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The Name of the Rose is a 2019 historical drama television miniseries created and directed by Giacomo Battiato for RAI. It is based on the 1980 international bestseller novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. The series stars John Turturro as William of Baskerville and Rupert Everett as Bernard Gui. It was co-produced by Italian production companies 11 Marzo Film and Palomar, and distributed internationally by the…
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In some happier times for most people word “medieval” was just a colourful phrase used in *Pulp Fiction*. Today it is used as convenient description how the world would like if current carnage in Eastern Europe continues to escalate (in more optimistic scenarios). On the other hand, films that used phrase “medieval” in its proper meaning – Europe during Middle Ages – are many, but most use it as convenient setting f…More
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Hello to the entire Hive community, today I bring you a miniseries based on the famous book by Umberto Eco, this book is based on the story of a series of mysterious deaths of monks in an abbey, in the Middle Ages. >Hola a toda la comunidad Hive, hoy les traigo una miniserie basada en el famoso libro de Umberto Eco, este libro se basa en la historia de unas series de muertes misteriosas de unos monjes en una abadía,…More
Recently, I acquired an old "guilty pleasure" of mine on blu-ray, the movie "The Name of The Rose" from 1986, directed by J.-J. Annaud starring Sean Connery, in one of his best performances, and a very young Christian Slater. I had read the novel around the same time and had found it dry and "boring" (I was just a young lad) but this "alien" medieval world really seemed to come alive in the movie adaptation. I like…More