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...offering us evil personified. To quell the boyar conspiracy, Ivan creates his secret police force, the "Oprichnina." The parallels between this medieval Russian epoque and the Stalinist Terror are obvious. It's not clear whether Eisenstein intended it to be this way or whether we are looking back with twentieth century hindsight at the parallels...
After three hours of immersion in sixteenth century Russia on the big screen, it's clear why Eisenstein was one of the big movers and shakers of twentieth century film. His use of architecture to frame the characters is powerful, because it helps...
...cited two decades in the twentieth centurywhere this emphasis on the private sectorincreased, the 1920s and the 1980s. Bok said thatthese two decades were "periods in history wherebusiness and entrepreneurship were highly valuedand where the stock market was doing well...
...adolescent daughter, Dolores (a.k.a. Lo or Lolita, played by Shelley Winters), sensuously sunbathing on the front lawn, and Humbert is there to stay. The story plays out Humbert's pedophilic passions, and, when Lolita and he go on a cross-country escapade, it becomes an extended commentary on mid-twentieth century American culture...
Chavis, at 45 the youngest person ever elected to lead the NAACP, focused on how the organization should proceed in the twentieth century in "continuing the struggle for freedom and justice...