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Something in the Air will capture all France's student uprisings
By Jenny Alvarez
Photo by Courtesy
The film is set in 1971, and it centers on the shifting priorities of a handsomely unkempt high-schooler (Clément Métayer) swept up in the nascent radicalism of the era. Early scenes depict this suburban teen attending student rallies and facing down baton-swinging riot cops during a thwarted demonstration. The period of this movie conveys of history as lived experience of the director. “Youth is a fantasy. It is something that always escapes from your fingers. You try to grasp it and it escapes,” Assayas says (Director of this movie)
This movie is a big-picture ideology that called for sweeping change was fragmented by countless micro-ideologies in irreconcilable conflict among all characters. Politics is everything: the social struggle all-consuming. But Gilles (main character) gradually becomes more comfortable with his life choices and learns to feel at ease in this new society. In general is a burning dramatic and thematic intensity with great talented young actors. Two thumbs up for smart movies!
Cirque du Soleil comes with Dralion in Long Beach,CA
By Jenny Alvarez
Photos by Cirque du Soleil
Long Beach Arena in Long Beach will have six performances only of Dralion from November 1 – 4. Fusing the 3000 year-old tradition of Chinese acrobatic arts with the multidisciplinary approach of Cirque du Soleil, Dralion (pronounced “Dra-lee-on”) draws its inspiration from Eastern philosophy and its never-ending quest for harmony between humans and nature.
The show’s name is derived from its two emblematic creatures: the dragon, symbolizing
the East, and the lion, symbolizing the West. In Dralion, the four elements that govern the natural order take on a human form. Thus embodied, each element is represented by its own evocative color: air is blue; water is green; fire is red; earth is ochre. In the world of Dralion, cultures blend, Man and Nature are one, and balance is achieved. The best part is when the ‘clowns’ have the humor for an adult subtlety to it but is a familiar show. There is not so much a narrative story-line to Dralion as other shows similar to this one. However, it has exotic elements, clever clowning, world class acts of amazing skill and lovely grace of 52 world-class acrobats, gymnasts, musicians, singers and comedic characters with beautifully evocative music, elegant costumes and many dancing dragons. Sometimes some people couldn’t applaud at the end of an act because most of them were too amazed- just sat there, trying to process what they had just seen, as a spectator you will have a wonderful time!
Another Hollywood couple is separated
By GalaTView staff
Photo by: Alfonso De Elias
Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, have separated after 30 years of marriage. DeVito and Perlman married in 1982 and have three adult children.
