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...critical acclaim received by the movie Brokeback Mountain is well deserved [Jan. 30]. It takes a courageous filmmaker to tackle the subject of a love affair between two men. Like many, I was awed by the depth of the movie and its characters. I certainly have no problem with gay men who establish lasting relationships. But I am concerned about those who carry on homosexual affairs while married to women who have no knowledge of their husbands' extramarital activities. While many people are moved by the pain and forbidden love of the male characters in the movie, I can think...
...team, but I find his honesty and integrity refreshing. He must be doing something right to have won as many races as he has. After reading the article and seeing him in a TV interview, I was taken by his pure heart. He is uncomfortable about the money and acclaim and seems like a well-grounded young man. I hope uptight Americans can see past Miller's rebellious streak and cherish him for the free spirit and fine skier he is. Deborah A. Schmuck Denver Your story referred to competitive skiing as a "world where winners get endorsements and losers...
Following a strange path, The Fountain began as an epic Brad Pitt vehicle written and directed by Aronofsky, whose indie movie ? combined sci-fi, mysticism and math to much critical acclaim. Reportedly budgeted at $75 million in 2002, The Fountain was well into pre-production when Pitt dropped out, closing the project. Continuing an emerging trend of turning failed film projects into comix (see Birth of a Nation), The Fountain represents a visualization of that lost picture. However, simultaneously with working on the book, Aronofsky developed a scaled-down movie version, starring Hugh Jackman, which is now in post-production...
DIED. NAM JUNE PAIK, 74, impish Korean-born avant-gardist deemed the inventor of video art who in the 1960s won acclaim with works that simultaneously celebrated and spoofed the fledgling notion of media overload; of natural causes; in Miami. Inspired by iconoclast composer John Cage, he created such renowned installations as Video Fish, an array of 52 live monitors, each obscured by fish-filled aquariums...
...Warped Passages” has received critical acclaim and has also attracted the general public to the complex field of theoretical physics. It was among the New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of the Year” for 2005 and Amazon.com’s “Top Ten in Science.” Her book has led her to give many public talks, including speeches at the Smithsonian, New York’s American Museum of Natural History, and Boston’s Museum of Science...