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...would be lovely if lots of people saw this documentary about an avant-gardist who loved old Hollywood movies. It might remind them that there are lands beyond today?s blockbusters and timid dramas that are worth visiting and, for an hour and a half, living...
When the minds behind “The Simpsons” and “The West Wing” sit down for an evening chat, politics and pop culture are fair game. Yesterday’s discussion, “Making a Difference: When Hollywood Meets Capitol Hill,” brought together comedian, radio personality, and Simpsons writer Harry Shearer and Emmy Award-winning producer and writer of the West Wing Lawrence O’Donnell, Jr. ’76 at the Harvard Law School. Atlantic Monthly senior editor Corby Kummer moderated. The panel, co-sponsored...
...movie cost $250 million to produce.Clotilde A. Dedecker ’09 also admits to being “completely clueless about summer movies.” When asked about her possible interest in “Miami Vice,”—the big-budget Hollywood adaptation of the iconic ’80s television series, starring Colin Farrel and Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx—she replies: “Wow, I just have no idea about any of it.”Katherine E. Conden ’06 doesn’t even plan...
...intergenerational reconciliation ensue. In Litvak’s words, “This ain’t your bubbie’s Jewish comedy.” THE HARVARD CRIMSON: What was the inspiration for “When Do We Eat?” SALVADOR LITVAK: In Hollywood you can make a living without ever getting a movie into theaters, and after several years of that I became frustrated. I decided to tackle a small project, a dinner party movie. I was going set it during Thanksgiving, but I am an observant Jew, and I realized that there...
...rival the legend that is Jane Fonda. From her Kennedy-level Hollywood lineage to her multiple Madonna-like transformations, the star has dazzled the cinematic, fitness, and activist scenes, staying long enough to ruffle a few feathers or win an Oscar before moving onto a different chapter. After a 15-year film hiatus, a third divorce (from media mogul Ted Turner, who—as Fonda reveals in her book—supplied “terrific fountains-of-Versailles and fireworks sex!”), and a great many hours in therapy, Fonda has returned, resurrected from beyond...