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...great thing about Woody Allen comedies is that they move almost frantically - that wispy plot summary I just gave you covers about 10 minutes of the film. Allen begins with a concept and then uses his 90-minute movies to explore every possible angle of it. In this case, the Winklers ride the wave of Allen's fantasies - extremely random circumstances of fate throw their lives into disarray constantly, but we get the feeling that it's Woody playfully throwing ideas around as to actually crafting character arcs. The script seems to pose questions: What happens if the Winklers struck...
After a couple of forays into more serious territory, Woody Allen is back to fluff. _Small Time Crooks_ has that comfortable _Manhattan Murder Mystery_ feel - a plot that's more of a concept than a real, unfolding story; characters that thrive on invention rather than reality. I can't quite figure out why, but these goofy movies - the ones that have no other purpose than to carve out a realm of fantasy in the corners of New York drudgery - are my favorite Woody Allen movies...
...next week. Hostetler was tired of seeing Shakespeare's work spoiled by stuffy productions. "I'd seen too many Shakespeare plays treating the text in this academic and really esoteric fashion that really inhibited the audience's experience," he said. He decided that Trollius deserved something entirely different. His concept is to set the text within a post-apocalyptic desert rave, an environment that he feels will underscore the pomp and vanity of many of the characters. For Hostetler, "there is no better way to present a text that is not well known than in a manner that is visceral...
Gore focused on the concept of "forward engagement," a policy which advocates preventive measures by the United States to stop conflicts before they start in areas of national interest...
Gore devoted the first portion of his remarks to explaining his concept of a "new security agenda" combing what he called "classic security"--policies which focus on war and peace among states--with the realities of economic and political interdependence of the post-Cold...