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Death by Lesiure: A Cautionary Tale By Chris Ayres 300 pages; Grove Press...
...when Eichinger set out to make The Baader Meinhof Complex, about a group of 1960s radicals who carried out a 30-year campaign of bombings, killings, and kidnappings in Germany, it was clear that he would tell the tale with the subtlety of a sawed-off shotgun. "I wanted to make a movie about what they did," says Eichinger. "I'm not interested in the psychology, in the Freudian aspect of this at all. I am not trying to prove a point. I want to demystify them." (See pictures of animated movies, including Waltz with Bashir, the favorite for Best...
...Even in antiquity, many feared the lurking consequences of unleashing what we now call chemical weapons - indeed, the ancient Greek tale of Pandora's box offers a continuing metaphor for their use. And its moral proved true in the collapsed tunnels of Dura-Europos: among the Roman bodies, James spied one corpse set aside from the rest, which wore differing armor and carried a jade-hilted sword. This was a fallen Persian soldier, James concludes, also asphyxiated by the gas. The warrior who released the poison very likely succumbed...
...cognizant of two things: being professionally jubilant is tiring work, as is bopping your head along to 10 songs in a row. They wisely attempt to forestall this inevitable exhaustion, though not quite successfully, by opening with “Contender,” an airy, gorgeous tale of a hapless admirer of music and art, destined never to create, only to consume. It is, in a sense, the picture the band’s detractors might paint of them. They acknowledge the issue, and in doing so, seek to move above it, displaying a level of forethought that suggests...
...conflicts and betrayals, emotions and loyalties of this family, making no attempt to moralize or embellish. “The Secret of the Grain” exudes a rare genuineness that allows it to offer a fresh take on perhaps the most depicted subject in the arts: love. The tale lacks sensational dialogue, a rapidly moving plot, and easily recognizable actors. There is also a noticeable lack of interference on the part of Kechiche; the movie does not have a dramatic soundtrack, for instance, that would attempt to evoke specific reactions and emotions in the audience. These subtle directorial choices...