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There was always the whiff of the charlatan about John Cage. The puckish composer, audacious theoretician, stylish writer, subtle graphic artist, macrobiotic guru and fearless mushroom hunter was the impish personification of the 20th century avant-garde. Arch, soft-spoken and witty, Cage was passionately adored by his acolytes right up to his death at age 79 in 1992, and continues to be regarded by some as a kind of contemporary Beethoven, his influence ranging as far afield as Germany and Japan (where he is a demigod). And yet: Was there ever a composer of whom it can be said...
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...case of Fearless, the cataclysm is a plane crash. Among the survivors is Max Klein (Jeff Bridges), an architect. He comes out of that field leading a young boy and cradling a baby in his arms. We learn later that he led others to safety as well, despite the fact that his partner and best friend died horribly just a few feet from him. Max's opposite number is Carla Rodrigo (Rosie Perez), whose baby was wrenched from her arms and killed on impact...
That's the great thing about Fearless -- its unexpectedness. The most one might expect these days in a movie about a plane crash is Airport '93. The ; best we might hope for in a study of survivors is psychological faith healing. But Rafael Yglesias has written what amounts to a meditation on mortality. In the process, he has provided director Peter Weir with a route back to his best vein, that of Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Last Wave, those curiously creepy movies in which ineffable, quite insoluble mysteries slowly insinuate themselves into ordinary life. Together, the filmmakers have...
CINEMA The explosions in Demolition Man almost drown out the futuristic satire. Fearless transforms a disaster story into a meditation on mortality. BOOKS The J.F.K. presidency gets a cool, fascinating analysis by Richard Reeves. MUSIC Jimmy Webb soars into the '90s with a lush and lyrical album. TELEVISION An adapted David Mamet play shows Jack Lemmon at his best...