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...sense of purpose. After winning an Oscar for Traffic in 2001, Gaghan turned down seven-figure offers to write the fourth Indiana Jones movie and adapt The Da Vinci Code. Instead, inspired by an anecdote about an oil lobbyist in See No Evil, a memoir by former CIA officer Robert Baer, Gaghan decided to make a complex, journalistic movie about the politics of crude. "It's rare in Hollywood to get the chance to work on something that you actually care about," says Gaghan. "The tragedy of the place is all these talented people trying to get excited about stuff...
...Tale of a Traitor The excerpt from the autobiography of Charles Robert Jenkins, the U.S. Army sergeant who left his post in South Korea and fled to the communist North in 1965 [Oct. 24], will generate a lot of sympathy for him. We shouldn't forget, however, that he deserted because he was scared of going to Vietnam. Legally, Jenkins is a free man now, having been discharged from the U.S. military. But knowing about those who served honorably in Korea, Vietnam, the first Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq, I have difficulty feeling any sympathy for that coward. Kazuho Baba...
...that articles about the insurgents and how they train suicide bombers only fuel the terrorists' desire to carry out destruction. Why not report on the good things the U.S. is achieving in Iraq and Afghanistan and what our families back home are sacrificing for the freedom of others? Sergeant Robert E. Williamson Jr. U.S. Army Reserves Hobart, Indiana, U.S. The Agony of Kashmir The earthquake that hit Kashmir brought more than grief and devastation to this underdeveloped region [Oct. 24]. More than 50,000 people are dead, hundreds of thousands are injured, a whole generation has disappeared, children are orphans...
...slender French sleazeball could actually strike fear in the exceedingly masculine Owen (think of Dwight in “Sin City”). The real mystery of the film—beyond how the director failed to incite a sexual spark between the gorgeous leads—is why Robert “The RZA/Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah/ Rzarector Prince Rakeem/” Diggs was cast as its moral center and tragic antihero. The hip-hop MC, best known for his work in the East Coast hardcore crew the Wu-Tang Clan, has also composed film soundtracks, including...
...that faculty believe the criticism of Kirby may be misdirected. “Some professors, even some who want Kirby to go, have said he is a scapegoat for the more fundamental problem, which is Summers,” the faculty member said.Yesterday evening, Director of Communications for FAS Robert Mitchell referred inquiries about the dean to the President’s Office. In a brief interview last night, the president’s spokesman expressed Summers’ support for Kirby’s initiatives.“Dean Kirby is actively working on very important matters including...