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...officially over. Russell goes out of his way to emphasize that his heroes are reserve soldiers; they read like a random cross sampling of American life. Chief (Ice Cube) is described as "on a paid four-month vacation" from his job as a baggage handler at the Detroit Airport. Conrad Vig (Spike Jonze), is a boyish, impetuous redneck, and Troy Barlow (an impish Mark Wahlberg), a new father, is his best friend and role model...
...Conrad Vig, in vaudeville terms, would be the 'straight-man' of the movie. Vig is played by Spike Jonze, known not for his acting but for his directing--of music videos, for the Beastie Boys and Bjork, among others. Jonze's performance is one of the highlights of the film. He portrays Vig with a sort of unstudied exuberance, post-adolescent can-do hyperactivity, and is earnestly naive without a trace of self-parody. He delivers lines that may be almost trite in their ignorance--for example, when he asks an Iraqi rebel leader, "So, you guys think all Americans...
...roundelay "The Blue Room." Mendes, working on film for the first time, is extraordinarily self-assured, inspired both with his actors and, more impressively, his camera eye. Fittingly, since the script praises the hidden beauties of the world, this is itself a deeply beautiful film. Its static compositions by Conrad Hall are overloaded with vibrant colors and symmetries that make you almost want to cry. On the surface, Mendes has packed a great deal into this movie, and he maneuvers like a pro through its quicksilver shifts in tone -- from blackest comedy to fiercest tenderness and all the bathos...
...CONRAD ("IN THE") BLACK OCCUPATION: Canadian media mogul BEST PUNCH: Sued Chretien, whom his papers have sharply criticized for years, for $16,000, citing among other things "abuse of public office...
DIED. CHARLES ("Pete") CONRAD, 69, third man to walk on the moon; in a motorcycle accident; in Ojai, Calif. Conrad was one of the more colorful astronauts. Setting foot on the lunar surface he said, "Whoopee! That may have been one small [step] for Neil, but it's a long one for me!" Recently he had been trying to start a space airline...