Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pushing for partial reform is not a pipe dream. Viewer revolt against megablockbusters has already begun in small measure. Predicted cash cows such as Deep Impact and Godzilla brought in less than expected at the box office. If the failure of these films starts a trend, then studios may begin to re-emphasize plot lines more over explosions. Though Hollywood may never become a mecca for high art, we can hope to receive a little more thematic bang for our buck. Alex M. Carter '00 is a history and literature concentrator in Dunster House. His column appears on alternate Mondays...
...take another look at the soon-to-be-born international criminal court. Washington refused to sign on last summer out of fears that overzealous prosecutors might launch frivolous or malicious war-crimes cases against American troops abroad, or even decision makers at home. Now, if courts around the world begin to step in as Garzon has done, the U.S. could decide that a well-designed tribunal with established procedures would be better than worrying about that midnight knock on the door...
...directing style of Bruce McDonald only lends to this sense of audience alienation. A large portion of the film is shot in a documentary style, sending a message to the audience that this is "real." The directors of the "documentary" even become part of the film when they begin playing Dick and Tallent against each other. Things get confusing, however, when McDonald uses cinematic slow-motion sequences and other styles which betray the intended reality. This is best illustrated in the scene where the band members trip on LSD. The discontinuity between the previous, documentary style and this hallucinatory, Easy...
...textbook is only used in the introductory two weeks of the course, so students can begin the semester with a chronological view of art through the ages...
...month after returning from a 10-city, nationwide tour to gather alumnae views about Radcliffe College's future, Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson will begin touring campus tonight to solicit undergraduate opinion...