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...impressive; as Pauline Kael wrote in her review, the film almsot seems to play itself out in a medieval present. At first there is a temptation to mock the seriousness of the film and the self-importance of the Knight's quest, which at times appears like a remnant of 1950s existentialist philosophy; but the images in "The Seventh Seal" are so hypnotically charged that one is pulled in and held fast...
...then there's New Delhi, built in the early 20th century by the British; a grand remnant of colonialism...
...three would-be warriors had been part of a doomed attempt to defend a remnant of apartheid even as South Africa transforms itself into a multiracial state. One of 10 remote domains created and recognized only by Pretoria's old leadership, Bophuthatswana -- nicknamed "Bop" -- symbolizes apartheid's failed ambition to confine South Africa's blacks in putatively independent tribal homelands. It is home to Sun City, the lavish gambling resort that has been loudly boycotted by many American performers. President Lucas Mangope, who has ruled as a dictator since the homeland was founded in 1977, suffered such a stinging rebuke...
...fifty years ago, they sailed here on boats half the size of the Staten Island ferry. They burned witches, built railroads and wrote the Bill of Rights. They also fought wars -- against Indians, George III and (in the Civil War) each other. But now their elites are a desiccated remnant, trailing clouds of glory only in the Social Register, while the country cousins, mostly Southern, have energy without class. From George Washington to George Bush, from Henry Adams to Elvis (dead or alive): such is the decline of the Wasp...
...looking to choose the new leadership at The Crimson this week. Candidates have been schmoozing executives of the 120th board (pompous name, eh? It's a remnant from those days of FDR and the pipe-smoking, post-adolescent males who founded the newspaper), trying to communicate their visions for 14 Plympton St. It's a fun process, this settling the question of succession. And even as you read this, presidential hopefuls are fielding tough questions and crafting diplomatic, yet passionate answers...