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...being marketed as a Roberto Benigni film ... Roberto wants what's best for the people in each territory." There's some darkness to Pinocchio, he admits finally, "and the question is how to edit those scenes without impacting the integrity of the movie." In the age of Vin Diesel, do children really need to be protected from Pinocchio? "The notion of trying to shield children from violence is pernicious," says Richard Wunderlich, co-author with Thomas J. Morrissey of the recently published cultural study, Pinocchio Goes Postmodern (Routledge; 257 pages). "In Italy the church fathers were once concerned that Pinocchio...
...being marketed as a Roberto Benigni film ... Roberto wants what's best for the people in each territory." There's some darkness to Pinocchio, he admits finally, "and the question is how to edit those scenes without impacting the integrity of the movie." In the age of Vin Diesel, do children really need to be protected from Pinocchio? "The notion of trying to shield children from violence is pernicious," says Richard Wunderlich, co-author with Thomas J. Morrissey of the recently published cultural study, Pinocchio Goes Postmodern (Routledge; 257 pages). "In Italy the church fathers were once concerned that Pinocchio...
...Diesel Cafe...
...might not realize it in a media environment that's ravenous for teen celebrities, but Hollywood is a little short on young stars these days. Tom and Julia have been up there for ages; Vin Diesel and The Rock are not so much human beings as Soviet-era statuary. Yes, there are gifted, charismatic actors out there waiting to take over, but they don't always get the movies to match their talents...
...Qazi Hussain Ahmed from the Jamaat-e-Islami is a cultured, well-traveled cleric who speaks with the measured finality of a judge passing a grim sentence. Several of his new brethren, in contrast, are unquestionably flamboyant. Maulana Fazlur Rehman wears robes of golden thread and was dubbed "Maulana Diesel" after allegations were made?though never proven?that he was involved in a fuel scam. Maulana Samiul Haq earned the nickname "Sandwich Sammy" after being photographed (presumably by Pakistani intelligence officers) in an inventive position with several bedmates. "We have our differences, some of them centuries-old," concedes Ahmed...