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...still forgive this self-conscious direction because of the simple, undeniable power of what the characters say and what they’re driven to do. Their self-hatred and denial as Jews, interwoven with their singular affirmation of faith— “shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad,”- Hear O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One— is a stark and brutal statement that stuns...
...hybrid of U.S. and Latin American storytelling values," says University of Miami film professor Rafael Lima. "This wave will last - in fact, I'd say it hasn't even exploded yet." The breakthrough list of recent years also includes Mexico's Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch), whose sordid, interwoven stories of Mexico City life made it one of the smartest movies of 2000, in any country; the hauntingly beautiful Behind the Sun (Brazil, 2001) and Argentina's bittersweet, Oscar-nominated Son of the Bride (2001). The leap, however, is most evident in City of God, whose driving samba...
...piece at Harvard in 1939. “The music is fascinating—strange but beautiful,” explains cast member Abby A. Carlin ’04. And the work as a whole, as Rubins points out, is a unique piece of musical theater, with music interwoven into the text, unlike the more common format of dialogue interrupted by occasional song and dance...
...This is an academic book and possesses scholarly strengths and weaknesses?a few more individual stories and a little more narrative panache would have enlivened the text?but it's a thoroughly researched, impressive and sometimes fascinating piece of work, interwoven with themes that resonate to this day. All those who think large-scale immigration is the end of the world should take a look at what it did for Shanghai. It didn't make a bad city better, but it did make it a whole lot more interesting...
...stories of the everyday person prove the most poignant. Articles such as Barbie dolls, wedding rings, stuffed animals and love letters adorn panels with heart-wrenching messages of parents, nephews and friends interwoven into the fabric of the quilt’s panels...