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...think it’s the act of moviegoing itself that is responsible for its continued existence. We’ll see whatever they dish out, as long as we can retain the treasured experience of the act. Not even the greatest of writers on cinema can effectively define the universal experience of it—because its essence, its ontology if you will, is held in the depths of the individual soul, not in a regressive ideology of the masses...
...film features two families: the Stonemans of Pennsylvania are politically powerful abolitionists, but still retain their friendship with the Camerons of South Carolina. When war erupts, the boys of both families fight on opposing sides, interrupting two budding inter-familial love affairs...
...authors argue that it is in companies’ best interests to develop policies that will retain women—or make them willing to return after time away. They say the current “business model” is wracked by inefficiencies, because companies lose people they have trained to their competitors, underutilize available talent, and waste resources finding and training replacements...
...first trick with child actors is to make filming serious enough so that they know they must apply themselves yet fun enough so that it's play. "If you make them self- conscious," says Boyle, "it's gone." The second trick is to retain their spontaneity and keep them from being and looking bored on the fourth or fifth take. Boyle's strategy: "I act very stupid. I'm an encourager, so I'll say, 'Very good, everyone! Let's do it again!'" Of course, that doesn't fool them. "They say, 'Why? You just said it was really good...
...only occasional focus on women. Ideas suggested, such as holding review sessions before placement examinations, offering peer advising within large introductory science classes, making study abroad more accessible to science concentrators, and providing summer housing for students conducting research, would clearly benefit all students and might serve to retain more women in the sciences...