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Encyclopedia > The Star Maker

The Star Maker (as best known L'Uomo delle stelle in Italy) is a 1995 Italian language motion picture. It was produced by Rita Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore, role playing by Sergio Castellitto. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.It is a very gory film This is a list of film-related events in 1995. ... Motto: none Anthem: Il Canto degli Italiani Capital Rome Largest city Rome Official language(s) Italian1 Government  â€¢ President  â€¢ Prime minister Republic Giorgio Napolitano Romano Prodi Unification Birth of the Republic 17 March 1861 2 June 1946 Accession to EU March 25, 1957; Founding Member Area  - Total    - Water (%)   301,230 km... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956 in Bagheria, Sicily) is an Italian film director. ... The Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Foreign Language Film is a yearly US award for the best non-English film released in the period October - September in the country of origin. ...


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Star Maker, the divine principle of the novel, is hence viewed as evil.
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The science in Star Maker shows its age, but much of the book is much less dated than one could expect for something written in 1937.
The climax of the book is the "supreme moment of the cosmos", when the cosmical mind (which includes the narrator) attains momentary contact with the "Star Maker" of the title.
The Star Maker is the creator of the universe, but stands in the same relation to it as an artist to his work, and calmly assesses its quality without any feeling for the suffering of its inhabitants.
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