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...release of “Episode III.” Instead, he envisions future “Star Wars” DVDs that could literally change the way students learn about film.He doesn’t want the standard kind of special features: “interviews where the cast says, ‘It was so fun to work with George,’—that kind of bullshit.” He wants technology that can store 23 to 40 hours of footage on a DVD. Apparently, over 3,000 hours of documentary footage were shot...
However, such layered themes do not hinder Hughes and his cast in their creation of an entertaining production. Set in the sophisticated high societies of Berlin and Paris in the late 19th century, the first two acts are characterized by a wry wit. With a script chock-full of sophisticated double entendres and copious phallic symbols, these acts showcase a wonderfully funny Joshua Clay Phillips ’07 as he portrays the simple and perpetually astonished Schwarz (Lulu’s second husband...
...proposals that might highlight G.O.P. ethics problems. The value of these Democrat ideas is probably overstated; although the G.O.P.'s 10-ten point Contract with America in 1994 continues to get credit for helping Republicans take control of Congress, most voters hadn't heard of the document when they cast their ballots. What may be more important is how much Democrats succeed in blasting Bush and the Republicans and convincing voters a new party should control Washington. Democrats have already started rolling out two phrases to reinforce that point: "We can do better" and "a culture of cronyism and corruption...
Whether the country plunges into the abyss depends on how Assad handles the pressure on his government, both inside and outside the country's borders. Since coming to power, Assad, 40, has sought to cast himself as a reformer by allowing a degree of political openness and putting economic policy in the hands of free-market technocrats. "The President wants an open, prosperous, stable Syria that is fully integrated in the global economy," says Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Dardari. But observers of the regime say Assad has been unable--or unwilling--to curb the excesses of the country's security...
...salesman," Phoenix says. "It's not what I do." Luckily for him, there are directors who recognize the difference between an interesting interview and an interesting actor. Gus Van Sant (To Die For), Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and M. Night Shyamalan (Signs, The Village) all fought to cast him in crucial supporting roles, and on Nov. 18, Phoenix will finally get to show what he can do with a movie on his shoulders. In Walk the Line, he plays and sings the life story of the late Johnny Cash opposite Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash. "I should have a good...