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...meets girl, boy loses...oh, boring. whatever postmodernism means, yesteryear's romantic conventions are not included in the definition. Actually, of course, they still make old-fashioned romances for a gushing public--love ya, Julia and Meg. But for those who want something kickier--even kinkier--and don't mind the occasional subtitle, here are three films that cater to slightly more perverse or, anyway, more darkly romantic tastes...
Some of the most remarkable exhibits have to do with Warhol's mother, Julia, an artistic woman of little education who had a close relationship with her son - the two shared a New York City apartment for many years and even collaborated artistically. They include two black-and-white photos, one of Julia's family before she moved to the U.S., the other of teenage Andy, both hand-colored by Julia in a style that resembles Warhol's technique, Bycko says. In another exhibit, a greeting card with a picture of the Last Supper, Julia used long parallel stitches...
...Julia kept in close touch with her relatives in Slovakia, particularly with sister Eva Bezekova, who visited her in New York in 1967. But when Bezekova returned from her U.S. trip, all the relatives heard was her lambasting America and Warhol's lifestyle. "They build tall houses there, all the way to heaven ... God will punish them for it," she told Bycko in 1987. "Andy is strange. He is never quiet. He is always doing something, telephoning, carrying around a box out of which a human voice speaks. Satan's work...
...Bollywood masala--savory cultural stew--restores melodrama to its Greek-tragedy and Italian-opera roots: melody-drama, in which emotions too deep to be spoken must be sung. Imagine Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich dancing around the utility company's lawyers while lip-synching a tune sung by Faith Hill, and you have a hint of the divine delirium that is Bollywood...
...Western media hit Russia by storm after Gorbachev opened the borders with his radical policy of “Glasnost,” or openness, in the mid 1980s. Russians were besieged by Western television, film and fashion. Now, women watch Brazilian soap operas and aspire to dress like Julia Roberts and Giselle. The Western media even seems to have made Russia’s holy babushka (grandmother) an anachronism here...