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Overall, he looks back on the movie as a wonderful experience, noting especially Buso-Garcia's direction. "I realized more and more what a difficult job he had. His toughest job was really to keep everybody in line...People love him, they would do anything for him." Abigail Kolodny '95 supporting actress, praised both Buso-Garcia and the crew overall. "Tito is very encouraging, understanding, resilient, and patient--I'd say patience is his biggest virtue." She adds, "I also learned how important the crew is--the person who holds the camera, marks distances--they are more important than...
...durable set (designed by Travis) reflects the simple strength of characters like John Proctor (Michael Efron), who is turned into an enemy of the state, fighting charges of conspiring with Satan. He is clearly innocent but the lies build up against him. Out of personal vengeance, his former lover Abigail Williams (Jessica Walling) implicates him as a channeler in devils. She has begun an elaborate lie to save herself from the same charges she lodges against others...
...Danforth's dilemma is more potent today than when Miller wrote the play in 1953. Conviction and acquittal are reached solely on the basis of personal testimony, character witness, and most importantly, the social climate which dictates the popular mood under which judgments are reached. Walling effectively draws Abigail as malicious and manipulative, playing with her power as she would a dumb...
...turn the judges are excellent at drawing themselves as perfectly sincere, forced to give weight to Abigail's testimony because of the seriousness of her accusations. Just as the personal sensitivity of criminal assault or rape cases merits special consideration for the women who are forced through the humiliation involved, those like Abigail who abuse the consideration and the power of accusation for personal vendetta elicit the greatest outrage from society because the entire institution of justice is undermined...
Following in the same lines of his other films, "Life is Sweet," "Nuts in May" and "Abigail's Party," Mike Leigh his created a minor masterpiece with his rich-black comedy of the working class in London, "Naked." The beauty of Leigh's newest film is lodged firmly in the brilliantly caustic characters he has created...