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...Gibbs, who wrote one of the covers on Graham's wall, says, "It seems that we've been trying to figure out the proper role of faith in politics for about 230 years, and we're still confused about where to draw the lines." Says Duffy: "We knew about Graham's huge public profile. But until we started talking to the Presidents, their families and their aides, we had no idea about the much more private role he played...
...also lassoed bigger stars, when he wanted them; he knew that marquee names would help raise financing and lure audiences. He would go for the hot new actor: Delon after Rocco and His Brothers, Richard Harris after This Sporting Life, David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave in their first bloom for Blowup and later, in 1975, Jack Nicholson for The Passenger...
...Antonioni might be an art-film director, but he was no fool. He knew that making films in English would help him reach a wider audience; hence Blowup, Zabriskie Point (1970) and The Passenger (1975). He spoke Hollywood's language without ever going Hollywood. Death Valley, the location for Zabriskie Point, was as close as he got to La-la Land...
...knew he was Ingmar Bergman, but maybe he didn't. He didn't get to view his reputation from the outside...
...another of my old pals, this one at the United States Military Academy. Two friends and I packed up a barbecue and drove to West Point, where our cadet was in the midst of summer field training. It wasn’t important that none of us knew how to grill—or, rather, it didn’t occur...