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...fascinating aspect of Hochschild's story involves the sheer modernity of the crisis. Morel's constant coverage of the Congo in pamphlets, newspapers, mass meetings, novels and even church hymns amounted to a public relations campaign on an immense scale. And although Morel was successful, Leopold was his own best popularizer. He ordered that a copy of his propagandist pamphlet, The Truth about the Congo, be placed next to the Bible in the sleeping compartment of every luxury train in Europe...
...could make a movie out of a Mary Shelley novel--not for the prestige granted to recent film adaptations of Henry James, but for the quality of a swift story, of one that engages intellectually, emotionally and viscerally. And for the spectacle of a monster given life by the sheer genius of a scientist, as movies were once engendered by directors like James Whale...
...hype will only get stronger. This is, of course, George Lucas' groundbreaking vision--the trailer offers every indication that the new Star Wars episode will be planet-shattering. In two minutes, witness the rush of images, tantalizingly cryptic and yet strangely familiar. The sheer amount of creatures--humanoids, robots, wacky monsters, Yoda, etc.--Lucas shoves in two minutes is mind-boggling (but where's Chewbacca?). Plus, the detail is astounding; freeze-frame a shot on your browser and notice how "busy" each and every frame actually...
True, in 1977, the sheer originality of Star Wars was astonishing. But by 1999, we'll have seen it all--a sinking Titanic, revived T-rexes, rabid aliens, etc. Why should the new Star Wars impress...
...minutes, Lucas silences all doubts. He reminds us what we have missed for the past 15 years--the imagination, the magic, the sheer wonder of the galaxy that is far, far away. No other movie ever been as daring, so in love with its own illusory universe...