Umberto Eco's novel Il pendolo di Foucault (1988) is an immensely ambitious, multi-layered and allusive book. The film contains an initial account and examination of this new book, which is as contentious as it is controversial. Eco's publisher and prominent Italian critics have their say and, of course, the author. He talks about the eight years of work on the book, about the two central images that stand at the beginning of his novel, and about what this story of magic, occultism, and delusion has to do with us and our present.
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances.
A docu-special, which recounts the terrifying true story in Elizabeth Shoaf's own words. Featuring news footage and interviews with first-hand accounts from Shoaf, her parents and police officials, the special takes viewers through Shoaf's journey to a new beginning.
The first experimental dance film from Croatia, which pays homage to the pioneer of experimental and dance film Maya Deren and her "Study in Choreography for Camera" from 1945.
Student unrest in a university outside Paris sparks a huge civil revolt and general strike against Gaullist authoritarianism in France during the months of May and June, 1968.
Through the lens of graphic design, “Design Canada” follows the transformation of a nation from a colonial outpost to a vibrant and multicultural society.
The camera pans slowly through the deserted streets of a middle-class suburb: singlefamily houses with nothing unusual about them, well tended gardens in front, fences, road signs.
Popular movie trailers from 1989
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1989:
A young woman arrives in the city searching for her mother, whom she finds working in a nightclub, unaware that she is known to everyone there as the 'dreamer' because she is an alcoholic woman who spends her time soliciting customers and earning commissions from their drink purchases.
When Sunderdas is murdered, before dying he accuses Dindayal. As a result Dindayal is arrested, prosecuted in Court by Shakuntala Devi, found guilty and sentenced to prison for life.
An alien impregnates an Earth woman so she can deliver an alien "messiah" that will rule the world. A newspaper reporter finds out what's going on and sets out to stop it.
In Summer 1961, at a party held on the Cliveden estate of Lord Astor, Minister for War John Profumo met, and subsequently had a brief affair with, a call-girl by the name of Christine Keeler, who had also been seeing a Soviet diplomat.
In 1896 the Berlin noble doctor Dr. Wilhelm Holtfreter takes over his well-to-do wife Mathilde and takes over the country doctor's office in the Prussian district of Westprignitz from the late Dr.
Movie version cut from the TV series (Arende) Epic drama of honor, passion and freedom set during the Anglo-Boer War and follows the bound fates of rebellious Boer farmer Sloet Steenkamp and Captain of the British Army James Kerwin.
Coco Dupree is a New York performance artist who makes a living dancing topless in a bar. There she meets a mob boss who calls himself God, a thug named Richie, and a kept woman named Desiree.
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
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Have you watched Falschmünzer der Weltgeschichte - Umberto Eco und das Foucaultsche Pendel yet? What did you think about it?
