Word: raine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...environmentalist can reel off a long list of grievous problems confronting the planet -- from acid rain and global warming to the destruction of tropical rain forests. The hard part is getting people to do something about them. Last week two fresh ideas for encouraging environmental activism were proposed, one a carrot, the other a stick...
...about the mundane business of existence, are helping change the weather and every other aspect of life on this fair planet: Los Angelenos whipping their sunny basin into a brown blur on the way to work every morning; South Americans burning and cutting their way through the rain forest in search of a better life; a billion Chinese, their smokestacks belching black coal smoke, marching toward the 21st century and a rendezvous with modernization...
...BLACK RAIN...
...this the pinnacle of Scott's luscious style or a parody of it? Maybe it's the spectacle of a director running for cover. Scott's last hit was Alien, a decade ago; these days his brother Tony directs the blockbusters (Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II). So Black Rain catches a gifted imagist between inspirations, biding his time without quite wasting ours...
Hollywood wants to paint an anecdote on a $40 million canvas. The Brits, in their strapped-for-quid, post-David Lean days, toil to see how many angels can dance on the head of a penny. For perhaps a tenth of Black Rain's budget, Queen of Hearts lays out a beguiling panorama of romance and revenge, coming of age and coming to terms. Oh, and the niftiest talking pig since Porky...