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Last night marked the inaugural event of the second annual Gay Rights as Human Rights Conference with a film screening and discussion titled “Queering Development Practice.” Hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School as part of this week’s University-wide recognition of the month of Gaypril, the event addressed LGBT advocacy in developing countries...
...fair, it is not as if resurrecting unfinished films is a new phenomenon—or one that always results in bad movies. Orson Welles considered the official versions of many of his films to be “unfinished,” and Krzysztof Kieslowski died while his third film cycle was in development. The first two films of the trilogy, “Heaven” and “Hell,” were given to other directors to finish, and while it is problematic to consider them part of Kieslowski’s oeuvre, they...
...Lunatic” presents another problem typical of unfinished films: it was written 50 years ago. The noir conventions that Kubrick would have played upon seemed trendy and cutting-edge then; to shoot a film like that today is a bold stylistic affectation that would undoubtedly dominate the audience’s attention. Even if the director of “Lunatic” decides to avoid the flashiness of noir cinematography, the piece is still set in 1956, and Hobbs and the production team have decided not to rewrite it. There is no good solution to the dilemma...
...nothing else, the practice of resurrecting films like this poses some interesting theoretical questions about authorship: who deserves credit for a successfully resurrected film like “Heaven?” How can we discuss films like this in terms of artistic intent? But as compelling as unfinished works are as case studies, they often amount to significant violence upon a filmmaker’s oeuvre. Instead of being remembered as prolific, successful, and complete, Kubrick’s career will seem to trail off, leaving behind a collection of troubling uncertainties that will hover over his work long...
...film version of “High School Musical” tells the story of sensitive basketball jock Troy Bolton (Gus T. Hickey ’11) and a beautiful science nerd Gabriella Montez (Samara R. Oster ’13). Despite existing in completely different social circles, they fall in love and challenge the status quo by coming together to audition for their yearly high school musical...