Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is no doubt that this is compelling film making. Many thoughtfully composed and nicely lit shots suggest a strong collaboration between director and cinematographer, Manuel Teran. The contrast between the beauty and violence of Macedonia is made palpable by Teran's shots of mountainous terrain and brutal shootings. The quick and sometimes disorienting pace of the film captures the overriding sense of confusion and frustration in Macedonia...
...Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center is a preferable, more sanitary option for many who object to the mysterious odors which permeate the Malkin Athletic Center. And, despite the prospect of long, cold, salty walks during the brutal winter months, those who choose to transfer to the Quad embrace what they call "going home." "I've done it in the cold. I've done it in the snow. I really don't mind," says Michelle Kiang, ostensibly referring to the long trek. Cabot House resident Justin C. Label, vice-president of the Undergraduate Council, succinctly sums up the best reason he sees...
...Wellman's "A Murder of Crows," we are presented with the Phillips clan--Southern, rural, brutal--at their nadir. Nella (Alexandra Marolachakis) is widowed after her husband dies in a freak accident; she and her children, Susannah and Andrew (Rebecca Wolfe and Dan Goor), are forced to move in with their seamy relatives, who spend most of their time either bickering or at the racetrack...
...created 22 major films and wrote numerous screenplays for other directors. His films range in style from the gritty, black-and-white, neo-realist-influenced "Accatone" (1961), to the mystical, comical "Hawks and Sparrows" (1966), to his mythical, often erotic version of "The Decameron" (1971), right up to the brutal, disturbing "Salo...
After days of hunting Zapatista rebels in the southern Chiapas state, Mexican officials declared that "order and legality have been re-established in the region." If so, it has come about in a most brutal fashion. TIME Mexico City bureau chief Laura Lopez reports from Chiapas that as guerilla leaders have taken refuge in the jungle, the Mexican military has cut off virtually all their supply lines. Government tanks and transports have poured into dozens of villages, frightening thousands of people who had secretly fed and supported the Zapatistas into fleeing into the jungle. Lopez reports: "They...