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Aug 14, 2022 18:26:50 GMT
Post by UnseenI on Aug 14, 2022 18:26:50 GMT
Janus in Angels & Demons One of the characters in Don Brown's best-selling book Angels & Demons calls himself Janus. He is both a Vatican high official and an Illuminati master. He hires assassins and he himself murders the Pope. From the film version, where he is is played by Ewan McGregor:  
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 17, 2022 18:40:40 GMT
Janus has an eye test
An amusing cartoon featuring the god Janus at the optician: 
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Post by UnseenI on Jan 4, 2023 8:42:39 GMT
Prime Minister Gladstone as The Grand Old Janus
This cartoon from 1887 depicts William Gladstone as Janus the two-faced god because of his differing attitude to police violence against villains in England and France: 
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Post by UnseenI on Aug 6, 2023 18:19:55 GMT
Glass Janus
This is a very attractive depiction of Janus: 
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Post by truthseeker on May 11, 2024 12:30:58 GMT
It means probably nothing but there also used to be a german band who called themselves Janus. Their music was very dark. They covered topics such as abuse, soul wounds, hopelessnes, human tragedies.
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Post by UnseenI on May 21, 2024 18:37:26 GMT
Janus Terror
There seems to be more than one connection between German music and Janus. I think that the Janus on this bleak, desolate picture is the dark music band mentioned above: 
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May 23, 2024 7:29:40 GMT
Post by UnseenI on May 23, 2024 7:29:40 GMT
Janus in German Expressionism
The lost silent film Der Januskopf or The Head of Janus dates from 1920. It is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's story about Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In the film, 'Dr. Jeskyll ' purchases from an antique store a bust with two faces. One is beautiful and one horrible. The bust becomes an obsession to Jeskyll. He attempts to give it away in an auction only to buy it back A poster for the film:  This is an advertisement for the schrecken (frightening) film: 
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