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...Alfred Hitchcock, didn't think of England; he learned his trade from the Americans and the Germans. On the set, instead of "Action!" he'd cry "Achtung!" Cinema Europe reveals him as an impishly sadistic fellow--he is seen lifting an actress' skirt while she tries to rehearse. But Hitch could make movies; Hollywood saw that. He went to the U.S., as had Lubitsch, Lang, Sjostrom, Stiller (and his young star Greta Garbo). Some were chased there by Hitler. European cinema was nearly stripped clean...
Sometimes, when the weather was just too rough, Kaczynski would hitch a ride into town with the mailman. He would come into Lincoln to use the phone, or read endlessly at the library--Montana newspapers (the librarian did not subscribe to out-of-state papers), books in Spanish and German (usually borrowed from other libraries), issues of Scientific American and Omni. Once a month or so, he would visit the grocery store and load staples into his backpack: Spam and canned tuna and flour. He was strange, the townspeople said, but no stranger than others who had come to hide...
...creativity and opportunity, leaving stories untold." The lone black nominee, Dianne Houston, was nominated in the best live action short category for "Tuesday Morning Ride," and she lost. Protesters also gathered outside local ABC affiliates in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit and Washington, D.C. Yet the show went off without a hitch. "There were no visible demonstrations," TIME's Joelle Attinger reports. "Hollywood is very much a bubble, and it remained that way on Oscar night." Jackson called on participants in the show to wear a rainbow ribbon to show their support. Co-producer Quincy Jones, who is black, wore a ribbon...
...creativity and opportunity, leaving stories untold." The lone black nominee, Dianne Houston, was nominated in the best live action short category for "Tuesday Morning Ride," and she lost. Protesters also gathered outside local ABC affiliates in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit and Washington, D.C. Yet the show went off without a hitch. "There were no visible demonstrations," TIME's Joelle Attinger reports. "Hollywood is very much a bubble, and it remained that way on Oscar night." Jackson called on participants in the show to wear a rainbow ribbon to show their support. Co-producer Quincy Jones, who is black, wore a ribbon...
...capital has been saturated with security forces to ensure that Algeria's sham elections come off smoothly," TIME's Lara Marlowe reports, where armed guards are patrolling the streets hoping to ensure that presidential polling goes off without a hitch on today. It won't be easy. "Algerian diplomats admit openly that the purpose of the election is to give legitimacy to the government," says Marlowe. "But how much credibility can the poll have when the main opposition, the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) is not allowed to participate and its leaders are in prison? The election already resembles...