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...film begins with Max emerging heroic and unharmed from a gory, chaotic crash site, suddenly convinced that he is beyond mortal concerns: fearless. He even informs God of this development: "You want to kill me but you can't." Feeling thus elevated, Max disengages from his former life, abusing his beautiful wife and son and flaunting various conventions of society. While Max gets his thrills from risking his life periodically and hanging out with other brush-with-death-survivor buddies, his devoted and one-dimensional wife (Isabella Rosellini) is apparently confined to the house, as well as to a limited...

Author: By Edith Replogle, | Title: Crash And Burn | 11/4/1993 | See Source »

This week the Harvard Film Archive brings us "Docteur Petiot," the chilling, fact-based story of a physician turned serial killer during the chaotic days of Nazi occupation in Paris. Seamlessly uniting art and reality, Dr. Petiot borrows elements of documentary, horror and black comedy to unveil the evil of the "good doctor...

Author: By Caralee E. Caplan, | Title: Petrifying `Petiot' | 10/21/1993 | See Source »

...would have been easy to dismiss this episode as merely a matter of miscommunication or, perhaps, conflicting personalities. Yet, as I pondered the encounter, I began to realize that this minor event in my chaotic life represented a greater and more distressing phenomenon at Harvard...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Hollow Feminism | 10/9/1993 | See Source »

After suffering through the chaotic text stacks and creeping lines, the truth is that you might not find the book you need at the Coop...

Author: By Jennifer L. Hanson, | Title: Obscure Textbooks Are Easy to Find | 10/2/1993 | See Source »

This was a time of overall questioning, and the reevaluation of the Church's fundamental ideologies created a chaotic cultural climate. In particular, the role of women came into question and, along with it, the institutions of marriage, motherhood and the family. In short, 16th Century artists used the Old Testament stories to justify the new roles they were creating...

Author: By Edith Replogle, | Title: Good Women and the Good Book | 9/30/1993 | See Source »

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