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...support operations, including use of atomic weapons, will be employed to inflict maximum destruction of enemy forces," the memo says. (Eisenhower later admitted to using nuclear brinkmanship to move along U.S.-Chinese negotiations.) BTW: The memo -- one of only 30 numbered copies -- was one of 44 million WW II, Korean and Vietnam war documents recently declassified by President Clinton, one of the biggest mass declassifications in U.S. history.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...time creatively. "It's about two friends who have nothing but can make things fun," says the film's director, Penelope Spheeris. "Kids see this and say, 'O.K., I don't have much, but I can still have a good time.' " Lorne Michaels, the producer of both SNL and WW, finds that the movie "resonates for kids who came of age in the '70s. It's their movie the way American Graffiti belonged to people who grew...
...current generation has not had, as previous generations had, a collective experience that molds the public spirit. The Depression in the '30s, WW II in the '40s. Vietnam and the civil rights movements in the '60s, all have contributed to national bonding of the type that can only result from a baptism by fire...
Thomsen is obviously fascinated by the tumultuous years following the outbreak of World War II, and he is not an incompetent writer. But it works against Thomsen that more has been said, written, and filmed about the big WW II than any other event of this century--much of it by people who actually lived through the events. All that is left, it seems, is the makings of obscure allegory--a fact that Thomsen does not manage to escape...
...AUDIENCE does get bored until the war scene, where, ironically, the actors seem to pick up life. Running from gunfire and explosives during these scenes of death and destruction in this watered-down version of what might have happened in WW II, seems to provide the actors with the energy to more completely fulfill their roles. Bullingrook (Bob Kane) was a better conquerer than a man exiled, and even the Queen (Stephanie Roth) gained color in the tumultuous scenes. Robert McCffesty, however, maintains an evenness of performance and fits perfectly into his role as King Kicked the minute he first...