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...very interesting idea, to create a film based on that number, on that promise. So we start with that. Because of that number, I thought we could set the film in 2046, 50 years in the future, so naturally we start thinking about a futuristic story, sci-fi stuff. But I didn't want a realistic version of the future. What we are trying to achieve is like a manga, something like the imagination of a person in 1966 thinking about the future...
...automobile, the life experiences of most of those who lived in the rich world were limited--as in much of the poor world they remain--to neighborhood and family. When shot through gas turbines on wings, oil has shrunk the planet in a way that was once the stuff of science fiction. Neither of my parents ever flew; both my children had flown 30,000 miles before they were 2 years...
...great American pacifier is our love of stuff and our ability to fashion our own insular worlds through our staggering selection of things to buy (even if we can't actually afford an SUV). But consumer America is different from political America. In consumer America, diversity of preference is not just tolerated. It is mandatory. The market has created reasons for us to be finicky and dissatisfied about anything--cable TV, pasta sauce, running shoes, yoga programs. It depends on you to like zesty Italian and me to like chipotle ranch and someone else to like low-sodium raspberry honey...
MEANWHILE IN THE U.S. ... A Bottled Debate The makers of Heinz tomato ketchup defended the impartiality of their product in response to a suggestion by a Republican Assemblyman in New York State that buying the stuff would benefit the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Kerry's wife Teresa Heinz Kerry was first married to the late John Heinz, a descendant of the H.J. Heinz Co.'s founder. The Pennsylvania-based company said that its ketchup is "enjoyed by Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike" - and that neither Kerry nor his wife hold a significant number of shares...
...That’s the first I’ve heard it,” said captain Noah Welch, who was personally selected to both pre-season all-league teams at defenseman. “We don’t really look at that stuff....It’s good not to be one though. There’s a lot of pressure and expectations that come with that...