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Another cinematic option: "Four Nights of a Dreamer" (1971), an interpretation of Dostoevsky's White Nights. The Museum of Fine Arts, 456 Huntington Ave., Boston...
...Winterson has the talent to create such compelling, and at times mesmerizing, narrative worlds. In "Disappearance I," for example, she envisions a future in which the right to sleep has been legislated away. The narrator's occupation? A Dreamer, literally someone who dreams for everyone else. Yet seemingly mundane situation, such as befriending a pooch in "The 24-Hour Dog," are approached with equally fresh and keen perception. Winterson's quick scene changes, especially apparent in the latter story, can be jarring. But in another sense, it is as if she is a Cubist painter presenting varied perspectives...
What Rushmore ultimately amounts to is one exuberantly off-center film. Wes Anderson is supporting men like Max and Blume, big dreamer who thumb their nose at conformity, but he is a disciplined enough filmmaker to not glorify their behavior unlike, say, Patch Adams). The two character have their notable flaws, and Max's big schemes have a tendency to blow up in his face. In fact, by the middle of the film, it appears as if lack of discipline has cost him dearly. However , what Rushmore really needed was a good tightening of the story in order to make...
Call me a dreamer, but here's what I'd like to see happen. Right now, just after the trial he believes he can win has begun, would be the time for Clinton to go out on top, to resign and earn the gratitude, if not the affection, of a morally restored society. Gore, like Scottie Pippen but with a weaker jump shot, is a more than able successor. Michael Jordan has retired, and the worst he ever did was palm the ball on occasion. Couldn't this president, guilty of more than just a few lane violations, follow suit...
cappucino sipper: (n.) a dreamer, as applied to philosophy or psych concentrators or anyone with a strong affinity for tight black clothing and smoky cafes. "What's that cappucino sipper doing after graduation...