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...Harem paints a poignant picture of two boys, Pat and Madjid (Remi Martin and Kader Boukhanef), who commit aimless acts of delinquency, wandering through the streets of a French village with nothing to depend on except their friendship. Through this portrait, the film also addresses some essential questions in society, from racism to poverty to the meaning of life...
...film makes sure that the audience goes away appreciating basic human feelings, like friendship. As in Truffaut's 400 Blows, we do not condemn the boys for stealing or cheating. Rather, we appreciate their ability to bring energy and fun to the routine of poverty which renders so many people helpless and lifeless...
With Durang's acute perception that "there's something extremely funny about a beautiful woman being silly," a great friendship was born. She gave him class; he gave her sexy roles. Sigourney played a murderous multiple schizophrenic Electra figure in Durang's Titanic, a woman who dates a bisexual analysand in Beyond Therapy. Together they wrote and performed Das Lusitania Songspiel, a deliciously rancid Brecht-meets-Broadway parody, and Naked Lunch, a fake interview with Voracious Starlet Sigourney Weaver that, in expanded form, may soon be a major motion picture. "She is a very strong collaborator," says Durang. "The furthest...
...earning high marks for his intelligence and integrity. For 18 years he was a member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, on which he eventually became ranking Republican. While serving as finance chairman of Vice President George Bush's 1980 presidential campaign, Conable cemented his friendship with Treasury Secretary Baker, then Bush's campaign manager. The respect that Conable commands on Capitol Hill may come in handy this fall, when, in line with the aims of the Baker Plan, the Administration could ask Congress for additional funds for World Bank-related lending...
Despite their conflict over these homelands, many Hopi and Navajo have become friends through business dealings or school. Hopi Chairman Sidney and Navajo Chairman Peterson Zah were schoolmates, but as Sidney says, "When I was elected, the friendship took a vacation." Sidney threatens to break a sacred buckskin treaty wand if the Navajo do not evacuate Hopi land, which would signify the complete collapse of an ancient vow, and he refuses to entertain notions of a land swap or cash deal to settle matters. Each side is waging a sophisticated publicity campaign, assisted by experienced outside activists. Indeed...