The Reds No10 could heal the mental wounds he sustained at the World Cup with a storming performance this weekend
Quade Cooper's middle name is Santini, a seemingly apt name for a conjurer. It means "little saint" in Italian and is derived from the Latin word sanctus. It's a name evocative of doves and miraculous acts by much loved and worshipped figures. Of course, we all know Cooper can perform miracles – the Reds' 2011 highlights reel provides ample evidence of that – but his dilemma is that most Kiwis detest him. He's no saint to them – he's the devil in a gold jumper.
Cooper has unquestionably brought a large part of that contempt upon himself by kneeing All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in the head in a Tri-Nations match before the 2011 World Cup (Cooper claimed contact was accidental and was cited but later cleared over the incident). McCaw, unlike Cooper, is revered...
Quade Cooper's middle name is Santini, a seemingly apt name for a conjurer. It means "little saint" in Italian and is derived from the Latin word sanctus. It's a name evocative of doves and miraculous acts by much loved and worshipped figures. Of course, we all know Cooper can perform miracles – the Reds' 2011 highlights reel provides ample evidence of that – but his dilemma is that most Kiwis detest him. He's no saint to them – he's the devil in a gold jumper.
Cooper has unquestionably brought a large part of that contempt upon himself by kneeing All Blacks captain Richie McCaw in the head in a Tri-Nations match before the 2011 World Cup (Cooper claimed contact was accidental and was cited but later cleared over the incident). McCaw, unlike Cooper, is revered...
- 7/17/2013
- by Rajiv Maharaj
- The Guardian - Film News
Cinematographer who honed his style on Ken Loach's innovative TV dramas
The cinematographer Tony Imi, who has died aged 72, was instrumental in pioneering a new style of filming television drama in the 1960s, before he moved on to feature films. Few could forget the misfortunes that befell a homeless young couple and their children in Cathy Come Home, a programme that shocked the nation and was instrumental in the formation of the charity Shelter.
Imi's handheld camera, on the move and close up to the action, made the story chillingly real, in the vein of a current affairs programme, rather than fiction. Cathy Come Home, screened as part of the groundbreaking Wednesday Play series by the BBC in 1966, proved that TV drama could be relevant to the lives of people in Britain.
The director, Ken Loach, was in the early days of establishing his method of social-realist film-making – shooting...
The cinematographer Tony Imi, who has died aged 72, was instrumental in pioneering a new style of filming television drama in the 1960s, before he moved on to feature films. Few could forget the misfortunes that befell a homeless young couple and their children in Cathy Come Home, a programme that shocked the nation and was instrumental in the formation of the charity Shelter.
Imi's handheld camera, on the move and close up to the action, made the story chillingly real, in the vein of a current affairs programme, rather than fiction. Cathy Come Home, screened as part of the groundbreaking Wednesday Play series by the BBC in 1966, proved that TV drama could be relevant to the lives of people in Britain.
The director, Ken Loach, was in the early days of establishing his method of social-realist film-making – shooting...
- 4/27/2010
- by Anthony Hayward
- The Guardian - Film News
Bath, England - October 18: Guillaume Bousses of Stade Francais looks on during the Heineken Cup match between Bath and Stade Francais at the Recreation Ground on October 18, 2009 in Bath, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Bath, England - October 18: Matt Carraro of Bath is tackled by James Haskell and Geoffroy Messina (L) during the Heineken Cup match between Bath and Stade Francais at the Recreation Ground on October 18, 2009 in Bath, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Bath, England - October 18: James Haskell of Stade Francais looks on during the Heineken Cup match between Bath and Stade Francais at the Recreation Ground on October 18, 2009 in Bath, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Northampton - England - October 17: Janos Kovacs of Lincoln City during the Coca Cola League Two match between Northampton Town and Lincoln City held on October 17, 2009 at the Sixfields Stadium in Northampton,...
Bath, England - October 18: Matt Carraro of Bath is tackled by James Haskell and Geoffroy Messina (L) during the Heineken Cup match between Bath and Stade Francais at the Recreation Ground on October 18, 2009 in Bath, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Bath, England - October 18: James Haskell of Stade Francais looks on during the Heineken Cup match between Bath and Stade Francais at the Recreation Ground on October 18, 2009 in Bath, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
Northampton - England - October 17: Janos Kovacs of Lincoln City during the Coca Cola League Two match between Northampton Town and Lincoln City held on October 17, 2009 at the Sixfields Stadium in Northampton,...
- 10/21/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
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