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...race against time and good economic sense, Black and Def begin introducing customers to their own low-budget versions of classic movies that the pair shoot in Black’s junkyard.Gondry often brings his whimsical, stylish approach to surreal story arcs. It’s his charming penchant for intensive theater tech that makes “Be Kind Rewind” an aesthetic success. Individual triumphs of innovation and elbow grease, the bootleg movies are the film’s highlights, sugarcoated with all of Gondry’s quirky techniques. Ghosts wield flashlights and wear saran-wrap...
...wore white tights and gigantic turban headbands with tie-neck blouses. It was amazing. I went to the Widener reading room every day. I listened to Prince. I read Perez Hilton like a normal person. My thesis advisor then told me that I had a penchant for “windy philosophizing.” After that, I sort of went into a freefall. There were extreme highs and frightening lows. I started listening to Miley Cyrus, then habitually wore a leopard print nightie to the Kirkland Dining Hall. I became obsessed with HUDS’ country fried steak...
...baseball team. My mom doesn’t know how to cook (there was the particularly memorable night when she tried to make “three-cheese” pasta, which ended up congealed at the bottom of the pot and licked by our cat who had a penchant for cheddar), so instead she ordered a large pizza with artichoke hearts from Pizza-A-Go-Go. I hadn’t seen Shakespeare in Love (rated R!) in theaters because I was under 17, so she rented it from Blockbuster and we munched on stone-fired dough while watching...
...about the injuries,” Weiss said. “I haven’t changed a beat of what I’ve said to the guys.” Certainly, the match against the Bears provided its bright spots and displayed the Crimson’s penchant for weathering adversity. Although Harvard forfeited at 125 and 141 lbs, junior Tommy Picarsic put up a strong fight at 133 lbs and only fell to Brown’s Jeff Schell by a 2-0 margin, bringing the team score...
William A. Strauss ’69, a satirist whose penchant for parody left no political scandal without a song routine, died Dec. 18 at his home in McLean...