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...Died. Elia Kazan, 94, director of pioneering stage productions of A Streetcar Named Desire and Death of a Salesman and the movies On the Waterfront and East of Eden; in New York City. Kazan's films earned a total of 21 Academy Awards, including for best director for Gentleman's Agreement and On the Waterfront. In 1947, Kazan co-founded the Actors Studio, which spawned several generations of famous stage and screen stars. He also gave Marlon Brando, James Dean and Warren Beatty their first major roles. Kazan made numerous industry enemies by cooperating with the House Un-American Activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 10/6/2003 | See Source »

Peter T. D’Elia ’07, Robert E. Furrow ’07 and Matthew L. Tobey ’07 rose to the occasion and joined Ferus in performing a hastily assembled program of solos and ensembles for a handful of their classmates. Their first recital, despite its somewhat off-the-cuff character, generated enough buzz to warrant the establishment of a tradition...

Author: By A.w. Soderberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stuck in the Middle With You | 10/2/2003 | See Source »

There were snacks and drinks, refreshments made possible by donations from previous recitals. The atmosphere was that of your run-of-the-mill dorm room except that Ferus tuned his violin to an A provided by D’Elia from one end of the keyboard, while on the other end, Tobey echoed the digital tones coming from a cell phone in the room as someone tested out various melodic rings...

Author: By A.w. Soderberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stuck in the Middle With You | 10/2/2003 | See Source »

Tobey, an accomplished pianist, opened with Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in C. Next, Ferus, a violinist of 14 years and a member of Harvard’s Bach Society orchestra, played Mozart’s violin concerto no. 5, accompanied by D’Elia on the keyboard...

Author: By A.w. Soderberg, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Stuck in the Middle With You | 10/2/2003 | See Source »

DIVINE INTERVENTION. Palestinian director-writer Elia Suleiman addresses the strife between his homeland and Israel in this deliberately composed, frequently absurd comedy.  Suleiman also plays the film’s quiet protagonist, unimaginatively named E.S.  This is not to say that Suleiman does not let his imagination run wild elsewhere in the work; one much-dicussed dream sequence depicts a woman who suddenly rebels against the soldiers using her for target practice, taking the offensive in a blaze of martial arts fury.  The film won two awards at last year’s Cannes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Listings, April 25-May 1 | 4/25/2003 | See Source »

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