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...engineers figured out how to pack the parachute under pressure in such a way that it takes up no more space than a large briefcase and is mounted over the center of the wings. If the craft's engine conks or another plane clips the Cessna's tail off, all the pilot has to do is pull a handle in the cockpit. That ignites the rocket, which deploys the parachute. The plane drifts to earth for a safe, if still somewhat bumpy landing...
...grow up, they no longer have families; their lives turn into the heroic tracking of other people's demons in an endless action-adventure serial. But movies don't have to be only about the pursuit of a one-armed man. They can also be about chasing the dragon tail of filial responsibility -- isn't that a form of everyday heroism? The Mexican hit Like Water for Chocolate proved that American audiences can respond to stories about love and marriage, food and family. The Joy Luck Club and The Wedding Banquet display this same wisdom: that we never stop being...
...tropical rain forest, trying to decide whether to explore the ruined Maya temple in the distance or climb into the forest canopy overhead, where you might see some monkeys. Suddenly there's a yellow-brown jaguar sitting on the branch above you, flicking his tail from side to side, his yellow eyes fixed on yours. Maybe climbing a tree isn't such a good idea after all. You don't think jaguars eat people, but rather than find out, you head off across the forest floor, turning this way and that, until you manage to get yourself hopelessly lost...
...painting machines of the '50s, splatter paint around on the walls or (with more fetishistic suggestion) on women's shoes. No doubt to spare the clothes of the museum audience, these stay switched off, leaving dried Abstract Expressionist trickles as mementos. Peacock Machine, 1982, was originally seen spreading its tail in a formal- garden gazebo -- a charming conceit...
...white obelisk shuddered briefly, popped off a launch pad and rose 150 ft. over the New Mexico desert. Then it suddenly stopped in midair, moved sideways for 350 ft. and started back down, engines firing all the way. At the last moment, four rodlike pods shot out of the tail to ease the bullet-shaped rocket gently to the ground...