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...Bones and the pre-acclaimed indie drama A Single Man. If there's not a new No. 1 title then - if The Blind Side and New Moon don't finally make way for the new kids at the box office - it will be time for Hollywood to unsheathe its harakiri swords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Box-Office Weekend: Blind Side Sacks New Moon | 12/6/2009 | See Source »

...patient whose life the surgeons have saved by removing his soul. Like Clint Eastwood in his early surly days (A Fistful of Dollars, Dirty Harry, Pale Rider), Kitano is implacable, dispensing retribution that may also be justice, but only coincidentally. He is a Zen or zombie Clint?a Dirty Harakiri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Unbeaten | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...went abroad, a lot of people said to me, "I know Japan: Toyota, Sony, Honda." Now your special issue shows a complete picture of my country to people all over the world. Your articles examine modern Japan from its technical skill to its traditional culture of geisha and harakiri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 22, 1983 | 8/22/1983 | See Source »

...which we began it." Within 24 hours, from his arrival in New York with the unseen film to his decision to withdraw and recut it, Cimino had gone from Heaven to Hell. And from nearly every movie mavin came the cackle of contumely: the arrogant director had committed career harakiri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: How to Play Hollywood Hara-Kiri | 12/1/1980 | See Source »

While other cities would probably not have to eviscerate their budgets, they would still face arterial cuts. One way to prevent municipal harakiri would be charging for services or transferring the services covered by property taxes to other assessments (Concord is considering increasing its water fees by $100,000)--thereby defeating the purpose of the proposition...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Proposition 2 1/2 And All That... | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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