The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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Wat er gebeurt is de eerste commercieel succesvolle kunstfilm. Het kabinet van Dr.. Caligari (1920) werd uitgebracht in januari 1920 steeds een Duitse en internationale sensatie. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Expressionist painters drew buildings sloped at odd angles, oddly shaped furniture,

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Introductie van onze nieuwe Black Belt

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Op april 27, 2013, on what would have been his grandfather and namesake’s 71st birthday, Gezichtskring “Trey” Zimmerman III became the first black belt in the Zimmerman Self-Defense System under his father Ken Zimmerman Jr. “Trey” began studying martial arts shortly before his fifth birthday. “Trey” has trained in Taekwondo, Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Gojo Shroei Weapons System. His goals

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Wat zijn “B” Films?

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“B” films resulted from Hollywood distribution companies implementing a double bill or two movies screening strategy at theaters they owned. Als de Grote Depressie leidde bioscoopbezoekers om te beginnen af ​​te zien van films tussen 1930 en 1932, Hollywood studios, die nog gecontroleerde productie en distributie, came up with the idea of showing two films back-to-back to give customers more bang for their

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Theodore Roosevelt op Judo

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Theodore Roosevelt served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States from 1901 naar 1909. TR is famous for the “Zware Leven”. Hij oefende boksen en worstelen door zijn twintigers en dertigers. What is not as widely known is that he practiced Judo around 1904, toen hij in zijn mid-jaren '40 was. Roosevelt would eventually earn a brown belt in Judo. Yoshiaki

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Sunset Blvd. (1950)

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Being both a fan and film historian, I was aware of Sunset Blvd.‘s reputation in film circles. Billy Wilder’s 1950 film tells the sad story of a forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond. William Holden is a screen writer, who stumbles upon her crumbling mansion and agrees to help fix her screenplay. Norma believes the screenplay will lead to a

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Why Do Traditionalist Despise MMA?

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Waarom doen de traditionele martial kunstenaars blijven de lessen van mixed martial arts verachten? I am amazed that twenty years after Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 1, some traditional martial arts still feel that they have nothing to learn from MMA. Een van de Taekwondo toernooien, waar ik vroeger scheidsrechter, heeft een inzending grappling divisie. Toen ik een pauze, Ik

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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