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...film, which was shown in order to raise money for the Harvard Film Archive on the eve of its 25th anniversary, is a melange of the good and the evil, of the present and the past—and, most importantly, of the historical McNamara, seen in documentary footage, and the present-day McNamara as narrator...
Morris compared the events of the film to America’s present-day engagement in Iraq: “We [McNamara and Morris] could be talking about things that happened four, five, six days ago…The film became increasingly relevant to what is going on today...
...Pillaging Asia's Past Re the cover story on Asia's illicit art trade [Oct. 20]: A nation's cultural heritage represents its glory and growth. Looking at the art of the past helps us take a break from the harshness of present-day life and travel back in time. Anyone who tries to downplay the theft or destruction of cultural artifacts is seriously misguided. Those who are involved in this heinous business must be severely punished. Antiquities reveal the saga of a bygone era. Arvind K. Pandey Allahabad, India...
BLADE. Set in present-day New York City, this high octane thriller chronicles the violent exploits of comic superhero Blade (Wesley Snipes). With the technical expertise of Whistler, an old vampire hunter, he wages a one-man war against the seedier half of the rave crowd: its bloodthirsty vampires. No longer are they of Dracula’s ilk, who at least treated his prey like dainty four-course meals. Deacon Frost, the latest threat to humanity, wants nothing to do with such namby-pambiness and seeks to become the all-powerful vampiric avatar, La Magra. Blade...
...President John F. Kennedy ’40 been able to write about the present-day administration of the school bearing his name, he would have had to choose a word other than “courage” for the title of his book. How else to explain the absence of student input in the decision to honor Massachusetts Governor W. Mitt Romney by naming him 2003 commencement speaker at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government...