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Unless you somehow chance upon the grislier works of Pier Pasolini in the coming years, Kill Bill: Volume One will be the most violent film you ever see. The squirmy ear-carving of director Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs was but a light appetizer to Kill Bill??s sanguineous mound of beef tartar. Countless appendages are whittled off from their previous proprietors, who all too frequently remain alive long enough to writhe about, expelling their share of the hundred gallons of fake blood Tarantino supposedly utilized for in the film’s production...
...that, in the second half of the film, the blood and gore aspect of the violence is portrayed in an almost Monty Python-esque manner that, although appropriate in the “Movie World” context, can be off-putting and even unintentionally humorous. Nonetheless, the Kill Bill??s fight scenes are the most exciting and intense of this year, particularly the samurai sword showdown at the very...
Kirby, or “Bill?? to Chopra, calls him “a good and forthright proponent of the issues that matter most...
...President and Congress know all this. That is why the final bill??if there ever is one—is not scheduled to take full effect until 2006, when the President expects to be safely re-elected. Many Democrats, for their part, have decided to appear enthusiastic, whether they are or not, so that they will not be accused of blocking a Medicare prescription drug benefit—one of their signature issues stolen from them by the President. This is political posturing of the most cynical sort. Both sides are willing to pass a make-believe bill...
That’s just a temporary bill??$25 million worth of major renovations to the building are planned, a project that’s been postponed several times since Harvard bought the dilapidated structure from the Hasty Pudding Theatricals in 2000. Though fundraising for that project—designed to turn it into a full-fledged theater space for Harvard’s thespians—is still in its early stages, construction is tentatively set to begin next spring, after one more Pudding show...