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...mask the stench of decadent French society with fragrances distilled from his victims' bodies (Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman are tipped to star). As Hollywood reinvigorates its product with injections of European culture, Tykwer's compatriots are relaxing and becoming more catholic in their approach to filmmaking. Volker Schlöndorff, the director of such classics as The Tin Drum and Homo Faber, whose latest, The Ninth Day, is about a Luxembourg priest in a Nazi concentration camp, interprets this as a sign of confidence. "For years young German directors have tried to make genre movies that just imitate...
...time and that a second medical professional confirms the terminal diagnosis. Dignitas recently caused an uproar when it was reported that the organization had helped several mentally ill people take their own lives. "Someone suffering from depression may not be capable of making a rational decision," argues Thomas Schläpfer, a psychiatrist at Bern University Hospital. "Suicidal impulse is not uncommon in people with severe mental disorders and they see Dignitas as an easy, clean way out. It is morally and ethically wrong to help them die." Minelli defends Dignitas' action, saying psychological pain can be just as wrenching...
...into a lackey of bigger, more powerful nations. As a member state, the party warns, Switzerland could be forced by the Security Council to take part in international sanctions and military actions. "We would also lose the right to have our own foreign policy and diplomatic relations," says Ulrich Schlüer, an SVP parliamentarian, apparently overlooking the fact that the foreign policies of current members such as the United States and Iraq have yet to converge. Lurking behind his party's opposition is the deeper fear that joining the U.N. would be a stalking horse for full European integration...
...efforts of such talented screenwriters and directors as Harold Pinter, Luchino Visconti and Peter Brook. For 22 years Producer Nicole Stephane could not get anyone to complete a film based on Marcel Proust's seven-volume Remembrance of Things Past. Then, "motivated by pure altruism," German Director Volker Schlŏndorff (The Tin Drum), 44, agreed to "jump on the sinking vessel to try to save it." He focused on a single vignette from the book. English Actor Jeremy Irons, 35, and Italian Screen Siren Ornella Muti, 28, signed to play Swann and the courtesan he marries. The result...
...Bettino Craxi fired back a missive to the Kremlin stating that his government's aim was "a suitable peace for all in a context of security for everyone." It was the Soviets, said Craxi, who had created "a [missile] disequilibrium which we find unacceptable." Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlüter, whose country has declined to accept nuclear missiles on its soil, responded that the Soviet leader's letter "gave me cause for disappointment and concern." British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher declared that she was "not greatly impressed...