The camera is moving toward an Indian city. We are high and far away, only the sound of the wind as we grow nearer and nearer, and through the passing clouds these words appear:
No mans life can be encompassed in one telling. There is no way to give each year its allotted weight, to include each event, each person who helped to shape a lifetime. What can be done is to be faithful in spirit to the
cannot hear him. The vision becomes
completely clear, for an instant - clear enough to see the
face of a young boy at the window.
CLOSE on Reting Rinpoche. Looking. Searching.
Cut to: a portrait of a mountain: Kyeri - a majestic,
glacier mountain - the "house mountain" of the village of
Takster, Amdo Province, North Eastern Tibet.
Sound returns as the wind whistles around this jagged,
mountain
ancients
reverenced their bees.
They valued them
more than slaves.
Have you ever read
the New Testament, Martin?
No, Father.
Not many have,
but in Wittenberg you will.
Wittenberg?
A doctorate in theology.
Youre sending me away
to study?
Im sending you to the source...
the Scriptures.
Christ Himself.
Here Im losing my faith,
feeling like a fool even to pray,
and youre sending me away?
- Youll prea
Faraway, So Close Script
You...
you, whom we love...
you do not see us...
you do not hear us.
You imagine us in the far distance...
yet we are so near.
We are messengers...
who bring closeness
to those who are distant.
We are messengers...
who bring the light
to those who are in darkness.
We are messengers...
who bring the word
to those who question.
We are neither the light,
nor the message.
We
ancient.
Young ladies of marriageable age
must be chaperoned.
A good marriage for Veronica
could win me a proper commission.
I always liked Marco.
He wont marry her
if hes had her.
Marry her? A bride of Marcos
will need a kings ransom.
"I see my fated stars
Your eyes...
They melt me as the sun does snow"
I bought this in Rome for you.
You didnt buy it for me.
Yes, I did.
I just didnt know it.
Suc
The Hobbit Script
In a hole in the ground
there lived a hobbit.
Many ages ago, when this ancient
planet was not quite so ancient...
...long before man
recorded his history...
...there was the time of Middle Earth
when man shared his days...
...with elves, dwarves, wizards,
goblins, dragons and hobbits.
In the lands of Middle Earth,
in an area known as the Shire...
...there was a village named Hob
near tears.
DOLORES
Eddie, my dove just flew out the
window!
CREW MEMBER
She goes on in two minutes! What
are we gonna do??
They all look to Ed, awaiting a response. He thinks a second,
then excitedly CLAPS his hands.
ED
Dolores, give me your shoes.
DOLORES
What?
ED
The ghost can be barefoot. Give
me your shoes!
She hands Ed her white shoes. He snatches one, grabs a pair of
scissors, and starts C
Eighty carpenters, specialized in ancient architecture, gathered from across the country to work on the project. It is the largest mobilization of specialized carpenters ever since the restoration of the Gyeongbok Palace. The Ragung bears special significance, as it is the first ever attempt to restore the legacy of the past for commercial purposes. It is a “modernization of tradition,” throu
ancient Greek and Roman artifacts), a small Jewish Museum and the Paper Museum (covers the history of printing). The Museum Jean Tinguely offers a sampling of the Swiss sculptor's delightfully whimsical mechanical contraptions. The Fondation Beyeler contains works by Monet, Cezanne, Van Gogh and other well-known artists.
If the time permits, you can also enjoy a dinner cruise on the Rhine in
nearly 50 planes wheeling around in a
desperate life and death struggle. From a distance they look like a
swarm of angry bees against a spectacular backdrop of cumulous cloud
rising in towering columns.
Close in, its stomach churning, noisy and violent as terrified pilots
throw their planes around the sky in a desperate attempt to blast
bullets into each other. You may have seen movie dogfights b