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...perfect example of what Criterion does. Just days after its disastrous Paris 1939 premiere, Renoir cut the film from 94 to 81 minutes. The negative of his original cut was destroyed in World War II bombing raid. In 1959, a time when the film was rising steeply in critical estimation, two Frenchmen reconstructed it, with Renoir's approval, to 106 minutes. This is the version released by Criterion, but in a superb high definition digital restoration that removed thousands of scratches, stains and other defects, and with enhanced subtitles that translate more dialogue than earlier versions. Extras include interviews shot...
...might have done better to perfect her recipe for humble pie. Allen's verbal missteps were amplified by an arrogance that even town car drivers were known to comment on, and that showed its ugly face when Allen was forced to comment on an unusual office accessory that had once graced his desk: just a "little old noose." Of course. Hardly big enough to hang a mouse, but quite large enough to rope in numerous allegations of racial intolerance, ranging from the credible (he has a peculiar fondness for the Confederacy) to the ridiculous and untrue...
...college students we face similar situations in choosing to reformulate our relationships with family. The play is about separation and maturity, family and love, and what your identity becomes when you’re torn between two worlds,” Birnbaum says. Birnbaum also saw Harvard as the perfect place to direct a Shaw play because of the intelligence of the actors. “It’s a very rich source of material for college students to work with because the actors can parse the words of the line. I figured the actors here are so smart...
...also had Dossy Peabody, who’s really well known around here as well. She was really great. I called up my rabbi and he told me to call Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, who was a stand-up comedian for nine years before being a rabbi, and he was perfect...
...thought we might get lucky, but I think we’re in a perfect spot,” Altchek said. “If we had a first round bye, we would’ve played a home game on Wednesday and especially at Harvard, with classes and such, it would be tough for fans to come out and see the game...