North and South is a British television drama serial produced by the BBC in 2004.
It follows the story of Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe), a young woman from southern England who has to move to the North after her father decides to leave the clergy. The family struggles to adjust itself to the industrial town's customs, especially after meeting the Thorntons, a proud family of cotton mill owners who seem to despise their social inferiors.
The story explores the issues of class and gender, as Margaret's sympathy for the town mill workers conflicts with her growing attraction to John Thornton (Richard Armitage).
The serial is based on the 1855 Victorian novel of the same title by Elizabeth Gaskell.
The 4-part series is currently available for streaming from Netflix as of Feb 2010.
References:
North and South (TV serial). Wikipedia.
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Films: Mondovino
Mondovino (Italian: World of Wine) is a 2004 documentary film on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions written and directed by American film maker Jonathan Nossiter.
It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and a César Award.
The film explores the impact of globalization on the various wine-producing regions, and the influence of critics like Robert Parker and consultants like Michel Rolland in defining an international style. It pits the ambitions of large, multinational wine producers, in particular Robert Mondavi, against the small, single estate wineries who have traditionally boasted wines with individual character driven by their terroir.
The film gave Nossiter a chance to utilize his knowledge as a trained sommelier as well as an opportunity to visit some of the great wine regions of the world.
Mondovino was filmed with a hand held Sony digital camcorder over the course of 4 years for a budget around $400,000. Over 500 hours of original film was shot at locations in 7 countries on 3 continents in 5 languages (French, Italian, Spanish, English and Portuguese).
The film was shot entirely in single camera, about 60% of the time operated by Nossiter with the camera on his hip while he is conversing with the subject. The cinematography does frequently employ "intense" zooms, sometimes right up to the subject's eyeballs, which Nossiter explains as a necessary means to keep the handheld camera in focus.
The film was edited down to 2 hrs 15 minutes after the screening.
References:
Mondovino. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondovino
Jonathan Nossiter, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Nossiter
Robert M. Parker, Jr. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Parker,_Jr.
Michel Rolland. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Rolland
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It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and a César Award.
The film explores the impact of globalization on the various wine-producing regions, and the influence of critics like Robert Parker and consultants like Michel Rolland in defining an international style. It pits the ambitions of large, multinational wine producers, in particular Robert Mondavi, against the small, single estate wineries who have traditionally boasted wines with individual character driven by their terroir.
The film gave Nossiter a chance to utilize his knowledge as a trained sommelier as well as an opportunity to visit some of the great wine regions of the world.
Mondovino was filmed with a hand held Sony digital camcorder over the course of 4 years for a budget around $400,000. Over 500 hours of original film was shot at locations in 7 countries on 3 continents in 5 languages (French, Italian, Spanish, English and Portuguese).
The film was shot entirely in single camera, about 60% of the time operated by Nossiter with the camera on his hip while he is conversing with the subject. The cinematography does frequently employ "intense" zooms, sometimes right up to the subject's eyeballs, which Nossiter explains as a necessary means to keep the handheld camera in focus.
The film was edited down to 2 hrs 15 minutes after the screening.
References:
Mondovino. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondovino
Jonathan Nossiter, Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Nossiter
Robert M. Parker, Jr. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Parker,_Jr.
Michel Rolland. Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Rolland
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Movies: The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is a 1995 film written by Ivor Monger and directed by Christopher Monger.
The movie is based on a story heard by Christopher Monger from his grandfather about the real village of Taff's Well (Ffynnon Taf in Welsh). Due to 20th century urbanisation of the area, it was filmed in the more rural Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and Llansilin in Mid Wales.
Plot
The movie is set in 1917 (with World War I in the background) and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous Garrad and his junior, Anson (Hugh Grant), who arrive at the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw ("Rough Fountain" in Welsh) to measure its "mountain" – only to cause outrage when they conclude that it is only a hill because it is slightly short of the required 1000 feet.
The villagers, aided and abetted by the wily Morgan the Goat (Colm Meaney) and the Reverend Jones conspire to delay the cartographers' departure while they build an earth cairn on top of the hill to make it high enough to be considered a mountain.
From YouTube:
References:
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. Wikipedia.
Related books:
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain: A Novel
The movie is based on a story heard by Christopher Monger from his grandfather about the real village of Taff's Well (Ffynnon Taf in Welsh). Due to 20th century urbanisation of the area, it was filmed in the more rural Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and Llansilin in Mid Wales.
Plot
The movie is set in 1917 (with World War I in the background) and revolves around two English cartographers, the pompous Garrad and his junior, Anson (Hugh Grant), who arrive at the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw ("Rough Fountain" in Welsh) to measure its "mountain" – only to cause outrage when they conclude that it is only a hill because it is slightly short of the required 1000 feet.
The villagers, aided and abetted by the wily Morgan the Goat (Colm Meaney) and the Reverend Jones conspire to delay the cartographers' departure while they build an earth cairn on top of the hill to make it high enough to be considered a mountain.
From YouTube:
References:
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. Wikipedia.
Related books:
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain: A Novel
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