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Glass is an amorphous (non-crystalline) solid material. Glasses are typically brittle and optically transparent.
The most familiar type of glass, used for centuries in windows and drinking vessels, is soda-lime glass, composed of about 75% silica (SiO2) plus Na2O, CaO, and several minor additives. Often, the term glass is used in a restricted sense to refer to this specific use.
In science, however, the term glass is usually defined in a much wider sense, including every solid that possesses a non-crystalline (i.e., amorphous) structure and that exhibits a glass transition when heated towards the liquid state. In this wider sense, glasses can be made of quite different classes of materials: metallic alloys, ionic melts, aqueous solutions, molecular liquids, and polymers. For many applications (bottles, eyewear) polymer glasses (acrylic glass, polycarbonate, polyethylene terephthalate) are a lighter alternative to traditional silica glasses.
Silica (the chemical compound SiO2) is a common fundamental constituent of glass. In nature, vitrification of quartz occurs when lightning strikes sand, forming hollow, branching rootlike structures called fulgurite.
Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an American composer. One of the highest profile composers writing "classical" music today, he is often said to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimalist, along with the work of the other "major minimalists" La Monte Young, Terry Riley and Steve Reich.
He has lately distanced himself from the "minimalist" label, describing himself instead as a composer of "music with repetitive structures." Though his early mature music shares much with what is normally called "minimalist", he has since evolved stylistically. Currently, he describes himself as a "Classicist", pointing out that he is trained in harmony and counterpoint and studied such composers as Franz Schubert, Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with Nadia Boulanger.
Glass is a prolific composer: he has written works for the musical group which he founded, the Philip Glass Ensemble (with which he still performs on keyboards), as well as operas, musical theatre works, ten symphonies, eleven concertos, solo works, chamber music including string quartets and instrumental sonatas, and film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for Academy Awards.
Actors: Alexandra Gioulakis (producer), Elizabeth Woodard (actress), Sarah Kinga Smith (producer), Santos S. Santos (editor), Paul Calderon (actor), Johnny Todd (actor), Charlie Woods (actor), Gloria Brenes (miscellaneous crew), Mondo Jones (director), Mondo Jones (actor), Aspasia Koumli (miscellaneous crew), Mondo Jones (writer),
Genres: Short,Actors: Aaron J. Stone (producer), Aaron J. Stone (actor), Preston Trahan (actor), Manny Chevrolet (actor), Carlos Gonzalez (actor), Delilah Donovan (actress), Rory White (miscellaneous crew), Renso Amariz (director), Andreas G. Frentzos (actor), Renso Amariz (producer), Renso Amariz (writer), Renso Amariz (actor), Andreas G. Frentzos (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Schwind (editor), Wilson Bradford (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Jennifer Handorf (producer), Daniel Brocklebank (actor), Sean Hogan (editor), Sean Hogan (writer), Sean Hogan (director), Billy Clarke (actor), Jack Gordon (actor), Emma Gaffney (producer), Justin Greaves (composer), Paul Haley (composer),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Marion Hänsel (director), Arlette Zylberberg (producer), Marion Hänsel (producer), Franck Adrien (actor), Marion Hänsel (writer), René-Marc Bini (composer), Thibault Vinçon (actor), Nicolas Gob (actor), Cédomir Kolar (producer), Adrien Jolivet (actor), Marc Baschet (producer), Alexander Bohr (producer), Michel Reilhac (producer), Vincent Jouan (actor), Steve Tran (actor),
Plot: Three young boys aboard a French naval vessel in 1972 take part in nuclear tests in Mururoa, in the Pacific. Black Ocean explores about the relationships of the men on board who are confronted with discipline, violence, solitude and, occasionally, friendship.
Keywords: 1970s, nuclear-test, nuclear-testing, pacific-ocean, title-directed-by-femaleActors: Dean Francis (actor), Katrina Mathers (actress), Federico Maneschi (editor), Dominic McDonald (actor), Amy Serrano (writer), Paolo Mariconda (producer), Pietro Jona (writer), Pietro Jona (producer), Pietro Jona (director), Enrica de Biasi (producer), Pier Navoni (producer), Paulo Ronchi (producer), Andrea Camilletti (composer), Ivan Neville (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Joy Ellison (miscellaneous crew), Ingrid Zoré (costume designer), Meret Becker (actress), Isabella Rossellini (actress), Diana Dill (miscellaneous crew), Jessica Drake (miscellaneous crew), Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann (actor), Anthony Hopkins (actor), Hans Martin Stier (actor), Ronald Nitschke (actor), Hart Bochner (actor), John Schlesinger (director), Campbell Scott (actor), Charles A. Tamburro (miscellaneous crew), Richard Morrison (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: A young engineer is sent to post-WWII Berlin to help the Americans in spying on the Russians. In a time and place where discretion is still a man's best friend, he falls in love with a mysterious woman who will take him on the dark side of evil.
Keywords: 1950s, agent, based-on-novel, cold-war, danger, espionage, germany, independent-film, mentor, post-warActors: Henry Strzalkowski (actor), Nick Nicholson (actor), Jeff Celentano (actor), Darwyn Swalve (actor), Philip Gordon (actor), Jeff Griffith (actor), Warren McLean (actor), Conrad C. Puzon (producer), Chantal Manz (actress), Guel Romero (actor), Albert Bronski (actor), Marvin Bund (actor), Joe Fisher (actor), George Soeth (actor), Francis Nerone (actor),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime,Actors: Terry Ryan (costume designer), Steve Bisley (actor), Richard Carter (actor), Peter Collingwood (actor), Alistair Duncan (actor), Fran Burke (miscellaneous crew), Jeff Truman (actor), Greig Pickhaver (actor), Elizabeth S. Barton (miscellaneous crew), Ken Cameron (director), Tracy Mann (actress), Ken Cameron (writer), Gemma Rawsthorne (miscellaneous crew), Bill McCluskey (actor), David Huggett (editor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: George Regas (actor), Richard Powell (actor), David Clyde (actor), Billy Bevan (actor), Leonard Mudie (actor), Herbert Mundin (actor), Errol Flynn (actor), Martin Garralaga (actor), Clyde Cook (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Ian Hunter (actor), Eddie Dew (actor), Milton Kibbee (actor), Charles Irwin (actor), John J. Richardson (actor),
Plot: Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the death of her fiancé; some time before. Wister convinces her that he loves her enough to live without her romantic love and that she should marry him. She does so and returns to Dubik with him. There she meets his adjutant, Captain Denny Roark. Roark is a dashing young man who reminds Julia thoroughly of her lost love. Soon she finds she is indeed capable of love, but it is Roark with whom she falls in love, not her husband. As warfare with the local tribes heats up and as Wister gains awareness of the unconsummated romance growing between his wife and best friend, tragedy lurks.
Keywords: ambush, arab, army, aviator, bombing-mission, british, brother-sister-relationship, cavalry, cowardice, cricket-the-gameActors: Harry Beresford (actor), Hobart Cavanaugh (actor), William Burress (actor), André Cheron (actor), Albert Conti (actor), Frank Darien (actor), George Davis (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Etienne Girardot (actor), Hugh Herbert (actor), George Humbert (actor), Armand Kaliz (actor), Martin Kosleck (actor), Sam McDaniel (actor), Frank McHugh (actor),
Plot: Sherwood Nash is a swindler who bootlegs Paris fashions for sale at cut-rate prices. His assistant Lynn poses as An American interested in a dress and Snap conceals a camera in his cane. When they try to steal the latest Baroque designs hidden cameras capture them. Threat and counterthreat lead to the suggestion of putting on a legitimate show.
Keywords: 1930s, arc-de-triomphe-paris, bar, blackmail, camera, composer, con-man, dance-number, deception, dress-designer