- published: 23 Jan 2016
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Urania ( /jʊˈreɪniə/; Greek: Οὐρανία; which stems from the Greek word for 'heavenly' or 'of heaven') was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus. She is usually depicted with a globe in her left hand. She is able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars. She is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit.
Urania dresses in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the Heavens. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her.
During the Renaissance, Urania began to be considered the Muse for Christian poets. In the invocation to Book 7 of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, the poet invokes Urania to aid his narration of the creation of the cosmos, though he cautions that it is "[t]he meaning, not the name I call" (7.5).
Muse magazine features Urania as one of the characters in the "Kokopelli and Co." comic strip by Larry Gonick published in each issue of the magazine. She is the only original muse who remains among the "new muses" featured in the magazine.
Actors: John Spignesi (actor), Bradley Creanzo (actor), John Spignesi (editor), John Spignesi (director), John Spignesi (composer), Robert Youngren (actor), Genoveva Rossi (actress), Alan Bendich (actor), Crystal Lonneberg (actress), Michael Shershenovich (actor), Ludovic Coutaud (actor), Vance Clemente (actor), Damon Fields (actor), Jacob Berger (actor), Rani Karnik (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Horror,Actors: Juan Diego Botto (actor), Steven Bauer (actor), Isabella Rossellini (actress), Tomas Milian (actor), Andrés Vicente Gómez (producer), David Zayas (actor), Eileen Atkins (actress), Paul Freeman (actor), Luis Llosa (writer), Luis Llosa (director), Bina Daigeler (costume designer), Guy Collins (producer), Rocco Salata (actor), Gary Piquer (actor), May Heatherly (actress),
Plot: Based on the best-selling novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, this is the story of Urania Cabral, a beautiful, kind, intelligent and independent Manhattan lawyer whom, after 30 years returns to República Dominicana to face her ghosts... and the horrifying circumstances that altered her life forever when she was a teenager and Rafael Leónidas Trujillo a.k.a El Chivo (The Goat) was the iron-handed ruler of this island paradise... after Urania faces her past, nothing in her present or future will ever be the same again.
Keywords: assassination, assassination-plot, based-on-novel, dictator, dominican-republic, drive-by-shooting, father, female-nudity, murder, rapeActors: Joe Rosario (actor), Clyde Baldo (actor), Vincent Bagnall (actor), Joe Ross (actor), David Lavine (actor), Ian Tomaschik (actor), Jonathan Espolin-Johnson (actor), Ross Byron (director), Alan Cove (actor), Anthony Ames (actor), Florina Petcu (actress), Tara Lee Hergenhan (actress), Tracey Friedman (actress), Braeson Herold (actor), Hadley Martin Fisher (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Bruno Ganz (actor), Nikos Kouros (actor), Isabelle Renauld (actress), Mihalis Giannatos (actor), Theodoros Angelopoulos (director), Tonino Guerra (writer), Theodoros Angelopoulos (writer), Yannis Tsitsopoulos (editor), Fabrizio Bentivoglio (actor), Theodoros Angelopoulos (producer), Amedeo Pagani (producer), Petros Fyssoun (miscellaneous crew), Alekos Oudinotis (actor), Alexandra Ladikou (actress), Eleni Karaindrou (composer),
Plot: Alexander, an old writer, is ill and prepared to die. He says his goodbyes and recalls his life with his wife long ago. While driving his car he saves a street kid, an illegal immigrant from Albania, from being arrested. Later in the day, by chance, he sees the same boy being abducted, and follows in his car. Although he is preoccupied with his own regrets, he puts death on hold to find a way to help the boy.
Keywords: border, bus-ride, child-abduction, death, emigrant, flashback, greece, illegal-immigrant, long-take, morgueActors: Aube Foglia (editor), Pascal Maeder (producer), Pascal Maeder (writer), Pascal Maeder (director), Jerry Snell (actor), Anna Papadakos (actress), Anna Papadakos (writer), Carlo d'Orlando (actor), Greg Dunlevy (actor), Judith Rudd (actress), Benoît Chartrand (producer), Paulo Jofe (composer), Vladimir Ulman (composer), William Eastwood (writer), Patroklos Timamopoulos (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery,Actors: Raf Baldassarre (actor), Lou Ferrigno (actor), Sergio Montanari (editor), Pino Donaggio (composer), Luigi Cozzi (director), Yoram Globus (producer), Menahem Golan (producer), John Thompson (producer), William Berger (actor), Luigi Cozzi (writer), Venantino Venantini (actor), Luigi Cozzi (writer), Ferdinando Poggi (actor), Serena Grandi (actress), Adriana Spadaro (costume designer),
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy,Actors: Maya Deren (writer), Maya Deren (editor), Maya Deren (director), Teiji Ito (composer), Antony Tudor (miscellaneous crew), Miriam Arsham (miscellaneous crew), Genaro Gomez (actor), Phillip Salem (miscellaneous crew), Patricia Ferrier (actress), Phillip Salem (actor), R. Borenstjn (miscellaneous crew), H. Esterly (miscellaneous crew), M. Khazoom (miscellaneous crew), M. Kraft (miscellaneous crew), H. McCormick (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing starfield background. Their movements are accompanied by music scored for a small ensemble of woodwind and percussion.
Keywords: avant-garde, ballet, dance, experimental-film, surrealism, title-directed-by-femaleMissing something in my life
Searching for it day and night
Couldn't seem to get it right
'Til you walked my way
Leaving lovers one by one
Didn't like who I'd become
Couldn't face myself, I turn and run
Made me see that I could change
Out of my darkness
As I step into the light
We get a new day
Taking one step at a time
You were what I needed
I was falling
Hiding my emotion
You made me see the truth
Your love was what I needed
Hear me calling
Waiting for a lifetime
Girl, you were my rescue
All I needed was you
I used to always get my way
Told me that you wouldn't stay
Had to face it, what you had to say
If I wanted you
You tell me when I did you wrong
I guess I've known it all along
Cared enough and you stood strong
I believed in you
In my frustrations
Tried to become someone else
The years I've wasted
I'd been lying to myself
You were what I needed
I was falling
Hiding my emotion
You made me see the truth
Your love was what I needed
Hear me calling
Waiting for a lifetime
Hear me calling
What I needed
What I needed was you
In you I found shelter
How you believed in me, stood strong
You were there through my darkest hour
You lifted my spirit up
Brought out the best in me
And now I'll stand before you with all my love
You were what I needed
I was falling
Hiding my emotion
But you made me see the truth
Your love was what I needed
Hear me calling
Waiting for a lifetime
Girl you were my rescue