Word: crafting
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...each experience taught him more about his craft and prepared him for Unforgiven, a lean and provocative antiwestern in which the good guys are not so swell and the bad guys are not entirely deserving of their fate. For Eastwood it was something new, garbed in familiar cowboy clothing. Only after the final gunfight does the director allow his alter ego, the actor, to indulge in a brief valedictory to the satiric excess that characterized the Eastwood of an earlier era. "Any son of a bitch who takes a shot at me," gunman William Munny bellows into the night...
...faded into anonymity? Or merely a Sylvester Stallone, one of those action heroes who have achieved nothing like the longevity Eastwood has? Neither could have, or would have, made a movie like Unforgiven. With the intelligent shyness that empowers many great actors, Eastwood embraced the entire craft of filmmaking, wandering the sets and picking up insights even as he was churning out B movies in his early days. Even now, he keeps a VCR on location to study movies new and old. "My involvement goes deeper than acting or directing," he once said. "I love every aspect of the creation...
Thompson, 33, doesn't care to analyze her craft. Ask her why she makes movies, and she roars back, "Filthy lucre!" So we turn to James Ivory, her director on Howards End and on this fall's Remains of the Day, to enumerate her gifts. "First of all," he says, "Emma is sane. That's a wonderful thing. She also has intelligence, tremendous acting talent and terrific style. She's funny and fun to be with -- always. American actors mercilessly dissect everything. They worry and wonder about it all the time. The British tend to act instinctually." As Christopher Reeve...
...investigative reporting prizes were presented by Tom Wicker, columnist emeritus of The New York Times. "Investigative reporting represents individual enterprise in a craft that is moving inexorably towards mass effort," Wicker said...
...spirited debate has arisen as the plan's advocates maneuver to craft its details. The key question involves the program's target audience. The Administration is currently considering giving up to $10,000 a year to those who serve after graduating from college, twice the sum contemplated for those who complete their work stint after high school. Neither figure would come close to purchasing a private education, but the White House says four years at many state universities could be covered by $20,000. The three legislators most associated with national service over the years -- Representative Dave McCurdy and Senators...