tristan

Species: Not a film

2008-09-05T22:28:23.0017Z

It's a WP article about the species in the movie series Species (the first movie being Species).

Poems by Edgar Allan Poe: Delete - topic is a list

2008-09-04T00:15:08.0012Z

Don't mourn, Faye -- you can get a nice, structured view of the data here:

https://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000090433d3

Poems by Edgar Allan Poe: Delete - topic is a list

2008-09-04T00:09:18.0017Z

It breaks my heart, but per our Wikipedia list deletion policy, please delete this topic.

tristan: Question

2008-09-01T20:41:41.0012Z

Dear Anthony,

We don't host any media other than image files for illustrative purposes (and all of those images should be either Fair Use or Allowed by Creative Commons licensing). I see no link to any site that mentions "Partitas of G.A. Brescianello" on the topic page "Anthony Glise" or anywhere else on our site.

Do you have a direct link you can point us to on Freebase where you see this?

tristan: Question

2008-08-30T00:03:01.0005Z

Dear Tristan,

I noted that you posted the bio of me (Anthony Glise) on Freebase. Thank you, by the way.

I have a problem in that one of my CDs (Partitas of G.A. Brescianello) has been placed on Freebase for free download. Since my split with Dorian Recordings, I secured all copyrights and performance rights to that and other CDs. I can't find a way to get directly to the Freebase staff to have that download pulled and the management company is getting VERY agressive insofar as persuing the matter - which I would obviously like to avoid.

As an active Freebase member, what would you advise so I can get this matter addressed before it gets out of hand?

Thank you,

Sincerely,

Anthony GLISE

Commentary on Palestine Peace Not Apartheid: Book topic already exists

2008-08-28T14:48:16.0017Z

This is not a topic and the structured information is already on the equivalent book topic Palestine Peace Not Apartheid

Frontline Season 3: Don't merge

2008-08-26T16:57:32.0010Z

This is a TV season. Renaming and adding as a child of the main article.

Frontline Season 2: Don't merge

2008-08-26T16:56:42.0017Z

This is a TV season. Renaming and adding as a child of the main article.

Frontline Season 1: Don't merge

2008-08-26T16:55:33.0005Z

This is a TV season, adding as a child to the main article.

Titli: Titli -a metaphorical metamorphosis

2008-08-20T17:08:32.0029Z

Titli -a metaphorical metamorphosis

Dir: Rituparno Ghosh

Cast: Mithun Chakraborty, Aparna Sen, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Dipanker Dey

Award: International Award winner. FIPRESCI for best film. Featured at MAMI film festival at Mumbai, 2002. Mithun was nominated for national award. Mithun has won BFJA award for best actor.

Rating: * * * * *

This very discerning product from Tollygunje took the festival circuit by storm for its audacious comments on modern day approach to feminism and sexuality.

The media driven world we live in today is satirically presented here as a young teenager [Konkona Sen] falls for a movie star [Mithun Chakraborty] who is almost 2 decades senior to her in age and also unknown to her is the ex-flame of her mother [Aparna Sen].

The plot is further given a twist as the mother and daughter accidentally meet the man himself and destiny takes its toll as the fascinated daughter realises the truth behind her mother financially compromised marriage to her father.

The truth is the movie wins hands down as it makes no revelations as to if the couple still love each other or they just share a mutual affection for each other, but the resentment and the hostility with the heartbreak suffered by the daughter make the rest of this fascinating tale a treat to watch.

The script is simple yet multi-dimensional and the characters are alive rather then living due to the sheer force of the well-etched performances enacted by the entire cast.

The daughters vulnerability and hatred for her mother slowly dissolving to give way to sympathy for a by gone time when a woman was dependant on her family when it came to matrimonial issues is a truly metaphorical journey, yet the mothers total passion for her daughter and her grief as she looks at her fragile child and her hostile sorrow is very affecting and apprehensive.

But it is the man who is sandwiched between the two women who walks away with the applause in a non author backed role, as he eagerly tries to please the daughter in a shame effort while really trying to get a few moments of happiness with his past love which he lost years ago.

The irony that the girl could have been their daughter if fate had been kinder is never lost upon him and his eyes reflect the sense of loss as he looks at the two women, but his resignation to the present is apparent as well as he makes no pretence of hiding his affection for the daughter and his intense emotional involvement with the mother.

The movie is a triumph for Mithun and Aparna as they rekindle their lost love for a few moments in the backdrop of the tea estates in the foothills of Himalayas, which are magically captured by the master lens man with a haunting background musical score which leaves nothing to desire, as Aparna renders a beautiful love poem on her lovers insistence without a background score, you can feel the pathos of every lost love resound in the valleys of the eternal Himalayas.

The directors is making a relevant commentary on the relativity of time and its immense impact on human existence and he symbolises this with the beautiful fleeting images of Buddhist monks chanting ancient hymns who add a spirituality to this modern day story of lust and love which is a must see for anyone interested in quality cinema from India which does not resort to any melodrama or the son dance routines to add to its credibility.

By Usman Khawaja

Jon C. Madonna: 3 topic pages for same guy

2008-08-19T04:06:42.0017Z

There were 3 topic pages for the same person. I've marked the other two for merge with this one. This is the complete topic page - the other two have only a couple of board memberships and all of that info is on this page.

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics: Events Included

2008-08-17T20:30:54.0000Z

Hhmmm, looks like you got them to fill in. Who knows, maybe the system just didn't like my browser that night. Never mind

Atomic Roses: Why I flagged this article for deletion

2008-08-17T18:54:56.0012Z

Good suggestion. Thank you.

Atomic Roses: Why I flagged this article for deletion

2008-08-17T03:36:59.0005Z

Thanks for noticing the duplicate topics! In this case, a merge is warranted because both topics contain keys that we want to keep. Actually, in most cases, a merge is usually a better choice.

Atomic Roses: Why I flagged this article for deletion

2008-08-16T21:55:40.0005Z

I flagged this article for deletion because one already exists: http://www.freebase.com/view/guid/9202a8c04000641f8000000007ce0d1b

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics: Events Included

2008-08-16T01:03:16.0000Z

Looking at the Gymnastics equivalent, it seems that this is not really a competition, but a set of competitions, best modeled as an Event which contains other Events. I have set it up that way; does it work?

Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics: Events Included

2008-08-15T23:47:39.0010Z

I can't get any of the "Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics" entries to stick in this topic. I've done a ton of other ones and had no problem. Any ideas as to why?