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...from secret agent James Bond, his emotionally charged portrayal of Tuvia’s inner journey to become a cool-headed leader of the Jewish refugee camp is a well-executed and successful opposite for Zus. While the audience might anticipate scene-after-scene of imprisonment and execution, Zwick??s film opts out of presenting the bleak misery within the camps, instead exploring the emotional challenge for those outside of the concentration camps. Zwick nestles the Bielski Otriad in a beautiful forest—a place that is far from the war, with the potential for recreating lives...

Author: By Noël D. Barlow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Defiance | 2/5/2009 | See Source »

...idea that I might be interested in more intimate human drama and at the same time more epic and theatrical pieces I think is a legacy of that.” His new film “Defiance,” about Jewish resistance during the Holocaust, combines Zwick??s dual interest in epic storytelling and intimate human drama. The film documents the amazing true story of the Bielski brothers, who helped thousands of Jews seek refuge in the Belarusian forest and escape the Nazis. Zwick was inspired to document this unique and moving narrative after a friend...

Author: By April M. Van buren, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Defiance' Mixes History, Humanity | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

Present in the crowd was Institute of Politics fellow David R. Zwick??the former president of Clean Water Action, a conservation organization—and a delegation of approximately 60 students who are visiting from multiple Asian nations as part of the Harvard College in Asia Program (HCAP...

Author: By Vidya B. Viswanathan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Campus Political Groups Debate Environmental Policy | 2/12/2008 | See Source »

...Zwick??s keen eye for contradictions that later crop up in his work doesn’t limit itself to observing worldly issues. Asked to describe himself, a long pause seeps in, and he scrunches up his face as though he’s tasted something sour...

Author: By Jackeline Montalvo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Constructing Ed Zwick | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

Much of his artistic integrity, though, may remain intact due of Zwick??s ability to swap and combine the roles of director, writer and producer—a skill that earns him a large degree of creative control over his projects...

Author: By Jackeline Montalvo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Constructing Ed Zwick | 11/14/2003 | See Source »

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