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...sure Richard Corliss and I watched the same movie [Nov. 3]. Oliver Stone most certainly did have a point of view in filming W., his slice-of-life depiction of George W. Bush. The genius of Stone is that he can duplicate the emotions in the movie theater that we all feel in real life: confounded disbelief that a person like Dubya could ever become the President of the United States. Bush is perhaps the worst President we have ever had or, hopefully, will ever have. The first election, in 2000, was engineered, jockeyed and ultimately stolen. The second...
...sell. I'm a big boy, and I know this business will break my heart. We got named to the shortlist for the Oscar, but we could not find a distributor for our film. Everybody walked away from it. Then we were able to arrange a deal with Landmark Theaters, where they agreed to roll it out. Ellen [Spiro] and I would do a Q&A opening night, and the place would be jampacked. It was glorious. And the next day there'd be seven people in the theater. This is not a "take your girl to the movies" movie...
...politics. “We need more fear in politics,” he said. He analogized the use of negative ads in campaigns to warning calls in dangerous situations, equating it to “yell[ing], ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theater when there is fire.” Castellanos entertained the audience and exemplified the use of fear in politics with television ad clips from various campaigns. “Every time we [Republicans] go back to 9/11 in New York, we lead the people back to the feeling of security threats...
...force may be the largest the world organization is currently fielding but those peacekeepers have not been able to fulfill even their limited mandate of protecting civilians. Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, has called for the European Union to send reinforcements. This might serve as good out-of-theater training exercise for the European troops but an extra 2,000 boots on the ground - even if the 27-member body could agree on the mission - would do little to address the root causes of the conflict. It would be a showpiece response and not a step toward a permanent...
...Show. With the election finally behind you, you may want to celebrate (or drown your sorrows), by escaping to New York City and taking in a fabulous Broadway show. Reserve a table beforehand at the Royalton Hotel's restaurant, Brasserie 44, which just introduced a prix-fixe pre-theater menu - three courses for $44 - from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. every night. Try this meal on for size: sunchoke soup, pan-seared branzino and sticky toffee pudding. Not a bad deal considering a similar menu à la carte would cost about $60. After the show, come back...