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...unlikely, of course, that Yau would have conceived of his corpus in such solemn terms. Indeed, he once said that his interest in photography stemmed from the prize money that could be won in local competitions. A modest and laconic man, he played merely supporting roles for most of his career. As a stills photographer for movie companies in the 1960s, he was one of thousands of anonymous technicians in the service of a burgeoning entertainment industry. As the publisher and editor of Photo Tech magazine in the 1970s, and of Photo Art magazine from 1980, his days were spent...
Some have suggested that we discontinue the moments of silence and solemn speeches and all the other ceremonies that have marked our recent Sept. 11s. While many argue that that would leave the day bereft of meaning, it's possible that there are deeper kinds of meaning to be had. On Sept. 5, German authorities announced the arrest of a group planning a series of terrorist attacks described as "massive" and "imminent." The day before, Denmark pulled off a similar coup, raiding 11 locations in Copenhagen and arresting eight people who had been storing "unstable explosives" in preparation for their...
...BODY OF WAR It happens that Sept. 11 always falls in the middle of the Festival, and Toronto has lately scheduled political films on that solemn anniversary. This documentary, co-directed by pioneer U.S. talk-show host Phil Donahue, traces the postwar life of Iraq vet Tomas Young, paralyzed by a bullet to the spine, and the congressional debate over the occupation...
...secret and thinks he has a right to some portion of the old boy's estate. He's also what the movie has for a villain, not so much for his monetary claim, but because he has some compromising evidence that threatens both the solemn decorum of the occasion and everyone's fond memories of the deceased...
...Most actors did an Antonioni film as a solemn duty, not for the laughs. A sworn enemy of bombast, visual or behavioral, he made his performers reveal more with less. This was particularly tough on his compatriots. Italian actors, and Italians in general, speak with their bodies; each conversation is a performance using the most lavish and vigorous hand gestures. Antonioni stripped them of these flourishes - he either refined the natural tendencies of these actors or he straitjacketed them...