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TIME's article on George Lucas and the new digital age in moviemaking [March 20] was especially poignant for me. My father worked as a technician at Technicolor for more than 30 years and helped with the production of several Disney animated movies. Now my daughter (an avid Star Wars fan) is helping digitally restore the Disney films her grandfather worked on. When I was growing up, I was so proud to see the Technicolor logo on the screen. And today when I see my daughter's name in the credits, I am just as proud. I don't understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 10, 2006 | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...interracial relationships to be with Bandini. Despite a few raunchy love scenes, Towne, well known for his stellar screenplays including “Mission Impossible,” “The Firm,” and “Tequila Sunrise,” manages to send a poignant message about the struggle between personal identity, love, and societal acceptance. The romantic tug-of-war he creates between Bandini and Camilla is artfully executed—not through blunt, explicit lines, but through the carefully directed actions of his characters. The film’s settings seem almost drawn...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ask the Dust | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

Having recently completed his feature-film debut, “Thank You For Smoking,” Jason Reitman is on top of the world. The Hollywood buzz surrounding his comical, yet poignant, satire is only appropriate for the son of legendary director/producer Ivan Reitman (“Ghostbusters”). Starring Aaron Eckhart as “Big Tabacco” mogul Nick Naylor, with a supporting cast of Adam Brody, William H. Macy, Robert Duvall and Katie Holmes, “Thank You for Smoking” satirically examines the world of spin culture in the cigarette industry...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reitman Savors 'Smoking' Debut | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...With “God Lives in St. Petersburg,” author Tom Bissell, who also spoke with The Crimson, seems like a contemporary counterpart to this esteemed company, with his creation of a confection of intricately poignant stories about Americans drifting lost in Central Asia...

Author: By Jessica C. Coggins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Strangers Adrift In a Strange Land | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

...including the masked protagonist—however, the film’s love story between Evey and V feels rushed. Following her torture at the hands of V, Evey ends up predictably, but not convincingly, falling in love with her captor. Ironically,it is the semi-poignant vignette of lesbian love that overshadows the romantic bond between the film’s protagonists...

Author: By Adam P Schneider, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: V for Vendetta | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

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