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...Haesaerts filmed from the other side. Around the same time, Hans Namuth was photographing Jackson Pollock from all angles as the American artist dripped, splashed and poured paint onto canvas. Fifteen years later, Milan photographer Ugo Mulas had something similar in mind when he asked his friend Lucio Fontana, famous for slashing through large monochrome canvases, for a chance to record his unusual technique for posterity. The resulting six-photo series is presented alongside a new exhibition of the artist's work at Verona's Palazzo Forti. We see the elegantly-dressed Fontana approaching a solid white canvas, a Stanley...
...have no real legal power over the site. What they have is an emotional hold on the public that makes them a force to be reckoned with. "We're here to make sure the business interests don't override the possibility of doing something dignified and poignant," says Marian Fontana, head of the 9/11 Widows' and Victims' Families Association. "There are ways to make the area economically viable and satisfy our needs...
...that raises questions about the future of the two networks and of teen niche TV generally. UPN has never had to deal with the burden of critical praise. And the few times the network has tried to home-grow series with at least aspirations toward quality (like Tom Fontana's talky cop show "The Beat") it hasn't known how to promote them or where to schedule them. Does this "Buffy"-napping mean UPN is going to try to morph into the network of quality? Don't hold your breath - until recently, it was still considering "The Tranny," a transsexual...
...play it, golf ain't no sport. At the first tee, after I load up my golf cart with a 12-pack of beer and a bucket of fried chicken (like 98% of the other hackers on the course), I am hardly the picture of an athlete. BERNIE KIRSNER Fontana...
...acting as if tired melodramas take on depth simply because cops experience them. (In fact, its funny take on police grunt work is its true strength.) But it has nicely observed dialogue and fine, understated performances--and if anyone can inject needed life into this genre, it's Fontana. "His instinct is great," says David Zayas, a New York City policeman who acts in the series. "He would have made a fine...