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...good quarter century - beginning with his burst into world movie prominence in the '50s and extending until his official "retirement" after making Fanny and Alexander in 1982 - Bergman defined serious cinema. He earned consecutive Academy Awards for best foreign film in 1961 (The Virgin Spring) and 1962 (Through a Glass Darkly), another in 1984 (Fanny and Alexander). Three times, he was Oscar-nominated for best director (Cries and Whispers, Face to Face, Fanny and Alexander); five times, as author of the best original screenplay (Wild Strawberries, Through a Glass Darkly, Cries and Whispers, Autumn Sonata and Fanny). The Academy also...
When Russian tanks stormed Budapest in 1956 to quash the revolution, award-winning cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs grabbed a 35-mm camera from his film school and secretly documented the violence. Kovacs, who fled to the U.S. in 1957 (CBS aired his footage in a 1961 documentary), went on to international acclaim for sweeping photography in more than 70 movies, including Five Easy Pieces, the black-and-white Paper Moon and Shampoo. He was credited with helping change the mostly studiobound look of features with the 1969 breakthrough film Easy Rider, in which he celebrated the landscape, making...
...Everything China produces, with the possible exception of textiles, is pure junk. All those "goodwill" gifts offered by U.S. credit-card companies are worthless. TIME sent me a made-in-China radio set as an award for being on time with my renewal. The radio lasted all of one hour-a screeching box that ended up on the junk pile. Americans are buying substandard products and sustaining China's economy. Future generations will condemn us for this. Paul Borstnik, Cleveland...
...seek out new methods of funding for the school's projects. He said that part of his job as dean is to raise funds for both research and the expansion of financial aid to medical students, a priority Faust said she shared. Flier added that Harvard's efforts to award scholarships “appear to be insufficient...
Everything China produces, with the possible exception of textiles, is pure junk. All those "goodwill gifts" offered by U.S. credit-card companies are completely worthless. TIME sent me a made-in-China radio set as an award for being on time with my subscription renewal. The radio lasted all of one hour--a screeching box that ended up on the junk pile. Americans are buying substandard products and sustaining China's economy. Future generations will condemn us for this...