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...such as Holo-caust scholar Saul Friedlander's Reflections of Nazism: An Essay on Kitsch and Death, dissecting the magic and myth that have shrouded recollections of Hitler in popular culture; Bitburg in Moral and Political Perspective, analyzing President Reagan's 1985 controversial visit to a Holocaust cemetery; and Spielberg's Holocaust, a volume of essays analyzing the strengths and limitations of Schindler's List in bridging cinema and history...
Biologists like to blame Peter Benchley's best-selling 1974 novel Jaws and the Steven Spielberg movie that followed for the shark's fearsome reputation as a mindless, relentless, consummate predator. The truth is that people have always been terrified by sharks, probably since humans first ventured into the sea. Who can blame them? As any survivor or witness well knows, a shark attack, especially by one of the larger species considered man-eaters--great whites, bull sharks, tiger sharks--is mind-numbing in its speed, violence, gore and devastation...
...special-effects frissons, Steven Spielberg's sequel lacks the shock of the new; it has the familiarity of a child's second trip to Disneyland. Its formula heroes (American) and villains (European) aren't a hindrance; after all, this is a monster movie. But what about the dinosaurs? Though they ooze attitude, they have no specific character. Viewers were moved by the lovelorn King Kong, and appreciated the creature's maternal rage in Aliens; but the Lost World beasts are just big, undifferentiated lizards. Memo for the inevitable Jurassic 3: try creating a dinosaur with star quality--with a personality...
ARLEN SPECTER Political twofer: rips Dems, gets Spielberg as fund raiser...
...love with them. "Debbie Allen, the consummate professional," and "Steven Spielberg, he's a genius" are oft-repeated phrases for Ashong. Clearly Hollywood hasn't yet blunted his enthusiasm or his unassuming ways. And it hasn't disturbed the still, carefully pronounced pools of thought deep inside his head...