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...director Vilsoni Hereniko, himself a native of Rotuma. Much of the movie centers on the emotional evolution of a young girl as she fights to cast off the shadow of a shamed family and cultural repression. Eyes chronicles the trials of Viki and her traditional family as her wise, gentle father is first accused and then unjustly convicted of stealing from a neighbor, a sentence which brings with it not only a steep fine but a crushing disgrace upon the entire family...
...David A. Wise, The John F Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy...
...should come as no great revelation that George W. Bush is a wantonly decisive President. He decides Ariel Sharon is good and Yasser Arafat is evil, even though seasoned diplomats tell him it is not wise to make such sweeping judgments. He decides that Social Security needs to be transformed and that private investment accounts are the way to do it, even though the experts say there is no great crisis and his way won't solve anything. He decides to invade Iraq, with minimal contingency planning. He decides to cut taxes drastically and then to spend an outlandish...
...Saint) is the city library’s only employee who once fought off a grizzly with a well-read hardcover of War and Peace. An expensive cameo by a veteran actress (On the Waterfront, North by Northwest), Miss Franny’s character is suitably that of the wise old teacher. The highlight of her role involves magical sadness-inducing lozenges that allow the listless residents of Naomi to express emotions to their neighbors...
TALKING ’WISE...