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...Once he finds a character or situation that beguiles him, Wong tends to stick with it, through multiple movies. He conceived the 1994 Chungking Express as three stories but shot only two; the third tale became his next film, Fallen Angels. A few years later he made In the Mood for Love, about a writer (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) falling for a married woman in 60s Hong Kong; that character reappeared, with four other alluring females, in 2046. Wong knows that movies are supposed to run between an hour and a half and two hours, but that's not natural...
...surprise, then, that his first U.S. feature should present two mid-length stories framed by a third. And in tribute to Hollywood cinema, My Blueberry Nights is not confined to a neighborhood (as Chungking Express and Fallen Angels were), or a single hotel (as in In the Mood for Love and 2046). This is a road movie, which begins in Venice, Cal., then flashes back to and ends in New York City, with long detours to Memphis and Nevada. It's an itinerary any foreign filmmaker fascinated with with America would choose to illustrate the country's scope and variety...
...liberal arts education.In a 168-to-14 vote at yesterday’s meeting of the Faculty, professors concluded a four-year-long debate over the centerpiece of the curricular review, the College’s first in three decades. After six meetings in as many weeks, professors expressed happiness and relief that the legislation’s passage—a stated goal of FAS administrators for this year—had been achieved.Under the new general education requirements, students will be required to take courses in eight categories, including “Aesthetic and Interpretive Understanding...
However, Abromowitz said that the decision was made to run the open letter because the organizers wanted to encourage other individuals to express their opinions publicly...
Several professors continued to express concern today with some of the program’s more specific qualities...