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...dimension beyond sight, but not beyond sound. You wonder just who is on the other side--a prospective soul mate? A future spouse? A freak? And why are they making those oh-so-strange sounds? Be warned: alarms may blare when you open the door, but these threats are barren, at most. You may find that the door, no matter how thin, separates you from your neighbor for a reason...
Harvard Film Archive. 24 Quincy St., Cambridge. 495-4700. $5 for students, unless special event. "Barren Lives...
Many of the Americans had never been out of the U.S. before, much less part of a hazardous clandestine operation. Suddenly, they were being whisked aboard C- 5 transports for the flight to Kazakhstan, the huge and barren former Soviet republic. Their mission: to pack more than 1,300 lbs. of highly enriched uranium into barrels for shipment back to the U.S. to prevent the material from falling into the wrong hands. They had only a few weeks to perform the delicate procedure. The harsh Central Asian winter was coming, and once it arrived, it would be difficult...
Holworthy stands at the north end of the Yard, a barren and faceless brick slab. Its exterior lacks the subtle intricacies of the detailed buildings around it. What it does boast is a prime location, next to the main thoroughfare to the Science Center and Memorial Hall...
...image of the palm tree is the most significant one in "Our Wall," for it represents the message of the film. The young palm tree stands like a promise in a barren, isolated, dusty strip of land. Chrysanthou and Kizilyurek don't press the point, but it is clear that the palm tree represents the future of Cyprus as they would like to see it: acknowledging the memory of the past, but looking towards the future, watered by both Greeks and Turks, and someday bearing fruit...