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...anyone watching this movie for only the plot will be gravely disappointed, perhaps even bored: Altman feels for the audience intelligent enough to accept the vital added layers of atmosphere that allow one to imagine the rest of the city not shown on screen. Many scenes start from images reflected in mirrors, as if to remind us that at any given time we're voyeurs just happening to see part of the movie's world...
Waiting For Reinforcements MOSCOW: Hope nobody up there has claustrophobia. Russian officials now say vital repairs will be postponed, probably until a fresh crew arrives at Mir next month. But that mission's up in the air too now that the French have gotten cold feet about sending one of their own to the ramshackle space station. The Russians are worried about more than their image problem: if the French pull out, they'll be taking the money they were going to pay the Russians to conduct experiments aboard Mir. For the moment, things have settled down in orbit. With...
MOSCOW: In a nearly catastrophic accident, Mir spun wildly out of control today after a crew member accidentally disconnected a vital cable, sending the crew scurrying into the Soyuz escape capsule just in case. The blunder, which cut all power to the station's electricity, orientation, life support and communications systems, occurred while the crew was preparing to fix the station's power system, which was damaged after Mir collided with a cargo ship in June. Once the plug was pulled, the station began to spin chaotically, turning away from the sun and draining its already low energy supply. Crew...
...toll it now exacts. Under the proposed settlement, the FDA is reportedly to be granted the power to modify cigarettes in this fashion over time--without the industry's fighting it tooth and claw or the need for congressional blessing of each new round of mandated yield reductions. Of vital importance as well, the FDA would be similarly empowered to require far more conspicuous and dire health warnings on every cigarette pack and full disclosure of its harmful ingredients...
...retains a disarming faith that musicals are still a vital art form that can move people and convey serious messages. "Ragtime, Show Boat and Parade are all strong indictments of racism and anti-Semitism," says Drabinsky. "I don't know of any other medium that can make that statement as indelibly powerful as musical theater. Certainly the film studios aren't doing it. They back away all the time." Drabinsky doesn't back away; Ragtime is the latest and best proof of that...