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...pantheon of great directors, Fritz Lang is a bit of an anomaly. Unlike his contemporary Alfred Hitchcock, who was canonized early on and remains a universally acknowledged god of cinema, Lang’s road to directorial fame was an oblique one. Although denounced by Siegfried Kracauer as a fascist in the forties, and then heralded by the French Cahiers du Cinema as an amateur in the sixties, his work has received a surprising dearth of critical attention. It has only been in the last few years that critics have begun to exhume many of his films and give...
...Fritz Lang was born in Vienna in 1890 and died in California in 1976. He lived through two world wars, successfully transitioned from silent films to sound films and, after fleeing the Nazis, managed to start his cinematic life all over again in America. Rivaled only by director Howard Hawks in his ability to work in every genre, Lang directed hundreds of films that ranged from musical comedy to western to police drama. His long career spanned many decades and transcended many difficulties. And yet his cinematic vision remained relatively consistent. Throughout his life, he bemoaned the helplessness...
...teams were announced early last week, and six Crimson players received honors. Sophomore Ladd Fritz and junior back Mike Lobach led the way as Harvard’s two First Team selections...
...Fritz was Harvard’s top returning scorer going into the season, and he did not disappoint. He led the team in scoring with six goals, including Harvard’s first score of the season against Yale, and the game-winners in Harvard’s 1-0 victories over Columbia and Ivy co-champion Princeton...
...Peller were Harvard’s two Second Team All-Ivy selections. Ara tied with Fritz as the team’s leading overall scorer with five goals and three assists for the season. He netted the game-winning penalty kick in Harvard’s 1-0 victory over Penn and added two assists in Harvard’s season-opening 4-2 victory over Yale...