Also known as motion pictures, movies or moving pictures, cinematography is a product…
The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography – Part 3 – A Brief History of Pre Cinema
The Phantasmagorie In English this theatrical phenomenon was known as the Phantasmagoria. There were as many professionals at it as there were itinerant travelling showmen with their lanterns. One of…
Traditional Japanese Music – The Christian Era and Tokugawa (1549-1867)
The shakuhachi is a kind of bamboo recorder with a blowing edge and four fingerholes; it has a generally appealing mellow tone. It is naturally curved, long, thick, low-pitched, and…
Traditional Japanese Music after the Meiji Restoration
After the restoration, Western music in Japan developed through two ways: the military and the educational system. From 1869 on, the Satsuma army band was trained by the British John…
The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography – Part 4 – Motion Study Analysis and Commercialization
By 1877 the increased speed of photographic emulsions and improved camera shutters made it possible to photograph rapid motions. Pioneers such as Muybridge and Marey were interested in motion rather…
Traditional Japanese Music – Buddhism to the end of the Nara Period
The coming of Buddhism brought numerous new instruments and liturgical chant; immigrants from countries such as Korea, China, South-East Asia, and India included acrobatics, instrumental concerts, and solo performances. Buddhist…
Traditional Japanese Music – Heian Period (794-1185)
Gagaku was the music performed for the nobility and upper class at Court. It's divided into three categories: original foreign music, pure Japanese music, and combinations of the two. The…
Traditional Japanese Music – Kamakura and Muromachi (1185-1573)
Buddhist musical instruments are divided into eight categories: metal, stone, silk, bamboo, leather, clay, horn,and wood. The metal instruments include, shoku (a large bell), hachi (large bronze cymbals), myo (large…
The Complete History of The Discovery of Cinematography – Part 1
This subject has a rich history attached to it. In order to understand the full discovery and development of moving pictures, we must study the various elements of not only…
Learn to read music and how to stay in time
How often do we sit down and listen to a piece of music, and only to wish that we could play as good as that? And yet to read the…
Introduction. What is Music?
We are often talking about music, but what it really is? Just look, what various sources tells: "an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a…
Medieval European music
Medieval European music is music from the European middle ages, which is generally divided into two periods: the Ars Antiqua and the Ars Nova. Characteristics of the time are styles…
Authentic performance
The authentic performance movement is an effort on the part of musicians and scholars to perform works of classical music in ways similar to how they were performed when they…