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...death, which shocked us because it was both sudden and solitary (it happened at home while my mother and I were away). As I read, I remembered all the wonderful moments we shared over the twenty-some years I had him in my life: how he made me a kite to fly in our backyard, how I saluted him before he went away to war in 1942, how proud he was when he held my infant sons for the first time. Those memories are all the more precious as the end of my own term on earth draws closer. Gems...
...There has, however, been one big change - the strategic insertion of 38 Disney cartoon characters into what had previously been a simulacrum of the real world. Here, the eskimos share the North Pole with Bambi and Thumper; Mulan flies a kite in Asia; Cinderella and Prince Charming wave to passing boats from their castle. The additions, when first proposed, inspired a small but fierce cry of sacrilege in the Disney blogosphere. "Everybody is so precious about what we do," Lanzisero objects. "At Disneyland, just a few hours into opening, [Walt Disney] started redoing things. It's no fun just...
...financed by Participant Productions, founded in 2004 on a "double bottom line" premise. "We want to make a social return and a commercial return on our investment," says Participant president Ricky Strauss. The production company has backed 39 other movies, both documentaries and features, including Syriana and The Kite Runner, and has more than 20 films in development. All its movies have social-action campaigns: Participant encourages audiences to visit its website takepart.com and register to vote, contact Congress or urge divestment from Sudan. About 2.7 million people have gone to the activism section of the site...
...dictated, in part, by geography. Floripa, as it is known to locals, is basically an island - a stretch of water cuts most of the city off from the mainland, and a bridge connects the two. With waves lapping every corner, it's a haven for watersports enthusiasts, and kite surfers love its central lagoon. There are 42 beaches in total, many of which are only accessible by foot or boat...
...fully embraced the idea that all cinema is world cinema and that some of the best films are made in places where English is the foreign language. So France's La Vie En Rose and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Germany's The Lives of Others, and The Kite Runner, with most of its dialogue in Farsi, competed against the likes of Atonement, No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood for a whole slew of awards instead of being relegated to the Film Not in an English Language category...