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Aesthetic Revolutions and Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Movements
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This collection examines key aesthetic avant-garde art movements of the twentieth century and their...
The Awakened Millionaire: A Manifesto for the Spiritual Wealth Movement
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Radical formula transforms your money and spiritual growth into global change The Awakened...
Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt
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Since the 1990s, the Middle East has experienced an upsurge of wildcat strikes, sit-ins, and...
Actor Training the Laban Way: An Integrated Approach to Voice, Speech, and Movement
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* Individual, partner, and group exercises to make any actor more expressive * Crucial acting tips...
Awix (3310 KP) rated Crack in the World (1965) in Movies
May 5, 2019 (Updated May 5, 2019)
Decent sci-fi / disaster movie hybrid doesn't dwell on its limited special effects budget or somewhat shaky grasp of geology and concentrates on solid characterisation and storytelling basics. Scientists meddle with forces they do not fully understand (again), it all goes pear-shaped, a large chunk of the Indian Ocean winds up being launched into space while Janette Scott's costume disintegrates in a suspiciously rapid and unprovoked manner.
I always get this one mixed up with The Day the Earth Caught Fire and When the Earth Cracked Open, which is some achievement considering the latter film was never even made. The storyline with the crack is kind of predictable and suffers because the movie doesn't have the budget to actually show towns being wiped out or islands crumbling into the sea; characters just hear about it over the phone. The human interest B-story is really a melodrama, but it's written and played just well enough to keep the film credible and engaging. Well-mounted climax even if it really comes out of nowhere.
I always get this one mixed up with The Day the Earth Caught Fire and When the Earth Cracked Open, which is some achievement considering the latter film was never even made. The storyline with the crack is kind of predictable and suffers because the movie doesn't have the budget to actually show towns being wiped out or islands crumbling into the sea; characters just hear about it over the phone. The human interest B-story is really a melodrama, but it's written and played just well enough to keep the film credible and engaging. Well-mounted climax even if it really comes out of nowhere.