Moondance Season’s Greetings & News-Blog!
To all the Moondancers who celebrate this holiday!
“Winter forms our character and brings out our best.” ~Tom Allen
MOONDANCE NEWS AND THE 2017 CALL-FOR-ENTRIES INFO WILL BE IN THE NEXT NEWS-BLOG! WAIT FOR IT…
Meanwhile, please visit the Moondance website to read about what’s happening right now, the 2016 film festival info, insider articles on filmmaking, screenwriting & film score composition, and much more! MOONDANCE WEBSITE
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
BY ROBERT FROST
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
The Gun Industry’s Lucrative Relationship With Hollywood
By Gary Baum & Scott Johnson / The Hollywood Reporter
Clint Eastwood, “Unforgiven”, Warner Bros.
We’re talking about a lot of guns onscreen. Since 9/11, America’s obsession with everything spy, terrorism and war-related has grown — and the content the population consumes increasingly reflects that. A 2015 report published by The Economist concluded that gun violence in PG-13 movies had tripled since 1985.
And an analysis undertaken by The Hollywood Reporter found that the number of gun models pictured in big box-office movies between 2010 and 2015 was 51 percent higher than it had been a decade earlier, suggesting that the public’s appetite to see guns in entertainment is on the rise.
Simply put, two industries that position themselves as mortal enemies have a lucrative, symbiotic relationship. This is the story of how that relationship works. READ MORE
SOME MORE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT:
Dominique Browning photo
“CARPE DIEM (Seize the Day): Regret for wasted time is just more wasted time.” ~Mason Cooley
Photo by Lady Aimee Valentine
“Make the most of yourself by fanning that inner spark of possibility into flames of achievement.” ~ Golda Meir
“Freedom” by Zenos Frudakis, Philadelphia, PA
“I am not what happened to me; I am what I choose to become.” ~ Carl Jung
MOONDANCE RECOMMENDS:
~ LYRIO CHILDREN’S VILLAGE ~
In 1962, a group of young women made headlines in Greece by running away to join a convent. Not wanting to be doing nothing but praying all day, they also started a safe shelter, providing a family home for abandoned and abused children. Half a century later, they are still running the Lyrio Children’s Village, changing the lives one infant, one child, at a time. This is their story…For more info, please visit: www.manathemovie.com
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