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Still, the Academy??€™s biggest blunder is their embracing of the studio advertising machine, which sometimes allows subpar films to get in the mix (remember the horrendous Chocolat?), and subsequently breeds increased ignorance towards great small films or ones that weren’t box office hits...
2002’s best film, Steven Spielberg’s critically debated and audience-panned A.I., was unsurprisingly ignored by the Academy (except for in the visual effects and score categories). The public’s (and the Academy??€™s) reaction to A.I. is indicative of a grander thought on the state of American cinema. A.I. was the only film last year that was in any way daring (except for perhaps the jarring L.I.E.), but not in the way traditionally, and quite annoyingly, associated with new stylings of cinema. It didn’t have violent deaths...
...report was part of a year-long project conducted under the American Academy??€™s Social Policy and Education program, according to the Academy??€™s Public Information Coordinator Suzanne Morse...
...public service through his actions. We are heartened that he has used the bully pulpit that the Harvard presidency affords to remind us of our responsibilities during these difficult times. We hope that students listen seriously to his message. However, support for the government—especially in the academy??€”need not be unconditional or uncritical. As the Harvard community expresses its support for the nation, it must be careful not to compromise important values in response to patriotic impulses...
...Half a Life at once more sublime and less enjoyable than Naipaul’s previous works, fiction and nonfiction. Nevertheless, in the category of writers who have examined the colonial condition as a worldwide phenomenon, Naipaul stands almost alone for his quality and seriousness. Next year the Swedish Academy??€™s honoree will have a tough act to follow, and the literary world may have to break out its umbrellas yet again...