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Page 16 Relax SandPiper – April 2009 >> AT THE FLICKS Cryptic thriller a cracking yarn San >> I Rev Knowing Starring: Nicholas Cage, Rose Byrne, and Chandler Canterbury. Directed by Alex Proyas 115 min. Rated M THIS is an action thriller that deals with the super-natural, and it represents a special kind of genre that has many followers. A code of numbers, written some fifty years ago, is buried in a time capsule at an elementary school in Massachusetts, USA. The capsule is recovered 50 years later and the coded numbers find their way to Caleb (Chandler Canterbury), who attends the school, and is the son of Professor John Koestler (Nicholas Cage), recently widowed. Caleb’s father works increasingly in earnest on the cryptic message to try to decipher what it says. The message seems just to give random numbers, but there is a pattern to them. He is alarmed to find that the numbers have predicted major disasters for the past 50 years, and they are predicting cataclysmic events for the future. >> A LITTLE TRIVIA 1. Which horse won the Melbourne Cup in 2002? 2. What was Sir Donald Bradman’s batting average? 3. How many countries are larger than Australia? 4. Australia has the world’s largest sand island. The messages in them also hint at the destruction of the world, which John assumes will mean the death of Caleb and himself. The authorities won’t listen and Diana Whelhan (Rose Byrne), the daughter of the disturbed “knowing” child, who wrote the random numbers fifty years before, first rebuffs him and then offers him help. John is convinced of the accuracy of the predictions, because one of them foretold the death of his wife one year before, and tragedies keep occurring around him that the numbers predict. He comes to believe that his son now has some role in the events that are about to happen, and he can’t deal with the future until he cracks all of the code, which was buried unfinished. The movie itself was filmed in Melbourne, and uses global locations to highlight settings around the world. In it, we see several glimpses of Victorian scenes. Alex Proyas who has a history of delving into the supernatural, and who gave us Dark City and I, Robot, tackles the film with energy and vigour. The movie abounds with disaster images that are typical of apocalyptic movies that trade on uncertainty about the future. However, it doesn’t glamorize disaster. Rather, it integrates its disaster sequences cleverly into the context of John’s spiritual quest and personal commitment to save his son. The science behind the movie is sufficiently credible and the moral is clear that through apparent randomness in life, there is nearly always true purpose that hides there, and it is this that fires the resolve of John Koestler. The plot of the movie is a little bit of a hard-to-believe story from a team of writers involving the director, but it is presented well by Proyas in a gritty, realistic way that challenges the viewer to look for meaning in everything that is happening. Some disturbing scenes in the movie make it almost as dark as the previous films that Proyas has directed. We see grotesque images (burning animals, and people on fire), and the disaster sequences are filmed very convincingly. This is an edited version of the review available at: www.catholic.org.au/fi lmreviews/ What is its name? 5. Who designed the Sydney Opera House? 6. How many albums did the late slim Dusty record? 7. Who was Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator? Answers page 18 Questions: Rose Byrne and Nicholas Cage in Knowing. >> SANDPIPER CROSSWORD The ABC WH gram fairl T with were to ge A of w of th M was who expe limit I T the e more T > T n CAPTION COMPETITION Entries accepted online at www.sandpiper.org.au or, write caption here: __________________________________________ __________________________________________ Name: ........................................................................ Address ................................................................... Post Code: ............. Parish: ..................................... MARCH'S WINNER OF THE $20 GIFT VOUCHER IS: AND I THOUGHT EVERY COP’S IDEA OF A BAD DAY WAS STALE DONUTS AND COLD COFFEE... – Tony Boyd, Wodonga We also liked: “To stop, or not to stop” that is the question. – Carmen Florence, Shepparton Entries can be posted, or emailed to sandpiper@chancery.org.au. Keep entries under 25 words. Do you have funny photos you'd like to send in? Submissions welcome. ACROSS 1 Feast day 50 days after Easter (9) 5 Appeared on the Apostles at 1 across (5) 8 Ancient Roman subterranean tombs (9) 10 Heard by the Apostles at 1 across (5) 11 Hell or the underworld (5) 12 Canteloupe (4-5) 13 Grease stain (3-4) 14 Underwater breathing apparatus (7) 16 Apostles spoke in many ... at 1 across (7) 18 Ages (7) 20 Promptly (2,5,5) 22 Perfect (5) 24 Sleep inducing drugs (9) 25 Sailing vessel (5) 26 Longest day of the week (9) DOWN 1 Spanish Cubist Painter (7) 2 Holland (11) 3 Distilled from gum trees (10-3) 4 Way of earning reward (2-5) 6 Angel, sprite or mermaid but not a font (5) 7 Forever (7) 9 Hessian bags (5) 10 Novel by Umberto Eco (4, 2, 3, 4) 15 Roadside edging (4) 16 The Triune God (7) 17 The devil (5) 18 Treacherous son of King Arthur (7) 19 To receive or give enough (7) 21 Felt by the apostles at 1 across (4) 23 And the rest (Latin abbr) (3) Crossword Solution Page 18 J av T it To pl fir lo ar be Th in ra na fo W do -c w m su bo w pl as
009 SandPiper – April 2009 Relax Page 17 ont 8 >> FROM THE RESOURCE CENTRE Insightful journeys Reviews by Angela Allen The Abbey: ABC production: 2007 (DVD) WHEN the idea behind this program was first articulated, I was fairly cynical. The producers in collaboration with the ABC asked for women who were interested in the monastic life to get in touch with the ABC. Apparently there were hundreds of women who applied to be a part of the experiment. My reasoning for being cynical was that I imagined that the women who applied to be a part of this experiment would come from a very limited demographic. I was wrong. The women who were chosen for the experiment could not have been more varied in so many ways. These women chose to live >> IN THE GARDEN Time to plant a new favourite John Holder says the range of Hellebores available will hold something for everyone. The Hellebores have always been with us, it seems. To some of us they are a plant we discover for the first time and may fall in love with. To others, they are a plant that has always been in the garden. They are at present enjoying a resurgence and a range of exciting new names and labels are to be found. We grew a batch of nice, double-flowered meristem -cultured plants for this winter and priced them modestly only to hear subsequently that a Hellebore Society in Adelaide was buying these same plants for up to four times as much! as contemplatives for 33 days at the Jamberoo Abbey in New South Wales. The Abbey is an enclosed Benedictine monastery set in 3.5 hectares above Jamberoo. Enclosed, because the 33 nuns who live there intend to do so for the rest of their lives without ever leaving the property. To say that it was a struggle for some is to minimize the courage, tenacity and searching of these five women. Among them is Tusa, 23, who sings in a Brisbane band with her sister; Robyn, 47, a lapsed Catholic; and Meg, a mother of three who at 40 regards the 33 days as long service leave from parenting. The others, Lyn and Tammy, are just as interesting. The program shows the women in an extraordinarily honest way. We see them give up their mobile phones, their access to emails. We see these women struggle to get up in the early hours of morning to pray. We watch as they clean, garden, and wash and, at times struggle with the discipline that is required in order to live a monastic life. The program also gives us the opportunity to see the many and varied women who have chosen to live by the 1500-year-old Benedictine rule of silence … women who clean, scrub, cook, teach and pray … indeed women who seem very happy in their service to God. Things to do now Time to Mulch! Rice mulch is a new local product. It lasts for up to 2 years and breaks down to help your soil.. Make sure you start off your Tomatoes with a good complete fertilizer. Don’t forget to protect them when a frost is expected. If you want a flowering blossom tree now is the time to choose one. Notice in other gardens as each one breaks into flower Hellebores are a great winter flower and possibly we have taken them too much for granted. They have always done well in Northern Victoria, particularly under trees and in light shade, in positions where they can receive some moisture during the A River Dreaming by Elizabeth Pike WHETHER this story fits into the genre of myth or parable is a little uncertain and perhaps it doesn’t matter. On one level it tells the story of how the platypus became the platypus and as such could be read and interpreted as a nice little picture story book designed to tell children why the platypus has webbed feet like a duck, but fur like a rat, yet can swim like a fish. To read it in this way only would be to diminish its worth as a literature. The author tell us that her purpose in writing A River Dreaming ‘is to help people understand that the aboriginal story in this land is a very complex one, bringing wealth of cultural stories, that are part of the true history of the land Beautiful: Plant Hellebores now in time for winter. summer, although I think there is evidence that they survive harsher summer conditions than is commonly thought. I have watched people discover them for the first time and really warm to their possibilities. Their flower colours are extraordinarily varied. Pure white flowers with dainty markings vie with almost totally black flowers for our attention. to be shared with others who have chosen to make their home in this land.’ In writing A River Dreaming Elizabeth Pike achieves so much more than this. As the platypus demonstrates courage and fear, doubt and faith, perseverance, pain and joy, we are reminded of and encouraged to search for our own true identities. Like the platypus and his journey of dislocation from his family and culture, A River Dreaming the author tells of her own story of pain, rejection and dislocation. She also tells of her great relief when she discovered, and was able to celebrate her own discovery of who she is and to proudly exclaim “ I am an Australian aboriginal.” I think that A River Dreaming is a very important book – not only in its ability to tell some of the Aboriginal story – but in being a book of hope for all peoples of the earth in their quest to find hope, goodness, and even joy amongst adversity. These titles and others are available for free loan at the Resource Centre, located at 118 Hargreaves Street, Bendigo. Open Mon-Fri 8.30am to 5pm. Phone (03) 5442 6108 or Fax: (03) 5442 9463. Email: library@ceo.sand.catholic. edu.au They are slow to establish into a really good flowering clump and generally may not flower for two years after being planted. A nice flowering clump in a 16 inch wire basket will flower for 3-4 months from June onwards and be in an ideal position for us to admire its flower colours. For more information, visit John Holder at the Shepparton Garden Centre, 535 Archer Road, Kialla. Phone 03 5823 5677 >> ONLY JOKING No escape, even in the here after AFTER a long illness, a woman died and arrived at the gates of heaven. While she was waiting for Saint Peter to greet her, she peeked through the Gates. She saw that it was so beautiful. Saint Peter came by; the woman said to him “This is such a wonderful place! How do I get in?” “You have to spell a word”, Saint Peter told her. “Which word?” the woman asked. “Love.” The woman correctly spelled “Love” and Saint Peter welcomed her into Heaven. About six months later, Saint Peter came to the woman and asked her to watch the Gates of Heaven for him that day. While the woman was guarding the Gates of Heaven, her husband arrived. “I’m surprised to see you,” the woman said. “How have you been?” “Oh, I’ve been doing pretty well since you died,” her husband told her. “I married the beautiful young nurse who took care of you while you were ill. And then I won the lottery. “I sold the little house you and I lived in and bought a big mansion. And my wife and I travelled all around the world. We were on vacation and I went water skiing today. I fell, the ski hit my head, and here I am. How do I get in?” “You have to spell a word”, the woman told him. “Which word?” her husband asked. “Czechoslovakia.” >> SIMPLY COOKING Chocolate for the season By Glen Avard I’VE told you before that I can’t do light and fluffy – which is why I don’t cook sponges ... or cakes much. But my daughter’s friend, Anne, assured us that this was an easy-peasy, one bowl, one spoon chocolate cake – that ANYONE could make. I especially liked the sound of the ‘one bowl, one spoon’ – not too much mess to clean up. Mix 1 tbn white vinegar with 1 cup of evaporated milk. Sift 1½ cups flour, pinch salt, ½ cup cocoa, 1 tspn cinnamon, 1 ½ tspn bicarb soda, 1 ¼ cups castor sugar into a bowl. Add 155g melted butter, 1 tspn vanilla, 2 eggs and soured milk. Beat vigorously with a wooden spoon until smooth (if you use up a few calories making it, you can eat a bigger piece when it’s cooked). Bake in 2 greased, paper-lined bottom, 20cm round tins. Bake at 180ºC for 30-35 minutes. When cool, you can sandwich them together with jam and cream and dust with icing sugar as Anne does. Or ... because I couldn’t be bothered going out for cream, I cooked mine in a lamington tin and iced it with coffee icing (holding back on sprinkling with coconut so I wouldn’t get complaints from my false-toothed friend who says it gets under his plate!)
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