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...started out as violent and seriously revolutionary in the 1920s, under the leadership of your standard Latin American charismatic type, Haya de la Torre--known affectionately as "el Jefe." EI Jefe's messianic Marxism and anti-imperialism found a receptive audience in underdeveloped Peru, forging what Peruvians call APRA's "mistica...
...because Red Lantern reprises the dour theme and visual extravagance of 1988's big winner, The Last Emperor. But this obscures the point of a brave, passionate and highly entertaining work of art. In the best movies, style reflects substance. And in this story of a wealthy man in 1920s China and the four women he keeps in pampered imprisonment, the decor underlines the sad fable of Woman as ornament. As the heroine says, "I'm just one of the master's robes. He can wear it or take...
Shadows and Fog is most obviously an exercise in style, a beautifully made tribute to the expressionistic cinema of 1920s Germany. It's all here: a homicidal maniac stalking the menacing night streets of a nameless, timeless city; a circus and a brothel populated by fringe figures who, naturally, are less hypocritical socially and sexually than the police, the church and the bourgeoisie; a score that features the music of Kurt Weill; lighting and a camera that pay homage to the whole Weimar school of cinematography...
...club is the only social organization officially recognized by the College. Harvard severed all ties with the nine all-male final clubs about seven years ago, and kicked out the fraternities in the 1920s...
...build faith in the Russian ruble -- something it has not enjoyed since the 1920s -- Moscow wants the seven industrial powers to put up $5 billion. This fund would, in theory, stabilize the currency by being available to support it at a single, reasonable exchange rate; Gaidar hopes for about 50 to the dollar compared with the current free-market rate of 170. If the fund works properly, it should not have to be spent...