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With Star Wars, even purists feel only slight resentment at the alterations, because the main addition is a scene intended for the original but pulled because of technological and budgetary constraints. In The Empire Strikes Back the necessity for or even the intention behind the changes is not as clear. Since it would be wrong to regard the trilogy as an artistic masterpiece as opposed to a special effects film, we can't call it a piece of film history that ought not be retouched. But the originals are good enough and loved enough that we would trust George Lucas...
...conference centers on five main issue areas: ethnic studies and affirmative action, immigration, environmental justice, poverty and police brutality. Presenters, speakers, facilitators and trainers participating in ACT '97 are among the most knowledgeable, experienced and skilled activists and organizers in the Northeast. We hope as many members of the Harvard community as possible will participate in this valuable series of learning experiences. For those who cannot attend, there are still many reasons (and opportunities) to show support. Although the conference aims to foster activism among communities of color on and around campus, the issues being addressed are of vital concern...
...main sources of funding for the day-care center and the after-school program are the state Department of Social Services, Department of Education and the Kendall Community Group...
...makes more sense to relate his work, in all its extreme, inward-directed fantasies of evil and innocence, to Darger's main lifeline, the Catholic faith. Catholic iconography, as anyone knows who is even briefly exposed to it (and Darger was marinated in its kitsch forms for 70 years), is suffused with Massacres of the Innocents, scenes of the roasting, flaying and disemboweling of idealized martyrs, sinners in hellfire and visions of a countervailing Paradise. Rummaging back through his fantasies for redemption of his own wretchedly maimed childhood, Darger was able to bind up his wounds with his religious fixations...
Your piece on the poor performance of foreign-language films at U.S. box offices [CINEMA, Jan. 13] unfairly blamed this on Americans' cultural self-absorption. You somehow missed the main point. Uplifting movies like Cinema Paradiso succeeded because they aren't arty and bleak. Audiences worldwide want films that are entertaining in order to take their minds off their troubles. PAUL F. STETSON Copenhagen