Blogkino: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Heute zeigen wir im #Blogkino den #Thriller "Die Nacht des Jägers" aus dem Jahr 1955 mit vielen filmischen Untertönen unter der Regie von Charles #Laughton und mit Robert #Mitchum, Shelley #Winters und Lillian #Gish in den Hauptrollen. Das Drehbuch von James #Agee basiert auf dem gleichnamigen, leider nur noch antiquarisch erhältlichen Roman von Davis #Grubb aus dem Jahr 1953. Die Handlung dreht sich um einen korrupten #Pfarrer, der sich in einen #Serienmörder verwandelt und versucht, eine ahnungslose #Witwe zu bezirzen und 10.000 Dollar zu stehlen, die ihr hingerichteter Mann versteckt hat.

Der Roman und der Film basieren auf der wahren Geschichte von Harry Powers, der 1932 für den Mord an zwei Witwen und drei Kindern in Clarksburg, West Virginia, gehängt wurde.

1992 wurde "Die Nacht des Jägers" von der United States Library of Congress als "kulturell, historisch oder ästhetisch bedeutsam" eingestuft und für die Aufnahme in das National Film Registry ausgewählt. Die einflussreiche Filmzeitschrift Cahiers du cinéma wählte The Night of the Hunter 2008 zum zweitbesten Film aller Zeiten, hinter Citizen Kane.

https://www.trueten.de/archives/13008-Blogkino-The-Night-of-the-Hunter-1955.html

#FilmNoir

#GermanEnergyFact #22: #renewable #electricity generation in 🇩🇪 since 1990

I'm concluding my week on #renewables with a time series of renewable electricity generation.

▶️ Early 90s: < 20 TWh, most of it hydro power.
▶️ 2022: 253 TWh, more than 13 times as much than 1990.
▶️ Most of the growth came from #wind and #solar power.
▶️ This number has to grow >1000 TWh by 2045 in most relevant climate-neutrality scenarios.

Sources: #BMWK (https://www.erneuerbare-energien.de/EE/Navigation/DE/Service/Erneuerbare_Energien_in_Zahlen/Zeitreihen/zeitreihen.html) and #AGEE-Stat (https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/erneuerbare-energien/erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen/monats-quartalsdaten-der-agee-stat#Quartalsdaten)

#GermanEnergyFact #21: complementary monthly generation of #wind and #solar #PV

Today, no hard numbers, just visuals: monthly generation from PV (yellow) in 🇩🇪 is relatively high between around April and September, while generation from wind power (dark & light blue) is above-average between around October and March. Nice seasonal balancing (on a monthly basis).

Source: #AGEE-Stat https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/erneuerbare-energien/erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen/monats-quartalsdaten-der-agee-stat#Quartalsdaten

(sorry, again a German graph - but I'm sure you get the point without reading the legend)

#GermanEnergyFact #20: #renewable #electricity generation

Earlier this week, I talked about renewable generation capacity (GW) in 🇩🇪 (facts #16-18). #AGEE-Stat also provides up-to-date data on renewable electricity generation (TWh): https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/erneuerbare-energien/erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen/monats-quartalsdaten-der-agee-stat#Quartalsdaten (sorry for the German chart, no time for translation today)

▶️ Overall renewable electricity generation in 2022 was a bit above 250 TWh, the highest value ever. The trend is good - but we need much more to make the #Energiewende really happen

#GermanEnergyFact #18: installed capacity of #offshore #wind power in 🇩🇪

Now, offshore wind, again using data by #AGEE-Stat / #Umweltbundesamt: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/erneuerbare-energien/erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen/monats-quartalsdaten-der-agee-stat. Graphs from the #openenergytracker: https://openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germany/electricity/#offshore

▶️ By the end of Nov 22, the installed offshore wind power capacity was 8.1 GW.
▶️ There has been hardly any development for years.
▶️ But now 🇩🇪 really plans to get started with a 30 GW target for 2030.
▶️ In 2023 alone, there will be tenders for an additional 8.8 (!) GW.

#GermanEnergyFact #17: installed capacity of #onshore #wind power in 🇩🇪

Let's continue with onshore wind capacity, again using data by #AGEE-Stat / #Umweltbundesamt: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/erneuerbare-energien/erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen/monats-quartalsdaten-der-agee-stat. Graphs from the #openenergytracker: https://openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germany/electricity/#wind-energy

▶️ By the end of Nov 22, the installed onshore wind capacity was 57.9 GW.
▶️ The 🇩🇪 government aims for 115 GW by 2030.
▶️ Currently we are below the required expansion path, and the speed has to increase a lot to meet the 2030 target.

#Energiewende

#GermanEnergyFact #16: installed capacity of #solar #PV in 🇩🇪

I promised this week would focus on #renewables, so let's continue with solar #photovoltaics capacity, using data published today by #AGEE-Stat / #Umweltbundesamt: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/erneuerbare-energien/erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen/monats-quartalsdaten-der-agee-stat. Graphs from the #openenergytracker: https://openenergytracker.org/en/docs/germany/electricity/#solar-pv

▶️ By the end of Nov 22, PV capacity was 66.1 GW.
▶️ The 🇩🇪 government aims for 215 GW by 2030.
▶️ Currently we are on track, but the expansion speed has to increase to meet the 2030 target.

The title is taken from John Agee's poem, "Sure On This Shining Night," the Laurid Mortensen arrangement of which I got to sing with Philadelphia Gay Men's Chorus some years ago.

Here's a link to the poem: https://allpoetry.com/Sure-On-This-Shining-Night

#LGBTQ #JamesAgee #Agee #poetry #lyric #PGMC #verse