Word: orson
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Much of the film is shot to allow great depth of field, keeping both the foreground and the background of the picture in focus. This technique--pioneered by Orson Welles in Citizen Kane--is known as "deep focus." The use of deep focus lends a strong sense of realism to the film, portraying simultaneously the characters and their environment. Kusturica also imports some techniques from the genre of film noir, especially the notion of the woman-as-temptress (in this case the mistress), and the practice of photographing her image in mirrors...
...Thursday--"Yale Mary", Jean-Luc Godard's controversial sequel to last year's hit "Hail Mary" opens amid virulent protest at the Orson Welles Theatre. The film, featuring Eli Jodie Foster as an undergraduate English major and part-time mother of God, is condemned by President Bok as "flagrant Yale propaganda." Bok adds, "Besides, Princeton is the only Ivy school that can boast a celebrated virgin...
...year old beech tree across from the Orson Welles Theater on Mass. Ave. is at the center of an ongoing tug-of-war between a local real estate developer and the City of Cambridge...
...consuming passion of art in the face or ordinary life, and about the love of one artist for the medium that gives him pleasure and sometimes threatens his life. To these young eyes, all that spells one masterpiece of a home movie. Look for it to screen at the Orson Welles or Carpenter Center theaters in the spring...
...Orson Welles: 1001 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 868-3600. Pee Wee: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10; Detective: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:35, 9:35; Hail Mary...