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“Anna Karenina” Is Cinematic Opera
Dec 13th
“Cinematic Opera”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
Anna Karenina is based on Count Leo Tolstoy’s second great major novel, it is about a tragic love story, and of all the versions that have been filmed about it, this one is the most recent.
This one might also be the most daring of them all, considering how it portrays the action, and it undoubtedly will not be to everyone’s liking.
It stars Keira Knightly as Anna, Jude Law as her stodgy husband, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the dashing Count Vronsky.
The story begins in 1874 Imperial Russia, and you might wonder what the heck is going on with the action consisting of actors and actresses being on a stage in a theater?
Talk about suspension of disbelief! We have to pretend that we are watching a stage performance of this familiar story, and then we have to pretend that we didn’t see the actors walk through the back of the theater building and continue acting in a realistic setting like we are accustomed to seeing in most traditional films.
And then before we know it, the realistic scenes switch back and forth without warning with the surrealistic scenes inside a theater, including an unbelievable scene inside the theater about a horse race with real horses and riders dashing across the stage.
If that technique doesn’t throw off the audience enough, even if you are familiar with the story, you might be thrown off by the confusing Russian names, which make it difficult to keep all the characters straight, as well as by a subplot of another love story between two of the minor characters.
The main love story is about Anna, an aristocratic married woman with a child who falls in love with Count Vronsky and eventually has a child with him.
I won’t spoil the ending for those of you who are not familiar with the story, but for those of you who are, you might be disappointed in that a subplot coda is tacked on after the traditional ending, which in my mind ruined the story.
In addition, this film reminded me of opera, which is a stylistic rendition of a story consisting of vocal performances with orchestral accompaniment.
Anna Karenina is cinematic opera without the singing, but with music throughout, it ruins a perfectly good, classic love story, and I don’t like opera.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
Florida hosts last NASCAR race of the year in Homestead today at 3:00pm
Nov 18th
Below is today’s story by SBNation.com reprinted here.
NASCAR at Homestead: Start time, lineup, TV/radio schedule, live streaming info and more
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By Jeff Gluck on Nov 18, 8:22a
It’s NASCAR race day at Homestead-Miami Speedway, and we’ve got the actual race start time, the starting lineup and some other facts about today’s Ford EcoBoost 400 for you below.
What time does the race start today? Today’s NASCAR season finale has a late afternoon start time in order to finish close to primetime on the East Coast. Captain Jonathan Hillstrand from the hit show Deadliest Catch will give the command to fire engines at 3:11 p.m. Eastern time, followed by the green flag at 3:18 p.m.
Race name/distance: Today’s race is the Ford EcoBoost 400, which is 267 laps and 400 miles to close out the NASCAR season. Ford is the sponsor of “Ford Championship Weekend” at Homestead, which is the conclusion of all three national series in NASCAR.
TV, radio and live streaming: Today’s race can be seen on ESPN. There IS live streaming of the race today, which can be found at NASCAR.com’s “RaceBuddy” site and on the “Watch ESPN” app. If you’ll be away from your computer and TV, check the Motor Racing Network’s web site for a list of affiliate radio stations in your area.
*** NOTE: If you’re out and about today and can’t watch the race, make sure to follow me (@jeff_gluck) on Twitter. I’ll be tweeting updates about the event. ***
National anthem: Chris Mann, who appeared on The Voice, will sing the national anthem at Homestead. The track is apparently high on reality show singers – American Idol’s Pia Toscano sang the anthem here last year.
Tickets: Homestead has not been announced as a sellout, so there should be tickets available if you’re thinking of making a last-minute trip to see who wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship today.
Weather: The unofficial NASCAR weatherman, Brian Neudorff, says today’s weather in South Florida will be very pleasant and sunny with temperatures in the low 80s.
Last time: One year ago, in one of the greatest NASCAR championship races ever, Tony Stewart won the race and tied with Carl Edwards, winning the season championship on a tiebreaker. This season, Brad Keselowski has a 20-point lead over five-time champion Jimmie Johnson heading into the finale.
Here’s the starting lineup for today’s NASCAR race at Homestead-Miami Speedway:
Joey Logano
Marcos Ambrose
Brad Keselowski
Carl Edwards
Aric Almirola
Clint Bowyer
Martin Truex Jr.
Kyle Busch
Mark Martin
Jimmie Johnson
Matt Kenseth
Kasey Kahne
Greg Biffle
Jamie McMurray
Jeff Gordon
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Sam Hornish Jr.
Paul Menard
Ryan Newman
Travor Bayne
Juan Pablo Montoya
David Stremme
Kevin Harvick
Regan Smith
Michael McDowell
Kurt Busch
Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
Casey Mears
Mike Bliss
Landon Cassill
Dave Blaney
Bobby Labonte
Jeff Burton
David Ragan
Tony Stewart
Josh Wise
David Reutimann
Travis Kvapil
JJ Yeley
David Gilliland
Denny Hamlin
Ken Schrader
Scott Riggs
Jann Scott’s weekly Auto reviews is coming back
Oct 13th
Jann has built race cars, raced semi-professionally and worked in the auto sales retail business for many years. He has reviewed automobiles since 1969, and the first car he ever reviewed was a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach I for Country Senses Magazine. Since then he has reviewed automobiles in print, on radio and on TV. Jann was the Auto reviewer for the Colorado Daily, Daily Camera and KNUS radio. He is the Channel 1 networks world wide auto reviewer. Jann has produced and hosted Route 66 a 22 part travel series. He hosts the Great American road Trip which routinely has an automobile co-star. You can catch his TV reviews on 22Boom nightly at 9:00 pm on Comcast Channel 22 in Boulder County . Jann has also hosted an annual TV special on the Denver Auto Show here on C1N.TV and on cable. What makes Jann Scott interesting is that he so multi-talented. Not just here on C!N but in life. He has a lot of interests and talks about them on TV.
Jann Scott host the 2012 Denver Auto Show Special where we look at a whole bunch of different cars and speak with Tim Jackson the Denver Auto Show coordinator and he give us a little history on the show and soem of the trends going on in the market, then Jann hits the floor to look at the new cars and trucks for 2012 and 2013 as well as some concept cars.