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The earliest visualization techniques ever recorded are from Babylonia and Sumaria. Histories of all peoples, from ancient Egypt and Babylonia through the middle ages and right up to modern times, include accounts of healing, and these all incorporate visualization in one form or another. The modern exception, which until very recently influenced our conceptions of healing, occurred in the early part of this century when behaviorist John Watson called imagery "bunk" and relegated it to "psychology's dead past." Now imagery and visualization are becoming important and influential once again. In 1964 Robert Holt offered a strong argument in favor of imagery research in his article, "The Return of the Ostracized." Now many psychologists are recognizing imagery and visualization as among the most powerful tools in cognitive psychology.
From the famous healing temples of ancient Greece to present-day pilgrims traveling to Mecca and Lourdes, from the Hermetic rites to help a person visualize himself in perfect health to modern day Christian Science, visualization has been employed as a powerful tool for inner change.
Early uses of visualization in healing were based on a religious or mystical tradition, permeating the thought of the mystery schools including the Hermetic, the Essenes, the Platonic philosophers, and later the Rosicrucians, the Kabbalists, and Gnostic Christians. All had in common a belief in the primacy of spirit over matter, of mind over body. They believed that matter was a manifestation of mind. Many modern thinkers express the same belief. Swami Rama, in explaining his ability to control his heart rate, blood flow, and other physical processes stated, "All of the body is in the mind, but not all of the mind is in the body." Ayurvedic medicine, the Swami's tradition, had, from ancient to modern times, as its real purpose, the development of consciousness rather than simply the healing of disease.
The modern Indian philosopher, Sri Aurobindo, has stated that you can think of spirit as the subtlest form of matter, or you can think of matter as the densest form of spirit. Physical bodies, emotions, thoughts, and spirit are all interpenetrating energy structures in Sri Aurobindo's system. This is also the basic position put forth in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, dating back to the second century before Christ.
On this continent, initiates of the Midewiwin, or Grand Medicine Society of the Ojibwas, were instructed in healing and in directing the forces moving through the vital centers of the human body through visualizations. In modern times, American Indian medicine men such as Rolling Thunder, reported on by Doug Boyd in his book of that title, evoke the powers of the mind in healing the body through visualizations.
Among the forty-two books of Hermes, considered to be the earliest-known founder of the art of healing, there are six which are medical, classified as the Pastophorus or "image-bearers." In the middle ages, Paracelsus (1493-1541) devoted his entire life to the study of Hermetic healing. Many remarkable cures are ascribed to him. Although the medical fraternity of the times maligned him, he was adored by the masses and extolled on his tombstone: "Here lies buried Philip Theophastus the famous Doctor of Medicine who cured Wounds, Leprosy, Gout, Dropsy and other Incurable Maladies of the Body, with wonderful Knowledge and gave his goods to be divided and distributed to the Poor."


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JEFFERSON – Ila Jane Skelton Roberts, 89, died Thursday, July 9, 2009.
A native of Jackson County, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Ila Phillips Skelton. She was a retired seamstress and a member of White Plains Baptist Church. Mrs. Roberts was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis Roberts; brothers, Harold Skelton and Gene Skelton; sisters, Beatrice Doster and Lessie Cooper.
Survivors include her daughters, Jackie Roberts and Duvina Borders, both of Jefferson; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 11, at 10 a.m., from the chapel of Evans Funeral Home with the Jeffrey Bell officiating. Burial will follow in the White Plains Baptist Church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Herman Brock, Eddie Whiting, Herbert Skelton, Larry Banks, Bosie Griffith and Terry Turner.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, July 10, from 5 – 9 p.m.
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I've often posted here with high praise for the Caracal pistols so I figured I'd knock out a review of the guns with the Caracal C going first. The C model seems to be the one people ask about the most and frequently the question is, "Is it better than a Glock 19?" We'll get to that a little later but first I'll lay out some of the pros and cons of the gun.
-Reliable. The gun has well over 1,000 rounds (not sure on the exact count, I've let many people borrow the pistol to try out) with only 1 malfunction which was a bad primer with Brown Bear ammo. I put the same round in my G17 and it didn't fire with that gun either so I'm putting the blame solely on the ammo
-Price. This gun is available online for $399 shipped with box and two mags. In my opinion it's the best handgun deal on the market today (CZ 82 second).
-Accurate. This gun is like a 1911 in that it tends to make average shooters shoot like good shooters
-Very low bore axis (see comparison pictures with my P229 below) resulting in the softest shooting 9mm (along with the F model) I've ever shot
-Excellent trigger. It's smooth with no stacking. It breaks extremely cleanly and has a positive reset
-Great finish. The Plasox (with nitriding) finish is holding up very well thus far
-It has a loaded chamber indicator on the top of the slide allowing the user to check that it is loaded without having to conduct a press check
-Very good ergonomics. Everyone that has shot the gun seems to comment on how good it feels in their hands
-15+1 capacity while only weighing 25oz
-Passed the WTD 91 (German armed forces) testing in 2006
-Has been adopted by several nations' standard military sidearm; many police agencies in Italy and Germany have adopted it as well
-It's classified as an IDPA production gun
-Easy to clean and maintain. Requires very little lubrication as well
-Interior parts are coated with the Plasox finish as well
-Ambi controls (except for the slide lock)
-Spare parts including springs are available from Caracal-USA now (this is relatively new)
-The Caracal C can use F 18 round magazines
-Little aftermarket support
-Night sights are not available in the US currently. I spoke with Caracal USA last week and they said they are working with several manufacturers currently but they don't have a date yet as to when they'll be released
-The rear sight is part of the firing pin assembly. This will either make aftermarket sights more expensive or limit some to front sight only
-The guns are made in the UAE and Germany. The UAE made guns are the only ones available in the US currently. (I don't care about this but it's a common point brought up so I'm including it so people don't say "you didn't mention where it was made....")
-In order to detail strip the gun you have to deal with roll pins. Not a big deal but I'd prefer not to if I didn't have to
-The slide lock protrudes to far. I hit it with my thumb about 50% of the time if I'm not conscious of it and many people I've let shoot it have the exact same issue
Now, back to the original question---is it better than the G19? In terms of familiarity, factory customer service support, sight availability, and aftermarket support---no, it's not. In terms of factory trigger, cost (non-blue label program), and perceived recoil---yes it is. I'll give them a tie for reliability, simplicity, and accuracy.
The best way I can answer the question is to say if I never fired a handgun and was given a Caracal C and a G19 to shoot for a day and asked to pick only 1 which would I pick? I think I'd pick the Caracal C. That said, I've been shooting Glocks for years and am very comfortable and relatively proficient with them so now I slightly prefer Glocks but I wouldn't have any reservations about trusting my life to a Caracal.
Here's a video of me shooting the gun, a tabletop review with some comparisons to other 15 round 9mm guns (G19 and SIG P229R), and a chronograph test with some popular defensive loads:
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Speer 124gr Gold Dot JHPs: 1127fps, 350 ft/lbs energy
Federal 124gr HST JHPs: 1092fps, 328 ft/lbs energy
Winchester 115gr Ranger JHPs: 1095fps, 306 ft/lbs energy
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My interview on Erie's Public Broadcasting Radio show "Weekend All Things Erie" will broadcast on 91.3FM Saturday 8/20/11 at 7am and Sunday the 21st at 3pm.
Kim Young, award winning broadcaster and Penn State Professor and I talk about my new book "Eerie Erie", exorcism, the paranormal and the afterlife.
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Yesterday the Jonestown post had a spooky surge of hits.
March 31, 2010
Inside the Jonestown massacre
CNN/November 13, 2008
By Leslie Wagner-Wilson
Thirty years ago, 909 Americans were led to their death by the Rev. Jim Jones in a mass murder-suicide pact in a South American jungle, shortly after Jones' gunmen killed a visiting U.S. congressman and four others at a nearby airstrip.
Of the nearly 1,000 church members who began the day in Jonestown, a cult commune, only 33 survived to see the next day.
What happened? More than 900 Americans died in a South American jungle upon the orders of Rev. Jim Jones, who had tried to create a socialist paradise that survivors called a slave camp.
What led up to this? When California Rep. Leo Ryan arrived on a one-man investigative mission, bringing along a TV camera crew and various reporters, 15 church members asked to leave with him. Jones sent gunmen to a nearby airstrip, where they killed Ryan, an NBC correspondent and his cameraman, a newspaper photographer and one of the departing family members.
Who was Jim Jones? He was a self-appointed minister from a small town in the Midwest, who first led his flock to California, where he hoped to avoid fallout from a possible nuclear war. He then moved his people to Guyana when he came under criticism for church beatings and financial abuses.
Where did the money come from? Jones was a phony faith healer, and much of his money came in mail-order donations from the desperate. Elderly members handed over their Social Security checks, working adults gave 25 percent of their wages to the church and some signed over all their property. Government investigators would later find at least $10 million in Swiss banks, mainly in Panama. Another $1 million in cash was recovered in Jonestown.
Did anyone survive? Thirty-three people who began that day in Jonestown escaped with their lives. There were two main groups of survivors. Eleven people, four of them small children, walked almost 30 miles through the jungle to another town. Fourteen departing church members lived through the airport ambush — five of them youngsters who were lost for three days when they ran into the jungle to hide. See list of survivors
What happened to the killers? All but one of the airport gunmen died in the mass suicide. Larry Layton, who posed as a defector, was captured after badly wounding two people inside a plane trying to take off. He was not paroled from an American prison until 2002.
How did Jones die? He did not drink the cyanide. He was shot in the head, probably by a trusted aide, at the very end. His body was among the first to be identified — through fingerprints that had been taken after a vice squad arrest five years earlier in the men's room of a Los Angeles movie theater.
What is left of Jonestown today? Nothing. The settlement has disappeared, the buildings dismantled and carried away by native Indians. Jungle weeds and trees have overgrown the area again. The only notable relic left to be found are the remains of one small rusting garden tractor. What persists is simply silence.
How a good idea got very very very bad. Maurice Brinton's article "Suicide for Socialism?', outlines the rise and fall of Jim Jones and his use of ideology, as well as a round up of cults in history.
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31 year-old mystery turns into a horror story
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On Monday, almost 32 years after the vanishings and the bitterly slow acceptance of five families that the search for answers would never end, it suddenly did.
Residents of a small outback Australian town have been left speechless after fish began falling from the sky.
Hundreds of spangled perch bombarded the 650 residents of Lajamanu, shocking local Christine Balmer, who was walking home when the strange 'weather' started.
She said, 'The fish were all alive when they hit the ground so they would have been alive when they were up there flying around the sky.'
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Now that Canada Day has passed, how can I keep up the celebration - in a gentle way?
Every good Canadian, from sea to sea to sea, should pay tribute to the shining jewel that is our great country. You can do so by turning attention away from visiting monarchs of the future to our prime ministers of the past, the dedicated men who helped make this great nation what it is today.
You sound like a politician yourself: glittering generalities and hot air. Just answer my question, please.
Let me be perfectly clear: take a couple of pleasant hours exploring sites in Ottawa linked to some of our former national leaders.
Oh, that sounds like a lot of running hither and yon. After yesterday's blow out, I need something restorative.
So avoid such far-flung places as Moorside, the rural retreat of Mackenzie King in the Gatineau; or the government's emergency Cold War headquarters in Carp, nicknamed the Diefenbunker after the prime minister who commissioned it; or the Wakefield grave of Diefenbaker's successor, Lester Pearson. Instead, honour several political leaders without straying far from Sandy Hill.
Politicians stray; I meander. So where do I meander first?
To 243 Augusta St., at the corner of Stewart Street. Here you'll find the home that Lester Pearson inhabited when he was external affairs minister and received the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the 1956 Suez Canal crisis. It's a private residence so you can't go in, but you can admire what the city heritage office calls an outstanding example of a family home in Gothic Revival style. Even if it's clad in stucco.
That doesn't sound too exciting, frankly.
Perhaps not, though I thought you wanted something gentle. The next stop, at 395 Laurier Ave. East, is a tad more impressive. This residence, built in 1871 by one of Ottawa's many lumber kings, is a limestone "cottage" that was home to our first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, between 1877 and 1883. Apparently peacocks strolled the lawn during his day. Today's finery is limited to diplomats; it houses the High Commission of Brunei.
I see we're on Laurier Avenue now. Any connection to another prime minister, Sir Wilfrid Laurier?
You might be done in by Canada Day, but you're still pretty sharp. Yes, indeed, the street is named for our first francophone prime minister, and so is Laurier House, the lovely yellow brick mansion at 335 Laurier Ave. East. Since it's now a national historic site, do go inside.
I've noticed this building but always thought it was an embassy or something.
Many people do, and that's why it's not likely to be all that crowded, though Parks Canada wishes more folks would visit.
What will I see? Lots about Laurier, I suppose.
Actually, there's a connection to three former prime ministers here - a political hat trick, so to speak. This was Laurier's home when he was opposition leader, from 1887 to 1896, then Canada's prime minister from 1896 to 1911. When his widow Zoé died in 1921, she bequeathed it to William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's longest-serving prime minister, with three terms in office. He, in turn, left it to the country.
That's two leaders. Who's third?
Lester Pearson. His study was moved from his Rockcliffe Park home and recreated here, with everything from political cartoons and a replica of his Nobel Prize to a ceremonial Blackfoot headdress he received in 1966. But it's the quirky King who takes centre stage at Laurier House.
What does one see that's Kingr-elated?
He preferred to run the affairs of state from the third-floor study here rather than from his official office on Parliament Hill, and much of the house reflects his era. There's a mini-shrine to his mother, a 2,500-volume library, a crystal ball (though he apparently didn't consult it), a piano he played badly, a dining room that was once a linen closet and a pedestal from the parliament at Westminster.
When can I visit?
It's open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission runs from $3.90 for an adult to $9.80 for a family, but for slightly more, you can enjoy tea on the veranda each Saturday or Sunday afternoon, or some historical theatre featuring costumed interpreters. For those events, it's best to reserve at 613-992-8142.
So what else does Sandy Hill have to offer?
Right across the street is All Saints' Anglican Church, where Laurier's successor, Sir Robert Borden, worshipped and where his funeral was held. A stained-glass window left of the altar, a nativity scene, is a memorial to him. If churches are your thing, then cross the canal to stop by First Baptist Church at the corner of Laurier and Elgin streets.
It's where two prime ministers, Alexander Mackenzie and John Diefenbaker, attended services. In fact, Mackenzie, a stone-mason, laid the cornerstone in 1876. The trowel is on the rear wall of the sanctuary.
I think that will just about tucker me out. A little more personal restoration might be in order.
Head a few blocks north to the Château Laurier, then. You'll not only honour Sir Wilfrid, after whom the hotel is named, but R.B. Bennett as well. He lived there when he was prime minister during the Depression of the 1930s. The hotel serves afternoon tea at Zoé's ($39).
But what if I've already had my fill of tea at Laurier House?
For something more, um, medicinal, stroll south to 284 Elgin St., where the Sir John A Pub has a decent collection of single malts and beers on tap, including those from three local craft breweries. You can enjoy your beverage surrounded by photos of Canada's first leader. I'm sure Sir John, who was himself known to tipple now and again, would heartily approve.
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I think Christine Tippett is actually giving a hint as to how RANZCOG is lobbying the federal government with reference to the Maternity Services Review. It's OK to extend the 'allowed' practice of midwives in hospitals where we can keep an eye on them, BUT we can't allow those maverick independents any freedom.
It's the old strategy, divide and conquer. Divide the midwifery profession into the acceptable and the unacceptable …
The Victorian branch of RANZCOG (or was it RACOG then?) did the same thing in 1993 when the new Nurses Act was brought in. An 11th hour fax (everyone didn't have email then) to the health minister claiming that it would be unsafe to remove the regulations (which required a doctor to supervise a midwife's practice, amongst other items) resulted in the retention of the regulations until they sunsetted in 1996. Although the regulations have been dead and gone for more than a decade, many midwives in Victorian hospitals are still working under protocols that assume the historical restrictions that existed under the regulations.
I think the midwifery profession as a whole needs to strenuously object to the statement by Dr Tippett that "It's important that there's not federal funding for people who are engaged in dangerous practice", in the context of the claim that some independent midwives attend vbac and twin births at home.
Our laws provide a means of regulating midwifery practice, as well as obstetric, dentistry, or any of the other health professions. Midwifery is not regulated by the obstetric profession. If Dr Tippett has information that leads her to believe a registered midwife has "engaged in dangerous practice", surely the right thing to do would be to notify the regulatory body of the matter, rather than using the public media to set up a scare campaign against independent midwives. As with any other profession, the regulatory process is a carefully managed and is accountable. It's not perfect (imho), but it's what we have, and even midwives have a right to expect fairness in law.
Please tell me if I'm being paranoid here. If not, would everyone who cares about protecting the right of midwives to practise midwifery in any setting, whether they are employed by a health care provider or by the woman, please take this matter seriously. When a person of Dr Tippett's profile is willing to make a statement about midwives engaging in dangerous practice, we must conclude that midwifery is under threat from RANZCOG. And it's not about the twin births or vbacs at home. The issue is who chooses what's best for women?
3 comments:
- Sif said...
Tippett's statement seems to suggest that vbac and twin birth at home is inherently dangerous, it is quite a sweeping sentiment.
Which is where "what is best for women" becomes a contentious issue. There is no "best for women" because that assumes that women are an homogeneous group where one size fits every scenario, which flies in the face of evidence based care...
If I'm interpreting this all correctly...
This sentiment strips the individual of any autonomy and centralises all the "power and knowledge" with one small group (in this case hospital based obstetric care provision)...
- 12:18 pm
- Sarah Stewart said...
For what it worth's you've got ther support of midwives in New Zealand, except I don't know how many of us know what a fight you've got on your hands. Good luck with it!
- 4:57 am
- Joy Johnston said...
Thanks Sarah.
In many ways Australian midwives and maternity activists look to NZ as a model of what can be achieved. I am inspired by NZ women including Marilyn Waring, Helen Clark, and leaders in the midwifery profession including Joan Donely, Karen Guilliland, Sally Pairman, Maggie Banks and others.
I am quite optimistic about the reform that could come out of the current Maternity Services Review. Even though it has been an uphill battle, we have made some progress in the past 10 years, and many midwives are ready to move into a more woman centred, partnership based midwifery practice.
The NZ model of indemnity insurance for all health professionals, similar to the no-fault TAC insurance in this country, is such a sensible approach. Instead of having a professional indemnity insurance arrangement for each professional, which then requires a person with an adverse outcome to sue their carer, and only get a payout if they win, the NZ government manages a no-fault system in which anyone who experiences an adverse event in health care receives a standardised payment. If there was negligence or malpractice of some kind, this is dealt with by the professional regulatory body, rather than by the law courts and insurers.
- 10:37 am


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Sunday, March 2, 2008
NIGHTMARE update from Romano Scavolini
Some claim a longer cut exist, with additional footage; Romano replied, "Regarding the scenes which were never edited into the film (scenes with Baird buried in the sand, and others scenes about C.J. hanging himself in front of his friends, etc): I don't know where they are. They were thrown away, discarded, and never edited together as completed scenes. Romano Scavolini "
As for the version we are working on, Scavolini, who has seen it, confirms "AND POSITIVELY, THIS IS THE UNCUT VERSION WHICH WAS RELEASED IN NEW YORK MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO...SO FEEL FREE TO ANSWER TO YOUR CRITICS THAT I ACCEPT THIS VERSION."
As for the head scene repeating twice, Scavolini told us this was a editing choice by the editor, and quotes " I ACCEPTED ROBERT MARGGISON'S IDEAS AND THIS IS IT."we hope this answers the critics.
Also Romano want you to see the trailer of his new movie, TWO FAMILIES, starring Richard Johnson and Franco Nero! Here is it!
47 comments:
- Anonymous said...
Fair enough, but Scavolini's comment there about the repeated shot is somewhat vague and it does not explain why there are other, slightly longer prints where the shot of the head opening its eyes is only shown once. It just makes more intuitive sense that it be shown the for the first time and only once as a shock technique immediately after Tatum "closes" his eyes, the severed head then opens its eyes, back into the "nightmare" for Tatum. The same exact shot of the head opening its eyes with complete silence on the soundtrack smacks of an error, it's really out of place. I would never be so vehement within my questioning it were it not that other prints do not show the shot twice, that's all. There's my final two cents, ad nauseam....and only due to this relevant posting.
I know I love the film perhaps a little too much...haha....... ;)
- March 2, 2008 at 4:18 PM
- Anonymous said...
p.s. If Scavolini truly watched your CODE RED cut and approved it, that's superb!
Will Romano do a commentary or contribute any on-camera interviews to the dvd, etc.?
p.p.s. Does CODE RED perhaps have any interest in releasing either of the last two films he directed, "APOCALYPSE OF THE MONKEYS" or "TWO FAMILIES"?
Thanks again!
- March 2, 2008 at 4:24 PM
- john malloy said...
I have been reading your rant and your equally rant at imdb message board. You keep mentioning this "slightly longer print" or this "longer overseas cut without the head being shown twice". If Codered do not have this slightly longer version, then you are saying they have no right putting this title out?
I bought all the overseas version and several dvd-r & grey market video. they all do not run longer than 98min. I want to see your version which runs longer. I know imdb claim a longer version, yet all the bootleg I bought is the same 98min version.
If you claim to have this version and has this version in your possession, then you are doing a disservice to fans of this film by with holding this version. You are main block to any Nightmare fan like me to see this version you have.
I for one join the boycott and will not buy code red's release till we get to see this longer cut that Stephen claim to have. Obviously, Scavolini is even clueless over the film he shot! (which makes one wonder about his directing abilities). Stephen, the ball is in your court, give these code red people your rare version which is longer than 98min, so that they can put the dvd out so we can finally see these scenes.
John Malloy
- March 2, 2008 at 7:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
*Shakes Head*
Anyways, CODE RED, I can't wait for the DVD. I know it'll be superb. Thanks for the updates.
- March 3, 2008 at 5:11 AM
- Anonymous said...
Dear John Malloy,
First of all, you seem to have the misled perspective that I am the only one who's seen these "longer overseas cut(s)". The Dutch and Australian tapes have been common knowledge as differing from and being slightly longer than the Planet Video/21st Century Distribution released cut for a considerable time and I am hardly the only one who has posted a commentary regarding this either here, at imdb, or on several other fan-based message boards populating the net like so many charming malignancies. The two-hour cut of NIGHTMARE which might have comprised the footage that the Code Red staff posted information about within this bulletin does not exist, maybe the footage was shot, as seems to be so, but, even if so, it was never formally integrated into any release prints and would now seem to be, alas, lost forever. The Australian Video Classics Gold vhs tape release from the early 1980's runs approximately 99 minutes and 24 seconds and this is expanded upon and differs from the Planet Video cut solely in terms of a dialogue sequence involving the babysitter character but also differs in that the shot of the severed head opening its eyes only is shown once at the juncture immediately following the shot of Baird Stafford closing his eyes whilst lying upon the motel bed. The Dutch official vhs release from the 1980's (which was then heavily bootlegged in a supposedly official release version along with a bunch of other out of print Dutch prerecords/films by Nico B. through his KultVideo shop in Amsterdam) print appears, from all accounts, to be identical to the Australian Video Classics Gold print. Here is the link to the artwork for the Aussie tape release:
I am offended deeply by your assertion that I stated that Code Red have "no right" releasing the Planet Video cut, or any other cuts dissimilar to the ones I seemed to be extolling. I never made such a ridiculous statement.
As far as I am concerned, Code Red can and should release the best quality and most complete version economically as well as pragmatically feasible and I support them irregardless of which version manifests in the end. I am confident that they will do the best job they can. Perhaps if the time and means were illimitable, a realistically transferable to dvd source print could be located that is synchronous with the prints of the film that I personally feel are "correct", but Code Red is a smaller, intimate, fan-conceived and run entity and this type of extenuating and exhaustive searching is probably not very practical and would be to the detriment of their logistics right now and as well considering all of the other work they are intending to do regarding the considerate, thoughtful restorations of other cult films.
I am sorry that you are purchasing the "wrong" bootlegs….lol………..Why is it my duty to provide you or anyone else with my copies of my own shitty dubs of foreign prints? Certainly there are others as well in possession of these tapes!!?? Anyone posting here as well as running the show could find dubs or perhaps even originals if they're lucky. The fact of the matter is that a vhs prerecord that is more than twenty five years old is hardly a source print that can be restored unto any acceptable dvd release manifestation by Code Red or anyone else. Nor is it likely (though not impossible) that procuring such a tape would enable anyone to locate or even put someone on the trail of a different foreign source 35mm print or materials that one could use to author a sound dvd if that is your intended implication?
I would adore seeing this cut of the film restored, but I won't AT ALL condemn Code Red for trying their best and I still support them wholly. Now, if they wanted to confirm the head shot thing with me as existent within the other prints and consider to edit out the out of place shot from their release version, then that's another story……… ;-) hee hee
Steven (NOT "Stephen")
- March 3, 2008 at 5:30 AM
- Anonymous said...
Sorry, the link didn't
come out, go to:
and search for NIGHTMARE.
- March 3, 2008 at 5:34 AM
- Anonymous said...
Well, Code Red or anyone else still fail to provide answers for why a longer, more complete version of "Nightmare" does exist and within the version, why that "head shot" only appears once.
- March 3, 2008 at 12:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
Read the entire posting and comment thread. There is no longer version, and the head shot has been explained.
- March 3, 2008 at 2:30 PM
- Anonymous said...
I did read the posting, did you? There are longer prints "officially" released on Dutch and Australian foreign vhs tapes in the early 80's containing one extra scene with the babysitter that is not in the Planet version and those prints contain only one "head shot". If these prints were shorter than the "New York" cut, might explain other cuts but these prints ARE longer! Reality of existence of these longer prints with different head shot contradicts the information in the posting.
- March 3, 2008 at 3:21 PM
- Anonymous said...
No such scenes exist in the Dutch or Australian tapes. That's a rumor that has been debunked.
If not, post these scenes on youtube and prove it.
- March 3, 2008 at 4:29 PM
- Anonymous said...
You're completely wrong, man. This is nuts! I have only vhs copies and no way to put them on my pc. Surely someone else must have copies of these tape versions to upload and help us prove this to these people?!!!?
- March 4, 2008 at 12:09 AM
- Anonymous said...
If you have such a mythical beast in your possession, get a friend to upload it to youtube. Barring that, post exact descriptions of these prologue scenes, dialogue, running time of scene, the shots before, the shots after, etc. Make it convincing.
- March 4, 2008 at 9:32 AM
- Anonymous said...
Great idea no one has ever mentioned! Why not release an extra disc of the brilliant and absolutely killer orchestral music score by Jack Eric Williams? Similar has been done by other companies for lesser score and lesser films!
- March 4, 2008 at 4:02 PM
- delicreep said...
Let's be frank, here. Nightmare's script is ridiculous, the acting as atrocious, and the plot is moronic. Do we really want to sit through a LONGER version?
That was slightly tongue in cheek. Yes, as a collector and movie lover, I like to know that I'm getting the most complete version. However, if the director didn't see fit to include--nor can he even recall--most of the scenes in question, I don't see why anyone would scour the earth looking for them. Especially if the source is going to have to be VHS.
If Scavolini is involved and doesn't see that these alleged scenes are critical, then there's no reason for them to be included if the source is inferior. Considering that they are not shots of more gore or sleaze--which is what the film has going for it--then I would really have to wonder if throwing resources in that direction is prudent.
I actually love the little controversy surrounding this release. It highlights the almost surreal nature of the horror/exploitation enthusiast's quest for dependable sources for our films: we want the best experience from our rotten little gems (in part because many of them are legitimately great films), we rally for companies to polish our cinematic turds, our dirty little secrets of a bygone era that we use to shock and amaze the uninitiated, and we shake our fists with rage when our exceedingly high expectations are not met. I do not envy any company that produces remastered genre DVD's for this crowd.
This isn't to say I think that the current discourse regarding Nightmare is trivial or futile. Well, it might ultimately prove to be futile, but not trivial.
For my money, I just want to see a clean version of the film, with some nice supplements. From all that I have read, the Planet Video version seems to be complete in terms of what the director put together. If this is the case, then I won't be bent out of shape if this is the version Code Red goes to. But, we won't know until Code Red tells us, and they don't have to until they are ready.
As for Scavolini's other movies, I would love to see someone release his giallo 'Spirits of Death' aka Un Bianco vestito per Marialé. Which doesn't, in any way, translate into Spirits of Death.
- March 4, 2008 at 4:21 PM
- sickofnightmarefan said...
OK here's the deal: some overseas versions may or may not have the second "head shot" removed. THIS SHOT IS IN THE US NEGATIVE, MADE WHERE THE FILM WAS EDITED FOR ITS FINAL VERSION! If this foreign tape has the extra shot removed, it was done THERE and isn't the original (admittedly flawed) vision of the editor, who has been given Scavolini's blessing. Stephen, move on!!
- March 4, 2008 at 6:12 PM
- Anonymous said...
For DeliCreep:
haha Delicreep, you're on shaky ground criticizing NIGHTMARE whilst professing fondness for SOLE SURVIVOR! *wink wink hahaha
Seriously though, NIGHTMARE is so often criticized for these reasons and I disagree wholly with those contentions. NIGHTMARE was a permutation of the whole slasher golden period harvest bounty initiated by the financial success of Carpenter's HALLOWEEN (an equally derivative film in and of itself). But, unlike all of the other opportunistic clones, Scavolini's conscious intention was to subvert precisely the type of almost comic book type personification of a killer that was embodied within the Michael Meyers character in HALLOWEEN. In actuality, NIGHTMARE's entire structure is consciously inverting and subverting the structure of HALLOWEEN, whilst concurrently and arguably owing its existence to Carpenter's film. Scavolini purposefully set out to subvert HALLOWEEN down to the wire. Every element, of which there are many, shared as parallels between both HALLOWEEN and NIGHTMARE's structural plot mechanics are direct acts of interpolative terrorism on Scavolini's part. It's as if NIGHTMARE is engaging in patricide, slaughtering its creator in an act of rebellion and objection, just as the entire dream within a dream within reality of NIGHTMARE is predicated upon patricide, killing your father/creator just as NIGHTMARE is doing thematically and symbolically unto its "creator", HALLOWEEN....lol.....The acting is fine, I don't know wherein you derive your criteria for judging acting, maybe you are more impressed by stagy, classical Hollywood over-acting of the overripe strident variety which seems to impress most as well as reap ludicrous 'awards'? The way the children and mother characters behave is highly unmannered and low-key from an acting standpoint as it is less stylized, more plausible however. C.J. Cooke is wonderful and completely believable kid. Sequences such as the mother serving the screaming kids hastily burnt dinner just before the police car pulls up are so reminiscent to me of my own house as a child...haha...The psychiatrist and d.i.a. government feds characters are intentionally written as inept and myopic within their procedures and behaviors in their given situations as these types are so often this way with these government and clinical types, gross errors of judgment and oversights and stupidity....commentary is being made here, Scavolini is highly socio-politically minded as it inflects and predicates many of his films and documentaries. technically the film is nearly flawless considering its budgetary restrictions and, honestly, a slicker, more technically stylized approach just wouldn't work at all for the material. The camera movements and the manner within which they flow into one another through cross-cutting bear a conscious symmetry as does the very carefully thought about manner within which the elements from Tatum's recurring nightmare are incessantly juxtaposed with his conscious undertakings in the "real time" of the film. These contrasted dream elements are hardly empty, mathematical stylizations as in, for example, an Argento or DePalma film, they offer insight and depth and provocation in terms of character and situational psychologies within the film. Argento even rips off Scavolini (just as Argento has ripped off countless other filmmakers from early on and now even ripping off his own films in brain-dead self-parody in all of his latter period dreck) it seems by stealing the shot wherein Tatum appears over a victim's shoulder when she bends down. Dario uses the same shot in TENEBRE. Even such small details as the cutting away to an inner mind, idyllic, and innocent "portrait" of Tatum's wife's smiling face whilst he is smelling her underwear is a gauge upon which one can discern intellect, psychological depth, and thought regarding the execution and construction of NIGHTMARE. The sequence where C.J. is interrogated by the police officer presiding over his friend's corpse is very real, singularly harrowing, and very effective.....haha...I could go on....Yes, I am total geek, I confess........... :)
The lower middle class, broken, unstable family, the corrupt, completely vile government psychiatrists and physicians, the babysitter and her relationship with the children/mother, the lower class suburban environment, the mask worn, Tatum's "boogeyman" persona/character, Tatum's murder of and fixation upon his parents as opposed to sister etc. ........The thematic and formal parallels with HALLOWEEN are all there, but they are all inverted and hence, subverted, assassinated almost.......The technical stylization of the film also is within diametric opposition to the technical stylization of Carpenter's film. All of the elements, exposition, locations, dramatic mechanics that people cite as being boring and poor and slow moving are compelling, wonderfully atmospheric, and necessary to the film, nothing is empty or filler...Okay, I have gone on long enough with my NIGHTMARE love rant!!!!
DeliCreep, That Scavolini giallo, which he did the amazing cinematography for as well by the way, is highly underrated and criminally obscure. Scavolini himself is far too critical of it as well...haha.........
- March 4, 2008 at 6:36 PM
- Anonymous said...
Quote: "Tatum's recurring nightmare are incessantly juxtaposed with his conscious undertakings in the "real time" of the film."
Steven, with the comment you made above, I still don't understand why you don't understand why there's a subliminal flash of the freaky, severed head nightmare image repeated later in the film. It fits entirely within the way this film is structured, and it's a shame foreign audiences didn't get to see it.
- March 5, 2008 at 9:37 AM
- Anonymous said...
Dear "last" anonymous:
Cut from Tatum as a child closing the bedroom door from outside of it whilst staring still inside of the bedroom and into the camera. Cuts then directly to shot of severed head opening its eyes. Cuts directly then to Tatum as adult lying upon the motel room bed, eyes open and then he finally closes his eyes in exhaustion within the same shot. Cuts then directly to the exact SAME shot (Not closer, no alternate angle, the same) of the severed opening its eyes and a rumbling, dissonant sound is heard this time on the soundtrack. The shock of this is spoiled, for one thing by seeing the exact same shot of the head opening its eyes literally a few seconds before. The silence accompanying the first placed shot of it opening its eyes and its placement are very awkward and seem truly like an error and SO close to the same shot being used to make a symbolic point as well as shock immediately after George closing his eyes. Nowhere else in the film's continually juxtaposed and referenced dream imagery is there such a proximal repetition of the exact same shot from any other portion of the nightmare either which is suspect regarding the contention that it was consciously appointed "style". Perhaps a reel change resulted in this possible error, I didn't time the juncture precisely though? The head shot only appearing once in the foreign tapes is highly suspect, do you really think someone would go out of their way to edit out such a shot on purpose, or were errors made in some 21st Century Distribution print(s-?), or as it all totally intended on the part of the editing, which it seems Scavolini may have possibly had nothing to do with? I don't profess to have the answers but, sorry, I truly feel that the shot does not belong there, my gut feeling is that it was some kind of mistake, especially since prints exist where the shot occurs once during that ten seconds as opposed to twice. Maybe it can all be directly addressed by Scavolini when he does the audio commentary for the film playback on the Code Red release, as he hopefully will do.
- March 5, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Anonymous said...
I always want more head myself! The more, the merrier! What's the problem?
Code Red should implement seamless branching so you can watch the film with or without the extra head shot. I'm joking, of course, but it shows you really how absurd this whole issue is.
- March 5, 2008 at 2:21 PM
- eduardo Risperdal said...
I just check my vhs and this so-called head scene is diffrent. it's not the same. diffrent background sound/music. You just hate to admit you are wrong weirdo for you have zero evidence. Just because you want the scene out, doesn't mean to lie. Nutcase.
- March 5, 2008 at 6:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
You're the nutcase you insulting moron. You're completely WRONG!!! It's exactly as I stated. Your judgment is faulty, confused..........
- March 5, 2008 at 6:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think this blog has run its course. "Steven" is correct about the scene and placement as it is in the 98 minute planet video tape print. Maybe this other guy is looking at one of the many vhs releases of the film that runs just over 90 minutes as these are hacked to pieces all over the place but I don't know if that footage is different in those versions but probably as they are all hacked and messed up. Whether or not the shot was meant to be in the planet version I don't know but sounds like it is if code red say the right specific clear info to Scavolini and he then comments on it. I have not seen the foreign dutch or australian tapes though so I don't know about those.
- March 5, 2008 at 7:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
hey surely this argument has gone on long enough. I live in Sydney and have seen the Video Classics release (in fact it still exists in the crusty old VHS section of my local library). HOWEVER, there is no way I'm going to give this ridiculous bitch-fight any more power by checking out the running time of the Australian release. Nightmare really isn't that great a film anyway. I'm sure Code Red will do a good job no matter which version they release.
- March 6, 2008 at 12:17 PM
- Anonymous said...
Whether or not you think a film is great is irrelevant and redundant to the matter. Although I am sure that your tastes and opinions are very important, impeccable, and are worlds beyond lowly garbage such as "Nightmare". I also didn't think that the SOLE and ONLY reason for these blogs was to bend over and be penetrated anally by Code Red and then in turn to suck off their excrement slathered member. You are the submissive "bitch" here.
- March 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- Anonymous said...
Quote:"I live in Sydney and have seen the Video Classics release (in fact it still exists in the crusty old VHS section of my local library). HOWEVER, there is no way I'm going to give this ridiculous bitch-fight any more power by checking out the running time of the Australian release."
I think it's hilarious that your local library has NIGHTMARE for rental. It would be great, and would put an end to the rumors, if you did take the video out and take a look at it. Not so much to see if there's a repeated shot of the head, as it has been established that the original materials and prints have it, but some tape transfers dont... but to debunk or prove if there's a dialogue scene with the babysitter.
- March 7, 2008 at 10:01 AM
- Anonymous said...
Cmon y'all... does this one trivial shot really matter?
I like to think of myself as a die-hard completest as well (especially when it comes to horror films and long forgotten gems like this)... but a line has to be drawn somewhere. It's not as though it's a KEY scene, and it's not as though the difference between 2 'eye-opening shots' are really going to affect a film of THIS caliber all that much. Let's face it... it's not a great film. I love it as I'm sure you all do, but the film is neither hindered nor helped with the absence or presence of this second shot. I've only ever seen the film with this second shot present anyhow...
I know of the fabled babysitter scene as I have a bootleg of (what I believe to be) the dutch video. This scene is there (the kids come down the stairs, whine about staying up late, and the Cathy flips out on them). And, even being the completest I am, I could really care less if this shot makes it onto the dvd or not. Neither of these scenes are paramount to the film.
Look at the posts, pages, time and arguing that this minor issue has caused!! Can't we all just relax and be happy that this film is getting the attention it finally deserves? Even though the negative is toast, these guys are doing everything humanly possible to clean it up...we're getting extras.. a trailer for christ's sake! (can ANYONE who wasn't of age back when this was released claim to have seen a trailer for it?!)
Just relax y'all, it's going to be a stellar release. And you KNOW you're going to grab a copy when it's released.
If you want to talk about film butchery, why don't you all hit up Paramount or Columbia and join the fight to get "My Bloody Valentine" and "Happy Birthday To Me" released uncut? The footage DOES exist, and is in great condition...
Let's put our energy where it's needed!
- March 12, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
Thanks, anonymous. I completely agree about My Bloody Valentine and Happy Birthday to Me.
Can you tell me exactly where the babysitter thingy appears in your Dutch bootleg?
- March 12, 2008 at 4:34 PM
- Anonymous said...
Yup, it's right near the beginning, before she has her rooftop scare. She's watching tv and the kids (except for CJ) come down and ask if they can stay up and watch TV or something (it's been a while). She immediately barks at the kids (almost literally) to get up the stairs.
I'm pretty sure it's from a dutch copy as it has what I believe to be dutch subtitles. I downloaded this off bittorrent.
The other version I have was purchased from Truegore.com, which is the version I'm sure most people are familiar with (all violence intact, no extra baby-sitter scene, no subtitles)
Hope this helps
- March 12, 2008 at 8:06 PM
- Anonymous said...
The presence of this scene plus the head shot appearing only once confirms, ABSOLUTELY that the cut that Code Red are releasing is NOT correct. Whether you think this film is important enough or worthwhile enough to be restored properly is moot and irrelevant. The first shot of the head is a fucking mistake and if this were some Argento film no one would object at all to anyone complaining about it. I happen to believe this film is an extremely well-made masterpiece and SHOULD be restored correctly, goddammit. Yes, the first wrong insertion of the head shot DOES spoil its proper insertion seconds later, period!!!! It's not in a print that is MORE complete than the PLANET print so it should not be there, those foreign tapes are the ONLY CORRECT edits of NIGHTMARE. END OF FUCKING ARGUMENT, existence of the this longer cut with one head shot proves this IRREFUTABLY. I just wish that Code Red would have admitted from the beginning that they just don't have the means, energy, money, or even desire to search for a proper print, I am sure it's out there somewhere though. Maybe they should leave the release to a company that cares more about the film than they seem to or than many of the blog posters here even seem to. If they had only admitted this from the beginning and not concocted b.s. just to cover it up and make their source material appear legitimate, this whole stupid argument, which I was correct about from the start, could have been avoided.
To all of the Code Red defense team: If this was one of your favorite films, you would complain yourselves and want the print complete and in its proper edit. This really is hardly too much to ask and no one should be criticized for asking. ANY FILM SHOULD BE RESTORED PROPERLY NO MATTER WHAT IT IS OR WHAT ANYONE'S OPINION OF IT IS.................
I hope you drop this release and allow someone else to restore it properly.
- March 12, 2008 at 11:03 PM
- Anonymous said...
p.s. I won't any longer read any more of nor contribute to any more of this nauseating vomit either so you can all celebrate and throw a huge party within the glowing light shed by absence and my presence no longer gracing your hallowed blog spaces.......
- March 12, 2008 at 11:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
- March 12, 2008 at 11:43 PM
- Leslie Harrison said...
This anti-gay statement steven and anonymous is posting is offensive. steven is homophobic and he is filled with hate. anonymous last post is offensive. code red's webmaster, please remove them from the blog. thank you.
- March 13, 2008 at 3:56 AM
- Anonymous said...
Leslie: I'm gay. And I didn't even find that offensive. For one, Steve said nothing anti-gay... and that second guy was an inbred douche... how could you (gay or straight) even remotely take offence to that? You're a whiney bitch who needs therapy.
To elaborate just a bit more before I leave this blog for good:
I do not have my tongue up Code Red's ass, in fact they've made quite a few moves that have really upset me (biting off more titles than they can chew, etc). But, I repeat, these minor shots are NOT important and no one except those with NO LIVES gives a good goddamn about them. In fact, at this point, I would just like to see it released EDITED just to watch you fuckers squirm yourselves into a blog-trolling frenzy.
Like I said, I don't agree with everything Code Red does, but it's evident they ARE taking great care with this DVD release. You want them to give the rights up to this film? Then you'll probably never see this released (remember Program Power?). Content to just keep around your grainy old bootlegs? Then get off this blog and go watch them.
Just take a long look at this blog. This really isn't a matter of missing footage and a complete film (and I'm sure within the next 2 days there's going to be at least 3-4 trolls counter-attacking this point). This is just a battle concerning who's right and who's wrong. At the end of the day, does it really matter? Do you think any of you're bitching is going to impact this release at all?
It's blogs like this that almost make me ashamed to be a horror fan. This is almost as bad as the trolling you see in World of Warcraft or some other online 'sensation' that attracts people who believe their opinions matter the most.
I am NOT kissing their asses, but Code Red is doing their best, and I support them with this release. It's the only release of this film we've been able to count on in... ever. To throw all this away because of one or 2 minor shots...well... if you're willing to do that, you're obviously not concerned with the film at all... You're just concerned with being right.
- March 13, 2008 at 6:57 AM
- Anonymous said...
"Nightmare" should be restored in correct and 'proper" way and is NOT and NO amount of extras makes up for this!
I'd rather to have NO extras at all and to have movie restored CORRECTLY! Print being used is mistake and not intended vision!
Show Romano Scavolini BOTH versions side by side and ask him then what he thinks about which to release and then prove this by have him on camera saying he seen both and supports "Code Red" version. You're lying about what he is saying and if he does say these things in your main post here then you are also lying about the information that is presented and way it is being presented to Scavolini about your release "cut".
"Nightmare" original theatrical trailer is hardly "rare" as it was available on other "Planet Video" titles which I am sure is "Code Red" source for trailer.
Please let someone else restore "Nightmare" in the right way!
- March 13, 2008 at 7:44 AM
- Anonymous said...
it's funny many wants CODE RED to drop the title and give it to another label. I don't see other label update blog as much as code red does. Doesn't make sense, unless these complaint are from people who never liked code red to begin with. just my two cents worth.
- March 13, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Anonymous said...
Unbelievable - these trolls just go on and on and on, and they are illiterate as well. Advice to you trolls: stay longer in English class instead of whacking off to your "Nightmare" bootlegs. You'll go further in the world and maybe even make a friend or two, although I have reservations about that.
I can't tell all of the anonymous trolls apart (as far as I know they are the same troll because they all have the same illiteracy), but the Steven fanatic is really getting out-of-hand. Didn't he say recently he was finally giving up on the issue, but then he continues to rant on and on about the same shit over and over again? What a complete douche.
And just because there's an "alternate" version of the film from some obscure Dutch videotape release that has an extra babysitter scene proves NOTHING about what the preferred version of the film is. A lot of TV-prints of movies have deleted scenes put back in, there are alternate cuts sometimes prepared for various markets, sometimes extended-sometimes shortened for various distributors, etc. It proves NOTHING. This idiot probably feels Code Red should get every deleted scene shot for the film and never used restored into the film to make a 3-hour+ epic. The footage was cut for a reason, but since the footage was shot by Scavolini, it should ALL be in the film! Every last frame. Otherwise it's BUTCHERED!!! I sure wish Anchor Bay had released the authentic export version of Argento's DEEP RED on DVD instead of the bloated extended version with all that comedy-romance crap edited back in. Get the point? Longer does not always mean the preferred final cut.
To the trolls and, yes, you Steven are one of them, although a bit more literate - please DO go away. I think most of us sane people here have had enough of your juvenile rants and whining. My advice for the mature members here from now on is to simply ignore the homophobes and the trolls. Remember the old line, "Please don't feed the trolls." They deserve nothing, not even a response. So, DO GO AWAY as you have promised us above. Go now. Be true to your word and just as Blondie once sung, "go away and stay away".
- March 13, 2008 at 3:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
Holy crap dude... that was a brilliant post lol. Couldn't have said it better myself (FYI, i'm the "anonymous" that first stated these shots aren't really important, and had a post about having the extra babysitter scene etc etc... will be registering an acct soon).
We need more posters like you.
- March 13, 2008 at 4:15 PM
- Anonymous said...
Forthcoming Code Red release of this film is WRONG and an INSULT to the film and any admirer of it.
All of the Code Red defense squad (obviously Code Red employees, too) here are the worst VERMIN. You ALL know ZERO about the film(s), some have mercenary and monetary interests, and you don't really even CARE about the film(s), you only care about if the movie is on a shit dvd or not, that is the most important factor for you. You are ALL the worst most superficial and opportunistic VERMIN, DORKS, GEEKS, FANBOYS, and the WORST ENEMIES to the proper treatment of these movies imaginable. You should all be shot in the head.
Mike Vraney (SWV) has located often gorgeous and complete prints of films FAR more obscure than NIGHTMARE and he has made an art of it through diligence, perseverance, and passion for many, many years .
I am sure since you are in such close contact with Scavolini that he'll be doing audio commentary and be shown the longer print for comparison of the extra scene and the head edit as well and address the issues directly on the disc, no?
All you care about is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
- March 13, 2008 at 5:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Troll says, "You should all be shot in the head."
OK, well now this idiot is threatening murder, or at least condoning murder. Shows what kind of character we are dealing with here, folks. Nothing more needs to be said. Pray for the future of the human race.
- March 13, 2008 at 5:34 PM
- Dr Butcher said...
Don't foget to assassinate the folks at BCI/Eclipse as well, as aparently, they have alot of say on what is on Code Red products as they are their distributors. WOW, it came to actual death threats now, amazing.
- March 13, 2008 at 5:36 PM
- delicreep said...
Well, as of 6:48pm on 3/13, Romano Scavolini has spoken, and clearly. The matter of the proper print is closed.
- March 14, 2008 at 8:19 AM
- Tenebre81 said...
Thank god. Hopefully (though it's doubtful), this will reduce the amount on trolling on this blog concerning "Nightmare".
Any complaints following Romano's statement will only prove that the poster is just a shit-disturber with absolutely NO LIFE. If it really bothers them so much, here's a suggestion: Make your own cut. You're all so sure that this extra footage is easy to find etc... How about you recut the film and release it?
Code Red is doing everything in their power to make this a good release. The negative is toast... most DVD companies would give up after that!
If you think you can do it better, I would LOVE to see you try.
- March 14, 2008 at 10:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
Haha, that shut the trolling fucker up. Code Red have been selling their souls to give the film a proper release, one that'll never come around again. And these fat monitor huggers are going nuts because it's not some Australian cut or something. Pathetic. Or should I say, fat monitor huggER. It's obviously just one guy.
So yes! Thanks for the post Code Red. It should calm the storm...for now!
- March 17, 2008 at 2:57 PM
- Dr. Gangrene said...
Dear Anonymous: I have a friend in Sydney that's willing to rent and check out the VHS from the local library you mention. Can you please post the name/location of the library? Thanks!
Quote: "Hey surely this argument has gone on long enough. I live in Sydney and have seen the Video Classics release (in fact it still exists in the crusty old VHS section of my local library)."
- March 28, 2008 at 8:59 AM
- Lost said...
I've seen three bootleg versions of the film. The longest runs 99 minutes and includes BOTH SHOTS of the severed head opening its eyes. It has Dutch subtitles.
- October 21, 2008 at 7:46 PM
- zaroff said...
My my, i've just read a monstrous number of pages, of folks arguing over how many times somebody opens their eyes in a trashy 80's flick, and even suggesting vengeance upon wrongdoers!
Perhaps if Code Red just releases an acceptably clean print with the bloody parts intact, strange people can stop ranting about it.
It is, after all, just a film. And yes, you should keep repeating it.
- March 15, 2009 at 7:41 AM
- Anonymous said...
How about Code Red just releases the fucking thing already? They've had long enough. I'm not buying the whole "We need someone to translate italian" thing.
Just get this goddamn DVD out WITH the suppliments.
- April 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM


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NEWPORT Gwent Dragons will once again finish as Wales' worst region after being beaten 34-23 by the Scarlets in Llanelli.
The Rodney Parade region endured another pointless RaboDirect Pro12 encounter and slump since the turn of the year – taking a dismal 7 points from a possible 50 - means that Cardiff Blues are now out of their reach.
The tenth-placed Dragons headed west on a wave of a crest furore after abandoning a web vote for a new logo because of a negative reaction.
And after half an hour it looked like very few of the Dragons would be doing the badge proud in Llanelli when their hosts crossed for a third try to make it 24-3.
Thankfully the visitors rallied to make a game of it but, once again, they were left with nothing to show for their honest toil.
It wasn't all doom and gloom and the performance of the back three of the excellent Hallam Amos and wings Tom Prydie and Will Harries provided plenty of excitement.
However, the Dragons were once again let down by a faltering set piece, something that simply has to get better next season (a phrase that has been uttered for many years).
Defeat ensured a pair of miserable eights for the Dragons – it means that 2013/14 will be the eighth season out of 11 that they have suffered away whitewashes against their regional rivals and the eighth time that they have finished as Wales' worst region.
The pointless trip west means that Lyn Jones' side can no longer catch the Blues but also leaves them needing to beat Treviso at Rodney Parade next Saturday to avoid a repeat of last term's shocking 11th-place finish in the Pro12.
Not only that, but the Dragons will hope Zebre don't stun Glasgow in Scotland or they could end up bottom of the pile.
Against the Ospreys a fortnight earlier it was scoreless as they headed to the Millennium Stadium sheds but sadly the scoreboard operator was much, much busier in Llanelli.
The Dragons actually made a lively start and were good value for a 3-0 lead after 10 minutes courtesy of a Kris Burton penalty.
From there it went wrong. Badly wrong.
The Scarlets scored a pair of tries courtesy of their well-drilled driving lineout; the Dragons may have stopped the mauls but conceded from the following phases on their line to Wales lock Jake Ball and impressive scrum-half Gareth Davies.
They went over for their third from inside their own half just past the half-hour when Lions centre Jonathan Davies exposed Wales Under-20s prospect Jack Dixon in defence before allowing Davies to put Jordan Williams over.
Priestland, who had earlier booted a penalty, made it three conversions from three.
Game over at 24-3? It seemed so but the Dragons rallied in the final stages of the half.
First Burton booted over a penalty from in front of the sticks and that conservative call proved to be the correct one when the ex-Italy fly-half intercepted Priestland just inside his own half.
The 20-year-old Burton may have made it all the way but the 33-year-old did not have the legs on the covering Davies so passed to centre Pat Leach, who shipped the ball on to wing Tom Prydie to go over.
The half-time score of 24-13 was nothing to write home about but the late scores at least saved the Parc y Scarlets crockery from being thrown against the away changing room wall.
And the Dragons made an excellent start to the second half when Burton chipped between the sticks to make it an eight-point game, but they were swiftly back under the pump.
The Scarlets piled the pressure on and won a penalty close to the line. They swiftly opted for the scrum and even the introduction of tighthead Duncan Bell couldn't stop the Dragons being marched backwards.
Thankfully the ball popped out but the hosts retained possession, kept the attack going and Wales hooker Ken Owens dotted down for the bonus point, Priestland's conversion making it 31-16.
A fifth try looked on the cards approaching the hour when the hosts piled the pressure on against the Dragons, who were down to 14 men courtesy of hooker Rhys Thomas' yellow for dragging down a maul, but instead it was the other line that was crossed.
Turnover ball was hacked to halfway, Harries won the race to it and offloaded to Leach to put a peach of a kick through for Prydie.
Tovey converted to make it 31-23 entering the final quarter only for a sweetly-struck Priestland penalty to increase the Scarlets' lead to 11 and snuffed out any slim hopes of a rare Dragons away win.
Scarlets: S Shingler, K Phillips (F Climo 56), J Davies (captain), O Barkley (G Maule 60), J Williams, R Priestland, G Davies (R Williams 68), P John (R Evans 61), K Owens (K Myhill 68), S Lee (R Jones 62), J Ball, G Earle (J Snyman 40), J Turnbull, J Barclay, R McCusker (A Shingler 31-16).
Scorers: tries – J Ball, G Davies, J Williams, K Owens; conversions – R Priestland (4); penalties – R Priestland (2)
Dragons: H Amos, T Prydie, P Leach (T Morgan 68), J Dixon, W Harries, K Burton (J Tovey 52), R Rees (J Evans 15-19, 68), P Price (O Evans 75), R Thomas (S Parry 72), B Douglas (D Bell 44), A Coombs (captain), M Screech (D Waters 75), L Evans (S Parry 53-60, J Groves 60), N Cudd, T Faletau.
Scorers: tries – T Prydie (2); conversions – K Burton, J Tovey; penalties – K Burton (3)
Referee: Leighton Hodges (Bridgend)
Attendance: 6,521
Argus star man: Hallam Amos


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Composed in 1913
Composed for the
Garde Républicaine Band
Published in 1917
Premiere in 1925
First recording in 1950
1992: was considered in the "Top 10" of Band compositions
Grade V, challenging repertoire
Use for Band competitions in Japan
Influence: Schmitt is fascinated with exotic themes
Festival in ancient Greece celebrating the God of Wine, fertility, drama etc. : Dionysus
Score Analysis
Score Analysis (next part)
Performance practices
Need solid performers on every part
Interesting piece
Challenging piece
Orchestral music
Orchestrated to project effects
Almost a programmatic work
Very descriptive
Foreshadowing the works written a little bit later.
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Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
French composer
Studied composition with Gabriel Fauré and Theodore Dubois at the Paris Conservatoire
Won the Prix de Rome in 1900
Composed for multiple forms of music, except opera.
Influenced to compose for wind band after is time in World War I.
Composed two works for band and percussions: Dionysiaques and Marche Militaire form the two sections of Op. 62 and Slamlik, Op. 48
Composed tree quartets for winds
Wind chamber music
Recipient of the
Grand Prix de Musique de Paris
and was named Commander in the Order of the Légion d'honneur
Florent Schmitt
Op. 62 No 1
Use full wind band instrumentation but not standardized American instrumentation
2 versions:
1913 version: with contrabass sarrusophone in C, trumpet in C and 2 bugles in Bb and Eb.
1975 (Guy M. Duker): with modern instrumentation
Formal Scheme
Form: Intro - ABA'B'- Coda
Intro: Non-thematic
Four main motives
Compositional techniques used: transposition, extension, truncation and inversion
Six themes
Harmonic structure
Common chord types but the harmonic progression is not used in traditional way
The use of linear and vertical tritone = dissonant effect.
Ex: C/F# alternating and creating a tritone.
Elusive tonality: Give a tonal idea and than divert from it.
Rhythm and meter
4 motives:
1) The wedge motive
2) The hover motive
3) The ascent/descent motive
4) The 2/3 motive
Consonant or dissonant
Forceful rhythmic writing
Dichotomy in rhythm: some themes are fuild, other are agressive
His goal: bluring the sens of meter to create a sense of energy and tension:
Regular meter with challenging rhythm
Accent at irregular places
Hemiola figures
Play with entrances
Ex: m. 274
The afterbeat is over-emphasized = savage rituals
Intensify the impact of rhythm, melody, harmony and texture.
Used to create mood, tension, images and feelings from the listeners.
Correlation between dynamics and rhythm:
Ex: forte = crescendo, forceful rhythm, elevate rhythmic activity, accelerendo etc.
piano = decrescendo, slow motion, blurred rhythm, thin texture etc.
Timbre and Orchestration
1st Group: Motive 1 and 4
Themes are separated into two groups. The differences concern the color, range, rhythmic character and the shape or melody.
Motive 1: m. 1-3
Motive 4: m. 8-9
Played by low brass and woodwinds
None flowing melodic shape
Uncommon rhythm
2nd Group: Motive 2 and 3
Motive 2: m. 4
Motive 3: m. 7-8
Played by high woodwinds
Insipide rhythm
High technical demands for each part to create the desired texture:
High ability of tonguing
Difficult fingering
Extreme registers
Arduous entrances
Challenging rhythms
Scarce texture
m. 267
Main features
Very descriptive
Powerful rhythmic activity
Expressive orchestral color
Exoticism in chromatic elements
Exploit the different colors and timbres of the wind orchestra instead of repressing these differences.
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James A. Simmons, 75, of rural Columbia City, died at 12:40 p.m. Monday, January 14, 2013, at Miller's Merry Manor, Columbia City, where he had been a resident since Nov. 8, 2012. He was born Jan. 31, 1937, in Huntington, a son of the late Benjamin and Elsie (Shoaf) Simmons. His formative years were spent in Columbia City. He attended Columbia City High School.On Aug. 30, 1968, he was united in marriage to Doris E. Brown. They have always made their home in Whitley County.He was employed for 30 years with International Harvester, Fort Wayne, working in the proving grounds. He was also a volunteer for 25 years with the Columbia City Fire Department and was a former member of the Thorncreek Volunteer Fire Department.He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles 1906, Columbia City. In his spare time he enjoyed raising and riding horses. Surviving relatives include his wife of 44 years, Doris; sons, James A. (Sandy) Simmons of Harrisburg, Pa., Dennis D. Simmons of Columbia City, Daniel G. Simmons of Monroe, Mich. and Robert Ewing of Columbia City; daughters, Tamera S. Simmons of Columbia City, Lisa Simmons of Churubusco and Diana Simmons of Columbia City; 13 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and a sister, Mabel Mabie of Columbia City.He was preceded in death by two children, Rebecca Buckles and Michael Simmons; brothers, Paul, Eddie, Joe, Ned and Charles Simmons and two sisters, Ruby Bird and Ann Crawford.The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Smith & Sons Funeral Home, Columbia City. The burial will be at the South Whitley Cemetery. The visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Condolences may be sent to www.smithandsonsfuneralhome.com.


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