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...Classics) and "Traffic" (USA Films) made things interesting before "Gladiator" (young but powerful DreamWorks) took home the top prize, the Oscars represented a victory for the little guy - sometimes a victory for the little little guy over the big little guy. Sony Pictures Classics has long toiled in the shadow of savvy Miramax Films, the ingenuity of whose Oscar campaigns is notorious. But last night SPC copped five awards (four for "Crouching Tiger" and Harden's statuette), while Miramax went Oscarless for the first time in 13 years. So no big Miramax party on Oscar night. No Harvey Weinstein gags...
...with mixed feelings (thrilled fear, perhaps) that these students watch the market, and see a shadow come upon the land. Could this be chill history at last - large unpleasant history - arriving amid lives that began around the time of Ronald Reagan's first inauguration and proceeded through his "Morning in America," to Bush the Elder and his now-you-see-it-now-you-don't Gulf War? Fully half a college sophomore's life has been spent in a time of uninterrupted economic expansion; before that, the so-called Decade of Greed dangled over his childhood like a bright mobile...
...rediscovery of the American cinematic past. I saw "The Big Sleep" and "The Maltese Falcon" for the first time on the big screen, on a double bill. I saw "Coconuts" and "Night at the Opera" and "Day at the Races" all on the same evening. I saw "Shadow of a Doubt" and "Night of the Hunter" and "Beat the Devil" and "It Happened One Night...
Some of the photographs depict breathtaking landscapes rendered with great artistic flare and attention to aesthetics. One landscape of a pyramid taken by Francis Frith depicts the subtle beauty of the pyramids of Saqqara. His use of light and shadow rivals many Ansel Adams landscapes. The printmaking is of such high quality that the footsteps and the tracks of the cart Firth was pulling his camera equipment in can be seen snaking through the photograph. In spite of these few photographs made with great artistry, most of the images in display seem to be staged, trite, commercialized depictions...
...While most lawmakers consider it unlikely that new gun control legislation will emerge out of Williams' long shadow, the debate over personal, parental and community responsibility has already begun. It's our customary line of discussion: Does a family, or a network of friends, prevent this kind of senseless violence? Are kids like Williams born with the propensity to kill, or does our society breed it into them? We're pretty sure that even an Ozzie and Harriet home life wouldn't have saved Williams from himself, but there will be endless speculation anyway, as the country tries...