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...perfect setting for a two-and a half-hour play laden with treachery, deceit, romance and tragedy...
...that enough money? Not at all. If you look at all of the grants funds on campus, including the Dean of the College's fund, the President's Public Services Fund, the Office for the Arts, and the Foundation, you'll find that the council is providing nearly half of the available funding for our student groups. And that money goes to everything from Radcliffe Rugby to the various plays and musicals that are performed on campus...
That Day is a student-written, student-directed play born from the vision of Nina Sawyer '01. She translated and adapted a short story about a little boy's experience in Nazi-occupied Germany--which constitutes the first part of the play--and wrote the second half herself. That Day tackles the experience of two parallel families, one in France and the other in Germany, who for some unclear reason are suffering from World...
...Mihaileanu: I think this fits in with the rest of the movie. Ultimately, the story is about all human beings. I don't know if I'm religious and I don't have all the answers. But having questions, as the Jewish people say, is half the answer. The question is, are we human beings or not? Are we barbarians, or do we truly exist as human beings? What is a human being? Before blaming God, let's try to watch ourselves in the mirror...
...train. Each has his or her own way of carving out a life in the midst of the madness. The whole village manages to keep some semblance of their joy for life. Scenes of sex, dancing and prayer are abundant, as are moments of despair and fear. Half of any story is the presentation, and Mihaileanu presents this story urgently and simply. The rush of music, the excitement of living, and the implicit promise of unspoken and unseen tragedy raise the audience's awareness that this life, while not real, is still something to be treasured...