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...quote from Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” which is referenced repeatedly in Peter Jackson’s new version of “King Kong.” In some ways it describes Jackson himself; after conquering the box office and the critical world with his “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, movie studios were falling over themselves in his praise and to hire him. Universal succeeded. Jackson was given $200 million to remake “King Kong,” Marion C. Cooper?...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: King Kong | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

...information that Singaporeans want that they cannot get. All major foreign newspapers and magazines are sold here. We demand a right of reply, that's all. And if you go over the line, if you defame us, we're prepared to sue you, go into the witness box and be cross-examined. You can brief the best lawyers and demolish us. If I'm involved, I go to the witness box. And you can question me, not only on the particular defamatory issue, but all issues in my life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lee Kuan Yew Reflects | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...ideas the public will buy." But I also said, "That assumes a large well-educated group of people as readers. Look at the marketplace of ideas in the Philippines, and see the chaos." Americans can have a marketplace of ideas. For example, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 was a box-office hit. Americans enjoyed their President being mocked and satirized. But the majority voted for Bush in November 2004. When we have a large enough educated population like America, able to make independent judgments, we will loosen up. But even without the cacophony, all ideas are accessible in the media...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lee Kuan Yew Reflects | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...from voting. The violence left 12 dead and hundreds injured. And the election raised the possibility that the Brotherhood, which ran a media-savvy campaign that appealed to its fundamentalist base as well as to Egyptians fed up with one-party rule, could eventually take power through the ballot box in the Arab world's most populous country. "We are in a transition period in the history of Egypt," el-Erian says. "We are the real representatives of the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Look Who's Getting Votes | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...PLEASE, WE'RE BRITISH LOCATION: Leverett Old Library DATE: Dec. 8-17 DIRECTORS: Andrew Arthur, Christopher N. Hanley ’07 TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Nicholas J. Shearer Some days, it is just impossible to get rid of a giant box of porn. You can try flushing it down the toilet, burning it in a trash can, burying it in the park, dumping it in the river, putting it on the back of a truck, and returning it to the company from whence it came, but it always comes back. This is what Peter Hunter (Sergio Prado...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Uneven Farce Mostly Amuses | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

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