Word: wwi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...forced to work as a nurse. Using springs and hospital beds, Pilates developed exercise equipment for injured and immobilized soldiers. He later brought the unique design to New York City, where he opened his first studio in 1926. The "Universal Reformer," "Cadillac," "Barrel" and "Wunda Chair," all resembling WWI-era torture devices, grew out of these original apparatus...
...post-WWI London, the movie follows Clarissa Dalloway as she goes about her preparations for a party she is to give that evening. Apart from the jarring and somewhat dislocating opening, the film remains remarkably faithful to the book. Towards the end, the movie lapses almost completely into voice-over, which eventually becomes rather irritating. This is, however, no fault of the actors, who are probably the best thing about the film. Vanessa Redgrave is Vanessa Redgrave and, as the lynchpin of the story, holds center stage with her usual poise. There's much to admire about this adaptation...
Semmel, an instructor in History andLiterature, teaches a seminar course incontemporary popular culture. Semmel says hisseven-person course, History and Literature 91r:"British Culture Since WWI," looks at both highculture and popular culture...
Welcome to the well-worn, WWI world of Stanley Kubrick's Paths to Glory...
...Brothers." I've often wondered why the film industry didn't just up and shut down after that film was released; "The Wasteland" had such an effect on Eliot's contemporaries. "The Blue Brothers" was also a comedy; it also featured a poignant commentary on the decline of post-WWI Europe--oh, no, hang on a second, that was "The Wasteland." The Iudicrous chase scenes from "The Blues Brothers" are clearly a model for "The Chase" in its entirety. But while the former relied on such quaint thing as acting, good music and good cutting to produce something genuinely pleasurable...