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...mirabile visu, "Speed" is not Ted on a bus. Reeves' character Jack Trevens is tough and somehow intense. The movie doesn't try to make him out to be a rocket scientist--his partner Harry (Jeff Daniels) provides the technical smarts, constantly telling Travens the why and wherefore of the bombs they encounter. But Travens is believably street-smart, able to think on his feet...
From the eighth floor of the science center, members of a summer school class entitled Visu S177, "Lasers in Art, Design and Architecture" aimed a laser beam at the dome of Eliot House on both nights, and on Sunday they held a full-fledged show on the side of William James Hall...
...Visu S-193, "Workshop: Film and Anthropology," offers a veritable trip around the world and through the human psyche. For a workshop tuition of $785, Emile de Brigard, director of film research, Robert G. Gardner, director of the Peabody Museum film study center and Jean Rouch, visiting audio-visual professor from the University of Paris will teach human behavior as seen through non-fiction films...
NONE OF THIS IS to say that the Summer School catalog is a dull read for the true liberal artist. A collection of interesting and challenging courses can be found mixed in with the likes of "Crucial Issues in Landscape Creation and Perception" (VISU...
While they may not be akin to regular Harvard courses (except maybe Oscar Handlin's History 1958, which describes the role of TV in modern American life), courses like VISU S-196: The Horror Film, and PSYC S-1470: Psychopathology, seem to be courses perfect for attending on lazy summer afternoons. An interesting and unusual topic is what a summer school course should be all about...
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