Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Cinema Cycle - Civilization Volume 3


CINEMA CYCLE
(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)



DATE REVIEWED: 11/27/2107


FORMAT: VHS

TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 100 minutes

DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 28.1 miles

TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 8121.1 miles

SYNOPSIS: (from Wikipedia)

The Hero as Artist. (List of Renaissance figures) Here Clark takes the viewer back to 16th century Papal Rome—noting the convergence of Christianity and antiquity. He discusses Michelangelo, Raphael, and Leonardo da Vinci; the courtyards of the Vatican; the rooms decorated for the Pope by Raphael; and the Sistine Chapel.

Protest and Communication. Clark takes the viewer back to the Reformation—to the Germany of Albrecht Dürer and Martin Luther and the world of the humanists Erasmus, Montaigne, and Shakespeare.

CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Possibly one of the best documentaries ever made.

PROS AND CONS:  Imagine getting to go to Oxford for free and just sit in on lectures given by the greatest minds of our generation.  That is what this series is.  

It is just astounding how much we don’t know about where we came from.

To read an overview of this project, check out this status posting.  

This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.

Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film. 

This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle.  A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.



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