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...Life” and snake films for a Harvard production—a female character was giving birth to a reptile, and Ur wanted to shoot for verisimilitude. During his time at Harvard, Ur has also built a giant pirate ship, an enchanted forest that turns into Hell, an asylum made of glass, and a house on fire. He has worked on the technical aspects of nearly 50 plays, including sets, lights, sound, and video. For his behind-the-scenes artistic contributions, he recently won the Louise Donovan Award, the Office of the Art?...
...balustrade. When the camera zooms in, it delivers the final nail in the coffin and buries the film alive. Conway is eventually apprehended, but rather than end the misery at this point, the final scenes harp tritely on questions of identity and authenticity. Conway is placed in an asylum full of other Kubrick impersonators, fends off a lawsuit with claims of insanity, becomes an anonymous celebrity in the psychiatric world, and scores an ironic admission to a celebrity rehab clinic. As the credits roll, it’s hard not to feel that you, too, were duped...
Akçam, who was sentenced by a Turkish Court in the 1970s to nearly nine years in prison for his writing but escaped after one year to political asylum in Germany, used last night’s opportunity to present recent research that he claims shows that the Armenian genocide was a real and deliberate act by Turkish leaders during World...
Even in Stockholm, Iraqis often find their careers stalled while they spend months in Swedish-language classes. The government has made attendance in language classes a precondition for receiving asylum benefits. Then comes the slog of requalifying in their profession. While Iraqis in Stockholm praise the Swedes' welcome, they struggle to persuade locals to hire them for professional jobs. "We have a lot of highly educated people driving taxis," says Faried al-Suheil, who fled Baghdad for Stockholm in 1993, moved back in 2003, then returned to Stockholm last summer. He stood at the doorway of the Iraqi prayer hall...
Tackling the refugee crisis may be the Bush Administration's best chance to repair some of the damage to U.S. prestige caused by the Iraq war. After the fall of Saigon, Congress bucked public opinion and embraced its obligation to Indochinese asylum seekers, using refugee aid to countries like Thailand and Laos to build relationships and counter the spread of communism...