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Subject: Urgently need images for a film I'm shooting in 2 weeks
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: schnores-ga
List Price: $25.00
Posted: 24 Mar 2006 08:55 PST
Expires: 26 Mar 2006 10:23 PST
Question ID: 711497
I need some images for a film I'm shooting in 2 weeks, a
hip-hop/horror short called RHYME ANIMAL. Specifically, we need links
to these images:

1. The marriage of Heaven and Hell. 
2. The fires of Moloch. 
3. Infants sacrificed in Carthage.

And most importantly...

4. "That famous photograph from China, the crowd torturing the woman,
ripping her limbs, devouring her alive? You expect her to be in agony
but you study the face, it?s  transfigured. She?s in ecstasy. 
Destruction freed her."

The germane excerpt from the script is below. Thank you.

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INT. RADIO STUDIO - CONTINUOUS

The mouth of JIMMY KING, 30, nearly touches the mic. Shiva and Judah sit nearby.

JIMMY
Now what sort of name is ?Shiva??  

SHIVA (V.O.)
It's Hindu. Shiva Linga is a god of many attributes. Most notably, he
the destructive principle. In the sense that you have to destroy
before you create. It?s a cycle.

JIMMY
That?s some heavy stuff.

Judah edges away from Shiva, eyes him nervously.

JIMMY (CONT'D)
I thought you rappers were more into the bling.

SHIVA
That?s what the industry cultivates. Disposable culture. Disposable
ideas. Commodity fetishism.

JIMMY
Like my cell phone. I've gone through two already this year.

SHIVA 
Your possessions consume you. What you own dictates your choices. But
Shiva?s here to motivate change. Whether in his manifestation as
herdsman of souls, or as the vehicle of divine wrath.

INT. HEAVEN?S LAIR - CONTINUOUS

Heaven and Rufus trade confused looks.

SHIVA (V.O.)
It?s an archetype with many manifestations. The marriage of Heaven and
Hell. The fires of Moloch. Infants sacrificed in Carthage.

JIMMY (V.O.)
"Carthage must be destroyed!" You know your history, Shiva.

SHIVA (V.O.)
That famous photograph from China, the crowd torturing the woman,
ripping her limbs, devouring her alive? You expect her to be in agony
but you study the face, it?s  transfigured. She?s in ecstasy. 
Destruction freed her.

INT. RADIO STUDIO - CONTINUOUS

SHIVA
Nothing lost, nothing gained. Even in a disposable culture. We
produce, we consume. The more we consume, the more we crave. The more
energy we expend, the more we need. Consumption and destruction. But
the essence of our lives is the transformation of energy.

JIMMY
On that note...why don?t we hear some lyrics, Shiva.

Clarification of Question by schnores-ga on 25 Mar 2006 08:31 PST
The image we REALLY WANT/NEED is this one:

"That famous photograph from China, the crowd torturing the woman,
ripping her limbs, devouring her alive? You expect her to be in agony
but you study the face, it?s  transfigured. She?s in ecstasy.
Destruction freed her."

I'll pay $20 JUST for this info. The source might be 1920s China/Shanghai.

Also, re. the other images (which I will tip you extra for), here's
some clarification, via a co-producer/co-writer:

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- For marriage of heaven and hell, Blake's images are blended with text, so 
maybe not appropriate.  But there are other Blake illustrations that would 
be nice (albeit not 100% accurate given the dialogue). Michael binding
Satan is a strong image of duality.

- I'd also suggest we look at Bosch and Durer for general images.

- Not finding much imagery of archaeological remains of Moloch sites in Syria.

- Maybe there are some illustrated bibles out there with images?

Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 25 Mar 2006 11:21 PST
Bundling several requests into one question can create a problem:
since Researchers are not supposed to post partial answers, a failure
to find all the items requested will mean that the Researcher won't be
able to post an answer or receive any compensation. This often means
that Researchers will be reluctant to undertake the project.

I believe you are likely to do better if you repost each of these
items as a separate question.
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Comments  
Subject: Re: Urgently need images for a film I'm shooting in 2 weeks
From: myoarin-ga on 25 Mar 2006 16:14 PST
 
Have you seen that photo from China?  I remember one that I saw in a
book of a girl with her breasts removed (sorry), running towards the
photographer, but she wasn't being further molested at that instant. 
The book was presumably about the Japanese invasion of China, news
photographs, but it has been many years, and I just thumbed through it
at a book stand.  Large format, the book.

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