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...rest of the cast, which includes Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste in secondary roles, is disappointing. Murray, whose melancholy performances are always balanced with humor, is unfunny and unconvincing in his role as mayor of Ember City. Also frustrating is the film’s lack of a believable backstory; integral information is incessantly missing from the plot. What happened to the world last time? What made it fail? So many questions go unanswered that it can at times be somewhat tiresome. Even so, the movie does address certain concerns that mirror issues of the world today?...
...where all we get is second-hand processed images whose purpose is to dehumanize Palestinians. We hoped to present an alternative,” Ayyash said. “We are inundated with information about the Middle East and especially Palestine and the Palestinians, but most people lack an understanding of the situation.” For many filmmakers, the festival helped provide valuable exposure and a venue for their art. “Palestinian cinema deserves a festival and a venue on its own merit regardless of the political atmosphere that surrounds it,” Ayyash said...
...toilet paper use—or something to that effect. Costco, he tells us in the book’s introduction, is a Grand Canyon of superabundance. According to Stoll, it is a tribute to our society’s devotion to the pursuit of economic expansion and the lack of moderation that characterizes that pursuit. His book traces the modern veneration of economic growth back to its intellectual and social origins, which he identifies as the era of philosophical idealism that followed the industrial and mechanical innovations of the early 19th century. Throughout this historical investigation, Stoll weaves?...
...foreign countries, but why they did not always succeed. While both Germany and Japan, where the populations desired democratic systems, emerged as successful democracies after World War II, attempts to institute democracy in places like Russia and Haiti have failed. Because of corruption in their governments and our lack of commitment to attitude adjustment, both countries have seen democracy devolve into more authoritarian regimes. Traub argues that Bush should have paid heed to these lessons in Iraq: he had to make Iraqis want democracy rather than force it upon them. In his introduction, Traub points out that...
...lack of public sympathy in Italy for Petrella's clearly critical health condition may strike some observers as tough. But it becomes more understandable against the broader history of Red Brigades fugitives enjoying refuge in France despite long-standing extradition treaties between the countries. France's official tolerance resulted from a deal that former Socialist President François Mitterrand extended in 1985 to Italy's left-wing terrorists: if they renounced violence, they could live in France under open-ended amnesty. Scores of former terrorists did just that, living openly and unmolested - much to the ire of authorities...