Word: shaft
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...will get its juice from the spectacle of stratospheric double-dealing; there's more backstabbing than in Hamlet. World Trade Center promises to be a hymn to the courage and perseverance of Sergeant John McLoughlin (Nicolas Cage) and Officer Will Jimeno (Michael Pena). Jimeno was trapped in an elevator shaft for 15 hours, McLoughlin interred in rubble a few feet below Jimeno for 23 hours...
...will develop new "made in Canada" action plans for cutting emissions. Ultimately, once again, the problem will be figuring out which impacts count. But if ArcticNet results are meaningful, the whole world should take note of Canada's north. "It's kind of the canary in the mine shaft," says Louis Fortier. And the canary is roasting...
...time GORDON PARKS died last week at 93 in his New York City home, he had made his way through a succession of fields--photography, literature, film--and left enduring work in every one. The novelist who wrote The Learning Tree also composed concertos; the poet also directed Shaft. But it's as a photographer that Parks will be remembered most. Especially at LIFE, where, as the first African American on its photo staff, he could shoot a Brazilian slum or a Paris fashion show with the same sure mastery. Above all, he made countless pictures of African-American life...
...important to keep in mind that the novelist who wrote The Learning Tree (and directed the film version) was also the composer of film scores and concertos, and that the poet was also the man who directed Shaft. (And, let us not forget, its sequel, Shaft's Big Score!) But it's always as a pioneering photographer that Parks will be remembered first. Especially during his 24 years at LIFE magazine, where he was the first African-American on its legendary globe-trotting photo staff, he could shoot a Brazilian slum, a civil rights march or a Paris fashion show...
...least it’s written by Richard Price, who wrote the scripts for “Clockers,” “Shaft,” and adapted his own novel for this film. He knows his shit...