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...post-9/11, this struck me as quite odd. Germany’s bare flagpoles were part and parcel of the same sheepishness that has clouded the German consciousness since 1945. To be a proud German was to be a zealot, not too far removed from the Nazi hyper-nationalism that reduced Europe to debris in WWII. This week, stepping out of the Munich central station revealed a completely different country. Black, red, and gold were everywhere; every single balcony and awning had its own flag. What made German national pride acceptable again? The answer: the FIFA World Cup, which...
...that is to sell the film short. Duelist?s hyper-romantic impulses and lush symphonic music, plus the backlighting, the stately swordplay, the fat snowflakes, not to mention more slo-mo shots than in a Wong Kar-wai retrospective - all these effects heroicize the enterprise, making it something to gaze upon but not enter into. Indeed, one doesn?t watch Duelist so much as window-shop for fabulous cinematic fashions. Its art direction and lovely mannequins take film style to the outr? limits...
...always been hyper-aware of the fact that I go to Harvard while rushing through the Yard. In the Square, on the streets, I’m anonymous, perhaps a passerby or tourist, but inside the gates, that all changes. I am a Harvard student. Moving past tour groups ogling outside of Widener, I sometimes can’t help but step out of my student role for just a minute and think about things from the outside. It’s tough to remember, in the thick of classes and activities and awkward social encounters, the esteem with which...
...Traveling to many of the world's trouble spots, the artist has documented the atrocities of Bosnia, Somalia and Rwanda in a hyper-real mix of painting, drawing and diary-making. A typical Gittoes canvas, with its Goya-like grotesqueries, can make Picasso's Guernica look like a picnic. But on arriving in Iraq in 2003, the artist felt a new medium was required to capture the surreality of what he was experiencing. Meeting Baghdad's gangsta rap?spouting U.S. Marines, Gittoes was inspired to shoot the musical documentary Soundtrack to War (2004), in which mainly black soldiers sing straight...
...championship formula was elaborated in 2005: a potent lineup, deep pitching, speed on the basepaths, and an Ivy League championship.And through the regular season, the Harvard baseball team replicated the prescription, emerging from the hyper-competitive Red Rolfe Division with a 14-6 record in Ancient Eight play and earning home-field advantage over Lou Gehrig winner Princeton for the all-important Ivy Championship Series. Yet the feisty Tigers dashed the Crimson’s hopes of a repeat appearance in the NCAA Tournament, capturing a stunning doubleheader sweep at O’Donnell Field with unsuspenseful...