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...adds notes. But Leone had Morricone do his work first, then composed images to fit the music. That's one reason their Once Upon a Time in the West is an ideal meld of sight and sound. With a strong theme for each major actor (harmonica for Charles Bronson, clip-clopping whimsy for Jason Robards, a sweet symphony for Claudia Cardinale), the film is less horse opera than grand opera. It justifies the claim director Giuseppe Tornatore (Cinema Paradiso, Malèna) has made for Morricone: "He's not just a great film composer. He's a great composer...
...Lifestyles of the Rich We were pleased to see our book, Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense Relationships Between Mothers and Nannies, mentioned in Po Bronson's Essay "Barbie to Baby Einstein: Get Over It" [Oct. 9]. Bronson says our book, however, has a small place because "only 1 in 20 kids in the U.S. will ever be cared for by a nanny." If this book ends up being important to almost 4 million boys and girls, what's wrong with that? Plus you would have to add their parents to that number, as well as their...
...Bronson suggested that the only way to acknowledge the problems faced by children from affluent families is "with a sardonic wink." In my book The Price of Privilege, I reported on disproportionately high rates of depression, anxiety and substance abuse among children of the wealthy. A broken child is a broken child, no matter what the parents' financial resources. Madeline Levine, Ph.D. Kentfield, California...
...were pleased to see our book, Searching for Mary Poppins: Women Write About the Intense Relationships Between Mothers and Nannies, mentioned in Po Bronson's Essay "Barbie to Baby Einstein: Get Over It" [Oct. 9]. Bronson says our book, however, has a small place because "only 1 in 20 kids in the U.S. will ever be cared for by a nanny." If this book ends up being important to almost 4 million boys and girls, what's wrong with that? Plus you would have to add their parents to that number, as well as their nannies, to estimate how many...
...Bronson suggested that the only way to acknowledge the problems faced by children from affluent families is "with a sardonic wink." In my book The Price of Privilege, I reported on disproportionately high rates of depression, anxiety and substance abuse among children of the wealthy, rates documented by leading social scientists and high enough to meet the Centers for Disease Control's definition of epidemic. A broken child is a broken child, no matter what the parents' financial resources...