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...them a shot at a spot on a professional squad. With such promises of fame in Mexico’s Division I soccer leagues, Batuta unleashes the naïve farm boys into the capital city’s urban jungle. “The movie is a social portrait of Mexico today,” Cuarón said in an interview. “The people on the streets, the soccer teams… ultimately the way these guys operate is the way it is in Mexico.” The city bears many wonders for them?...
...realist painter Luo Zhong Li caused a stir after unveiling his latest work, “Father,” in Beijing. An enormous, close-up portrait of an expressionless Chinese peasant before a background of yellow landscape, the painting was seen as patronizing and unflattering by many critics. Despite these negative opinions, the work and the ethos that spurred it would become an inspiration for the Chinese cinematic revolution in the decade that followed. The 1984 film “Yellow Earth” from director Chen Kaige is just one of the many works that bears the influence...
...finds also include a copy of the architectural plans for Grand Central Station, a photograph of a scoreboard from a World Series game with Babe Ruth’s name on it, and autochromes (early color photographs on glass) by the Lumière brothers of filmmaking fame. The Portrait Collection, the bulk of which was donated in the early 20th century by Evert J. Wendell 1882, spans the ages, from 16th century engravings to 1920s photographs. Objects in the collection range from engravings of French military uniforms to an entire set of cigarette boxing cards, equivalent to modern...
Martha, the hired help is here! The hired—no? Undergraduates, you say? Well, then. Come in, come in! Make yourself comfortable. Admire our walnut paneling, our sumptuous rugs, our impressive portrait collection of pasty, unidentifiable friends of the College. Take a seat in one of our plush armchairs. A waiter will be by with champagne momentarily...
...Faust admires the floor-length portrait of former University president Charles W. Eliot...