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...intellectuals. Fiction implies maneuver - heroic activity, moral preachment, even softening sentiment, all of which gestures seem trivial and inappropriate in the context of unprecedented, and in some sense inexplicable, evil. Putting the point simply, it is impossible to think of a novel, play or film that conveys the full effect of the Nazi genocide. The works that abide - Anne Frank's diary, Primo Levi's recollections of the death camps, Schindler's List - are all starkly factual. (See the 100 best albums, movies, TV shows and novels of all time...
...think I've seen - at least since equally offensive concentration camp fable, Life Is Beautiful - a movie so reliant on human stupidity to achieve its effect, so totally dishonest in its insistence on that quality (which it presents as innocence) to achieve its narrative goals. Bruno and Shmuel may be only eight years old, but that is well past the age of reason, and they are caught up in situation that would force anyone to acquire a shrewdness well in advance of their years. I don't know if a movie as simpleminded and emotionally shameless as this one definitively...
...collection of songs that they’ve been playing for several years now, seems to say it all—a scene derived from Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” that’s indicative of songs that are least effective on a sunny day.First track “Flowers and Football Tops” starts only with distracting reverb, which leads to echoing drum beats and lead singer James Allan crooning like he’s in the 1950s. Though the accents are hard to understand at first, the song...
...Bush’s policies have been met with howls of outrage from the scientific community, which has protested the restrictions since they went into effect...
...Chen avoided controversy in the quick meeting by not using titles - China refers to Ma as "Taiwan's leader" and Taiwan says he's president. They affirmed the Nov. 4 trade pacts will take effect in 40 days, including an expansion of direct cross-strait flights, direct shipping and postal links, and increased cooperation on food safety in the wake of the recent melamine contaminations. Roughly five million Taiwanese travel to China each year, and the agreements are expected to reduce travel time and costs. Ma and Chen also agreed to meet once every six months and find ways...