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...generation (how many of you watched that NBC special a few months ago?) Granted, the message of the film is universal enough to transcend the limitations of time. Pearl and her family could have lived at any other time in history, and the lessons of self-discovery and carpe diem would have been just as relevant. But would it have been as powerful? Probably not. The '60s are a perfect match for the themes of instability and loss of innocence, and its role as the setting of Pearl's story makes the film infinitely more effective...
...Tony-award-winning musicals go, Ragtime is about as innovative as Broadway can get. Paul Simon's The Capeman was eclectic, but failed miserably in ticket sales. Rent, on the other hand, is praised for being original, but still flaunts enough crowd-pleasing values (love despite adversity, carpe diem) to insure huge financial success. To succeed on the Great White Way, a show does not always have to sacrifice controversy, but it usually does have to put it in a prettily-packaged manner that will draw enough theatergoers to pay the bills--and make a gargantuan profit besides...
...substantive end toward which these rules should be directed in Latin...would be Carpe Diem; in English, Go for it!" Weld said...
...Foreign Picture, that is. Whereupon, to extend the analogy between Character and Titanic, as the director accepted his Oscar, his ego succumbed to an attack of St. Vitus' dance, causing some among us to avert embarrassed eyes. But it's worthwhile, in the case of Dutch director Mike van Diem, to refocus them on his work, which is a true epic--long, dark, complex, enigmatic and curiously riveting...
...look at it, our time here is all too short. As I wrote this list, I realized there were many things that as a senior I will never again see or do (sniff!). Still, there are still 61 days. In the immortal words of Horace, "Carpe Diem...