Српски писац и мислилац, физички радник са дипломом филозофског факултета, Мирослав Маравић, у својој новој књизи „Философија глобалне паланке у светлу физикалије“ доноси одломке свог философског дневника из 2020. године, у коме се, између осталог, бавио коронократијом, чији су се обриси јасно видели и прошле године. Вреди их прочитати, тек да не изгубимо здрав разум... ФИЛОСОФ И ФИЗИКАЛАЦ Јер, коронократија предуго траје, и потребно је да се сећамо основних истина вере. И зато увек и свагда морамо да памтимо оно што је, тим поводом, рекао митрополит лимасолски Атанасије: „Господ је створио овај свет да буде прекрасан. Смрт, несреће, страдање, сиромаштво, болести, невоље, све што се у свету дешава – дошло је после тога. Није их створио Господ. Ми смо изабрали, одступивши од Бога. Све су то последице пада човека, који је злоупотребио своју слободу. Човек је раскинуо везу са Богом. А Бог је наш Отац. Он је Љубав. Ми, на жалост, напуштамо Бога и доносимо зло у свет. И све се више, својим греховним делима, удаљавамо од благодати Божје, и тако се приближавамо непријатељу, ђаволу. Кад се удаљавамо од светлости, падамо у таму. Сунце постоји, али ако се склањамо од њега, постаје нам мрачно и хладно. А кад изађемо на сунашце, огрејемо се.“ И мисао, она хришћанска, помаже нам да се огрејемо на Сунцу правде. Таква је и Маравићева мисао. КОРОНА И АБОРТУС Живот у доба коронократије тежак је за свакога, па и за православног хришћанина. Нарочито су тешки апсурди који нас салећу са свих страна. Један од њих Маравић овако формулише: „Колико смо ми полудели када се уводи обавезно ношење маске док је истовремено дозвољено убити дете у мајчиној утроби! Убица си ако не носиш маску, а ниси убица ако не желиш своје дете, одеш код доктора и платиш да изврши убиство по твом, родитељском налогу! Зрели смо за колективно посматрање – или за крај ове велике и страшне трагедије што се људским родом зове…“ Трагедије, шекспировски речено, пуне буке и беса, коју прича идиот, а која је, све више, без значења. Маска обавезна, а рађање деце – необавезно. Мирослав Маравић каже: „Светски познати лабораторијско-медијски бренд „корона вирус“ донео је, неким државама, гле чуда, забрану абортуса, макар привремену. Зло овог света је, дакле, толико нарасло да, шта год на трен заустави или макар успори његово ширење – макар то био и вирус – неутралном посматрачу се може причинити као несвакидашње чудо доброте. Међутим, као и увек у сличним ситуацијама, јављају се неуморне либералне силе којима ово, макар привремено кочење на сигурном путу у вечни амбис никако не одговара. Тако се, након привремене забране абортуса у Тексасу, огласила извесна псеудојуродива јуришница „неотуђивог права“ на убијање нерођене деце. Наступила је једном „мудром“ изреком која ће засигурно красити роман неког новог Достојевског, будући да је изјава фантастичнија од сваке маште: „Тексашанке које себи не могу да приуште путовање у неку другу савезну државу, абортус ће обавити у некој од илегалних клиника“, каже DW саговорница. „Тиме актуелна законска промена у Тексасу има по њој јасну последицу – жене ће умирати.“ Каква племенита борба! – помислио би неко. Ево генијалне логике: Да жене, које убијају своју нерођену децу, не би умрле од последица илегално извршеног абортуса, не треба забранити убијање деце! То је, отприлике, као када би неки потпуни болесник захтевао да се дозволи педофилија и као разлог навео да би, у случају забране, деца умирала од илегалних напада педофила! Занимљиво је како се то ове либералне боркиње толико брину о животу мајке која „илегално“ убија дете, а не брину за живот детета које иста та мајка убија? Какав то ум може према једној истој личности да се, до десете недеље трудноће, односи сатански, а да се од десете недеље трудноће понаша као „заштитник права личности“?! Каква је то борба за право личности ако је потребно да та мала личност буде стара више од десет месеци у утроби мајке да би избегла да буде „законски“ убијена?! Какво лицемерје, какви изокренути умови, какве спаљене савести – прави земаљски пакао! Господе, помози нам да не убијамо своју рођену децу, помози нам да се обожимо, сложимо и умножимо – да се покајемо за злочине који вапију до неба и призивају крај света. Помилуј и спаси нас!“ Има ли покајања овом свету или нас тек чека „плач и шкргут зуба“? miroslav maravic Мирослав Маравић 2019. лична архива. МЕДИЈСКО ТРОВАЊЕ Оно што нас нарочито слуђује су медији. Они нас непрестано трују у доба у коме живимо. Маравић упозорава: „Коначно! После толико промашаја! У чему је дакле, узрок те фамозне појаве назване корона вирус? Узрок панике, маловерја, безнађа? Па у оној хипнотичкој направи названој телевизор и у његовом злом потомству комјутеру и андроиду! Угасите ТВ, угасите андроид и – нема корона вируса (или, ако га и има, а има, био би неупоредиво безопаснији без ове хипно-паничарске машине)! Што би рекао Рамбо Амадеус: „Угаси ТВ, видиш да те трује, поштеног човека терају да псује“. А ако га још, метафорички говорећи, избациш кроз прозор, то јест (уколико метафора делује грубо) уљудно оставиш поред контејнера и своје слободно време посветиш молитви и ближњима, твојој радости и доживљају слободе – неће бити краја. Каква црна паника! ТВ је извор опаког хипнотичког вируса. Гашењем ТВ-а правиш први – неопходан, али не и довољан – корак ка духовном излечењу. Господе, излечи нас, како од лабораторијског, физичког, тако и од хипнотичког, виртуелног вируса. Силом Часног и Животворног Крста Твога, Господе Исусе Христе, помилуј и спаси нас!“ Ослободити се екранске диктатуре – ето доброг пута ка правој слободи! НЕ ЗАБОРАВИМО ЧОВЕШТВО А почетком децембра 2020, Маравић бележи у свој дневник: „Субота ујутро, не радим зато што полицијски час почиње од 13. часова. Одлазим у куповину код неког човека са села који продаје ивањички кромпир, заустављам бицикл да купим један џак. Пре мене је једна жена купила две зелене салате и, пошто су ми изгледале лепо, упитао сам колико коштају, без неке нарочите жеље за куповином – која, ипак, није била сасвим искључена. Продавац каже да је ова жена купила последња два комада и, пре него што сам успео да изустим да „заиста није битно“, ова жена крене да ми нуди један комад салате уз објашњење: „Мрзим кад купујемо и гомиламо ствари, а за друге не остане ништа!“ Сада ми је толико жао што се тада нисам сетио да јој кажем како ме никаква салата не може нахранити као њена пажња (овај запис је немоћан да то надомести, али барем је покушај). Ја сам гладан, не толико салате, колико оваквог успутног исказивања доброте – „Јер не живи човек само о хлебу, већ о свакој речи Господњој“ – поготово онда када чак нико није ни тражио жртву, ту малу, али моћну жртву, поготово моћну зато што се догађа у доба глобалне (анти)коронафобије и глобалистичко-паланачког индивидуализма који полако али сигурно уништава последње знаке људскости код већине људи. У страху од болести и тежњи да сачувају и нахране себе, готово потпуно се уништава пажња према ближњима. Док се, на пример, у папској Италији – којој свакако желимо да победе лабораторијско-медијско вирусно зло – туку за комад меса или тоалет папира, Србија тек сада показује право, православно лице. Наравно, свугде има и добрих и лоших, али ја, ето, у нашој вољеној домаји налетех баш на овај добар пример. Код ове изванредне жене ти са Запада придошли црни апокалиптични облаци егоизма су развејани и то ме је потпуно одушевило. Љубазно сам одбио, рекавши да нисам ни намеравао да купим салату и, после поприличног убеђивања, успео сам у чврстом инсистирању да она ипак задржи обе салате. Слава Теби, Господе, у векове векова! Помени, Господе, ову прекрасну душу у Царству Твоме!“ Човештво је пут ка Богочовеку. То не смемо заборавити. УМЕСТО ЗАКЉУЧКА Сваки хришћанин може, ако жели, да води дневник у који ће записивати своје мисли и свагдашња искуства. То ће га подсећати и опомињати, да се не изгуби у доба у коме живимо. Такав дневник води Мирослав Маравић. Ево како је Свети Јован Кронштатски објаснио своје вођење дневника: „Због чега ми Господ даје сваки дан? – како бих се свим срцем обратио Богу, ради мог очишћења и поправљања. Запамти и поправљај се.“ „Због чега нам Господ додаје дан на дан, и годину на годину нашег живота? – Како бисмо постепено избацили и одбацили лукавство из својих душа (уп. Иса. 1, 16) – свако своје, и како бисмо усвојили блажену једноставност, да бисмо, на пример, постали незлобиви као јагњад и простодушни као мала деца.“ „Наш земаљски живот треба да буде непрестана нада у Господа, у свим околностима, јер смо и ми и све наше је од Господа.“ Чак и у ово страшно доба коронократије, треба да пазимо на своје душе, и да, бележећи оно што нас мучи, у Христу и Цркви налазимо утеху која ће нам помоћи да останемо и опстанемо.

Spoljašnjost kao na fotografijama, unutrašnjost u dobrom i urednom stanju! Između njega i sveta postoji zid mračne tajne... Radnja se događa danas, ali budućnost je već prošla! „Još od prapostojanja, još od zore čovečanstva, vodi se na ovoj planeti najpresudniji i najkrvavljiji građanski rat koji od ovih sporednih, sekundarnih, nevažnih, niko i ne primećuje. To je rat između ljudi i androida. U Atlantidi ću eliminisati sve elemente fabule i baviti se isključivo svojim shvatanjem da je ova naša civilizacija već hiljadama godina metaforično – androidska.“ Borislav Pekić Posle više od dvadeset godina ponovo je pred čitaocima Pekićeva knjiga koja je deo antropološke trilogije Besnilo – Atlantida – 1999. Dinamična priča o borbi između robotske i ljudske civilizacije koje uporedo obitavaju na zemlji, ovaj roman je spoj negativne utopije, klasičnog epa i fantastičnog trilera. „I tako već ulazimo u čarobnu tajnu. A tajne se ne ispovedaju.“ Borislav V. Pekić (Podgorica, 4. februar 1930 — London, 2. jul 1992) bio je jedan od najznačajnijih srpskih književnika 20. veka,[1] romansijer, dramski pisac, filmski scenarista, akademik i jedan od trinaest intelektualaca koji su obnovili rad Demokratske stranke.[2] Dobitnik je NIN-ove nagrade za roman Hodočašće Arsenija Njegovana iz 1970. godine i niza drugih priznanja: Nagrada Sterijinog pozorja (1972); nagrada udruženja izdavača, (1977); Nagrada Radio-Zagreba, (1982); Godišnja nagrada Udruženja književnika Srbije za Sabrana dela (1985); Njegoševa nagrada, (1987); Nagrada Zadužbine Jakova Ignjatovića, 1991. Orden zasluga za narod sa srebrnom zvezdom za doprinos u kulturnom stvaralaštvu. Nakon Pekićeve emigracije u London 1971, jugoslovenske vlasti su ga smatrale personom non grata i niz godina su osujećivali izdavanje njegovih dela u Jugoslaviji. Njegova najpoznatija dela su Zlatno runo, Besnilo, Odbrana i poslednji dani, Kako upokojiti vampira, Atlantida i Vreme čuda. Od 12. decembra 1985. bio je dopisni član Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti. Mladost i romani Rodio se u Podgorici 1930. Njegov otac, Vojislav D. Pekić, je u Kraljevini Jugoslaviji bio visoki državni činovnik, tako da su od Borislavovog rođenja do 1941. živeli u Starom i Novom Bečeju, Mrkonjić Gradu, Kninu i Cetinju.[1] Početkom Drugog svetskog rata, italijanske okupacione vlasti su ih proterale iz Cetinja za Srbiju.[1] Njegova porodica se nastanila u Bavaništu (južni Banat), a 1945. se odselila u Beograd.[1] Po preseljenju u Beograd 1945, obrazovanje je nastavio u Trećoj muškoj gimnaziji, gde je maturirao 1948.[1] Ubrzo posle toga je bio uhapšen: „ Bio sam član ilegalne studentsko-gimnazijske organizacije koja se zvala Savez demokratske omladine Jugoslavije. Uhapšen sam 7. novembra 1948, maja 1949. osuđen po Zakonu o krivičnim delima protiv naroda i države, na prvostepenom Okružnom sudu na 10 godina, a potom mi je na Vrhovnom sudu (Narodne Republike Srbije 26. juna 1949. godine) kazna povećana na 15 godina zatvora sa prisilnim radom i izvesnim brojem godina gubitka građanskih prava nakon izdržane kazne. Pomilovan sam 29. novembra 1953. godine. ” — Borislav Pekić[1] Kao pripadnik SDOJ-a je osuđen na petnaest godina robije sa prinudnim radom. Izdržavao je kaznu u KPD Sremska Mitrovica i KPD Niš. Pomilovan je posle pet godina 1953. godine. Za vreme tamnovanja začete su mnoge ideje koje je posle razvio u svojim glavnim romanima. Studirao je eksperimentalnu psihologiju na Filozofskom fakultetu u Beogradu (1954—1958). Borislav i Ljiljana Pekić sa svojom kćerkom 1959. godine Godine 1958. oženio se inženjerkom arhitekture Ljiljanom Glišić, sestričinom dr Milana Stojadinovića, koji je bio predsednik vlade Jugoslavije (1935—1939) i ministar finansija. Godinu dana kasnije rodila im se ćerka Aleksandra. Godina 1959. je takođe godina kada je Pekić napisao svoj prvi od preko dvadeset originalnih filmskih scenarija za glavne filmske kuće u Jugoslaviji, među kojima i Dan četrnaesti, koji je predstavljao Jugoslaviju na Kanskom filmskom festivalu 1961. godine. Godinama je Pekić radio na nekolicini romana, a kada je prvi od njih, Vreme čuda (1965), štampan, privukao je pažnju velikog broja čitalaca, kao i književnih kritičara. Ovaj roman je 1976. izdat na engleskom od strane Harcourt Brace Jovanovic u Njujorku kao Time of Miracles (Vreme čuda). Preveden je na francuski 1986, na poljski 1986, rumunski 1987, italijanski 2004. i grčki 2007. Pekićev prvi roman jasno je ukazao na dve važne karakteristike njegovog rada, oštar antidogmatizam i konstantni skepticizam u pogledu mogućeg „progresa“ čovečanstva koji je dostignut u toku svoje istorije. U periodu između 1968. i 1969. Pekić je bio jedan od urednika „Književnih novina“. Njegov drugi roman je Hodočašće Arsenija Njegovana (1970), u kome je, pored ostalog, dao sliku studentskog protesta 1968. u Jugoslaviji. Iako se ideološki distancirao od ovog opozicionog pokreta, nova politička klima je dalje komplikovala njegov odnos sa vlašću, tako da je godinu dana bio bez pasoša. Roman je ipak dobio Ninovu nagradu kao najbolji jugoslovenski roman te godine. Engleski prevod pod naslovom Houses of Belgrade (Beogradske kuće) se objavio 1978. u izdavačkoj kući Harcourt Brace Jovanovic u Njujorku, a kasnije je bio preveden na poljski, češki i rumunski. Iseljenje i dalji rad Borislav Pekić kao zatvorenik, plakat za izložbu Nakon Pekićeve emigracije u London 1971, jugoslovenske vlasti su ga smatrale personom non grata i niz godina su osujećivali izdavanje njegovih dela u Jugoslaviji. Najzad se 1975. pojavilo Uspenje i sunovrat Ikara Gubelkijana, koje je kasnije prevedeno na poljski 1980, mađarski 1982, češki 1985. i francuski 1992. Godine 1977. poslao je rukopis sotije Kako upokojiti vampira na književni konkurs Udruženih izdavača Jugoslavije, koji su prepoznali u njemu najbolje pristiglo delo i tako je knjiga štampana. Kasnije je prevedena na češki 1980, poljski 1985, italijanski 1992, a engleski prevod se pojavio 2005. Baziran delimično na Pekićevom sopstvenom iskustvu u zatvoru i istrazi, roman pokazuje metode, logiku i psihologiju modernog totalitarnog režima. Odbrana i poslednji dani (1977), saga-fantasmagorija prevedena je na poljski i mađarski 1982, na češki 1983, francuski 1989. i švedski 2003. Ova tri romana bazično se bave raznim vrstama i na raznim nivoima kolaboracije u Jugoslaviji za vreme Drugog svetskog rata. Posle više od dve decenije priprema, studija i proučavanja prvi tom Pekićeve sedmotomovne fantasmagorije Zlatno runo se 1978. godine pojavio pred čitaocima. Slede zatim i ostalih šest tomova tokom 1978—1986. godine. Tim delom se Pekić uvrstio u najznačajnije srpske književnike. Za ovu sagu Pekić je 1987. dobio Njegoševu nagradu, označujući ga kao jednog od vrhovnih savremenih proznih pisca u Jugoslaviji. Prema mišljenju žirija Televizije Srbije, taj roman je ušao u izbor deset najboljih romana, napisanih na srpskom jeziku u periodu od 1982. do 1992. godine. Zlatno runo je upoređivano od strane inostranih kritičara sa Džejms Džojsovim ″Uliksom″, po strukturi naracije klasičnog mita, sa Manovim ″Budenbrokovima″, po dugačkoj porodičnoj istoriji i evoluciji predratnog društva, kao i sa ″Kontrapunktom života″ Oldusa Hakslija, po unutrašnjoj tenziji koja prolazi kroz lavirint konfliktnih perspektiva. No ipak je Zlatno runo slavljeno kao jedinstveno. Jedna od očiglednih odlika je i ogroman obim i tematska kompleksnost. Zlatno runo opisuje lutanje generacija Njegovana i kroz njih istražuje istoriju Balkana. Prvi, drugi i treći tom izdat je na francuskom 2002, 2003. i 2004. godine. Osamdesetih je Pekić napisao nešto sasvim novo. Sakupljao je materijal za pisanje knjige o izgubljenom ostrvu Atlantidi, sa namerom da da jedno novo objašnjenje za korene, razvoj i propast naše civilizacije. I pored klasičnih izvora koji su inspirisali njegov antropološki interes, Pekić je odlučio da ocrta svoju novu viziju budućnosti i time izbegne restrikcije „istorijskog modela“ sa kojim je on nesumnjivo morao da se suoči u starim mitovima. Iz toga su proizišle tri knjige: žanr-roman Besnilo (1983), antropološki roman 1999 (1984) i epos Atlantida (1988).[3] Ove knjige su doživele veliki broj izdanja u Srbiji, a Besnilo je bio bestseler. Besnilo je prevedeno na španski 1988. i mađarski 1994, a Atlantida na češki 1989. Za Atlantidu je Pekić dobio „Goranovi nagradu“ 1988. Ovaj roman je 1983. izabran za najčitaniju knjigu domaćeg autora te godine i dobio je nagradu Beogradski pobednici. Pekićeva Odabrana dela u 12 tomova štampana su krajem 1984. a za njih je dobio Nagradu Udruženja književnika Srbije. Godine koje su pojeli skakavci, u tri toma, izdate su između 1987. i 1990. Dva odlomka prve knjige su prevedena na engleski i publikovana u književnim časopisima Velike Britanije. Ovo je Pekićeva autobiografsko-memoarska proza sa ocenom i objašnjenjem posleratnih dana, životom i proganjanjem buržoazije pod komunističkim režimom. Ove knjige nisu samo autobiografske u klasičnom smislu reči, pošto se Pekić bavi i opštim stanjem Jugoslavije posle Drugog svetskog rata, kao i drugim zemljama i njihovim penalnim sistemima. On slika zatvorski život kao jedinstvenu civilizaciju, a civilizaciju „slobode“ kao specijalan vid zatvora. Ova trilogija je izabrana kao najbolja memoarska proza i za nju je Pekić dobio Nagradu Miloš Crnjanski 1989. Gotske priče Novi Jerusalim štampane su 1989, za koje je Pekić je dobio Nagradu Majska rukovanja u Crnoj Gori 1990. za svoja literarna i kulturna dostignuća. Dve priče iz ove zbirke su publikovane na francuskom, engleskom i ukrajinskom u raznim antologijama. Priča Čovek koji je jeo smrt iz ove knjige bila je posebno prevedena u Francuskoj 2005. kao separatno izdanje. Na talasima radio-stanice France kulture je 21. septembra 2005. ovo Pekićevo delo predstavljeno kao knjiga dana, odnosno kao najbolja knjiga stranog pisca te godine. Film, pozorište i radio Borislav Pekić sa Mihizom 1982. godine Pekić se sedamdesetih izdvojio kao jedan od najboljih savremenih dramskih pisaca Srbije. Redovno je pisao radio-drame za Westdeutscher Rundfunk u Kelnu, kao i za Süddeutscher Rundfunk u Štutgartu. Od 27 drama koje su izvedene i/ili štampane u Srbiji, 17 su imale svoju premijeru u Nemačkoj. Mnoge su bile transformisane u pozorišne i/ili TV drame i dobijale su brojne nagrade. Šesnaest njih je štampano u njegovim Odabranim delima 1984. Njegova drama Generali ili Srodstvo po oružju (1969) se može naći u svakoj antologiji srpske savremene drame. Dobila je Nagradu Sterijinog pozorja za komediju godine 1972, kao i Nagradu Kneginja Milica pozorišta u Kruševcu 1991. Pekićevi pozorišni komadi su bili veoma popularni i hvaljeni, a najpoznatiji od njih Cincari ili Korešpodencija (1979), koja je bazirana na četvrtom tomu Zlatnog runa, igrala se 280 puta u Ateljeu 212 u Beogradu, u periodu od 23 godine. Dobio je prvu nagradu Radio Zagreba za dramu 186. Stepenik (1982), kao i prvu nagradu na festivalima u Ohridu i Varni za Kako zabavljati gospodina Martina (1990). Tokom svoje karijere Pekić je radio na mnogim filmovima, napisao je više od dvadeset originalnih scenarija i adaptirao neke od svojih romana za film. Film Vreme čuda je bio izabran da reprezentuje Jugoslaviju na Kanskom festivalu 1991,[4] gde je Goran Paskaljević dobio nagradu za režiju, a kasnije film je učestvovao na festivalima u Glazgovu, Moskvi, Montrealu i Vrnjačkoj Banji. Nagrada kritičara dodeljena je u San Sebastijanu 1990. Đavolji raj (1989) (That summer of white roses), rađen po sagi-fantasmagoriji Odbrana i poslednji dani, dobio je nagradu na filmskom festivalu u Tokiju 1989. i bio je selektovan iste godine da reprezentuje Jugoslaviju na festivalu u Monpeljeu (Francuska), Puli (Hrvatska), San Sebastijanu (Španija), Los Anđelesu i San Francisku (SAD). Kao honorarni komentator Jugoslovenskog odeljenja Svetske sekcije Bi-Bi-Sija u Londonu (1986—1991) Pekić je čitao svoja „Pisma iz Londona“ svake nedelje; ova Pisma su posle štampana u Jugoslaviji kao Pisma iz tuđine, Nova pisma iz tuđine i Poslednja pisma iz tuđine (1987—1991). Svaka knjiga je sadržavala pedeset pisama sa duhovitim i inovativnim zapažanjima o Engleskoj i engleskom narodu. Pisma su bila emitovana za jugoslovenske i srpske slušaoce, za koje je Pekić naročito uživao da napravi brojna i humoristična poređenja između engleske i naše vlasti, države, običaja i ljudi. Za ove knjige dobio je Nagradu Jaša Ignjatović u Mađarskoj 1991. Pekić je takođe na istom programu Bi-Bi-Sija imao seriju o istoriji Velike Britanije, koja je izdata posthumno sa naslovom Sentimentalna povest Britanskog carstva (1992). Za ovo delo je dobio Počasnu nagradu BIGZ-a, izdavača knjige. Delo je štampano nekoliko puta i imalo je velikog uspeha. Dela su mu prevedena na engleski, nemački, francuski, italijanski, španski, holandski, poljski, češki, slovački, mađarski, rumunski, retoromanski, makedonski, slovenački, albanski, grčki, švedski i ukrajinski. Kraj života i smrt Borislav Pekić na prvim masovnim demonstracijama protiv režima Slobodana Miloševića, 9. marta 1991. Godine 1989, zajedno sa još dvanaest intelektualaca obnovio je rad Demokratske stranke,[2] da bi sledeće, 1990. godine, postao član Glavnog odbora, kao i jedan od urednika obnovljenog opozicionog lista „Demokratija“. Godine 1991, bio je kandidat Demokratske stranke za narodnog poslanika u Skupštini Republike Srbije u beogradskoj opštini Rakovica, kada je pobedio njegov protivkandidat Vojislav Šešelj.[5] Pekić je bio potpredsednik Srpskog PEN centra od 1990. do 1992. godine i član engleskog PEN centra. Bio je dopisni član Srpske akademije nauka i umetnosti od 1985. godine, kao i član Krunskog saveta princa Aleksandra Karađorđevića 1992. godine. Aktivan, kako kao autor tako i kao javna ličnost, do poslednjeg dana, Pekić je umro od raka pluća u svom domu u Londonu, 2. jula 1992. godine u 63. godini života. Kremiran je u Londonu, a njegova urna se nalazi u Aleji zaslužnih građana na Novom groblju u Beogradu,[6] zajedno sa drugim uvaženim ličnostima iz socijalnog, političkog i kulturnog reda građana. Posthumno, 1992, ga je Nj. K. V. prestolonaslednik Aleksandar odlikovao Kraljevskim ordenom dvoglavog belog orla prvog stepena, kao najvišeg odlikovanja dodeljenog od pretendenta Srbije na poziciju monarha...

Lobby card za film `Heavy metal`, rad cuvenog crtaca Ricarda Korbena (Den, Svet mutanata itd), a za pricu `Den`. . Distribucija `Centar film`, Beograd. 23x17 cm. Nije u pitanju nikakva naknadna stampa, tj, replika, vec originalna kartica. RETKO! Ricard Korben Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian adult animated science fantasy anthology film directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine, which was the basis for the film. It starred the voices of Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Don Francks, Martin Lavut, Marilyn Lightstone, Eugene Levy, Alice Playten, Harold Ramis, Percy Rodriguez, Susan Roman, Richard Romanus, August Schellenberg, John Vernon, and Zal Yanovsky. The screenplay was written by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum. The film is an anthology of various science fiction and fantasy stories tied together by a single theme of an evil force that is `the sum of all evils`. It was adapted from Heavy Metal magazine and original stories in the same spirit. Like the magazine, the film features a great deal of graphic violence, sexuality, and nudity. Its production was expedited by having several animation houses working simultaneously on different segments. Upon release, the film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise towards the animation, visuals, Elmer Bernstein`s score and voice acting, but criticism towards its story and overuse of graphic violence. The film however was a modest success at the box office and has since achieved cult status. The film`s influential soundtrack was packaged by music manager Irving Azoff and included several popular rock bands and artists, including Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster Cult, Sammy Hagar, Don Felder, Cheap Trick, DEVO, Journey, and Nazareth, among others.[2] A sequel titled Heavy Metal 2000 (2000) was released in 2000 and received negative reviews.[citation needed] Plot `Soft Landing` The title sequence was based on the comic of the same name by Dan O`Bannon and Thomas Warkentin.[citation needed] The title sequence story opens with a Space Shuttle orbiting the Earth. The bay doors open, releasing a 1960 Corvette. An astronaut seated in the car then begins descending through Earth`s atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon. Crew Jimmy T. Murakami and John Bruno – directors John Coates – producer Dan O`Bannon – writer Thomas Warkentin – art direction Music `Radar Rider` by Riggs Studio MGM Titles T.V. Cartoons Ltd `Grimaldi` In the framing story, the astronaut Grimaldi arrives at home where he is greeted by his daughter. He says he has something to show her. When he opens his case, a green, crystalline sphere rises out and melts him. It introduces itself to the terrified girl as `the sum of all evils`. Looking into the orb known as the Loc-Nar, the girl sees how it has influenced societies throughout time and space. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar Don Francks as Grimaldi Caroline Semple as Girl Crew Harold Whitaker – director John Halas – producer Studio Halas & Batchelor Animation Ltd `Harry Canyon` Original story by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum; based on The Long Tomorrow by Moebius. In a dystopian and crime-ridden New York City in 2031, cynical taxicab driver Harry Canyon narrates his day in film noir style, grumbling about his fares and frequent robbery attempts he thwarts with a disintegrator installed in the back of his seat. He stumbles into an incident where he rescues a red haired young woman from Rudnick, a gangster who murdered her father. She explains that her father discovered the Loc-Nar, and they have been pursued relentlessly by people attempting to obtain it. Harry takes her to his apartment, where they have sex. She decides to sell the Loc-Nar to Rudnick and split the money with Harry. Rudnick is disintegrated by the Loc-Nar at the exchange, and she attempts to double-cross Harry to keep the money for herself. When she pulls out a gun, Harry uses the disintegrator on her. He keeps the money, and summarizes the incident as a `two-day ride with one hell of a tip`. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar Harvey Atkin as Alien, Henchman John Candy as Desk Sergeant Marilyn Lightstone as Whore Susan Roman as Girl, Satellite Richard Romanus as Harry Canyon Al Waxman as Rudnick Crew Pino van Lamsweerde – director W. H. Stevens Jr. – producer Vic Atkinson – producer Daniel Goldberg – writer Len Blum – writer Music `Veteran of the Psychic Wars` by Blue Öyster Cult `True Companion` by Donald Fagen `Blue Lamp` by Stevie Nicks `Open Arms` by Journey `Heartbeat` by Riggs Studio Atkinson Film Arts `Den` Based on the character of the same name created by Richard Corben. A nerdy teenager finds a `green meteorite` near his house and adds it to his rock collection. During a lightning experiment, the orb hurls the young man into the world of Neverwhere, where he transforms into a naked, muscular man called Den, an acronym for his earth name, David Ellis Norman. There, Den witnesses a strange ritual, rescuing a beautiful young woman who is about to be sacrificed to Uhluhtc. Reaching safety, she introduces herself as Katherine Wells from the British colony of Gibraltar. The two start having sex, but are interrupted by the minions of Ard, an immortal man who wants to obtain the Loc-Nar for himself. After being taken to see Ard, Den demands to see Katherine. His request is ignored and Ard orders his men to castrate Den. Den fights off the soldiers and shoots Ard, who is immortal and heals immediately. The girl turns out to be sleeping, encased in glass under a spell where only Ard can awaken her. Ard offers Den a deal: if he gets the Loc-Nar from the Queen and brings it to him, the girl will be released. Den agrees and infiltrates the palace along with Ard`s best soldier, Norl. They are promptly caught by the Queen`s guards, but she offers leniency if Den has sex with her. He complies, thereby distracting the Queen while the raiding party steals the Loc-Nar. Den escapes and races back to rescue Katherine from Ard. Recreating the lightning incident that drew him to Neverwhere, he is able to banish Ard and the Queen. Den suspects that they were teleported to Earth. Refusing the opportunity to take the Loc-Nar for himself, Den rides with Katherine into the sunset, content to remain in Neverwhere. As for the Loc-Nar, it rises into the sky and lands on a space station where it is picked up by someone else. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar John Candy as Den Jackie Burroughs as Katherine Wells Martin Lavut as Ard Marilyn Lightstone as Queen August Schellenberg as Norl Crew Jack Stokes – director Jerry Hibbert – producer Richard Corben – writer Studio Votetone `Captain Sternn` Based on the character of the same name created by Bernie Wrightson. On a space station, crooked space captain Lincoln F. Sternn is on trial for numerous serious charges presented by the prosecutor consisting of 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape — and one moving violation. Pleading `not guilty` against the advice of his lawyer Charlie, Sternn explains that he expects to be acquitted because he bribed a witness named Hanover Fiste. Fiste takes the stand upon being called to by the prosecutor, but his perjury is subverted when the Loc-Nar, now the size of a marble, causes him to blurt out highly incriminating statements about Sternn (though whether or not any of them are true is unknown) before changing him into a hulking muscular brute that chases Sternn throughout the station, breaking through bulkheads and wreaking havoc. Eventually, he corners Sternn, who gives him his promised payoff, and he promptly shrinks back to his scrawny original form. Sternn opens a trap door under Fiste, ejecting him into space. The Loc-Nar enters Earth`s atmosphere with Fiste`s flaming severed hand still clinging to it. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar Rodger Bumpass as Hanover Fiste Joe Flaherty as Charlie, the lawyer Douglas Kenney as Regolian Eugene Levy as Captain Lincoln F. Sternn John Vernon as Prosecutor Crew Julian Harris – director Paul Sebella – director Bernie Wrightson – writer Music `Reach Out` by Cheap Trick Studio Boxcar Animation Studios Inc `Neverwhere Land` Because of time constraints, a segment called `Neverwhere Land`, which would have connected `Captain Sternn` to `B-17`, was cut. The story follows the influence of the Loc-Nar upon the evolution of a planet, from the Loc-Nar landing in a body of water, influencing the rise of the industrial age, and a world war. This original story was created by Cornelius Cole III. The original rough animatics are set to a loop of the beginning of Pink Floyd`s `Time`. The 1996 VHS release included this segment at the end of the tape. On the DVD release, this segment is included as a bonus feature. In both released versions, the sequence is set to the music of `Passacaglia` (from Magnificat), composed and conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki and with animation studio being produced by Duck Soup Produckions. `B-17` A World War II B-17 bomber nicknamed the Pacific Pearl makes a difficult bombing run and suffers heavy damage with all of the crew except the pilot and co-pilot killed by gunfire. As the bomber limps home, the co-pilot goes back to check on the crew. Finding nothing but dead bodies, he notices the Loc-Nar trailing the plane. Informing the pilot, he heads back to the cockpit, when the Loc-Nar rams itself into the plane and reanimates the dead crew members as zombies. The co-pilot is killed, while the pilot parachutes away in time. He lands on an island where he finds a graveyard of airplanes from various times, along with the wrecked airplanes` zombified airmen, who surround him, sealing the horrified pilot`s fate. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar Don Francks as Co-Pilot (Holden) George Touliatos as Pilot (Skip) Zal Yanovsky as Navigator Crew Barrie Nelson – director W. H. Stevens Jr. – producer Dan O`Bannon – writer Music `Heavy Metal (Takin` a Ride)` by Don Felder Studio Atkinson Film-Arts `So Beautiful & So Dangerous` Based on the comic of the same name by Angus McKie. Dr. Anrak, a prominent scientist, arrives at The Pentagon for a meeting regarding mysterious mutations that are plaguing the United States. At the meeting, the doctor tries to dismiss the occurrences. When he sees the Loc-Nar in the locket of Gloria, a beautiful buxom stenographer, he begins to behave erratically and motorboats her. A colossal starship drills through the roof and abducts the doctor and, by accident, Gloria. The ship`s robot is irritated at Anrak, who is actually a malfunctioning android, but its mood changes when it sees Gloria. With the help of the ship`s alien pilot Edsel and co-pilot Zeke, the robot convinces Gloria to stay on board and have `robot sex` (albeit off-screen). Meanwhile, Edsel and Zeke snort a huge amount of a powdered drug called Plutonian Nyborg before flying home, zoning out on the cosmos. Too intoxicated to fly straight, they crash-land unharmed in a huge space station. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar Rodger Bumpass as Dr. Anrak John Candy as Robot Joe Flaherty as General Eugene Levy as Male Reporter / Edsel Alice Playten as Gloria Harold Ramis as Zeke Patty Dworkin as Female Reporter Warren Munson as Senator Crew John Halas – director Angus McKie – writer Music `Queen Bee` by Grand Funk Railroad `I Must Be Dreamin`` by Cheap Trick `Crazy? (A Suitable Case for Treatment)` by Nazareth `All of You` by Don Felder `Prefabricated` by Trust `Heavy Metal` by Sammy Hagar Studio Halas & Batchelor Animation Ltd `Taarna` Original story by Daniel Goldberg and Len Blum; based on Arzach by Moebius. The Loc-Nar, now the size of a giant meteor, crashes into a volcano on another world and draws a large mass of curious people. As they begin to climb the volcano, it erupts and green slime covers the crowd, mutating them into an evil barbarian army. The mutants subsequently attack a nearby city of peaceful scholars. Desperate, the city leaders mentally summon the Taarakians, a once powerful yet now declining warrior race with whom the city had a pact, but the city falls before the call can be answered. Taarna, a beautiful yet mute warrior and the last of the Taarakians, receives the summons. After ritually preparing herself, she and her avian mount fly to the beleaguered city, only to find the citizens dead. Determined to avenge them, she begins following the trail of their murderers and encounters a small band of the mutant barbarians. After killing them and with more information at hand, she travels towards the mutant camp, but she and her mount are captured. Taarna is tortured and thrown into an open pit, unconscious. Her mount escapes and rescues her. She tries going for the Loc-Nar, but the mutants pursue and shoot her mount down. The mutant leader faces Taarna in a duel to the death, wounding her, but Taarna manages to kill him. With the last of their strength, Taarna and her companion make a death flight to the volcano. As they approach, the Loc-Nar warns her off, claiming that sacrificing herself would be futile. Ignoring the Loc-Nar, Taarna unleashes the power imbued in her sword and dives into the volcano, destroying the Loc-Nar. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar Thor Bishopric as Boy Ned Conlon as Councilman #1 Len Doncheff as Barbarian #1 Don Francks as Barbarian #2 Joseph Golland as Councilman #2 Charles Joliffe as Councilman #3 Mavor Moore as Elder August Schellenberg as Taarak Cedric Smith as Bartender George Touliatos as Barbarian #3 Vlasta Vrána as Barbarian Leader Zal Yanovsky as Barbarian #4 Music `E5150` by Black Sabbath `The Mob Rules` by Black Sabbath `Through Being Cool` by Devo `Epilogue` As the final story ends, the Loc-Nar that was terrorizing the girl destabilizes and begins breaking up. The girl flees it and her home. The Loc-Nar then explodes, destroying the mansion in the process. Taarna`s reborn mount appears outside and the girl happily flies away on it. It is then revealed that Taarna`s soul has been reincarnated in the girl, transforming her into a new Taarakian. Cast Percy Rodriguez (uncredited) as Loc-Nar Music `Working in the Coal Mine` by Devo Production Ivan Reitman gained a deal with Columbia Pictures to create an animated film and asked Gerald Potterton to oversee it.[5] The initial script had Arzach as the framing device for the film, but the script was thrown out after Jean Giraud refused to allow the usage of his characters. Len Blum and Daniel Goldberg created Taarna and a green orb instead.[6] Chris Achilléos did the character design for Taarna.[7] Michael Mills was hired to create the opening and closing segments, but script rewrites had the sequences redrawn multiple times. Reitman, displeased with the high expenses, withheld payment. Mills sued and the case was settled out of court. Reitman hired Jimmy T. Murakami to create a new opening.[6] Atkinson Film-Arts animated Harry Canyon, directed by Pino van Lamsweerde, and the B-17 segment by Barrie Nelson. Captain Sternn was animated by Boxcar films under the direction of Paul Szuchopa and Julian Harris. Halas and Batchelor and TVC animated the other segments. Taarna was created in Montreal by 11 designers, 30 animators, and 54 assistants under the direction of John Bruno. José Abel, Danny Antonucci, and Zdenko Gašparović worked on Taarna.[8] Animator Robert Balser directed the animation of the `Den` sequence for the film.[9] The film uses the rotoscoping technique of animation in several shots. This process consists of shooting models and actors, then tracing the shot onto film.[10] Release The film was released on August 7, 1981. It was a financial success, grossing over $20 million on a $9 million budget (equivalent to a gross of $64 million in 2022).[3] Reception The film was met with mixed response. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 66% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10 and the critical consensus: `It`s sexist, juvenile, and dated, but Heavy Metal makes up for its flaws with eye-popping animation and a classic, smartly-used soundtrack.`[11] Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that `for anyone who doesn`t think an hour and a half is a long time to spend with a comic book, Heavy Metal is impressive,` and noted that the film `was scored very well, with music much less ear-splitting than the title would suggest.`[12] Variety declared, `Initial segments have a boisterous blend of dynamic graphics, intriguing plot premises and sly wit that unfortunately slide gradually downhill ... Still, the net effect is an overridingly positive one and will likely find its way into upbeat word-of-mouth.`[13] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three stars, writing that it `isn`t intended for close scrutiny on a literal level. The film clearly is intended as a trip, and on that level it works very nicely.` He criticized the film as `blatantly sexist` and for having `wildly romanticized` violence.[14] Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times wrote, `Somehow a great deal of the charm [of the magazine] leaked out on the way to the movie house, but all of the sadism stayed put. And then some. It`s the most expensive adolescent fantasy revenge fulfillment wet dream ever to slither onto a screen.`[15] John Pym of The Monthly Film Bulletin found that it was `to put it mildly, something of a hodge-podge.`[16] Film historian and critic Leonard Maltin gave the film 3 stars out of 4 in his Movie Guide, calling the feature `... uneven, but great fun on a mindless, adolescent level.`[17] On the whole, in terms of individual segments, critics were typically most favorable towards the `Den` story.[18] Critic Janet Maslin gave the film a positive review in The New York Times. She said, `The other highly memorable story is about a bookworm from earth who winds up on another planet, where his spindly body is transformed into that of an extraterrestrial Hercules.` She also complimented John Candy`s vocal performance as Den.[19] Christopher John reviewed Heavy Metal in Ares Magazine #11 and commented that `Sadly, what could have been a true boost for animation in this country[20] is a weak, opportunistic failure, put together with very little care and no love at all.`[21] Home media Heavy Metal aired frequently on HBO throughout the 1980s and 90s.[citation needed] Prior to official release on VHS and LaserDisc in 1996, the film was re-released to 54 theatres on March 8, 1996, remixed in Sony`s 8-track SDDS audio system, taking in US$550,000 (equivalent to $1,026,247 in 2022).[4] The subsequent home video release, the first animated film issued on the VHS format to be THX-certified, moved over one million units.[22] The film was released on Blu-ray Disc on February 1, 2011 as a Best Buy exclusive and it was later released everywhere on June 14, 2011.[23] A remastered 4K version was released on Ultra HD Blu-ray on April 19, 2022, bundled with a Blu-ray Disc release of the sequel, Heavy Metal 2000 (2000).[24] Music Soundtrack This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Heavy Metal: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack album by various artists Released July 1981 Genre Heavy metal[25] hard rock[25] Label Full Moon/Asylum/Epic Heavy Metal film soundtracks chronology Heavy Metal: Music from the Motion Picture (1981) Heavy Metal 2000 OST (2000) Singles from Heavy Metal: Music from the Motion Picture `True Companion` / `All of You` Released: 1981 Professional ratingsReview scores Source Rating AllMusic [25] The soundtrack was released on LP in 1981, but for legal reasons, was not released on CD until 1995. The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 chart. The film`s theme song, `Heavy Metal (Takin` a Ride)` was sung by Don Felder. It was released as a single in the U.S. and reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot 100[26] and number five on the Mainstream Rock chart on September 19, 1981.[27] Blue Öyster Cult wrote and recorded a song called `Vengeance (The Pact)` for the film, but the producers declined to use the song because the lyrics provided a capsulized summary of the `Taarna` vignette. `Veteran of the Psychic Wars` was used instead. Both songs can be found on Blue Öyster Cult`s album Fire of Unknown Origin. Although used in the film, the songs `Through Being Cool` by Devo and `E5150` by Black Sabbath were not included in the released soundtrack album. These songs are on New Traditionalists and Mob Rules, respectively. The legal difficulties surrounding the use of some songs in the film delayed its release to home media. The production company`s use of some songs was limited solely to the theatrical release and soundtrack and did not include home media releases. It was not until 1996 that there was an official home media release on VHS when Kevin Eastman, who had bought the publishing rights of Heavy Metal magazine in 1992 and previously contributed to the magazine, reached a settlement with the music copyright holders.[28] The original LP contained four tracks per side and was programmed in stackable order (A, D, B, C). Rhino Records reissued the two-LP collection in 2017, programmed in standard order (A, B, C, D), as part of their `Rocktober` collection.[29] No. Title Artist Length 1. `Heavy Metal` (original version) Sammy Hagar 3:50 2. `Heartbeat` Riggs 4:20 3. `Working in the Coal Mine` Devo 2:48 4. `Veteran of the Psychic Wars` Blue Öyster Cult 4:48 5. `Reach Out` Cheap Trick 3:35 6. `Heavy Metal (Takin` a Ride)` Don Felder 5:00 7. `True Companion` Donald Fagen 5:02 8. `Crazy (A Suitable Case for Treatment)` Nazareth 3:24 9. `Radar Rider` Riggs 2:40 10. `Open Arms` Journey 3:20 11. `Queen Bee` Grand Funk Railroad 3:11 12. `I Must Be Dreamin`` Cheap Trick 5:37 13. `The Mob Rules` (alternate version) Black Sabbath 3:16 14. `All of You` Don Felder 4:18 15. `Prefabricated` Trust 2:59 16. `Blue Lamp` Stevie Nicks 3:48 Charts Chart (1981–1982) Peak position US Billboard 200[30] 12 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Canada (Music Canada)[31] Platinum 100,000^ United States (RIAA)[32] Platinum 1,000,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Score Unusual for the time, an LP recording of Elmer Bernstein`s score was released alongside the soundtrack in 1981, and it featured the composer`s first use of the ondes Martenot, an instrument which became a trademark of Bernstein`s later career. On March 13, 2008, Film Score Monthly released an official, expanded CD release of Bernstein`s score, which he conducted.[33] The score was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra with the London Voices and Jeanne Loriod on the ondes Martenot. Original track listing: `Den and the Green Ball` (03:17) `Den Makes It` (02:49) `Den and the Queen` (02:56) `Den`s Heroics` (02:52) `Bomber and the Green Ball` (04:41) `Space Love` (01:32) `Harry and the Girl` (03:45) `Tarna Summoned` (sic) (02:50) `Flight` (02:20) `Tarna Prepares` (sic) (03:35) `Barbarians` (03:37) `Tarna Forever` (sic) (03:37) Re-release track listing: `Beginning` 1:16 `Intro to Green Ball` 1:18 `Discovery/Transformation (Den and the Green Ball)` 3:15 `Den Makes Out (Den Makes It)` 2:42 `Castrate Him/Searching for the Loc-Nar` 2:04 `Queen for a Day (Den and the Queen)` 2:54 `Pursuit (Den’s Heroics)` 2:51 `Fiste` 1:27 `Getting Bombed` 3:06 `Green Ball` 2:15 `Dem Bones` 2:44 `No Alarm` 0:58 `Robot Love (Space Love)` 1:32 `Harry` 1:35 `The Next Morning` 1:56 `End of Baby` 2:43 `Council (Taarna Summoned)` 2:49 `The Flight to Temple (Flight)` 2:16 `The Sword (Taarna Prepares)` 3:32 `Flight to Holiday Town` 2:20 `Fighting` 2:43 `My Whips!/Taarna Escapes Pit` 4:57 `Finish (Taarna Forever)` 3:34 Bonus tracks `Den Makes Out` (film version) 2:49 `Bomber and the Green Ball` (album edit) 4:35 `Harry and the Girl` (album edit) 3:41 `Barbarians` (album edit) 3:34 Sequel The sequel, titled Heavy Metal 2000, was released in 2000. Upon its release, Heavy Metal 2000 received negative reviews from critics and has fallen into obscurity. Legacy and cultural impact Several years after the film`s release, Heavy Metal managed to achieve a strong cult following mainly through midnight screenings, TV showings, and home video releases.[citation needed] The film served as inspiration for many animation and science fiction films and shows following it such as Blade Runner (1982), Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985), Gandahar (1987), Akira (1988), The Fifth Element (1997), Titan A.E. (2000), Sausage Party (2016), Mandy (2018), The Spine of Night (2021), Futurama, and Rick & Morty.[citation needed] The film was parodied in a season 12 episode of the adult animated comedy series South Park entitled `Major Boobage` (2008; S12E03), which also featured songs from the film`s soundtrack.[citation needed] Some news reports have suggested that Heavy Metal was an influence for Elon Musk when he launched a Tesla Roadster alongside a fake spaceman in the front seat into orbit in 2018, which seems to reference the film`s title sequence `Soft Landing`, in which a space traveler lands on Earth in a Chevrolet Corvette convertible two-seater.[34][35] Both Heavy Metal and the British animated film Watership Down (1978) served as strong influences on the animation and anthology styles of the music video At the Door by The Strokes.[36] Remake In March 2008, Variety reported that Paramount Pictures was set to make another animated film with David Fincher `spearheading the project`. Kevin Eastman, who is the current owner and publisher of Heavy Metal, would direct a segment, as would Tim Miller, `whose Blur Studio will handle the animation for what is being conceived as an R-rated, adult-themed feature`.[37] Entertainment website IGN announced, on July 14, 2008, `David Fincher`s edgy new project has suffered a serious setback after it was dropped by Paramount, according to Entertainment Weekly.`[38] Entertainment Weekly quoted Tim Miller as saying `David really believes in the project. It`s just a matter of time.`[39] In September 2008, Eastman was quoted as saying `Fincher is directing one, Guillermo del Toro wants to direct one, Zack Snyder wants to direct one, Gore Verbinski wants to direct one`. It was reported that the film had been moved to Sony division Columbia Pictures (which had released the original) and had a budget of $50 million.[40] In June 2009, Eastman said `I`ve got breaking news that Fincher and James Cameron are going to be co-executive producers on the film, Cameron will direct one.[41] Mark Osborne and Jack Black from Tenacious D were going to do a comedy segment for the film.`[42] Production is stalled indefinitely, as no film distributor or production company has shown interest in distributing or producing the remake since Paramount Pictures decided to forgo being the film`s distributor,[43] who purportedly thought such a film was `too risqué for mainstream audiences`.[39] In July 2011, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez announced at the Comic-Con that he had purchased the film rights to Heavy Metal and planned to develop a new animated film at the new Quick Draw Studios.[44] On March 11, 2014, with the formation of his very own television network, El Rey, Rodriguez considered switching gears and bringing it to TV.[45] On March 15, 2019, the reboot was released on Netflix as a reimagining titled Love, Death & Robots.[46] Richard Corben (October 1, 1940 – December 2, 2020) was an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for his comics featured in Heavy Metal magazine, especially the Den series which was featured in the magazine`s first film adaptation in 1981. He was the winner of the 2009 Spectrum Grand Master Award[1] and the 2018 Grand Prix at Angoulême. In 2012 he was elected to the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. Biography Richard Corben was born on a farm[2] in Anderson, Missouri, and went on to get a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Kansas City Art Institute, in 1965.[3] At the same time, he trained in bodybuilding, but eventually retired from the art with few accomplishments due to a lack of time to dedicate himself to it.[4] After working as a professional animator at Kansas City`s Calvin Productions, Corben started writing and illustrating for the underground comics, including Grim Wit, Slow Death, Skull, Rowlf, Fever Dreams and his own anthology Fantagor.[5] In 1970 he began illustrating horror and science-fiction stories for Warren Publishing.[6] His stories appeared in Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, 1984 and Comix International. He also colored several episodes of Will Eisner`s Spirit. All the stories and covers he did for Creepy and Eerie have been reprinted by Dark Horse Books in a single volume: Creepy Presents Richard Corben.[7] The three stories he drew for Vampirella have been reprinted by Dynamite Entertainment in Vampirella Archives Vol. 5.[8] In 1975, when Moebius, Druillet, and Jean-Pierre Dionnet started publishing the magazine Métal Hurlant in France, Corben submitted some of his stories to them.[9] He continued his work for the franchise in America, where the magazine was called Heavy Metal. Also in 1975, a selection of his black-and-white underground comix stories was collected in hardcover as The Richard Corben Funnybook from Kansas City`s Nickelodeon Press. In 1976 he adapted a short Robert E. Howard story in an early graphic novel, Bloodstar.[10] Among the stories drawn for Heavy Metal he continued the saga of his most famous creation, Den, which had begun in the short film Neverwhere and a short story in the underground publication Grim Wit No. 2. The saga of Den is a fantasy series about the adventures of a young underweight nerd who travels to Neverwhere, a universe taking inspirational nods from Robert E. Howard`s Hyborian Age, Edgar Rice Burroughs`s Barsoom and H. P. Lovecraft`s horror dimensions. This story was adapted in a highly abridged form, in the animated film Heavy Metal, where Den was voiced by John Candy in a humorous interpretation of the character that Corben found excellent. Corben`s collaborations are varied, ranging from Rip in Time with Bruce Jones, to Harlan Ellison for Vic and Blood, to the Mutant World titles, Jeremy Brood, and The Arabian Nights with Jan Strnad. From 1986 to 1994 Corben operated his own publishing imprint, Fantagor Press. Among the titles Fantagor published were Den, Den Saga, Horror in the Dark, Rip in Time, and Son of Mutant World. Fantagor went out of business after the 1994 contraction of the comics industry.[11] [12] Due to the sexual nature of Corben`s art, it has been accused of being pornographic, a description he himself disagrees with, preferring to call his work `sensual` instead.[4] One notorious example was the interview he gave Heavy Metal editor Brad Balfour in 1981.[2][13][14] Corben was very dissatisfied with the interview. He felt it portrayed him as a `petty, childish, borderline psychotic oaf`. He wrote a letter in retort, which was published in the September 1981 issue.[15] Corben did the cover of Meat Loaf`s Bat Out of Hell, Jim Steinman`s Bad for Good and a movie poster (based on a layout compositional sketch by Neal Adams[16]) for the Brian De Palma film Phantom of the Paradise. In addition, he provided cover art for the VHS release of the low-budget horror film Spookies. In 2000, Corben collaborated with Brian Azzarello on five issues of Azzarello`s run on Hellblazer (146–150) which was collected in a trade called Hellblazer: Hard Time.[17] He also adapted the classic horror story The House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson for DC`s Vertigo imprint. In 2001, Azzarello and Corben teamed up to create Marvel`s Startling Stories: Banner (a four issue mini-series exploring Doc Samson`s relationship with Bruce Banner) and Marvel MAX`s Cage (a five issue mini-series starring Luke Cage). In June 2004, Corben joined with Garth Ennis to produce The Punisher: The End, a one-shot title for Marvel published under the MAX imprint as part of Marvel`s The End series. The story tells of The Punisher`s final days on an earth ravaged by nuclear holocaust. Ever the independent, Corben would work with rocker Rob Zombie and Steve Niles in 2005 on a project for IDW Publishing called Bigfoot. In 2007, Corben did a two issue run on Marvel Comics` surreal demon biker, Ghost Rider. At Marvel`s MAX imprint he has produced Haunt of Horror, a mini-series adapting classic works of horror to comics. The first mini-series, published in 2006, was based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe[18] followed by a second series in 2008 adapting works by H. P. Lovecraft.[19] Between 2008 and 2009 he illustrated the flashback sequences in Conan of Cimmeria #1–7, collected as Conan Volume 7: Cimmeria. In 2009 he illustrated Starr the Slayer for Marvel`s MAX comics imprint. Since then Corben has done more work for Marvel, DC, IDW, and most notably Dark Horse, drawing the Eisner Award-winning Hellboy. In May 2020, Parallax Studio announced preproduction on the live-action animated film MEAD (originally titled To Meet the Faces You Meet) based on the comic book Fever Dreams illustrated by Corben and written by Jan Strnad.[20][21] The film stars Robert Picardo and Samuel Hunt and features the voices of Patton Oswalt and Patrick Warburton.[22] MEAD was premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2022, and will be released for streaming in North America on August 9, 2022.[23] Personal life Corben`s wife is named Madonna `Dona` (née Marchant). Corben was the special-effects/animation technician for her prize-winning film entry Siegfried Saves Metropolis in a contest sponsored by Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in 1964 (see issues #34 and 35). They married soon afterward in 1965.[24] They had a daughter, Beth, who is a watercolor painter and often colored her father`s comics. Corben died on December 2, 2020, following heart surgery. He was 80 years old.[25] Awards Corben`s work in comics and animation has won him recognition, including the Shazam Award for Outstanding New Talent in 1971, and a Shazam Award for Superior Achievement by an Individual in 1973. Corben won a 1973 Goethe Award for `Favorite Fan Artist`. He also received a CINE Golden Eagle and President of Japan Cultural Society trophy in 1968 for his short film Neverwhere.[26] While working for the Warren anthologies, he received numerous Warren Awards: 1973 Best Artist/Writer and Special Award for `Excellence`, 1976 Best Art for `Within You, Without You` (Eerie #77) and Best Cover (also for Eerie #77), and 1978 Best Cover Artist.[1] In 2009 Corben won the `Best Finite Series/Limited Series` Eisner Award for Hellboy: The Crooked Man and in 2011 he won the `Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)` Eisner Award, for Hellboy: Double Feature of Evil. Finally, in 2012 he was elected to the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. In 2015, Corben was inducted into the Ghastly Awards Hall of Fame. His previous Ghastly Awards include Best Artist in 2013 and Best One-shot Comics for his Dark Horse Poe adaptations... Edgar Allan Poe`s The Conqueror Worm in 2012, Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven & The Red Death (2013) and Edgar Allan Poe`s Morella and the Murders in the Rue Morgue in 2014.[27] In January 2018 he won the prestigious Grand Prix at Angoulême and presidency of the 2019 festival.[28] Beginning concurrently with the 2019 festival in January, a 250-piece collection of his original artworks was put on display at the Musée d`Angoulême, the exhibit ending March 10, 2019.