Feel free to look around while i get the water boil in. Jail he asked of music. Do. Cats so very hot time of year. When you feel like you could just about done. It you know what they say about jerry. No one who dies here ever really died. You know. Swear. If it isnt dead. If it ever comes back. Come back to. You. Ghastly stuff and my colleague Melissa Holroyd has joined me in the studio after putting herself through that incredible wringer symbolism pennywise the killer clown is back whether i like it or not but. The story begins with with a day couple getting brutally beaten by a gang of thugs in a small town called derry and one of them is thrown off the bridge and then the evil pennywise shapeshifting clown is awoken and is ready for a feeding session happens every 27 months what happens every 27 years although we dont see the pennywise eating that much he just has of munch here and there but we dont really see him sort of feasting on people so whole of the cost of the original film they get called upon to return to the town and take on the the clown ok so horror really is definitely not my genre and ive heard that this one lasts for 3 hours so it sounds like absolute torture to me is it any good. Theres certainly a lot thats good about it its very choppy film particularly in the middle of it there are long stretches where you see a lot of there are a lot of scenes and they all end up in the end in the jumps and it gets a little bit repetitive and also through that you lose the arch of the film you lose the sort of ongoing tension of the film and you lose a little bit of interest i have to say. Yeah so also you learn pretty quickly that that pennywise doesnt eat people who have small parts. You know he only eats people who he doesnt eat the main character says anything people are so yes so you can so im assuming that its nothing to compare with chapter one which was such an incredible success at the Box Office Yet chapter one was certainly a better film i think but i think it also had the advantage in that the setting was very good the adults in derry dont care about the children the adults the adults are indifferent to the children suffering. And you know in a lot of stephen king for stephen king books and stories you have this sort of food didnt element is to brew and here its that some parents dont like their kids and some adults dont like children which is a terrific setting for a film because the audience is really invested in what happens to those kids because those kids are already up against it so the 2nd chapter doesnt have this claustrophobic effect that it still suggests that the whole town is infected in a way by pennywise. It is not a shame really because its such a terrific cast just quickly yeah its a great cast yes got jessica chest a and then theres james mcavoy and theres of course bills zod i think one of the big stands out is james ransom who plays the adult he really catches this intense neurotic wound energy the. Soul that the child had definitely something for aficionados it chapter 2 perhaps not delivering quite the bang for the buck that the predecessor did but nevertheless. Thank you very much for bringing us back to town thanks melissa. Well if all those scary images are not your thing then our next topic should make you feel all warm and fuzzy garden gnomes are the benevolent. Little people that have populated german garden plot since the 19th century so much so that theyre really considered a fixture on germanys Cultural Landscape but as one of the last manufacturers prepares for retirement their future looks uncertain. Pointy red hat. Plain black shoes. A white beard. And a lantern to light his way through the mines presenting the original garden gnome. And this is his birthplace. In central germany. China people is a 4th generation garden no manufacturer his great grandfather philip founded the company in 874 the garden gnome left his workshop to conquer the world are still his origins are in mining. The replica of the miners a symbol of hard work. And the miners will switch went down past their shoulders to prevent stones from falling in kind for. Their heads normal size but the bodies are little short. Little folk and little folk were needed in the mines so thats why theyre no. Resources. In the early years the gnomes had various professions for example as characters for butchers shop windows. Gnomes sporting shovels and aprons 1st began appearing in private gardens in the middle of the last century 1st in germany and later around the globe they symbolized industriousness although they never helped with the yard work. The production of garden gnomes in craven hoarder has changed a little over the last century the figures are made from ronnie clay which must drive for several hours before the scenes can be sponged clean. Then the clay figures are fired in a kiln at more than 1000. 00 degrees celcius. Afterwards theyre painted by hand with lots of patience and love. And i know it can be both still has lots of orders for garden gnomes some even come from france and sweden. Still griebel is set to retire soon. Does that mean the days of the original german garden gnome are numbered. Im making great efforts to ensure life will go on for the little imp with the pointy red hat so in their mind when you look that little fellow in the eyes you think you know why should he die out itd be a shame. So going hungry is looking for a successor someone wholl give these garden gnomes a future to look forward to. Now across our fingers for the garden gnomes well in our series planet berlin were featuring foreigners from all over the world whove settled here in berlin and started a business of some kind so this time we meet marcos she needs to from japan and even though he only lived there until he was 8 years old the countrys cheesiness its obsession with who mommy or that seductive 5th taste left a lasting impression on his young palate thats a very lucky thing for belin. Ma course she meets who likes to experiment and taught himself how to make tasty for mental foods like me saw. In japan life revolves around food people like to go out to eat and to eat well. This mentality is still in its infancy in germany if it ever fully developed at all. Its who has specialized in traditional fermentation methods and makes his products by hand in his store here he mixes soy beans with rice and sprinkles the mixture with cody fungus which produces a tasty mold during storage. In japan there are great machines which do this and you can use koji to make something savory like soy sauce. But you can also use it to make something very sweet like amazon which is very sugary. Or you can then turn the sugar into alcohol or vinegar. Theres something for every taste. Of it. At his shop mimi furmans marcus she meets who doesnt just for men soya beans and rice. He also experiments with bread eggs and vegetables. Ringback many of berlins top chefs have heard about marcuss products and are using them in their food creations like at the 2 star restaurant. Business so gives these dishes the distinctive savory taste that the japanese call. But dozens of products can be used in a variety of ways we currently use them in our beef plays we use really strong beef broth and then we add this missile to it which gives it a really great aroma and then we take these fermented lentils we use them as a side dish to create a little taste explosion. Employing japanese traditions as his ticket to success in berlin was never part of marcuss plans. This is not sure its nice to introduce people to things from your homeland and its something thats not very well known so that makes me happy but im doing this mainly because it comes so naturally. The name mimi furmans is a play on the japanese characters for taste and beauty and that great combination has proved the secret to marcus she meets in the success. So my mouth is watering for some me so already be sure to check out our website for more dot com slash cultural safer you know she has time for me to sign off so until next time all the best for myself and the crew here in berlin and i. Country good deep International Talk show sure journalists discuss the topic of a. Decisive showdown over exit this week as the tories dealt with their own Prime Minister harsh defeat could a last minute revolt something into ukraine from a no deal pressure and perhaps topple Boris Johnson to find out about. Quadriga 30 minutes on d w. O t robotics. Deep learning merged realises wait a 2nd we want the whole picture out facts instead of make ideas and shifts deliver us. From a measured reality to cryptocurrency to your top base for live in an ever changing Digital World lets start going to devise a shrimp. Shift. On d w. D t you know that 77 percent of africa are younger than thinks of pocket. Cuts me and me and you. 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