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Michael Clayton (George Clooney) makes good money at Kenner, Bach and Ledeen, one of those vast Manhattan law factories, but he's never made partner. And is unlikely to do so. Partly that's a matter of class. He's a cop's son and the product of the Fordham Law school, not Yale or Harvard. Partly it's a matter of his legal - or should we say marginally illegal? - services to the firm. He is its smooth, cool fixer, the guy who cleans up the messes - hit-and-run driving cases, ugly divorces, immigration muddles - in which the firm...
...customers. He has wasted a decade of his life and more billable hours on the case than anyone can calculate and he wants to blow the whistle on U/North. Its very tense and ambitious chief counsel (Tilda Swinton) can't let that happen. And neither can Marty Bach (Sydney Pollack), the law firm's senior partner, who has a merger on his mind...
...Michael Clayton, written and directed by Tony Gilroy (who wrote a couple of the Bourne movies), plays into a pretty common form of contemporary American paranoia. Everyone fears a legal letter from a firm like Kenner, Bach and Ledeen, which typically signifies lots of unpleasant prospects: that someone is willing to spend millions to go after you, that even if, eventually, you prevail, the cost of defending yourself will ruin you and that law firms and their big-time clients will not be entirely scrupulous in pursuing their case. Sure enough, murderous private detectives are soon deployed to protect U/North...
Beijing theatergoers enjoyed a long-awaited treat last month. To stately phrases from some of Bach's cello suites, one of the world's most acclaimed contemporary dance troupes glided through 70 minutes of mesmerizing, Tai Chi-inspired choreography, culminating in a finale that saw the stage flooded with water. Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre has presented its signature work, Moon Water, to ovations worldwide, but given the political rivalry between Taiwan and China, the company's recent turn in Beijing - its first in 14 years - was far from just another tour date...
Gilbert was also the music director and Conductor of the Bach Society Orchestra (BachSoc) during his senior year. Each season, an undergraduate leads BachSoc, selecting the repertoire, organizing practices, and conducting performances...