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...reproductive technologies set off waves of nutty horror films that took our collective fears and misplaced anxieties and made them mythic —and in so doing exposed a peculiar kind of American cultural psychosis. Obsessed with life, obsessed with death, and so horribly afraid of encroachments upon either realm, we would lash out or ostracize those that could infect us with cultural change. For now, though, we’ll have to deal with “Saw II.”—Staff writer Clint J. Froehlich can be ed at froehlic@fas.harvard.edu...
...early skills, Walken can now add the music video to the list of art forms he has conquered.In the video for Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon of Choice,” the screen veteran sashays as if a Lord of the Dance title depended upon it. Helmed by big-shot director Spike Jonze, of “Being John Malkovich” fame, the video is a compendium of quintessential Walken moments, as the veteran actor glides, taps, leaps, and literally flies through the frame. The video opens up to a suit-clad Walken sitting alone...
...II” is the type of movie that will have the average moviegoer intrigued until the very end, even though the build is far from perfect. The shock value of the film—in the first scene, a man’s survival is contingent upon his slicing into his own eye (a cutting homage to “Un Chien Andalou”)—will entertain viewers and enable them to overlook the script’s limitations. Much of the plot’s complexities and intrigue are dropped in the interest...
...Middle East; in others, astronomical maps of constellations which resemble bombing targets. Bright, iconic images and words, such as American flags, guns, cannons, excerpts of ee cummings’ poetry, and the words “Semper Fidelis” (“always faithful”), are superimposed upon the maps. Yet these prints are only a part of Stinetorf’s family’s larger effort to make a quilt and tapestry incorporating these images. Although such collaborative work is not common, it is regarded as an integral aspect of the project and thus permitted...
...II” is the type of movie that will have the average moviegoer intrigued until the very end, even though the build is far from perfect. The shock value of the film—in the first scene, a man’s survival is contingent upon his slicing into his own eye (a cutting homage to “Un Chien Andalou”)—will entertain viewers and enable them to overlook the script’s limitations...