02 mars 2010
La première Alice (1903)
Le BFI (British Film Institute) a restauré tant bien que mal la seule copie authentifiée de la première version cinématographique de Alice in Wonderland, et l'a déposée il y a quelques jours sur YT. Le film a été réalisé en 1903, soit 37 ans après la sortie du livre de Lewis Carroll. Du bricolage de génie. Du vrai Méliès.
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The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll's tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and... [Lire la suite]
02 mars 2010
Les opossums qui font l'histoire 2
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Are possums and opossums the same animal ?
Date: Sat Jan 20 11:38:19 2001Posted By: Will Higgs, Grad student, Zooarchaeology, University of YorkArea of science: ZoologyID: 979848014.Zo
Message:Ronald,At an etymological level, your question can simply be answered 'yes'. Possum is just an abbreviated form of the 'proper' name of opossum. It originally derived from a Native American word for the animal, and was transferred to South America and Australia as a name for similar animals there.Biologically,... [Lire la suite]