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...Cuba--have built compelling drama out of real-life interviews and transcripts, while such anti-Bush works as Sam Shepard's new The God of Hell, a caustic parable about a nefarious government agent terrorizing a Wisconsin farm couple, give off the sparks of real political anger. By comparison, the polite, political-science-class dramatics of Democracy seem as outmoded as the Berlin Wall. --By Richard Zoglin
Jeunet draws a comparison between his own personality and the personality of Mathilde, the main character in Engagement, which is being released in Boston today. “She is very strong...she has a drive, a willpower,” says Jeunet. “I recognize...
...first time I saw Dorian Gray in that gallery, I couldn’t even look at No. 2 afterward. In comparison, the Pollock just seemed compleltely unstimulating: flat, bland, tame. I remember being very angry about this. I knew that the Pollock was a good painting, but I felt that Kline had somehow spoiled it for me. It was as if I had snacked on too much salty junk food and couldn’t taste anymore when I sat down to eat a nice meal...
...fact, Hamish McAlpine, head of a U.K. film distributor, told The Guardian that although remake deals include distribution rights, many of the originals never make it into stores. “It’s an insurance policy,” he explained, that allows studios to avoid comparison with the originals. While American businesses condemn their Asian imitators for costing them lost revenue, they’re slamming the door in the face of the original filmmakers...
Mengele was the Nazi doctor who conducted horrific experiments during the Holocaust. His abuse of twins, pregnant women and other prisoners is considered torture—not science. The CWA’s comparison is not only fundamentally and pathetically untrue, it’s blatantly offensive and, frankly, stupid. An apology issued later does little to counteract the offensive idiocy inherent in the comparison. In the context of public debate over the movie, this sort of justification shows us just how misinformed the anti-Kinsey intellect...