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Born in Lyons, France, in 1924, Jarre made his way to Paris after the war and contributed incidental music to theater pieces. In 1951, Georges Franju, maker of uncompromising documentaries, hired Jarre to score Hôtel des Invalides, his study of wounded veterans; it was the first of many Jarre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Maurice Jarre | 4/7/2009 | See Source »

Prabhakaran, known among his acolytes simply as "the leader," has been sought by the Sri Lankan authorities ever since the 1976 murder of Alfred Duraiappah, then mayor of the northern city of Jaffna. But until now he has eluded capture in his jungle hideaways and, reportedly, on occasional clandestine trips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sri Lanka Closes In on Leader of the Tamil Tigers | 4/6/2009 | See Source »

Scalding sun; fields of snow. Maurice Jarre created memorable anthems for these two extremes in his first films for David Lean: the 1962 Lawrence of Arabia and the 1965 Doctor Zhivago. The French composer, who died Sunday in Los Angeles at 84, after a losing bout with cancer, wrote the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Epic Composer Maurice Jarre Dies at 84 | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

He lent it to William Wyler's The Collector, Volker Schlöndorff's The Tin Drum, George Miller's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Paul Mazursky's Enemies; A Love Story and Jerry Zucker's Ghost. He could churn out military music in a minor key, like a sarcastic Sousa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Epic Composer Maurice Jarre Dies at 84 | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

Now Is the Time to Put on Your Glasses: that was the title of a short film made by the renowned avant-garde animator Norman McLaren for the National Film Board of Canada in 1951. It was also the cue for moviegoers the following year, when Bwana Devil, Arch Oboler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 3-D or Not 3-D: That Is the Question | 3/28/2009 | See Source »

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