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Carey Ryan

Bio: Carey Ryan is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Empathy. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1 citations.
Topics: Empathy

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Dissertation
01 Jan 2017
TL;DR: Empathy Is the Devil as discussed by the authors is a 12.5-minute silent black-and-white film strongly featuring dance, the themes of which include addiction, mental health, and homelessness.
Abstract: Over the last decade, the international screen has witnessed a revival of silent cinema techniques. Eighty or so years after the advent of the talkies, titles such as France's The Artist (Hazanavicius, 2011), Spain’s Blancanieves (Berger, 2012), Australia's Dr. Plonk (de Heer, 2007), Portugal’s Tabu (Gomes, 2012) and Argentina’s La Antena (Sapir, 2007) have drawn on a palette of almost forgotten techniques to great effect. While each might be read as an homage to this foundational period in cinema history, the filmmakers’ objective has not been to remake silent films or to reject modern digital modes of filmmaking, but to reinvigorate the rich and varied ways by which stories may be told on film. Empathy Is the Devil is a 12.5-minute silent black-and-white film strongly featuring dance, the themes of which include addiction, mental health, and homelessness. The film’s protagonist, who is at odds with the modern world, suffers a curious addiction: a daily pressure to give to charity more than he can afford. He finds solace in a nostalgic past in which property is freely shared and wealth is not the ultimate goal. In keeping with many films of the silent era, the project addresses social issues both subtly and overtly, using humour and pathos. Importantly, the film revisits the close collaborations of modern dance and film, two art forms that emerged alongside each other in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as witnessed by one of the earliest films Carmencita (Dickson, 1894). Each discipline contributed in a fundamental way to the development of the other: film looked to dance for an exploration and understanding of movement, while the filming of modern dance both authenticated this new art form and provided another platform for its expression. An example of this is the work of Loie Fuller, creator of the Danse Serpentine [Serpentine Dance] (Lumière, 1896), 1 whose innovations in 1It is very difficult to confirm actual footage of Fuller performing this dance. She is

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Book
09 Feb 2011
TL;DR: This song is sung by Mollie and me and features a smiling face, a fireplace, a cozy room, and a little nest that's nestled where the roses bloom.
Abstract: C Cdim Dm7 G7 C Cdim Dm7 G7 Day is ending, Birds are wending D9 G7 C D9 G7 Back to the shelter of Each little nest they love. C Cdim Dm7 G7 C Cdim Dm7 G7 Night shades falling, Love birds calling, D9 D7 G7 What makes the world go 'round? Nothing but love! Chorus: C When Whippoorwills call and evening is nigh D7 Em C C#dim G7 I hurry to my blue heaven. C A turn to the right, a little white light D7 Em C Will lead you to my blue heaven. F A7 Dm You'll see a smiling face, a fireplace, a cozy room, G7 C C#dim G7 A little nest that's nestled where the roses bloom. C Gm A7 Just Mollie and me And Baby makes three. D7 G7 C We're happy in my blue heaven.

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