the remarkable tiny worlds of miniature is old man in the museum he created himself in frogs. but we begin at the movies of course many cinemas around the world are closed at the moment but there are movies being released although this one isn't exactly new director francis ford coppola likes to revisit his films and 30 years after the release of the godfather part 3 he has been tinkering with this one the result has a new name the godfather code on the death of michael corleone. here's some classic cina. or it was out. there. i love it when they speak like that my colleague a very good that is here with the details a new version of the godfather part 3 was the original actually in need of

improvement well that depends a little bit on who you are asked some people think that the original is under appreciated because they had to exist alongside 2 bonafide a masterpieces in godfather one and godfather 2 both of those won best picture oscar and together garnered 9 oscars the godfather part 3 got 0 oscars the general consensus is that it was by comparison a disappointment with a convoluted plot and mediocre acting not all. from the director's 18 year old daughter sofia coppola yes she got some really bad critics actually did should she did and that eventually probably to give up acting in take up directing of course she was very successful with the virgin suicides lost in translation she has more than retained her self and it has to be said that the role was key but it

was quite a small role i think that people back then were quite hyper critical because it was the director's daughter ok what's the new movie like doing it's. proved well copula himself says it's an entirely new experience that is a bit of an exaggeration it's 12 minutes shorter and basically the same story to an altered ending there is plenty that's good in the movie and it's definitely worth a 2nd look or indeed a 1st look many people out there might not have seen it yet but most reviews of the new version say it's different it's maybe somewhat improved but basically it's much the same but it remains a good movie by any standards ok now there's another story from the movie world that's hitting headlines at the moment that's for actor elliot paige best known for playing the lead role in the 2007 offbeat coming of age drama juno fantastic movie and currently in the netflix series rela academy announced via social media

on tuesday that he is transgender paige announced his new name and pronouns on social media saying hi friends i want to share with you that i am trans my pronouns are he stroke say and my name is ellie at the canadian born actor of course won an academy award nomination for best actress as ellen page for his role in juno and paige she has actually been a prominent l g b t q activist in hollywood in recent years and that's roy paige came out as gay in an emotional valentine's day speech in 2014 pages 8 alleged that the film director had outed him against his will on the set of expand the last stand when page was just 18 allocation and later corroborated by another actor on that movie and page yesterday in that post also condemning cultural in

institutional prejudice against trans people i drink as always thank you very much for the update thank you. german photographer and the hung gary and janish canned of produce some of the most iconic photographic images of the post-war era they were at the height of their powers in the 19th sixty's and $970.00 s. when perceptions of what contemporary art should be were changing there's an exhibition of their work in leipzig right now not open to the public of course because of the corona pandemic so you can have a look at it here. in the decades after the 2nd world war paris was the undisputed capital of european art is creative circles included like cyclone photographer harry shankar venture he made his name as shown in his home garry in part the young canada. like many protagonists of that artistic iraq they were skilled at creating

a legend around themselves although their faces remained largely unknown here's how brass self portrayed. the again definite also some would have a shawl i. would like a self-taught they were whole they didn't have a studio. legend has it that in the early days it would go to exhibition openings with no film in his camera and pretend to take pictures just to make himself known . a new generation of artists was rising to prominence including klein who was just involved king on his blue part. isn't that all what's interesting is that today of course we see the likes of andy warhol robert rauschenberg trisha brown and nikita song file a stars but back then they were just young people experimenting with new ideas at. these images these photographs were basically visual calling cards designed to

raise the profile of it the contacts a la. shawn kanda were fixtures of this vibrant scene. they accompanied warhol and his entourage wherever they went even into that hotel words they shared in the artist's lives his show painter and sculptor eva had played. shanks candour photographed thousands of artworks events and landmark exhibitions of have on card movements of the era is john tangled in the scrap yard where he collected the components for his kinetic sculptures. videos pictures chart not just the dynamic developments in art but also in the audiences for that's all. the lenses disappeared and shot and one when you look at the images you can see that the audience going to an even klein performance say was dressed up as though they were going to the opera or he would be whereas just

a few years later and he will hold flowers painting exhibition in paris trucks have a very different crowd and a much younger and edgier crowd and he. walked he had. another renowned artist kendo works with in the late sixty's was christo together with. his later wife was working on the monument all wrapped coast in a strange. while she can and documented the art of others the photographs themselves were also. the 2 photographers parted ways 973 sean who died in 2006 stored that body of work in his new york apartment and while some photographs were published and helped popularize. most of them languished in obscurity the rediscovering of this

extraordinary archive after 3 decades is a gift to 20th century art history. museum incident is hoping to open again before christmas but nothing is show in these unpredictable times but we'll keep you updated hit on day w. now carpenter and interior design a done oilman has very steady hands that's because he's a miniature east he creates tiny versions of famous and sometimes not so famous places which he displays in his own museum in neal in france the work requires lots of patience to with his creations requiring a lot lot of precision what which could take months the end products are amazing take a look at this. seen the renowned restaurant in

paris is known around the world. but why do they have a ready made tables here when there are neither waiters noguera. this miniature version of the famous restaurant in the french capital was created by done oh man it took him a year to finish the handmade miniature. love and i mean you're throwing in is the new breed miniature is an art form has existed for centuries and i can even find in the ancient egyptian pyramids. in the 17th and 18th centuries when you had miniature paintings it was usually depicted daily life. is a painting technical but also 3 dimensional in many other band on they aren't quite the model. in 2005 done omar opened his museum of miniatures in the house of lawns historic district it was here in france is the 3rd largest city that he arrived for an exhibition in 1809 bringing along 3 trucks bearing tiny artworks he immediately

fell in love with the city. from an area of 2000 square meters visitors can see over 100 extremely realistic miniature scenes built by various european many tourists though the majority were made by done on one himself. oh my peripheral and you have i think the miniature of the ballet was particularly beautiful because it really depends the cityscape of lunar which you can see through the windows of the opera house broken heart. my favorite miniature is this leo bistro the whole scenery is full of little details and it's very precise in its depiction what really impresses me is the light as well as the individual objects in the room you can see how much work has been put into it and i. in addition to scenes from down on mars. basically replicated half the world but he's not short of ideas for future miniature projects. i saw

a very atmospheric place a family lives there. it's an old palace there are a lot of empty palaces there in the atmosphere is in credible and in these fantastic palaces hundreds of white sheets we in the wind it was really impressive . i'm currently working on a miniature of this scene and it will be a beautiful scene of it and he said. then it's natural history museum as a doll house in down on mom's work gigantic skeletons are easy to handle and huge rooms oh rather cute viewers are stunned by his artwork even though or maybe because it seems hardly differ from the real thing. i think there are amazing things those miniatures that's all for this edition go to

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