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Anyone who sits through A Mighty Wind, writer/director Christopher Guest??s latest entry in the mockumentary subgenre, will be tempted to make comparisons to Guest??s earlier work, This Is Spinal Tap. The classic parody of perpetually witless hard rockers finds its complement in both music and volume with Wind, which focuses not on the disaster-prone tour of a brainless metal band, but a disaster-prone tribute concert in memory of a late, legendary folk music producer. The premise is just the sort of odd episode that Guest has mined so skillfully in the past...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: A Mighty Wind | 4/11/2003 | See Source »

...premise of the duel was established Friday night in a staged dispute over casting for Guest??s upcoming play, The Dybbuk...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dueling Duo Publicizes Common Casting | 2/4/2003 | See Source »

...event revealing Gerstner’s recipe of rescue, Director of the Center for Public Leadership David Gergen touted his guest??s “inspiring leadership and vision” to a crowd of about...

Author: By Ebonie D. Hazle, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Former IBM Chief Shares Rescue Recipe | 11/21/2002 | See Source »

...understand the brilliant depth of Guest??s performance, one only needs to watch his face as he observes the Lucy of Beatrice E. Kitzinger ’03. Having lost her family in the war, she speaks only to strangers, obliviously repeating sad invitation. Kitzinger, turning in a fine performance of her own, communicates to a familiar face only after her delusions are spelled out for her; she comments, “We get some pretty crazy people in here, eh?” Throughout the skillfully staged sequence, it is difficult to pay attention to anyone...

Author: By Adam R. Perlman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wonderful Town | 5/3/2002 | See Source »

...Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officer removed an “unwanted guest?? from Lionel Hall...

Author: By Jenifer L. Steinhardt, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Police Log | 4/9/2002 | See Source »

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