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When I met RAISA GORBACHEV in 1987, the cold war still divided our countries, but it did not prevent us from becoming good friends. It was tough at first. We came from different cultures. Raisa passionately believed in communism and was not afraid to defend it.
This brings us to the thrust and bearing of the movie. Precious little about the progress of the film has been revealed to the public by 20th Century Fox. Along with vague trailers, promotional material released to The Crimson doesn't divulge much as to what the story is about...
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...
"I try to make it roughly equal from week to week," says Professor of History James Hankins, who teaches History 10a: Western Societies, Politics and cultures From Antiquity to 1650, and assigns about 160 pages of reading per week.
"It blew open my mind to the possibility of other cultures," Dunn says. "I was a kid from Wisconsin who was suddenly exposed to a much wider world."