Beijing authorities are investigating Sunday's Beijing's half-marathon after footage shared online showed three African runners appearing to slow down near the finish line to allow China's He Jie to overtake them and win.
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Oxford Dictionaries named an emoji — 😂 or “Face with Tears of Joy” — as its 2015 Word of the Year.
But is it a word — and what does it say about our times? Discuss.
| Julian was overjoyed as his doctor explained that his splenic tumor had gone into remission. |
"How could I not be overjoyed when people get up out of their seats after a concert? Why else would I be doing this? I could stay at home and love music just as much. But I’m here to share it with others" - Semyon Bychkov.
Senior management enjoy certain privileges, such as company cars and health insurance.
Demeter was overjoyed to have Persephone back, but her happiness did not last.
Arts on the Air | 18.03.2009 | 05:30
Attendance up at this year’s Leipzig Book Fair, authors and industry execs alike came together to celebrate the joy of the written word
Book lovers, authors and industry execs alike came together to celebrate the joy of the written word. Over 147,000 visitors graced the over 65,000 square meters of the Leipzig Exhibition Center. The Leipzig book prizes were awarded to Sibylle Lewitscharoff for her work of fiction “Apostoloff ”, the Herfried Munkler for his non-fiction “Die Deutschen und ihre Mythen”, and Eike Schönfeld’s translation of Saul Bellow’s “Humboldts Vermächtnis” or “Humboldt’s Gift”.
Report: Jodi Breisler
Report: Jodi Breisler
2008年11月6日 星期四
overjoy, "Metropolis"
A DVD of the version was brought to the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden, Germany, for analysis. Researchers at the foundation, which owns the rights to "Metropolis," confirmed that the scenes were original.
"We were overjoyed when we heard about the find," foundation head Helmut Possmann told Reuters news agency. "We no longer believed we'd see this. Time and again we had had calls about supposed footage but were disappointed.
Wikipedia article "Metropolis (film)".
The celluloid of the German classic was in private hands for 80 years and then was in the Museum of Cinema in Buenos Aires where it was discovered in April with never before seen scratched images.
Museum director Paula Felix-Didier said theirs is the only copy of German director Fritz Lang's complete film.
Three reels, edited out and long thought lost, were part of the discovery of the film that depicts a 21st century world divided between an underworld working class and the above-ground thinkers who control them.
Buenos Aires film distributor Adolfo Z. Wilson acquired a long version of "Metropolis" in 1928 which survived as a copy, and finally ended up in the archive of a local film museum, said Felix-Didier.
Rediscovered reels deemed authentic
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Lang's original vision may finally be realized
A DVD of the version was brought to the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden, Germany, for analysis. Researchers at the foundation, which owns the rights to "Metropolis," confirmed that the scenes were original.
"We were overjoyed when we heard about the find," foundation head Helmut Possmann told Reuters news agency. "We no longer believed we'd see this. Time and again we had had calls about supposed footage but were disappointed.
"We're not being fooled," he said. "The film can now be shown more or less as Lang originally intended it. In terms of understanding what it's about, we'll be seeing a new film."
Material expands characters and plot
Bildunterschrift: The film wasn't an initial success
Around 20 to 25 minutes of footage that fleshes out secondary characters and sheds light on the plot would be added to the film pending restoration, he added. But around five minutes of the original were probably still missing, he said.
Due to the poor condition of the film stock, it was too early to say how long restoration would take, Possmann said.
"It's taken several years with similar films," he added.
Written by Lang and his actress wife Thea von Harbou, “Metropolis” was originally three-and-a-half-hours long but was cut into a shorter version since seen by millions worldwide.
Commercial flop to influential blueprint
It was not a commercial success and nearly bankrupted the studio behind it. According to some estimates, it still ranks as one of the most expensive movies ever made once inflation is factored in.
With its cold, monumental vision of a vast mechanized society in the middle of a tumultuous class struggle, "Metropolis" forged a template for generations of science fiction cinema, and its enduring influence has been cited on films from "Blade Runner" to "Fahrenheit 451" and "Star Wars."
"Metropolis," was the first film to be entered into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register -- which aims to preserve cultural achievements of outstanding significance.
tr.v., -joyed, -joy·ing, -joys.To fill with joy; delight.
overjoyed o'ver·joyed' (-joid') adj.
"We were overjoyed when we heard about the find," foundation head Helmut Possmann told Reuters news agency. "We no longer believed we'd see this. Time and again we had had calls about supposed footage but were disappointed.
Wikipedia article "Metropolis (film)".
Film | 04.07.2008
Long-Lost "Metropolis" Reels Hint at Fritz Lang's Original Vision
A long-lost original cut of the 1927 silent film "Metropolis" found in an Argentine film museum was shown to journalists for the first time. The cut reveals some the extent of director Fritz Lang's original vision.
The celluloid of the German classic was in private hands for 80 years and then was in the Museum of Cinema in Buenos Aires where it was discovered in April with never before seen scratched images.
Museum director Paula Felix-Didier said theirs is the only copy of German director Fritz Lang's complete film.
Three reels, edited out and long thought lost, were part of the discovery of the film that depicts a 21st century world divided between an underworld working class and the above-ground thinkers who control them.
Buenos Aires film distributor Adolfo Z. Wilson acquired a long version of "Metropolis" in 1928 which survived as a copy, and finally ended up in the archive of a local film museum, said Felix-Didier.
Rediscovered reels deemed authentic
Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Lang's original vision may finally be realizedA DVD of the version was brought to the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden, Germany, for analysis. Researchers at the foundation, which owns the rights to "Metropolis," confirmed that the scenes were original.
"We were overjoyed when we heard about the find," foundation head Helmut Possmann told Reuters news agency. "We no longer believed we'd see this. Time and again we had had calls about supposed footage but were disappointed.
"We're not being fooled," he said. "The film can now be shown more or less as Lang originally intended it. In terms of understanding what it's about, we'll be seeing a new film."
Material expands characters and plot
Bildunterschrift: The film wasn't an initial successAround 20 to 25 minutes of footage that fleshes out secondary characters and sheds light on the plot would be added to the film pending restoration, he added. But around five minutes of the original were probably still missing, he said.
Due to the poor condition of the film stock, it was too early to say how long restoration would take, Possmann said.
"It's taken several years with similar films," he added.
Written by Lang and his actress wife Thea von Harbou, “Metropolis” was originally three-and-a-half-hours long but was cut into a shorter version since seen by millions worldwide.
Commercial flop to influential blueprint
It was not a commercial success and nearly bankrupted the studio behind it. According to some estimates, it still ranks as one of the most expensive movies ever made once inflation is factored in.
With its cold, monumental vision of a vast mechanized society in the middle of a tumultuous class struggle, "Metropolis" forged a template for generations of science fiction cinema, and its enduring influence has been cited on films from "Blade Runner" to "Fahrenheit 451" and "Star Wars."
"Metropolis," was the first film to be entered into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register -- which aims to preserve cultural achievements of outstanding significance.
me・trop・o・lis
━━ n. 主要都市; 首都; 大都市; 〔戯言〕 （the ～ またはthe M-） ロンドン; 【キリスト教】首都大司教管区.
overjoy
(ō'vər-joi')tr.v., -joyed, -joy·ing, -joys.To fill with joy; delight.
overjoyed o'ver·joyed' (-joid') adj.
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