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...regular on The Bold Ones. "My career was at a low point when I graduated," she notes, "but I couldn't let it go without a real push. Then it struck me that I wasn't going to do dreck," and she took roles in some eccentric good films (Siesta, Five Corners) and at least one ordinary bad one (Stealing Home). Then The Accused came along. Or rather, she stormed after it. The part got her the Oscar and a place on the actresses' A list. Only fitting: A is the grade she has earned all her life, in class...
...RISING TIDE of insomnia must be checked. I hereby call for the immediate formation of Students for Improving and Extending Sleep Today and Always (SIESTA). Given the dire circumstances in which we begin our struggle, SIESTA will take drastic actions to raise unconsciousness. We'll begin with a pajama-clad "sleep-in." At 10:00 tonight, let all those who would make things right assemble in front of University Hall. Bring pillows...
...negative connotation that "sleeping in" carries in a society dominated by the Protestant work ethic is a tool of the very forces draining our creative energies by forcing us to stay awake. In reclaiming the term for positive protest activities, SIESTA attacks the subliminal linguistic conventions of the anti-sleepers, a facet of the struggle that should not be underestimated. Even the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard, an organization ostensibly committed to protecting individuals against coercive power, preaches "eternal vigilance...
Bleary-eyed zombies are all over campus, yet some lunatics still undermine sleep, calling for a 24-hour Harvard library. Do they not realize the transparency of their plot? It it succeeds, sleeping will indeed be tantamount to conceding defeat in the undergraduate rat race. SIESTA will fight this pernicious evil to the bitter...
...sizzling sex scenes that ornament her recent movies. As a prim D.A. in The Big Easy, she gets lessons in precision ecstasy from handy Dennis Quaid. A Barkin heroine will tussle with any man on even terms, perhaps to the death. In Mary Lambert's gorgeous, complex ghost story Siesta, Barkin is already dead, but that cannot stop her from a convulsive rendezvous with the aerialist of her dreams. Or from looking sensational in a stop-light red dress and a body sculpted by daily workouts. These two films, though, were cult objects for cinephiles and discriminating voyeurs. It took...