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...Shooting Stars, the Tavianis' style is surrealism made simple. Their fantastic fables are filtered through a peasant ruggedness; their images are as clear as a Giotto fresco; the actors find precision in the volcanic gestures of Italian opera. In one scene, Batŕ sits alone in the town square to confess the origin of his ailment, and a flashback shows the infant Batŕ in a field at night, his huge eyes transfixed by the harlot moon. No minimalist torpor for the Tavianis--every frame is over the top and on the money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Folk Artistry | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...confess that when General Roy called, I didn’t know where Rwanda was or exactly what kind of trouble the country was in,” Dallaire writes in his book...

Author: By Evan H. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rwanda Veteran Will Address KSG Grads | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

...word nostalgia is the desire to return, to return to childhood or your 20s or 30s," says Eco, adding, "I'm fine where I am. My relationship with the past is one of tenderness and continuous discovery." One beat and he leans back with a laugh, having decided to confess: "O.K.," he says. "I have always been nostalgic for my childhood - it started when I was 14." Because of this, Queen Loana is strikingly more personal than his earlier work. "I created a character who was different enough from me that I could give the book loads...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Resounding Eco | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...wasn't nearly that simple, and the credit--or blame, as some still see it--for precipitating Nixon's August 1974 resignation belongs as well to other journalists who doggedly pursued the story; to U.S. District Court Judge John Sirica, who pressed participants in the break-in to confess Administration involvement; to special prosecutors Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski, who stood firm against White House interference; to the Senators and Representatives whose questioning on television brought the Administration's dirty dealings to public light; to the Supreme Court, which ruled that a President was not above the law when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Watergate's Last Chapter | 6/5/2005 | See Source »

...became more involved in the specifics, I became less interested in it as a guiding force in my life." Usually relying on his imagination for material, LaBute did lightly dip into his religion in 1999 for Bash: Latterday Plays, in which three people - who just happen to be Mormon - confess to heinous acts. The performances were well-received, but the church was not amused. "A bit of a falling out" led LaBute to resign his membership last year. The fuss has died down of late, but that doesn't mean LaBute wants you sitting comfortably. Like a giant, mischievous child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's So Good To Be Bad | 5/29/2005 | See Source »

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