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Topic: The Serpent and the Rainbow

	Rainbow Serpent 3D Screen Saver (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Rainbow Serpent is seen as the inhabitant of permanent waterholes and is in control of life's most precious resource, water.
		The rainbow serpent's mythology is closely linked to land, water, life, social relationships and fertility.
		Rainbow Serpent 3D Screensaver is an abstract homage to this ancient story, accompanied by authentic Didgeridoo music.
	www.pixelparadox.com /serp.htm (168 words)

	Rainbow Serpent and the Dreamtime - Aboriginal Art Online
		The Rainbow Serpent (Snake) is an important part of the beliefs and culture of the people of western Arnhem Land.
		Today the Rainbow Serpent is associated with ceremonies about fertility and abundance, as well as the organisation of the community and the keeping of peace.
		Two types of Rainbow Serpents consistently turn up in their oral history, mythology, ceremonies and painted art: Yingarna, the female Rainbow Serpent, is the mother, the original creator being; and the male Rainbow Serpent, Ngalyod, is the transformer of the land.
	www.aboriginalartonline.com /culture/rainbow.html (733 words)

	Intelliflix: Rent Serpent And The Rainbow (Universal) on DVD
		In "The Serpent and the Rainbow" Wes Craven once again shows us that he knows how to make horror really scary; all the horror and gore is fine, but you must remember to make the characters human and real.
		"The Serpent and The Rainbow" just isn't very stimulating at all and the result is a largely boring movie with laughable scenes that are supposed to be scary or shocking.
		"The Serpent and The Rainbow" is border-line to almost pure rubbish material as far as its merits as a horror movie are concerned.
	www.intelliflix.com /movie_view.dvd?id=40020 (457 words)

	Dragons
		According to the dictionary the stereotype of the dragon is a monstrous winged and scaly saurian breathing fire and having a lion's claws, the tail of a serpent, four feets wings and scaly skin with a crested head and enormous claws.
		The serpent Vasuki when strangled by the asuras and the gods create the ocean, the sun, the moon, the Goddess and Amrita, the elixir of immortality.
		The symbol of the naga (two entwined serpents) is used to represent the link between the earth and the heavens, and the transition from the lower levels to the higher.
	monsters.monstrous.com /dragons.htm (3099 words)

	Classic-Horror Review of The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
		A creepy travelogue of exaggerated dark sides of other cultures, Wes Craven 's The Serpent and the Rainbow is a fine horror film with the scope of Indiana Jones and the attitude of Freddy Krueger.
		So, the bulk of The Serpent and the Rainbow takes place in Duvalier-ridden Haiti (which fuels some unnecessary political critique-part of the reason I docked this flick a half point), as Allen hooks up with a pulchritudinous doctor and searches the seedy, evil underbelly of voodoo culture for the key to zombification.
		The Serpent and the Rainbow bears more than a passing stylistic similarity to Alan Parker's film Angel Heart (1987), although it is not quite as good as Parker's film.
	classic-horror.com /reviews/serpentrainbow.shtml (833 words)

	About the NLC : The Rainbow Serpent
		The rainbow serpent/snake is a major mythological being for Aboriginal people across Australia, although the creation stories associated with it are best known from northern Australia.
		There are innumerable names and stories associated with the serpent, all of which communicate the significance and power of this being within Aboriginal traditions.
		Representations of the rainbow serpent are found in many regions and in many forms.
	www.nlc.org.au /html/abt_rainbow.html (346 words)

	The Rainbow Serpent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Goorialla, the great Rainbow Serpent, stirred and set off to look for his own tribe.
		Next morning the people found that the boys were gone and saw the tracks of Goorialla and knew that he had swallowed them.
		This is the reason why he is called Goorialla the Rainbow Serpent.
	www.didjshop.com /stories/rainbow.html (441 words)

	The Serpent And The Rainbow
		I have never really understood why this is, because I feel “The Serpent And The Rainbow” is one of his most powerful films, albeit less horrific and supernatural than most of his other works.
		“The Serpent And The Rainbow” is an exploration of voodoo in a manner you might not have seen in a movie before.
		“The Serpent and the Rainbow” is his most underrated film ever, and if you haven’t seen this film, you haven’t seen what Craven is actually capable of.
	www.dvdreview.com /html/the_serpent_and_the_rainbow.html (1081 words)

	Serpent and the Rainbow - on MonsterVision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Serpent and the Rainbow, written by Harvard anthropologist Wade Davis, who went down to Haiti in 1982 and discovered the drug teterodotoxin.
		I'm not sure that the Roman Catholics of Haiti would agree with Mariel when she says that the Virgin Mary and voodoo are the same, and in fact, when they were shooting "The Serpent and the Rainbow," they had trouble with the Catholic church.
		And then "The Serpent and the Rainbow," which I think is by far the most accurate one.
	www.angelfire.com /mn/nn/SerpentRainbow.html (2569 words)

	Track of the Rainbow Serpent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Track of the Rainbow Serpent: Australian Aboriginal Paintings of the Wolfe Creek Crater opens at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, October 23, 2004.
		Her quest for a broader perspective on the meteor crater evolved into an exploration of Aboriginal aesthetics and cosmology, where the Rainbow Serpent plays a pivotal role as the primary creative agent, not just of the crater but of all features of the natural environment.
		Track of the Rainbow Serpent was made possible, in part, by corporate and private partners including Holt Oversight and Logistical Technologies, BARTHCO International, Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish and Kauffman, Kenneth and Faatimah Gamble, and MidAtlantic Australian NZ Chamber of Commerce.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /new/exhibits/serpent/about.shtml (673 words)

	The Serpent and the Rainbow
		His book about his experience, "The Serpent and the Rainbow," was more an excursion into the folklore of the region than a horror tale, but leave it to Craven to change that.
		In his version—replete with severed heads, zombies and a gruesome torture scene no male will ever forget—Davis is on a mission to find the drug for a corporation and finds himself in a psychic voodoo war against a political leader in the country.
		With a large budget and great performances by Pullman as Wade, Tyson as his African love interest and Zakes Mokae as the Haitian leader who uses voodoo to oppress his people, "The Serpent and the Rainbow" is an excellent, accessible horror film that appeals to genre fans and mainstream audiences.
	www.esplatter.com /reviewsotos/serpentandtherainbow.htm (267 words)

	Rainbow Serpent Festival 2007 - 10 Year Celebration!
		Those who have attended the internationally recognised Rainbow Serpent Festival will all agree; the yearly celebration of music, dance, culture and spirituality is renowned for delivering the ultimate in mind-blowing escapes.
		Promoting a strong ethos of unity, the festival - derived from the Dreamtime story of the Rainbow Serpent who pushed up from under the ground to shape the land, creating the mountains, lakes, rivers, the fire and the sun - the event is about connecting people from all walks of life throughout the world.
		All this is amongst the stunning backdrop created by Rainbow's talented décor artists, who'll enliven your senses and transport you to another world with their magical work.
	www.spraci.com /events/71964 (1249 words)

	The Rainbow Serpent - About US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Rainbow Serpent - About US The Rainbow Serpent is a Sydney based company specializing in promoting Aboriginal artists and marketing Aboriginal art and design.
		The Rainbow Serpent's philosophy is to combine the sale of authentic Aboriginal products and promote local and international awareness of Australia's indigenous artists and crafts people.
		A licencing arm of the Rainbow Serpent was established in 1996 to support artists wanting their genuine designs translated on to textiles, accessories, giftware, homeware and fashion.
	www.rainbowserpent.com.au /information.htm (265 words)

	Rainbow Serpent
		A common theme in all Aboriginal mythology is the Rainbow Serpent.
		The Rainbow Serpent is seen as the inhabitant of permanent water holes and is in control of life’s most precious resource, water.
		Tribes of the monsoonal areas depict an epic interaction of the Sun, Serpent and wind in their Dreamtime stories, whereas tribes of the central desert experience less drastic seasonal shifts and their stories reflect this.
	www.bom.gov.au /iwk/climate_culture/rainbow_serp.shtml (192 words)

	OZ Culture / Aboriginal / Aboriginal Dreaming
		The Rainbow Serpent came from Northern Australia in an era when this country was in its dreaming origins.
		As it travelled throughout the length and breadth of this country it created as it writhed over this land the mountainous geographic locations by pushing the land into many ranges and isolated areas.
		I talk to children, colour doesn't mean a damn thing to me...on the culture of Aboriginal people...on the balance of nature...on how to treat every living thing as a brother or sister, and on how every living thing was created by the rainbow serpent and must be respected for that reason.
	www.ozbird.com /oz/OzCulture/images/aboriginal/dreaming (679 words)

	Serpent and the Rainbow, The (1987) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The Serpent and the Rainbow represented Wes Craven moving on after A Nightmare on Elm Street.
		Based on the true-life experiences of an anthropologist the Serpent and the Rainbow was shot on location in Haiti.
		Craven does an excellent job of recreating the atmosphere of political repression, fear and mistrust and blending it with the world of fl magic and the supernatural.
	www.thehotspotonline.com /moviespot/holly/s/serpent.htm (449 words)

	Classic horror collection
		These words are from Wes Craven’s most terrifying film, THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW.
		Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis, the film tells the story of one man’s nightmarish journey into the eerie and deadly world of voodoo.
		Filmed on location in Haiti, THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW is a frightening excursion into fl magic and the dark world of the supernatural.
	homevideo.universalstudios.com /monsters/serpent.html (117 words)

	Rainbow Serpent Festival 2007 - Lifestyle
		Since the unique area's inception at Rainbow Serpent in 2001, the village has grown to encompass 4 days of multi concurrent holistic activities presented by international and local facilitators including special guests;
		In an increasingly fast and demanding world, the Rainbow Healing Village is a place to nurture oneself, communicate ideas, find personal power and increase wellbeing.
		Over these years Portia explored possible reasons for the popularity of the variety of Australian dance festivals and gatherings, which are documented in her book "Preparing for the Buddha of the Heart".
	www.rainbowserpent.net /event/lifestyle (553 words)

	The Serpent and The Rainbow DVD
		The Serpent And The Rainbow begins as a Harvard anthropologist named Dennis Alan (Bill Pullman) is asked to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to revive a human being after they’ve passed away.
		Based upon the true-life experiences of Wade Davis, The Serpent and The Rainbow (which is also a published book of the same title) is a complex film that tries to plunge the viewer into a world of fl magic and sinister voodoo.
		The Serpent And The Rainbow is presented here in an anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen transfer preserving the original aspect ratio of the film’s theatrical release.
	www.horrortalk.com /reviews/TSATR/TSATR.htm (1543 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - Wes Craven - 1988 - Serpent and the Rainbow, The Movies Review
		Perhaps the biggest problem with The Serpent and the Rainbow was that it wasn't A Nightmare on Elm Street.
		The Serpent and the Rainbow is a hybrid film, one that merges the unlikely genres of horror and political thriller into one narrative—a narrative that never manages to completely satisfy fans of either genre.
		The Serpent and the Rainbow is a much better film than I remember it being, yet it's still nowhere near classic status.
	www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10003729 (1078 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > The Serpent And The Rainbow
		The Serpent and the Rainbow is very creepy stuff, a serious horror film that mixes voodoo terror with political terror to induce a number of nervous chills.
		The Serpent and the Rainbow is a film by Wes Craven, and one of his best.
		Universal's DVD of The Serpent and the Rainbow is a good transfer of an element which can be darkish and grainy in some scenes, and lucidly clear in other.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=8290 (1418 words)

	The Serpent and the Rainbow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		The story, based upon a nonfiction book by Wade Davis, a professor who, much like the film's hero, ventured deep into the heart of voodoo country, is an uneven combination of old-style voodoo elements (the suspicious locals, the grim rituals, etc.) and the razzle-dazzle of modern special effects wizardry.
		The Serpent and the Rainbow does boast a number of very interesting visuals, but in the meantime, it plays out like an old man taking a nap: several slow periods interrupted by loud, brief reminders to assure the audience that it's still alive.
		Wes Craven's The Serpent and the Rainbow is as equally inquisitive about the Caribbean theology, but its director is too concerned with how the next set of jungle animals springing to life will to care about a silly thing like that.
	www.ajhakari.com /s/serpentandtherainbow.html (698 words)

	DVD REVIEW: THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		There's a moment in director Wes Craven's "The Serpent and the Rainbow" that literally hurts to watch.
		Like "Nightmare," "Serpent" is filled with hallucinatory nightmares that haunt the central character.
		Handsomely shot, engagingly acted (Mokae is extremely vile as the crooked police chief), and genuinely chilling, "The Serpent and the Rainbow" comes alive on DVD with a beautiful transfer and an expressive soundtrack.
	www.lightviews.com /serpentandtherainbow.htm (676 words)

	washingtonpost.com : 'The Serpent and the Rainbow' : (R)
		Apart from moments of conventional schlock (the ending included), "Serpent" twists with expertly drawn menace.
		The editing's snappy, the images visceral, and Craven's Haiti is a craze of blood ceremonies and political rioting -- it's set during the fall of "Baby Doc" Duvalier.
		But in "Serpent" his characters are older (possibly because he has killed off all the teen-agers in previous movies) and he seems wiser and more story-conscious -- but thankfully still full of the same surprises.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/serpentandtherainbowhowe.htm (459 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Serpent and the Rainbow: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		In "The Serpent and the Rainbow" Ethnobotanist Wade Davis chronicles his explorations of Haitian culture and religion in what begins as a search for an actual drug used to create Zombis.
		As Davis delves deeper in to the Voudoun societies in search of this rumored drug, he discovers a many layered religious and social culture that raises new questions and leads to further investigations into the peasant culture of Haiti and its roots in West African religion and culture.
		While not a reference work on the Voudoun religion, "The Serpent and the Rainbow" sheds new light on Voudoun practice and theology, and it's ubiquitous presence in all levels of Haitian society.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0684839296 (799 words)

	"The Serpent and the Rainbow" Reviews
		The Serpent and The Rainbow received a great review from Siskel and Ebert ages ago (read the review on the Chicago Sun's on-line history of movie reviews from one of those guys - forget which) so it must have been legit.
		I have to say The Serpent and the Rainbow is one of my all time favorite Bill Pullman movies.
		She is possessed by Erzulie the Goddess of love and one of the ways to honor her is with making love.
	www.billpullman.org /film/serpent.html (625 words)

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	MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: The Serpent and the Rainbow
		MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: The Serpent and the Rainbow
		The Serpent and the Rainbow is based on a book by Wade Davis, whose experiences and research form the basis of the story.
		Craven's subject matter isn't at fault, so much as the need to make the ritual and mystique so overwhelmingly kinetic with the use of special effects.
	www.lib.unc.edu /house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=4404 (450 words)

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