For one, A Wrinkle in Time and Momo both feature memorably drawn young heroines who are pulled into fantastical, time-bending conflicts. And it is, in many ways, a fitting companion to L’Engle’s novel. Though it never attained name recognition in the United States, Momo is a classic in Ende’s home country and in much of Europe. Americans might be more familiar with the tale’s German author, Michael Ende, via his book The Neverending Story, which was made into the cult 1984 film of the same name. That’s the premise of the strange but beautiful children’s fantasy novel Momo, which was published 45 years ago. But what if the seconds, minutes, and hours of the day could be stolen away? And what if everyone was too busy to notice? In other childhood tales, time is a barrier to be broken, or a hidden door to another world. In Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved novel A Wrinkle in Time-whose long-awaited film adaptation hit theaters Friday-time can be bent (or tessered) to allow mortals to travel the universe at great speeds. But literature for young readers often handles the concept with a greater sense of imagination and possibility. From an early age, many children learn that time is precious, before growing into adults who see it as a commodity to be managed at all costs.
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□ The most deserving Oscar winners of all-time Written by Abbey Bender, Dave Calhoun, Phil de Semlyen, Bilge Ebiri, Ian Freer, Stephen Garrett, Tomris Laffly, Joshua Rothkopf, Anna Smith and Matthew Singer No matter where you are on the movie appreciation spectrum, we’re sure you’ll find something to love here. Because this is a list that covers a lot of ground: over 100 years, multiple countries, and just about every genre you can imagine, from monolithic blockbusters to treasured cult classics, ridiculous comedies to freaky horror, sweaty-palmed thrillers to eye-popping action flicks. And if you’re filling in the gaps of your movie knowledge – or heck, just starting to build it – this is a tremendous place to start. If you’re enough of a cineaste to claim to have seen every movie here already, maybe think of it as a way to rethink your own personal rankings and challenge your own preconceived notions about what makes any movie one of the GOATS. Really, think of it more as a jumping off point. Well, perhaps it’s best not to think of this – or any list, for that matter – as any attempt at solidifying any sort of canon. So then, why bother even attempting to rank the best movies ever made at all? Tastes in cinema vary wildly, of course, and one person’s Citizen Kane is another’s Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. But it’s what makes putting together a list of the greatest movies of all-time a particularly fraught assignment. Heck, who doesn’t? Trouble is, not everyone loves the same movies. In case you couldn’t tell, we love movies. Special mention should be made of the incorporation of vast documentation from the COAC Historical Archive which, thanks to its documental richness, provides a large amount of valuable –and in some cases unpublished– graphic documentation. It also takes into consideration all the reference sources from the various branches and associated entities with the COAC and other collaborating entities related to the architectural and design fields, in its maximum spectrum. The collection feeds from multiple sources, mainly from the generosity of architectural and photographic studios, as well as the large amount of excellent historical and reference editorial projects, such as architectural guides, magazines, monographs and other publications. Contemporary works of greater general interest will be incorporated, always with a necessary historical perspective, while gradually adding works from our past, with the ambitious objective of understanding a greater documented period. The project is born to make the architecture more accessible both to professionals and to the citizens through a website that is going to be updated and extended. In this first stage, the catalogue focuses on the modern and contemporary architecture designed and built between 1832 –year of construction of the first industrial chimney in Barcelona that we establish as the beginning of modernity– until today. |