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How can a three-letter word be the most complicated word in the English language, you ask. Well, that's simple. In the Oxford English Dictionary's upcoming third edition, the word "run" has 645 different usage cases, spanning 75 columns all dedicated to just elucidating the different meanings of the word "run".
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Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting (previously at Neatorama) has been missing in action for years (doing real work), and we've missed his insightful look at the details of filmmaking. We are glad to see he is back, in what he calls a limited edition of his series on filmmaking, with a look at a classic type of scene called the sustained two-shot.
The sustained two-shot was common back in the days when film was more expensive than an actor's time. Now, actors don't have to perform minutes of dialogue perfectly all the way through a scene, because filmmakers use multiple camera angles and have the opportunity to edit several takes together to get the scene. But that's only the beginning of how filmmaking has changed over time, and why the sustained two-shot isn't seen much anymore. One simple film technique carries a rich history, and Zhou makes it way more interesting than you would imagine.
Sami was born at the Osijek Zoo in what is now Croatia in 1979. In January of 1988, he was taken to the Belgrade Zoo and lodged in a much smaller chimpanzee enclosure that was like a cage. Sami did not like his new surroundings, and escaped as soon as he could, in February of 1988. Twice. The first time, zoo director Vuk Bojović talked him into returning to his new home. But Sami made another attempt, and this time he wasn't going to surrender so easily.
Meanwhile, Sami's escapes made the news and he became a sensation in Yugoslavia. Remember, this was in 1988, as there was growing unrest in the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc nations, illustrated by the shipyard strikes in Gdańsk, Poland, and protests against the Berlin Wall in East and West Germany. Sami became a symbol of the urge to escape from repression, and was safer to talk about because he was a real news story, but he wasn't human. Sami's quest for freedom is commemorated in the statue you see above, installed at the Belgrade Zoo, now in Serbia. Read Sami's story and see pictures of his rooftop negotiations with Bojović during both escapes, at Rare Historical Photos. -via Nag on the Lake