The Lorax – Dr. Seuss

by 10k films on October 31st, 2009

The book is commonly recognized as a fable concerning industrialized society, using the literary element of personification to give life to industry as the Once-ler (whose face is never shown in any of the story’s illustrations or in the television special) and to the environment as the Lorax. It has become a popular metaphor for those concerned about the environment. More

Huston Smith on Life and Death

by 10k films on October 30th, 2009

Lü Dongbin Crossing Lake Dongting

by 10k films on October 27th, 2009

Lǚ Dòngbīn (呂洞賓) is the patron of Ten Thousand Films, and appears on the film company logo.

More information here 呂洞賓

Our revels now are ended

by 10k films on October 25th, 2009

Prospero:
Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air:
And like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capp’d tow’rs, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on; and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.

The Tempest Act 4, scene 1, 148–158

Soy Cuba – Я Куба – I am Cuba // great cinematography

by 10k films on October 18th, 2009

Cinematography     Sergey Urusevsky
Directed by     Mikhail Kalatozov

More information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Cuba

Japanese Death Poems

by 10k films on October 2nd, 2009

All doctrines split asunder
Zen teaching cast away—
Four score years and one.
The sky now cracks and falls
The earth cleaves open—
In the heart of the fire
Lies a hidden spring.
—Giun, Japanese Death Poems

Seventy-one!
How did
a dewdrop last?
—Kigen, Japanese Death Poems