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Author Jared M. Diamond ’58 has spent years making trips to the wilderness of New Guinea, performing research for books like his Pulitzer-Prize winning “Guns, Germs, and Steel.” And during his time in Cambridge as an undergraduate, he brought the wilderness to Harvard...
...Diamond, his freshman roommate Alfred M. Derrow ’58 remembered, extended some of that boldness outside the walls of his dorm room as well. During one of the era’s “freshman riots” (mostly non-violent affairs), Diamond filled up water balloons and took aim at the police below...
...Today, Diamond continues to demonstrate daring, though of a different sort, combining the study of evolutionary biology, physiology, and geography to explain our world and history...
...Diamond entered Harvard College with a classics scholarship and a determination to go into medicine like his physician father...
Occasionally, the film is enlivened by the guest appearances of familiar actors, sometimes cast appropriately (Lou Diamond Phillips as Mario Monje, Catalina Sandina Moreno as Che's second wife), sometimes not (Matt Damon as a negotiator in Bolivia!?). But the major burden falls on its star, who as one of the producers has nurtured the project for almost a decade. And Del Toro - whose acting style often starts over the top and soars from there, like a hang-glider leaping from a skyscraper roof - is muted, yielding few emotional revelations, seemingly sedated here. Except for one thrilling confrontation...