Word: scene
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...basic premise is a tired one, found most recently in such films as The Fugitive, The Net, The Pelican Brief and Conspiracy Theory. At times, Enemy of the State seems to steal directly from these predecessors. There is even a chase scene in a huge storm drain that is quite reminiscent of Harrison Ford's famous escape from Tommy Lee Jones '69 in the first movie mentioned above. Also, there are a few conspicuous references to 1984 by George Orwell and A Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Despite the similarities, Enemy of the State manages to be intense, gripping...
...literary references, but the highpaced action. There are exploding buildings, flaming cars, bikers being run over ambulances and Will Smith in his underwear. Director Tony Scott (Top Gun, Crimson Tide) wastes little time between action sequences, building up an almost unbearable intensity, augmented by fast camera cuts and quick scene changes. Yet the overall effect is not a choppy compilation of distinct scenes, but a broad tapestry of chases, gunfire, high-tech tracking devices and explosions, coupled with a moderate portion of complicated plot development...
...choreographer Augustine is representative of this-the large dance numbers promise to be one of the semester's theatrical highlights, carrying on the production's theme of remaking the classic in an untraditional and fantastic way. For a tastefully fresh take on both classic material and the Harvard theater scene, Guys and Dolls is a show that shouldn't be missed. They overcame the space problem; they overcame the funding problem; they're bringing a segregated arts scene together--bang, you've got a show...
...trills and other musical treats with consumate ease. Her acting is just melodramatic enough to be believable in the larger-than-life world of opera but not so hysterical or overly mopey that it is annoying. Her only noticable slip-up came at the very end of her death scene, in which she fell rather unceremoniously into the arms of Alfredo rather than using the more dramatic death-swoon that is needed for depressingly tragic high Romantic opera. But by that time the audience was so enamored with her and with the self-sacrificing Violetta she brought to life that...
Although the tutor followed the alleged intruder up Dunster Street to Mt. Auburn Street, a few minutes later he returned and the University police responded to the scene...