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Welcome to the subversive world of Alexander Payne's Election, brilliant--at times absolutely mind-blowing--parody of a morality tale. Payne's follow-up to the underrated (and far less subtle) Citizen Ruth is the first great movie of 1999. Buy your tickets now. Read this review later...
...door for a number of equally subversive interpretations. Payne, mean-while, is a force to reckon with. He has a way of making every detail count--every shot is designed to probe closer into a particular character's head (even if it's Paul's empty one). With Citizen Ruth, Payne tackled abortion and he takes the middle ground again in Election...
...force during Simpson's 1995 murder trial, it was to the L.A.P.D. that Simpson turned last week after being robbed. Simpson says he was changing shoes in his car following a round of golf when he was approached by an armed man. "This guy looked like a regular solid citizen," he told the Associated Press. "In his 40s, very clean shaven. I might have taken him for an off-duty policeman." Simpson says he bit the man's hand to make him release the gun and, in the struggle, cut his own. As the man fled in his car, Simpson...
...fact that it is German-made. It is not often that American audiences get a view of Germany society in the '30s that is multifaceted. Vilsmaier, while acknowledging the horrors and injustices of the Nazi Party, is too thoughtful (or perhaps just too consciously a German citizen) to categorize the regime as universally and blatantly evil. The Party is seen at one point giving The Harmonists special permission to continue their performances despite the recent constrictions. The one riot scene, in which Nazi soldiers begin to chant derisively during the middle of a concert, shows the soldiers being suppressed...
Machlaurin and Lenhart attended the pre-camp for the US National Team this summer, and Elzinga plans to attend this summer. Maclaurin's submitted erg times to the National Team testing center placed him fifteenth on the depth chart this past march. Wehrili, a Swiss citizen, rows for his country's Junior National Team. And Bloom, a Canada native, may try to row for the Canadien Junior National Team...